Shite in Miniature II

[andy18s]

  On 21/09/2024 at 08:46, danthecapriman said:

It’s just laying around on my workbench at the moment. 
There’s only a bunch of wheels on this one. Your welcome to it if you want it though…

I’ve also got several of the various Transit models, most of which have roof racks with bits on.

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That sounds good. I'm currently searching for a realistically priced trailer that looks vaguely correct for the time.

[Spottedlaurel]

Master SL and I took a trip out yesterday.....

I got this set, as Smyths have reduced the price to £19.99.

For once I came home with less than him, as the purpose of the journey was to go and collect this lot that he'd agreed to purchase:

£30 off Gumtree. The Honda garage on its own seems to go for reasonable money. This was after he'd got his own Hypercity stuff out of the loft earlier in the week (he'd received quite a bit when it was readily available here in the past) and did a bit of research on prices. Putting it all together created this scene:

 

I thought my days of roads and railways taking over the living room were over, but clearly not.

[bunglebus]

  On 22/09/2024 at 01:13, Lord Sterling said:

You might have noticed the blue Majorette RR in the background. 

I bought one on the strength of seeing one on here. Unfortunately it really isn't all that.

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In fairness, the Majorette was always intended as a child's toy rather than a model. It's no better or worse than the Corgi from a similar era

 

[Tenmil Socket]

  On 21/09/2024 at 17:08, FakeConcern said:

I've just seen that the chat about Mk3 Escorts was Hot Wheels size...

Oh well!

Solido

I was intending to model one as the XR3i Mk3 I owned and posibly the other as the Mk4

I took the repro French Dinky toys I bought a couple of weeks ago out of their shrink wrap today. Beautiful shiny paint, but poor asembly as the Galaxie had a rear light bezel rattling around loose and the Opel had a door hanging off!

Luckily both easily fixed as the Rekord was just not clipped together properly and a dab of glue fixed the light.

Had to find the original Commodore to compare

I quite like the Speedwheels on it

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Did you get one of those Pioneer Escort’s in a roffle win off me?

I wasn’t aware there a Hot Wheels MK3… I’ll have to Ask Jeeves on that one!

What I meant in my earlier post was that I’d like to see a new release version.

[Tenmil Socket]

[danthecapriman]

  On 22/09/2024 at 05:22, andy18s said:

That sounds good. I'm currently searching for a realistically priced trailer that looks vaguely correct for the time.

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I’ll forward you on that roof rack then. 
 

Trailers…

Theres a Cararama car trailer available in 1:43 which looks pretty good but isn’t the cheapest. I’ve got one here somewhere, but it’s packed otherwise I’d take a few pics.

I did find this though on eBay while looking for something else,

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235645489616?_skw=remorque&itmmeta=01J8CFF4BXHNPCWXMHTJBCNAVP&hash=item36dd90d1d0:g:Za4AAOSwtNZmjRQ3

Same seller has a few others too,

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_dkr=1&iconV2Request=true&_blrs=recall_filtering&_ssn=1.43man&store_cat=0&store_name=jumajo143nan&_oac=1&_nkw=remorque
   
There’s a load of truck trailers but the car trailers are jumbled in with them!

[plasticvandan]

It's that time of year again where indoor hobbies become more appealing,and for me models come to the fore as something I can enjoy indoors when the weather is crap.for those interested the Shepton mallet toy and train fair is on 7th October,and well worth going if your not a million miles away,I have specific interests (scammell mechanical horses,gpo,three wheelers,larger scale plastic 50s stuff etc) and always find something.

[sierraman]

Those Corgi RR always had a limp lower tailgate, it used to just flop down all the time. 

[danthecapriman]

Yesterday’s efforts down in the shed.

Chassis, bed and cab painted. Cab needs the details painting in but I need to make the glazing first. Assembled up loose with its final wheels.  
They’re not exactly the right style for an early AEC but I just can’t get any! The only way I could would be buying a pair of the AEC bus models just to pinch the wheels from - which is an expensive waste I think so these will do nicely.

 

While that was drying off I made a new replacement deck for the trailer I robbed the body off a while back. Loads more to do with this, and it needs a tractor unit, but I’ve got a plan for that!

[Lord Sterling]

  On 22/09/2024 at 08:04, bunglebus said:

In fairness, the Majorette was always intended as a child's toy rather than a model. It's no better or worse than the Corgi from a similar era

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IMHO, the Corgi is a much better turn, the proportions are just right and whilst some of the detailing isn't great, it's isn't too hard to get right, even with my cack-handed attempts.

