Shite in Miniature II

[Datsuncog]

Some 1/50 scale kitchen haulage happened over lunchtime.

Unboxed the Corgi Classics AEC late last night, and yes it's a heavy old thing.

A really heavy old thing. The box trailer's all-metal; it weighs over half a kilo by itself.

The tampo printing's really quite good, though there's not a lot of detail on the trailer doors or anything.

The refrigeration unit is the bit that always really excited me, for some bizarre reason.

It's fairly well done, with textured ridges where the intake fins are.

The cab's pretty well rendered, given that it's a mass-produced model and that three decades have elapsed since then.

Diamanté headlights add a bit of sparkle, and the silver plastic grille moulding gives some brightness to the front end too.

Nowadays we might expect photo-etched detailing and things like wipers and badges, but for the time this felt pretty good.

Mirrors seem to be factory fit rather than relying on the collector to ruin it themselves with a tube of glue - though the front numberplate lettering seems a bit small and squashed.

A decent stab's been made at the interior too, but it's not very easy to photograph.

At the back, I'm not sure if something's missing from mine - there's a large rectangular hole in the cab. Some lights might have been good too; it feels a little unfinished.

I was pleased to find some of the original documentation still inside the box too - some information about the truck it was modelled on:

And a plastic bag containing the unpainted figures Corgi was so keen to foist on collectors for no apparent reason; there's what looks like a warehouseman and a fairly bent lamp post still wrapped up, and I daresay they'll remain that way.

As bemoaned upthread, it's a shame these were put out in 1/50 scale rather than 1/43, as I'd love to be able to put these next to my cars and vans but - can't be helped.

I'm not sure that I love this yet, but it could grow on me...

[sheffcortinacentre]

11 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

It’s not my only one!!😄

Did any of them have the twin side doors? 
I can’t remember seeing one with both doors, but you definitely could get them with the door on the other side over here, just not so common.

This ones a tailgate van too. One of my others has doors.

Yep quite rare but was avl. You could get just about any combo.

I've only ever seen one MK3 lwb flat roof van on 5 stud rims ( looked really weird).

I've brochure pics of a MK1 mini artic tractor unit ( new in 73) I didn't think this was a thing until the 80's.

[quicksilver]

14 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Some 1/50 scale kitchen haulage happened over lunchtime.

Unboxed the Corgi Classics AEC late last night, and yes it's a heavy old thing.

A really heavy old thing. The box trailer's all-metal; it weighs over half a kilo by itself.

The tampo printing's really quite good, though there's not a lot of detail on the trailer doors or anything.

The refrigeration unit is the bit that always really excited me, for some bizarre reason.

It's fairly well done, with textured ridges where the intake fins are.

The cab's pretty well rendered, given that it's a mass-produced model and that three decades have elapsed since then.

Diamanté headlights add a bit of sparkle, and the silver plastic grille moulding gives some brightness to the front end too.

Nowadays we might expect photo-etched detailing and things like wipers and badges, but for the time this felt pretty good.

Mirrors seem to be factory fit rather than relying on the collector to ruin it themselves with a tube of glue - though the front numberplate lettering seems a bit small and squashed.

A decent stab's been made at the interior too, but it's not very easy to photograph.

At the back, I'm not sure if something's missing from mine - there's a large rectangular hole in the cab. Some lights might have been good too; it feels a little unfinished.

I was pleased to find some of the original documentation still inside the box too - some information about the truck it was modelled on:

And a plastic bag containing the unpainted figures Corgi was so keen to foist on collectors for no apparent reason; there's what looks like a warehouseman and a fairly bent lamp post still wrapped up, and I daresay they'll remain that way.

As bemoaned upthread, it's a shame these were put out in 1/50 scale rather than 1/43, as I'd love to be able to put these next to my cars and vans but - can't be helped.

I'm not sure that I love this yet, but it could grow on me...

My pet hate: so many otherwise good truck models have no rear light detail for some reason. It's like they put all their effort into detailing the front, then get to the back and totally lose interest. Even a spot of red/orange paint would look so much better than nothing.

[danthecapriman]

14 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Yep quite rare but was avl. You could get just about any combo.

I've only ever seen one MK3 lwb flat roof van on 5 stud rims ( looked really weird).

I've brochure pics of a MK1 mini artic tractor unit ( new in 73) I didn't think this was a thing until the 80's.

That should make future vans easier then!

A mk3 low roof in long wheelbase?? I’ve never seen that! I bet it looked weird. I wonder sometimes who and why those oddball vehicles were ordered.

[eddyramrod]

52 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

I wonder sometimes who and why those oddball vehicles were ordered.

Lightweight exhibition units, perhaps?

