Shite in Miniature II

[quicksilver]

16 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

It's actually Rustoleum Colour Shift, I've used all three colours and really like them...

https://www.diy.com/painting-decorating/paint.cat?Brand=Rust-Oleum&Range=Colour+Shift

Galaxy Green

Cosmic Blue

Purple Eclipse

All three

Stingray mad I know...

What a great collection of eye-catching colours. Cosmic blue looks a lot like Monogram Twilight so I guess I need a can of that and another 75 now

 

[FakeConcern]

2 minutes ago, quicksilver said:

What a great collection of eye-catching colours. Cosmic blue looks a lot like Monogram Twilight so I guess I need a can of that and another 75 now

 

Pics of 75?

[quicksilver]

1 minute ago, FakeConcern said:

Pics of 75?

Not yet as it isn't quite finished and still needs glazing. Must crack on and complete it.

[eddyramrod]

I've had one of my occasional days out today with my sister, at an antiques market.  As you can imagine, almost everything was grossly overpriced.

Well I did say almost...  Two 1/43 copcars at £1 each, and a Morris RNLI van at £2.  I have quite a collection of copcars from around the world.  I think I already have these two, but need to check; if I have they can go in the repaint pile.  The van can go with my other RNLI vans, bringing that wing of the collection to three or four.

[Split_Pin]

When I was in New York, there were no diecast other than expensive and shit emergency vehicles in twee souvenir shops. I wanted a model of 2 of the most common cars I saw there, a Toyota Camry and a 2022 GM Tahoe/Yukon/Suburban/Escalade.  Both in black private hire car guise.

I found this on ebay for £20:

Nope:

Old model. That got sent back today.

But I found this Moving Parts in the Center Parcs toy shop last week (2 holidays in a month don't you know!)

Perfect!

I also found just the right latest generation Camry on ebay, in black. I was still in NY at that point so just had to look out the window for a few seconds until I could check a real example for reference.  Was this model any good?

Yes, yes it was!

1:34 scale, it's quite large:

Toyota really do make handsome large saloon cars. I also didn't know you could still get these in the UK although they are rare and quite expensive.  I wonder where they are made as the ones I saw in NY were all American manufactured, in fact they are supposedly one of the 'most American made' cars on sale there.

Lots of opening features. It also has working lights and even the Sat -Nav screen illuminates but I don't have any batteries just now.

I haven't heard of this make but its actually a very fine model and well made.  I like this one a lot.

 

[danthecapriman]

These two arrived today. Pictured after a wash.

The Merryweather AEC is absolutely battered! It was covered in (and full of!) mud and it’s been used so much the rubber tyres are actually all bald!  
But, it’ll be a good candidate for another frankenErgo cab donor.

 

And this one. 
Dinky Coles Hydra mobile crane. I’ve been eyeing these up for a while now, mainly because of that cool cab styling! This one is pretty good but needs a few repairs.

[bunglebus]

Golden Jacks

This one has been the victim of a thief

Really must get a better Corvette

 

[bunglebus]

I noticed something, and I'm amazed it took me this long to see it as I've had dozens of these. Matchbox VW 1600 TL, with the later enlarged wheel arches. On the left, the swage line goes right across the arch

On the right, the line is broken by the curve of the arch

Weird 

But not on all of them it seems.

I wonder if someone spotted the error and corrected it later on

[ETCHY]

8 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Golden Jacks

This one has been the victim of a thief

Really must get a better Corvette

 

Liking the Toronado especially.

I do still wonder why my jacks aren't gold coloured. I wonder if they changed to plain metal later on ?

[danthecapriman]

I’ve got the Rover and Oldsmobile golden jacks but I think that’s it. 

@eddyramrod has my Hillman GJ which was in a right state! I can’t think of any others though. Has it gone through the cosmic soda yet? 

I think the Rover is a fantastic casting in either form and probably still one of my favourites from Corgi.

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

15 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Found period photos of the real thing

 

Here's the storey of the car when it was restored after being discovered in France.