Absolutely they are just a child's toy, but it's interesting to see what kind of effort they went to. I appreciate it for what it is and what effort has been put into it. Not so much with Majorette but as you said, it was only ever meant as a child's toy, but then so was the Corgi which is much better IMHO.

  On 22/09/2024 at 09:18, sierraman said:

Those Corgi RR always had a limp lower tailgate, it used to just flop down all the time. 

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That's one thing I forgot to add. The lower tailgate on TXC does get loose but never drops down, it just always manages to get underneath the top glass. DAE always stays shut but does open with some help.

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 22/09/2024 at 01:13, Lord Sterling said:

Except his is a 3 door RR whereas mine is a full 5 door.

The other one is self-plated DAE 233J, so right for the year (I guess). I've taken a little liberty with the marker pens to give them more authentic details. They aren't the same as can be plainly seen but it doesn't bother me too much, I don't have the painting skills and patience of @danthecapriman or @sierraman (hmmm, both Ford derived usernames, is there a theme here?)

 

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5-Door Range Rovers did not appear until 1981.

[bunglebus]

The internet is a blessing and a curse. Not so long ago I found out that Matchbox made a white version of the Mustang Piston Popper, in a five pack - one of, if not the first vehicle to receive a different colour to the 1-75 cars for use in a multipack. There are various pictures of them online with individual boxes, don't know if they came this way too or not, but they were definitely a proper release rather than a colour trial

I'm unlikely to find one, but as it's exactly the same as the blue one bar the colour, I selected a victim

Stripped

And recoated in a coat of white primer and topcoat

Restos and recreations are a little frustrating to me, as I want to go to town smoothing out every imperfection and detailing all the lights, in fairness this casting was pretty good to start with

While looking into this variation I realised there was another white version of a blue Matchbox released at about the same time

I have got one in the project box but it's BAD, think I'd have to find a better example really. We'll see...

[danthecapriman]

I’m sure there’s one of those Corgi Range Rovers in @eddyramrod’s box here in police livery.

99% sure it’s a Corgi one, assuming they did it in police colours?

 

Id definitely agree the Corgi is better than Majorette. I had a Majorette one as a kid and loved playing with it in the garden. It’s long gone now and I’d completely forgotten about it until last year when I found a really really nice one in a job lot, which I’ve kept in my collection. No idea why other than for old times sake!😄 I just saw it in the job lot and suddenly remembered my old one.

I used to make off road tracks for it in the flower beds. I’d make mud pits and all sorts, nothing could stop that old Rangey!!

[junkyarddog]

Some of today's finds. 

I've got quite a few of these Matchbox garages.

They are very appealing little things,but this one is unusual in that it still has it's doors intact!!

Matchbox Peterbilt heavy duty wrecker. 

Corgi Airport rescue truck.

Corgi Berliet Wrecker.

Dinky Ford Roadsweeper with a blue cab,not sure if this a factory or not,owing to the fact they are screwed together.

Budgie toys Bedford Tipper,with a body that wouldn't look out of place on The Pakistan truck channels on YouTube. 

Budgie toys Coca Cola Commer Truck.

Matchbox Leyland Tipper. 

Not a bad haul for a Sunday.

[FakeConcern]

  On 22/09/2024 at 08:41, Tenmil Socket said:

Did you get one of those Pioneer Escort’s in a roffle win off me?

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I got it in a roffle win from @Dick Longbridge who I think won it from you!

No boot fairs for us today as they were cancelled because of wet weather. I fancied going to the toy fair at Midhurst, but Mrs Concern didn't want to bother as it's a 120 mile round trip and we've had a busy and tiring few weeks.

So I spent some time looking at a recent ebay buy for starting bid

I only ever saw and bought my first Yonezawa toy a cuople of weeks ago (see page 1731) and since bought two Cherry Coupes and now this Datsun Z, I love opening everything

It is complete apart from the headlights

boot won't stay open

Now I have a question as looking at the wheels, I thought it must have the wrong tyres on the wheels as the centre of the wheel sticks right out with a smooth bit outside and set back (see pics)

also looking at the tyres on the others they are much more plastic in appearance and quite fat

However looking at some for sale on ebay they seem to have exactly same wheels and tyres as mine

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305568948084?chn=ps&_ul=GB

So anyone had one of these or knows about them can tell me?

[bramz7]

After my recent mini fire sale of some diecast it means I can now unbox some others instead of having them hidden away. 

These are my favourite Solidos ever which may explain why I still have them. I'd make room for a CX Estate of the same era too but that can wait. 

Even the interior detail is good. I think this is pushing 50 years old. 

