Shite in Miniature II

[155V6]

3 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Thought there were 4 stock cars?

Only the two.There are the Juniors versions of the Todd Sweeney car as well(Silver body with yellow or blue base).Plus the Woody Woodpecker version 😂

[sheffcortinacentre]

Didn't realise that.

[155V6]

 

 

[Spottedlaurel]

Beyond his short oval racing prowess* Derek Fiske is a well-known name round these parts, from his car/van hire and garage business:

I rented this one back in 2002, a friend hired something similar from them more recently.

 

*He moved on from stock cars to National Hot Rods, winning the world championship in 1975.

[155V6]

Someone on a Facebook group built a bigger version of the Rockets Jag

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

I had all three. Long lost to the mists of time.

I've got a Todd Sweeney but not the other one

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

34 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

 

 

I've the silver with blue base , always wanted the Jag pace car.

[flat4alfa]

Forgot all about Woody

Also just realised it is a different casting, well it had to be

 

[flat4alfa]

I had no idea the Derek Fiske has opening bonnet

For some reason, I expected to see a Ford engine in there, the 1700 from a Zephyr 4 or a Kent.  But no, that’s a BMC B-series wearing a pair of SU carbs

[flat4alfa]

The 'Todd Sweeney' casting reproduced as a Whizzwheels in two base colours 1970-73

Base name was changed to ‘Super Stock Car’

 

[flat4alfa]

Corgi Rockets #975 Super Stock Set 1

#976 Super Stock Set 2

#977 Super Stock Set 3.  This one was up for £1,375 on QDT and has since sold.

[andy18s]

Spot on merc for £18 anyone....

[Spottedlaurel]

26 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

#976 Super Stock Set 2

I remember seeing this set on a stand at a local toy fair 16-17 years ago, even then it was £500 and the seller was confident he'd get it.

[James M]

I present to you my most recent purchase. 
1/18 Norev BMW 325i Touring.

[Spottedlaurel]

Managed to get some quality time in on the small stuff this weekend......

Had a major sort-out and putting away session on the 1/64-ish stuff following numerous recent purchases. They live in a variety of boxes on top of the 'display' case in the garage. Had a worrying moment when I couldn't find the Moving Parts Land Cruiser recently sent to me by @Datsuncog then I found it in the box with other stuff he'd found for me. Also had to go for a much bigger box for Toyota/Lexus when I found another box full. HW Premiums and modern Majorettes take up a lot of space....

Then I managed a decent session on the Fujimi Nissan 240ZG build:

 

 

 

Took a lot of masking to paint the arch flares and front valance.....

[bunglebus]

8 minutes ago, James M said:

I present to you my most recent purchase. 
1/18 Norev BMW 325i Touring.

Wow. I used to drive this throbbing beast (318i) on a regular basis. I fitted the eyebrows and lowered it

 

[FakeConcern]

1 minute ago, bunglebus said:

Wow. I used to drive this throbbing beast (318i) on a regular basis. I fitted the eyebrows and lowered it

 

I borrowed one of these (same colour as well) from a mate when my GTis gearbox exploded, I hated it.

Obviously I have no taste!

[bunglebus]

1 minute ago, FakeConcern said:

I borrowed one of these (same colour as well) from a mate when my GTis gearbox exploded, I hated it.

Obviously I have no taste!

Obviously! My mate is a serial E30 botherer, I have to say other than the lack of BHP from that 1.8, it was such a good driver's car. I'd use it for the run to Eastbourne and back from Chelmsford, something daft like 30 roundabouts on the route each way, I just wouldn't slow down for any of them unless I had to. It just stuck to the road like the proverbial shit to a blanket.

[danthecapriman]

Must admit, I love the E30 Bimmer. I love the E21 before it even more. They’re such nice cars to drive and really solidly built too. Imho they’re the best of BMW.

I had an E36 too which was the polar opposite imho. Absolute shit compared to the E30.

