Shite in Miniature II

[Felly Magic]

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What now?

I've just stripped 60 odd years of paint from this, one of my Dad's old Dinkys. I bought a couple of Poundshop aerosols at the same time as the fake Nitromors. Can I just blow it over with topcoat or should I prime it? I don't want to much paint on it and lose detail. I'm even thinking about striping them all( box of about 20) and just laquering and buying some tyres off eBay, saying that, what's the worse that can happen if I just leave it bare?

I'm only doing this because of generations of abuse and childish repaints by my Dad, me and my brothers, cousins, nephews and nieces. I feel guilty cleaning them up and putting them in a cabinet instead of being played with and kept in a scruffy cardboard box in my Grandma's kitchen.

 

Primer it, otherwise you may get flaking issues very quickly as the paint doean't bond to the metal, if you leave the metal bare, it will oxidise very quickly

[Split_Pin]

A light blow over with primer should be enough.

 

I have the same model which was my dad's and its the only one he didnt repaint. The othets he did and my grandpa worked in the shipyards so you can guess the sort of paint he was given to use and why I have no inclination to restore them!

[junkyarddog]

 

You could try just polishing that casting.

I did this using a Drexel and some autosol.

 

I think that old ford would look really good done like that.

[junkyarddog]

[junkyarddog]

 

Sorry about the multiple posts,

Uploading direct from my phone and it only allows me to attach one pic at a time.

[junkyarddog]

 

A recent resto.

 

Matchbox Mk1 Mondeo.

Had the most awful wheels,thick blue paint and racing decals on it.

I could hardly tell what it was when I found it in a box of random diecast at a car boot sale recently.

 

Stripping the paint off revealed a lot of good detail.

So a few light coats of paint and some 70's superfast wheels later it looks fairly decent

[Split_Pin]

That looks amazing!

[eddyramrod]

Good choice of colour too!  That blue/green seemed to be very fashionable in the 90s, my Giffer Rover is a similar colour.

[junkyarddog]

Thanks.

 

Hope to find a few more of those Mondeo.

Fill a transporter full of them in various colours.

[Split_Pin]

Please share a picture when you do!

[Felly Magic]

What's that Matchbox Mondongo compare size wise to the Majorette one?

[junkyarddog]

Dunno,never found a Majorette one yet.

 

I'm guessing they would be pretty similar though.

[Felly Magic]

C'est Combien?

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Majorette-Ford-Mondeo-Mk1-Hatchback-Metallic-Silver-New-in-Sealed-Package-/253190481155?hash=item3af3542503:g:PIgAAOSwhlZYtwcy

 

[Junkman]

Some of you might remember that I recently posted some of my childhood survivors in this noble thread.

Among other, there was this:

 

 

After ca 45 years, I thought it might be time to return it to its intended purpose.

Consequently some internet shopping was done and thus today I received this:

 

 

And look:

 

 

 

 

 

In theory, this enables me to do some phamous philm scene re-enaction:

 

[Split_Pin]

Thats a cracking little model, very unusual subject too.

[mercrocker]

That mid-60s period of Lesney 1-75s had some proper gems in it all right.

[Bren]

Went to a toy fair in Colwyn bay yesterday.

Not much diecast, especially obsolete stuff - they seem to cater for railways these days.

[mercrocker]

Even worse down here - all bloody Star Wars

[eddyramrod]

My parcel from Mr hennaBM arrived today.  Some little delights in there!  5*, wood yews agen xx

[junkyarddog]

 

Some recent Matcbox regular wheeled finds.

[junkyarddog]

 

Small Polistil Citroen.

[junkyarddog]

 

Large Polistil Citroen.

[junkyarddog]

 

Some recent Majorette tidy ups.

 

Jaguar and Lancia.

[junkyarddog]

 

I recently found this Matchbox garage at a sale.

It's in fairly rough shape,But not too bad.

Plan is to make some new doors out of wood,Maybe with some giffer repairs and "No parking" scrawled upon them.

[mercrocker]

Looks just fine as it is!   Don't bother with those white metal repro doors - they're shit.   

[junkyarddog]

Diecast Tractor shite.

Never knew that Corgi produced a Zetor tractor (first vehicle I ever drove)

I found the two of them at a car boot sale on different stalls on the same day.

 

Not very exciting I know,But I have a soft spot for the old Zetor.

Would quite like an old 2511.

 

[Junkman]

Today I received two 1/43 Partworks from that France.

They are both Philippe Charbonneaux designs, who, as we all know, went on to design the R16.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[barrett]

Wow! How much, and where from?

[Junkman]

http://www.journaux.fr/vehicules-publicitaires-hors-serie_vehicules-miniatures_7_1_458378.html

[Felly Magic]

OMG these look straight out of Thunderbirds!