Stripteaser (theaccelerationarchive.co.uk)

[MiniMinorMk3]

8 hours ago, bunglebus said:

 

Weird 

But not on all of them it seems.

I wonder if someone spotted the error and corrected it later on

Have you also noticed that the trim line goes beyond the front arch on the right, but not on the left. Anyone would think those VWs were built by BL on a Friday afternoon.

[eddyramrod]

19 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

I’ve got the Rover and Oldsmobile golden jacks but I think that’s it. 

@eddyramrod has my Hillman GJ which was in a right state! I can’t think of any others though. Has it gone through the cosmic soda yet? 

I think the Rover is a fantastic casting in either form and probably still one of my favourites from Corgi.

 

Agreed.

The Hillman is in the next batch for drilling, so its bath isn't far away!  I should gather my GJs together for a photo; perhaps this afternoon between BTCC races.

[Split_Pin]

11 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Here's the storey of the car when it was restored after being discovered in France.

Stripteaser (theaccelerationarchive.co.uk)

Brilliant story. I remember that car from my 'Top Trumps' Dragster themed card game from the mid 1980s.

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Have you also noticed that the trim line goes beyond the front arch on the right, but not on the left. Anyone would think those VWs were built by BL on a Friday afternoon.

I'm going to dig out all mine shortly and have a close look at them. I've sold lots on to keep the best ones, I'd have more if I'd noticed this earlier!

Here:

Left is a rare narrow wheel/big arch transitional car, unfortunately a bit squished. Next are two big wheel big arch cars in different shades of pink, and lastly my attempt at a fake skinny Superfast wheel/big arch car where the colour wasn't as good a match as I'd hoped!

You can see the differences in swage line/arch profile, I think perhaps there were two moulds and they differed 

[flat4alfa]

13 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

I also didn't know you could still get these in the UK although they are rare and quite expensive.  I wonder where they are made as the ones I saw in NY were all American manufactured, in fact they are supposedly one of the 'most American made' cars on sale there.

I did a search-about as I thought it had been replaced, or was about to be, by the 2024 XV80 model.

It seems the Europe-supply plant for XV70 Camry production is Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky (TMMK) at Georgetown. Built alongside Lexus ES.

The (hybrid-only) XV80 intended replacement is currently only available to Toyota Central Europe region (Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary), Baltic countries and Israel.  That supply is also TMMK built.

[FakeConcern]

2 hours ago, ETCHY said:

Liking the Toronado especially.

I do still wonder why my jacks aren't gold coloured. I wonder if they changed to plain metal later on ?

I think I have a spare Toronado, I'll have a look later on if I get a chance.

I've noticed this (silver jacks) on some models as well, not sure if they weren't painted the same colour or if some discolour, I don't think Van Cleemput mentions it in his book

[sierraman]

I had a large arch 1600TL but it was silver - wasn’t a faded pink either as it was silver inside as well. Possible colour trial. Left it at my mums in the loft and with the best of intentions she slung it as it was a bit tatty. But then thoughtfully she kept all the shit stuff that subsequently we found was completely worthless. 🙄

[bunglebus]

58 minutes ago, sierraman said:

I had a large arch 1600TL but it was silver - wasn’t a faded pink either as it was silver inside as well. Possible colour trial. Left it at my mums in the loft and with the best of intentions she slung it as it was a bit tatty. But then thoughtfully she kept all the shit stuff that subsequently we found was completely worthless. 🙄

That pink is I think laid over a silver base coat - I've seen a 57 Chevy look very silver too, was never sure if it was a fade or just a mistake at the factory. There are certainly almost endless shades of pink to be found now

[bunglebus]

Young lad I see at the boot sale has this for £5

[FakeConcern]

To continue the Corgi Golden Jacks conversation of earlier, here are all my originals from when I was a kid...

Now I have at least one of all the Golden Jacks models, I think the only model that started out with standard wheels is the Toronado. The Rover in a previous life had spun wheels, but no sun roof and the Trans O Lite headlamps so quite a bit different.

and more than one of some of them...