I used to occasionally work on an A reg 320 that had a ridiculous amount of mileage on it. Lovely car still though, and the only way you knew it was a mega miler was the state of the drivers seat. It was still tight as a drum to drive.

[flat4alfa]

39 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

It just stuck to the road like the proverbial shit to a blanket.

With the six cylinder though they could catch you out when wet and turn about suddenly on a crest.  Don’t ask me how I know. Thankfully it was at dawn and I hit nothing, merci, Monsieur Gendarme.

[flat4alfa]

37 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

I had an E36 too which was the polar opposite imho.

This.  But people absolutely loved them and discarded the E30 overnight

But maybe I was just ‘old’

E30 325i is already the ‘collectors Mk1 Escort’ stratospheric purchase price minefield.  I did it wrong.  Again!

[flat4alfa]

On 17/03/2024 at 13:24, bunglebus said:

Didn't @flat4alfa manage to score an original one off someone on here a while back?

Lesley did colour the lights and grille on the earlier Pontiac GP

But left the arse (ass?) alone

Regular wheels of course

Not the Chevrolet, but I’m getting opening scene Cheech & Chong Up in Smoke vibes here

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

With the six cylinder though they could catch you out when wet and turn about suddenly on a crest.  Don’t ask me how I know. Thankfully it was at dawn and I hit nothing, merci, Monsieur Gendarme.

Bimmer-bothering mate parked one of his 325s backwards into some parked cars in Southend after catching a wet manhole cover under power, and I remember doing a 180 on a roundabout on another occasion in one of them. Good tyres are pretty essential although he insists the one he wrote off was already bent somewhere and could never be aligned correctly.

This is the guy who I did the Matchbox E30 cabrio for recently

[MiniMinorMk3]

12 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

With the six cylinder though they could catch you out when wet and turn about suddenly on a crest.  Don’t ask me how I know. Thankfully it was at dawn and I hit nothing, merci, Monsieur Gendarme.

I had an old E21 320 six that did a nice pirouette once. I was only doing about 15mph round a bend and the back went. Luckily I did not hit anything so was able to carry on my merry way. I also had an E21 316, with the 1.8 engine. That never caused any problems. Great cars those E21s. I'd rather have one than an E30, those are a bit too Yuppie for me.

[Tenmil Socket]

An engineer visited my place of work last week to service a piece of equipment. I saved these o-rings from going in the bin as they’re a perfect fit as tyres for these Dinky models!

[hennabm]

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

I had an old E21 320 six that did a nice pirouette once. I was only doing about 15mph round a bend and the back went. Luckily I did not hit anything so was able to carry on my merry way. I also had an E21 316, with the 1.8 engine. That never caused any problems. Great cars those E21s. I'd rather have one than an E30, those are a bit too Yuppie for me.

I had several E21s all of the 316 variety. Roundabouts in the wet were no problem.

I then traded in my X plate 316 for the 323i E30. On the first roundabout at the Seafield road junction in Inverness I approached as I would have done in the 316, only this time the back end of the E30 jumped out and I was only saved by the LSD straightening me up. 

I’ve always been careful of the E30 in the wet since then.

[bunglebus]

I'm working on another "simple" resto today, Matchbox T3 Transporter, the Graffic Traffic version. Compared to the early 70s Pontiac I've just done, this casting is awful - the detail is still there but the metal is full of defects, there's flash all over it and it's just generally much lower quality than the earlier casting.

Base bears the legend "Made in China"

I've already started giving it a bit of a sand, this is a resto but the QC is so poor I've got to make it a bit better before laying paint on. Some of these defects will still show but they would have through the original paint anyway

[Hertz]

Don't drink wine when there is a Dan Diecast Sale on folks...

Thanks again @danthecapriman all arrived and well packaged. A few extra bonuses in there as well that I wasn't expecting. 😎

[bunglebus]

These are £7.00 each in a charity shop. I had the Merc SL as a teenager

[bunglebus]

Blimey there's a good deal on in Tesco - £5.00 for Matchbox and Hot Wheels 5 packs and monster trucks for £2.75