Shite in Miniature II

[155V6]

A few bits from the car boot today,quite happy as I only spent the change I had 😀

Guisval Seat 600s

Corgis,I can't help picking up Rockets however battered they are

Most of a Dinky Dragster

Some modern stuff

And the rest,I also picked up the buildings in the background  from the seller of a few of the cars

[Noel Tidybeard]

6 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Seller wanted to keep the Joker version of the Strecha Fetcha, but let me have the normal one

t'aint a stretcha fetcha mista

[bunglebus]

7 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

t'aint a stretcha fetcha mista

Ah I always mix those up

Asorta Transporta

[Noel Tidybeard]

Just now, bunglebus said:

Ah I always mix those up

Asorta Transporta

nevva heard of one of them

[bunglebus]

10 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

The old Wildlife truck's looking good, I found a painted base one while sorting out the other day, so now I need to find a tidy example of it

 

[bunglebus]

5 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

nevva heard of one of them

Healer Wheeler. Stretcha Fetcha is the Matchbox one

[Noel Tidybeard]

stretcha fetcha was a fave as an child

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Asorta Transporta

That’s an Andy Saunders 

One fella did put a model together, not quite finished

[morrisoxide]

£3 from two charity shop bags!

The TR7 still glows.

[bunglebus]

Quicksilver!

 

[bunglebus]

11 hours ago, AndyW201 said:

Hope you're better soon btw.

I'm alright - scary thing is I had quite a lot of things I'd considered doing this weekend including FoE (weather looked iffy) and worse still Brentwood toy fair! I'd have killed off half the attendees I reckon, most aren't exactly youthful.

[egg]

I got this Corgi Junior in a lot a while back

Because the front of the roller was snapped off, I should have just thrown it away really....this is how it should look

But I straightened it up and repainted it anyway, and maybe it can sit next to some old boys railway diorama once it hits the charity shop.

[danthecapriman]

Well, it had to be done! 
I make no apologies for buying it either.

 

Thumbs up from me.  
It looks like a mk2 and the details look pretty good. Nice bit of printing for the badges etc too.

The only thing I’m not a particular fan of are the wheels. Maybe something I can address at a later date though.

Heres hoping they do a Miami blue L spec version in future!

[Remspoor]

22 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Oh dear, I've been to three boot sales, various shopping trips and who knows where else 

So when the UK goes back into lockdown they now know who to blame.

Hope you get well soon.

[Remspoor]

17 hours ago, 155V6 said:

A few bits from the car boot today,quite happy as I only spent the change I had 😀

Guisval Seat 600s

Corgis,I can't help picking up Rockets however battered they are

Most of a Dinky Dragster

Some modern stuff

And the rest,I also picked up the buildings in the background  from the seller of a few of the cars

I really do like those buildings. Do you have any idea of brand?

[bunglebus]

Ooh shiny. Tiny Hot Wheels Corvettes just arrived in the post

These little cars are hard to find as Mattel sold them under various names, unlike the similar Micro Machines that no doubt inspired them

[MiniMinorMk3]

3 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

Well, it had to be done! 
I make no apologies for buying it either.

The only thing I’m not a particular fan of are the wheels. Maybe something I can address at a later date though.

Heres hoping they do a Miami blue L spec version in future!

The Capri looks like a good nicely detailed casting. I agree on the wheels, they look a bit too deep dished. They have followed the actual cars colour style on the wheels though.

I don not remember them being like that originally, I always thought they were all over silver or white.

[bunglebus]

They were silver, an option on Escort Ghias too, although very few seemed to have them

[bunglebus]

I think I finally found out the brand of my huge plastic truck I bought in 2021

Thanks to the wonderful tool that is Google Lens, it lead me to an eBay listing in the Netherlands for this

Made by Popular Plastic here in Britain apparently

Problem is trying to search "popular plastic toys" leads to predictably useless results 

[danthecapriman]

46 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

The Capri looks like a good nicely detailed casting. I agree on the wheels, they look a bit too deep dished. They have followed the actual cars colour style on the wheels though.

I don not remember them being like that originally, I always thought they were all over silver or white.

All silver does look right to me too. Interesting to see the Escort had them as an option too though.

You’re right about the dish on them. They look well done, but too dished giving them a sort of boy racer modern take on an old wheel look. A bit like those modern reproduction RS alloys you can get that are actually bigger and wider than the originals.

[MiniMinorMk3]

2 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

All silver does look right to me too. Interesting to see the Escort had them as an option too though.

You’re right about the dish on them. They look well done, but too dished giving them a sort of boy racer modern take on an old wheel look. A bit like those modern reproduction RS alloys you can get that are actually bigger and wider than the originals.

The dish on them reminds me of the 6x10 Cosmics that you can ruin the look of a Mini with.

[danthecapriman]

I got this big ol’ bastard today!

1:43 Autocar 

From a collection of US trucks Altaya or someone did a while back.

Theyre not quite to the same standards as a premium IXO truck etc but they are still very very nice, and cheaper. 
I like the livery on this one! Just needs a bit of weathering and a load of scrap in the trailer.

Theres a few film related trucks in the collection too, Smokey & the Bandit, liquid nitrogen truck from Terminator 2 and the Peterbilt from Dual (which I’ve got somewhere…).

[sierraman]

Matchbox Rover SD1 to come next year. 

[flat4alfa]

 

[155V6]

3 hours ago, Remspoor said:

I really do like those buildings. Do you have any idea of brand?

Bachmann

[sierraman]

17 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

 

But will we ever see them??

[flat4alfa]

The Rover SD1 Vitesse was announced as Moving Parts range

Also announced are Alfa Duetto, Citroen 2CV, Toyota Century, BMW Compact

[Datsuncog]

44 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

The Rover SD1 Vitesse was announced as Moving Parts range

Also announced are Alfa Duetto, Citroen 2CV, Toyota Century, BMW Compact

*Faints*

[flat4alfa]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Problem is trying to search "popular plastic toys" leads to predictably useless results 

There is a reason for that… 🙂

It was Poplar, not Popular

Poplar Plastics was a Welsh company founded by Dr. Islyn Thomas and Major Eric W. Jones using their post-war demob grants. It shared the large Bridgend premises with Thomas Injection Moulders (of New Jersey US) so Poplar would share original moulds with Thomas Toys.  Hence why a British company was modelling a US Ford C-series COE truck cab

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00491129

[bunglebus]

Ah thanks - still have a bit of brain fog at the moment!

Off down a rabbit hole....