[sheffcortinacentre]

Yep was just plain white so no clue.

At one point ford used to say no 2 transits were the same spec as you could order just about any combination of mechanical or body spec & they'd build it.

[AndyW201]

2 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

 

 

 

 

At the back, I'm not sure if something's missing from mine - there's a large rectangular hole in the cab. Some lights might have been good too; it feels a little unfinished.

 

Possibly should be some susie coils on the back of the cab with some coloured wires representing the trailer air lines? I've got the Corgi Brian Harris ERF with crushed car load and the susies are on a small plastic block pushed into a hole in the rear of the cab.

Then again,  I can't see any small holes in the front of the trailer that the other end should push into.

Bloody nice truck though, I love the styling of the Ergo cab.

[danthecapriman]

2 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Yep quite rare but was avl. You could get just about any combo.

I've only ever seen one MK3 lwb flat roof van on 5 stud rims ( looked really weird).

I've brochure pics of a MK1 mini artic tractor unit ( new in 73) I didn't think this was a thing until the 80's.

Here’s the other versions I’ve got.

Mk1 diesel, lwb, tailgate, solid side door on correct side.

 

Mk2, lwb, double rear doors, window side door on correct side.

And another one of the blue French rally vans. Somewhere!

[danthecapriman]

3 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

gentian blue was the other common as muck colour for a transhit

That was the colour my old school bus mk2 was in. As you say, very common. 
It was a B reg that they’d had from new. They sold it eventually to a church at the end of the road I live on now where it sat outside slowly rotting into the ground because they only used once or twice a year for day trips. By the time the scrap man took it away it was absolutely hanging! It was actually in a combination of green mould, orange rust and a little patch of faded blue here and there!

[AndyW201]

Had a delivery today.

A few years ago, there was a glut of Opel dealer  models flooding onto eBay at heavily discounted prices. I had a Vauxhall at the time, (now the wife's car), and with the majority of them being made by Minichamps, and I can't resist a cheap Minichamps model, I snapped quite a few of them up. This was one I didn't manage to at the time, and has since proved quite hard to track down.

This particular model appeals to me on a few levels, a love of sporty cars that you wouldn't expect to see a sporty version of, cars that answered a question that nobody asked, and cars that were everyday street furniture right up to the point when they suddenly weren't.

So, a version of a car normally found in supermarket or garden centre car parks, but with a 178bhp turbo engine, low and stiff suspension, 17" wheels and batwing Recaro seats. It wasn't a bad time for Vauxhall back in the mid 2000s, with a modicum of BTCC success, and the whole VXR thing  giving their image a bit of a shot in the arm, but the Meriva and Zafira VXR & OPC suggested something a bit stronger than Golden Virginia being passed around the table at Vauxhall/Opel marketing meetings...

So, the Meriva could probably never be described as pretty but it looks pretty purposeful with the OPC (VXR to us) paraphernalia attached. One thing Minichamps manage to do well is capturing the lower ride height of the sporty models.

Detailing is good, particularly the front and rear lights. Nice to see actual miniature Opel badges, rather than tampo printed, and the correct OPC tailpipe.

The snowflake alloys are done well, with discs and nice painted calipers beneath.

Even chassis and suspension detail is pretty good.

Usual Minichamps detail inside, including those Recaro seats. Having owned a new Corsa C SXi many years ago, the dash is all familiar stuff. Being a reduced price dealer model, it is all a bit black and plain. I've seen the proper OPC-branded version in Arden blue and that has nice colour-coded seats and trim, but I'm not paying the price people ask for that version...

Only problem with this is with paint imperfections, which seems to be a thing with Minichamps. A few of mine have gone like this, including this car's bigger brother, the OPC Vectra, which is the same colour. But they were a fraction of usual Minichamps money, so I'll live with it.

This should go well with the rest of the All Voxalls R Shit collection, I've got a black Corsa C by Minichamps that I've had since I owned the real thing, which fits nicely with this, as well as a Vectra C OPC and OPC versions of the Astra H and J. I'm on the lookout now for the Minichamps dealer Zafira OPC, but seeing the prices people want for them, it'll take a while...

[bunglebus]

Asda looking tidier than normal 

With many lines now reduced 

[Tenmil Socket]

11 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

Here’s the other versions I’ve got.

Mk1 diesel, lwb, tailgate, solid side door on correct side.

 

Mk2, lwb, double rear doors, window side door on correct side.

And another one of the blue French rally vans. Somewhere!

Love a MK2 Transit!

[Tenmil Socket]

13 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Some 1/50 scale kitchen haulage happened over lunchtime.

Unboxed the Corgi Classics AEC late last night, and yes it's a heavy old thing.

