Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

Hayden of the boot sale stall buys job lots, latest one was Hot Wheels so I pulled out some older ones, and a couple of Matchbox too

[MiniMinorMk3]

Some of those Matchbox Collectibles casting were used under the Hot Wheels banner.

These never came out of the box as it looked impossible to do it without damage, and being a number limited series I left well alone. They turned out to be not as sort after as the original Matchbox versions, but these were the only ones I have seen.

1970 Chevelle.

Chromatic dark blue finish.

1 of 5000 pieces, so they are probably fairly easy to find on the interwebs.

The 'Cuda got an outing

This time in Chromatic Purple, probably a nod to Plum Crazy, a popular Mopar colour.

1968 Camaro SS

The last in the series was something that Matchbox did do, a 1971 Plymouth GTX.

Opening bonnet is something the Matchbox Collectibles did not have.

[bunglebus]

Both Matchbox and Hot Wheels ones are very nice!

[eddyramrod]

I've managed to finish up some of my current projects.  Remember this, from the charity shop?

It looks rather different now...

All ready for some heavy-recovery work now.  The police CF was an AA van once, but is now the first police vehicle I've painted in this shade of blue; a substitute for the Ford Galaxy Blue I was using before.  We also have some screen cars...

Dinky police Volvo becomes Lovejoy's car, and at least is a (correct) 265 unlike the smaller Corgi Junior I did recently.  The blue Charger is from Christine, driven by Arnie's buddy Dennis.  Also...

Ex-Kojak Buick suits BL Tara Green, I think!  It works on the old Cresta too.  And the Buick joins a little fleet here....

[bunglebus]

36 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

We also have some screen cars...

Dinky police Volvo becomes Lovejoy's car

I thought you were going to say The Good Life

[eddyramrod]

10 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I thought you were going to say The Good Life

No, that's a 145.  You can get a model of it but not at any price I can afford.

[Christine]

Fujimi kit nearly finished .. 4 off   Ej9s now,  small medium and large . And a full size one ! 

 

 

 

⅞

 

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

21 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I thought you were going to say The Good Life

Jerry!

[Spottedlaurel]

Got colour on the Fiat kit yesterday evening:

 

Still needs clearcoat. I chose this shade as it's reminiscent of the Olio Fiat rally cars - it's being built as a hi-po road car, so I can do what I like. I'm imagining it's what the team gave one of their drivers as a thank you.

[Christine]

Oh dear , i forgot  the rear view mirror on the Civic .... it'll have to come apart again 

 

[flat4alfa]

9 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Jerry!

Geraldine!

(the goat)

[flat4alfa]

On 06/05/2024 at 22:17, eddyramrod said:

Dinky police Volvo becomes Lovejoy's car, and at least is a (correct) 265

Well done. Can see you’ve added plate too. The only pics found are quite washed-out ‘VHS’ quality, unsurprisingly. 

It made me smile at the time, as a friend’s family ran an antiques business for a few years and ran a succession of Volvo estates. They even had a 245 in that yellow that I drove over for it’s late-life respray. It was an old crate and drove like one, so I questioned why they spent on it and he explained it was a perception thing: You don’t turn up to buy antiques from rich people in a rich car, but you have to look like you care. Life lesson.

[sierraman]

Car boot yesterday a complete waste of time, even the kids who are normally like they’ve got money burning a hole in their pocket didn’t buy anything, it was just full of nobheads trying to bum you out of a fiver. 
 

Didn’t come away empty handed though! 2 x Matchbox Jaguar XJ220 purchased. 

[Tenmil Socket]

Never knew these existed!

 

[sierraman]

3 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Never knew these existed!

 

Yeah they come in white as well, made in early 80’s I think? 

[flat4alfa]

23 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Never knew these existed!

Can’t say I knew of that one either

Carmichael Commando was just produced within two years 1982-84.  That’s a short run

[sierraman]

Often wondered how one would look as a camper custom…

[bunglebus]

My Carmichaels are a bit playworn 

 

[Tenmil Socket]

18 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

My Carmichaels are a bit playworn 

 

I think there’s a light blue one too?

[bunglebus]

On 01/05/2024 at 17:14, flat4alfa said:

Ah... you've found the Mini-Dinky Cadillac.  Buy it quick, if not tell me where it is pretty please

Boo

[quicksilver]

1 hour ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Never knew these existed!

 

I had one of those. It annoyed me as it's way too wide for its length - imagine it as a standard 4-wheel Range Rover and it'd be almost square! Length and height-wise it's about the same as the Oxford Diecast version (so around 1/76) but far wider. Somewhere in one of my boxes of random bits I have a resin shell cast from one narrowed to the correct width.

[eddyramrod]

39 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Often wondered how one would look as a camper custom…

[MiniMinorMk3]

Here's a small Carmichael kit I have 

[Tenmil Socket]

15 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Here's a small Carmichael kit I have 

Crikey, that is small! 

It would be my type of kit in a larger scale though simply gluing 6 wheels on 😂

[flat4alfa]

On 07/05/2024 at 10:48, Tenmil Socket said:

I think there’s a light blue one too?

It seems during the original production (Lesney / Matchbox International crossover period) were just the Police (with or without Rescue tampo) and Fire service liveries 

They had a roof ladder fitted throughout, although there was this water cannon idea done as a pre-production.  I think this would look good on @eddyramrod’s ‘Battle of the Beanfield’ Camper version

The casting was resurrected for Bulgarian 1990s production which saw plenty more variations and fitted with a pair of roof sirens instead 

[bunglebus]

Dinky Ghia has had lots and lots of filing and sanding. There are still some areas with obvious defects but I don't like using filler, it always causes me problems. I've either got to live with them or build up some primer to sand back

[bunglebus]

Bit of etch...

...prime...

Now decision time. I really want to two tone this something era correct like this

Shame the whitewalls @MiniMinorMk3 sent me don't quite fit in the arches (well not if I want it to roll)

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

13 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Shame the whitewalls @MiniMinorMk3 sent me don't quite fit in the arches (well not if I want it to roll)

 

When I sent them I thought they might be a bit big. With a bit of colour on the body shell they'd still look good.

By the way, are the tyres loose on the rims. If so you could cut a small segment from the tyre and re-stick with super glue onto the rim, they may get you some clearance.

[bunglebus]

Saw a few bits in a charity shop earlier

Far eastern Golf

Unknown Bugatti

And this - got very excited until I saw the £40 £30 price 

[flat4alfa]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

got very excited until I saw the £40 price 

It says £29.99 and has a date from a few weeks ago, so if you ask the manager/pricer they may be open to offers as they’ve had it a while taking up space and stock needs rotation/clearing

Or just use your Jedi Mind Trick, because after all, CR is run like a corporation these days