Another almost lone survivor in my collection is this 1/43 Ducato by NZG. Love it. 

Two Mebetoys, unfortunately the Innocenti Mini is missing it's rear bumper. The base plate says 1/43 but that is clearly not the case. 

This era Mercury is proper stodgy, heavy in the hand stuff. I've got three of the same era and they are like this. This 128 looks good considering it's age.

Unfortunately this one has to stay boxed, I can't open it without wrecking the box.

[morrisoxide]

I went all posh yesterday as I went to Aragut (Harrogate is how the posh people pronounce it).

Found this Metropolitan for £2.

That sent me down the Ingap rabbit warren online.

[Volksy]

I may have strayed by a toy shop today. 

This thread is bad. 

 

 

[bunglebus]

Told you that Mercedes was nice 

[Tenmil Socket]

  On 22/09/2024 at 16:54, FakeConcern said:

I got it in a roffle win from @Dick Longbridge who I think won it from you!

No boot fairs for us today as they were cancelled because of wet weather. I fancied going to the toy fair at Midhurst, but Mrs Concern didn't want to bother as it's a 120 mile round trip and we've had a busy and tiring few weeks.

So I spent some time looking at a recent ebay buy for starting bid

I only ever saw and bought my first Yonezawa toy a cuople of weeks ago (see page 1731) and since bought two Cherry Coupes and now this Datsun Z, I love opening everything

It is complete apart from the headlights

boot won't stay open

Now I have a question as looking at the wheels, I thought it must have the wrong tyres on the wheels as the centre of the wheel sticks right out with a smooth bit outside and set back (see pics)

also looking at the tyres on the others they are much more plastic in appearance and quite fat

However looking at some for sale on ebay they seem to have exactly same wheels and tyres as mine

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305568948084?chn=ps&_ul=GB

So anyone had one of these or knows about them can tell me?

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Love the Cherry Coupe's... would you be interested in selling one?

[sierraman]

  On 22/09/2024 at 19:18, Volksy said:

I may have strayed by a toy shop today. 

This thread is bad. 

 

 

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I’d be a richer man if I didn’t come on here. 😂

[FakeConcern]

  On 23/09/2024 at 08:16, Tenmil Socket said:

Love the Cherry Coupe's... would you be interested in selling one?

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Maybe at some point, but I did pay far too much for them haha!

[Tenmil Socket]

  On 23/09/2024 at 09:28, FakeConcern said:

Maybe at some point, but I did pay far too much for them haha!

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Probably more than I'm willing to pay then 🤣

[FakeConcern]

  On 23/09/2024 at 09:47, Tenmil Socket said:

Probably more than I'm willing to pay then 🤣

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I've made a note that you have dibs anyway.

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 22/09/2024 at 14:58, junkyarddog said:

Dinky Ford Roadsweeper with a blue cab,not sure if this a factory or not,owing to the fact they are screwed together.

 

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Came in both bubble...

and card boxes

Not very common, but only worth about £40-£60 boxed. Easy to fake using a cab from the D800 Snow Plough.

[bunglebus]

Delivery from @Lord Sterling

No idea how that wheel's ended up like that 

Porsche was a proper bargain 

Went back to the charity shop where I bought the Corgi Commer TV van, and relieved them of a Hot Wheels Jaguar in a box I didn't spot on Saturday 

Plus this Dinky Fastback

Hopefully I can match the paint on the decklid from the donor @Split_Pin is sending me, looks a very similar colour to the Matchbox version so I've got that on the shelf

[Split_Pin]

That looks lovely! I think the lid in the one I'm sending you will need some paint to spruce it up to the standard of the car though!

[Tenmil Socket]

Matchbox No.31 'Caravan' & No.66 'Ford Transit' - 1977

Here's Bill, the local scrap collector and handy man type of guy. He came up trumps with a load of old copper cable *legally* that he has now stripped and is weighing it in before he sets off for a couple of nights in Towyn with wife Maureen.

[bunglebus]

  On 23/09/2024 at 13:49, Split_Pin said:

That looks lovely! I think the lid in the one I'm sending you will need some paint to spruce it up to the standard of the car though!

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Huh. Casting difference on the spare tyre

Also there's a hole in the body behind the tyre too - I thought it was where someone's drilled the base off, as it's now screwed on. There's a hole at the back I've not seen on my others either

But the donor has something attached behind the spare tyre too. I'll be interested to compare them when it arrives 

[Split_Pin]

Oh I thought that drilling was my handiwork 😂 There's a tiny nut there. 

I did wonder why I'd bother drilling a model that I'd no intention of restoring!