A really heavy old thing. The box trailer's all-metal; it weighs over half a kilo by itself.

The tampo printing's really quite good, though there's not a lot of detail on the trailer doors or anything.

The refrigeration unit is the bit that always really excited me, for some bizarre reason.

It's fairly well done, with textured ridges where the intake fins are.

The cab's pretty well rendered, given that it's a mass-produced model and that three decades have elapsed since then.

Diamanté headlights add a bit of sparkle, and the silver plastic grille moulding gives some brightness to the front end too.

Nowadays we might expect photo-etched detailing and things like wipers and badges, but for the time this felt pretty good.

Mirrors seem to be factory fit rather than relying on the collector to ruin it themselves with a tube of glue - though the front numberplate lettering seems a bit small and squashed.

A decent stab's been made at the interior too, but it's not very easy to photograph.

At the back, I'm not sure if something's missing from mine - there's a large rectangular hole in the cab. Some lights might have been good too; it feels a little unfinished.

I was pleased to find some of the original documentation still inside the box too - some information about the truck it was modelled on:

And a plastic bag containing the unpainted figures Corgi was so keen to foist on collectors for no apparent reason; there's what looks like a warehouseman and a fairly bent lamp post still wrapped up, and I daresay they'll remain that way.

As bemoaned upthread, it's a shame these were put out in 1/50 scale rather than 1/43, as I'd love to be able to put these next to my cars and vans but - can't be helped.

I'm not sure that I love this yet, but it could grow on me...

Crikey, that’s heavy!

[eddyramrod]

We've been out of the house mostly, for two days this week.  Naturally on Monday Royal Mail tried to deliver me a parcel.  They said they'd try again yesterday.  Well you can guess how that worked.  So today I went to the Collection Office and picked it up.

Some ebay bargains, 99p each plus post.  They're all in rather nice condition, I doubt I'll be repainting any of them.

Then on the way back I stopped in at the Salvation Army and spent a whole £2.50.

Most of these I just grabbed because they were reasonable-looking models, which is reason enough for me.  I had no specific purpose in mind, although I did think the tanker might be transferable to a better chassis-cab.  But look in the bag: there's a ladder truck that goes with the Fire Department box van, and I have a cabinet full of Fire trucks.  The rest of the bag can go in my sale stock.

I'm getting serious Cold Shoulder now...

[Hertz]

Am I missing something?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/312769064924359/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Ae9e5c725-a69f-4b68-848d-f8ee46c1f57b

[Datsuncog]

22 hours ago, Hertz said:

Am I missing something?

No, but the seller does appear to be a few sandwiches short of a picnic...

[bunglebus]

Been out Hunting this morning, Entertainer had some good stuff - no time to photograph these individually now as I've got to catch a flight...

[danthecapriman]

Had a little box arrive today from @AndyW201

A rather lovely Capri! Im well pleased with it. A+ better than described would use again etc 👍

[Macscrooge]

On 09/04/2024 at 16:50, bunglebus said:

Found a vintage Matchbox in one of the charity shops. Not my thing though

Too complicated?😏

[bunglebus]

CMC list updated. Toronado Golden Jacks looks interesting 

[sierraman]

@Split_Pin Guisval still alive in Spain. A bit salty at €7 but still they’re obviously still being made 

[Split_Pin]

2 minutes ago, sierraman said:

@Split_Pin Guisval still alive in Spain. A bit salty at €7 but still they’re obviously still being made 

Is that a Renault 7?

[sierraman]

3 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Is that a Renault 7?

Renault 5, Citroen CX and a Simca 1100 I think. 

[bunglebus]

I've found a diecast in Spain too. Just wandering along the beach and spot this among the seashells 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

28 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I've found a diecast in Spain too. Just wandering along the beach and spot this among the seashells 

Just like the real thing.

[Spottedlaurel]

Birthday excitement this morning, these were wrapped up for me (actually my choices from the shop in Evesham visited last weekend):

Two of them are the same age as me, and I suppose the VW and Alpine A110 could be too. The latter looks better in metallic blue than the orange version, although the wheels are still a little too large.

Got a bit of birthday cash to spend at the toy fair in Norwich, and I'll also visit some of the shops - I'm particularly keen to find the Majorette Toyota 5-pack.

[bunglebus]

Happy birthday 😁

[stuboy]

Treated myself 1/18 mk1 xr2

[stuboy]

Treated myself 1/18 mk1 xr2

[andy18s]

Funnily enough I treated myself too..

Manta CC is one I've been looking for ever since I had my full size version.

400 was a cheap auction buy over here in Bg,and in Rothmans Racing colours probably the best looking rally car..