I do have the wheels for those you can see missing and few spares as well

I mentioned in a previous post that some models were all set to be Golden Jacks and changed at the last minute to Whizzwheels even though the boxes had been printed, here's my childhood Miura in box that the young me pulled half the sticker off

the end flaps have this on them

also the colour of the jacks does vary and on the wheel less RR are properly silver

 

[stuboy]

Picked up from boot fair today

[MiniMinorMk3]

21 hours ago, sierraman said:

I had a large arch 1600TL but it was silver - wasn’t a faded pink either as it was silver inside as well. Possible colour trial. Left it at my mums in the loft and with the best of intentions she slung it as it was a bit tatty. But then thoughtfully she kept all the shit stuff that subsequently we found was completely worthless. 🙄

 

 

13 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

To continue the Corgi Golden Jacks conversation of earlier, here are all my originals from when I was a kid...

 

Now I have at least one of all the Golden Jacks models, I think the only model that started out with standard wheels is the Toronado. The Rover in a previous life had spun wheels, but no sun roof and the Trans O Lite headlamps so quite a bit different.

 

And the Hillman Hunter is the only casting that was made in Golden Jacks only. All the others got revamped in new colours as Whizzwheels.

[sierraman]

9 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

 

 

And the Hillman Hunter is the only casting that was made in Golden Jacks only. All the others got revamped in new colours as Whizzwheels.

Exactly same as that one. Oh well… 

[Tenmil Socket]

22 hours ago, sierraman said:

I had a large arch 1600TL but it was silver - wasn’t a faded pink either as it was silver inside as well. Possible colour trial. Left it at my mums in the loft and with the best of intentions she slung it as it was a bit tatty. But then thoughtfully she kept all the shit stuff that subsequently we found was completely worthless. 🙄

I remember when I was kid my mum was constantly threatening to throw all my toys away if I didn't tidy my room. I never thought she would but one day I went up to my room and she'd thrown all my stuff into a neighbours skip 😆

I spent ages searching through all the rubbish until I found my red Corgi XR3i that I got off Weetabix... still got it today!

[danthecapriman]

Bit more progress on the MAN today. It’s taking ages to get it done!

Rear mud guards on having been cut down to fit. Diamond plate walkway behind the cab. Trailer air hoses made from some spare nut/bolt locking wire wrapped around a screwdriver. Air tanks refitted. Fuel tank cut down and fitted. 
I’ll tidy up the wire air hoses after the glue dries.

Cab has had the lhd wiper holes filled, I’ll sort something out for rhd ones later. Cab interior has been disassembled and put back in rhd too.

 

Currently the cab is being sprayed in its colour coat, interior is in primer drying. Just a bit of work left on the chassis then that can be painted too. It’s getting there!

This might become my next truck project.

   
Originally a Spanish partwork Ebro Coke bottle truck (you can see the original rear bed in the background). Ebro were a company who built Ford Thames trucks under license in Spain, as well as some similar designs of their own. This one is identical to the British Thames ET6 truck, so there not much to do really with the basic truck. I’ll swap it to rhd of course and find or make a new, more British looking, load bed for it, then a paint job in something suitably dull and British!😄

That blue dropside body in the pic might be a candidate or maybe a scratch built flatbed.

[Christine]

Look what's landed.. bog stock Civic prefacelift , like mine !  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[MiniMinorMk3]

Another thing that came to the surface from a the bottom of a box was this.

Joal Mercedes 230 SL

Nice bright red paint, but poor panel fit.

Opening doors with a nicely detailed interior for era.

Spare wheel in boot.

Crude engine casting under bonnet.

It's lost an eye over the years.

This also has steerable front wheels and I'm sure it was originally the cast for the Tekno Mercedes 230.

An old Tekno for comparison

[bunglebus]

4 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

I spent ages searching through all the rubbish until I found my red Corgi XR3i that I got off Weetabix... still got it today!

This one?

 

[Tenmil Socket]

40 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

This one?

 

Indeed! I think mine has the same wheels as the bottom one.