Shite in Miniature II

[danthecapriman]

There’s this in the queue too.

SBT Leyland National mk2, also 3D printed. It’s huge too!

  
Here’s a 1:43 Transit for size comparison.

Absolutely shit loads of separate parts and bits to fit with it. 
I’ve heard they can take a bit of work and fettling to get a good finish on, but let’s be honest… there really isn’t much choice besides!

[bunglebus]

Partner's grandson really like purple, so I said I'd crank out a quick repaint for him, as it was a good excuse to get some practice in with the chromo pigment. 

Definitely got it right this time using a UV light to check it as I went along - ordered some more colours too

[danthecapriman]

Where did you find that paint @bunglebus? 
I’ve never seen that before.

[bunglebus]

28 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

Where did you find that paint @bunglebus? 
I’ve never seen that before.

It comes as a very fine powder which you mix with clear

Probably more intended for nail art but I'm no stranger to using nail varnish to paint toy cars

[Datsuncog]

5 hours ago, Christine said:

Corr !   Can you get  me the  Honda civic ek9 ? 

You're in luck!

It was still on the shelf.

[Christine]

bloody marvellous ! I tried all afternoon to end up not getting  one  anywhere !  How much inc  post ? 

[Christine]

Open it !  What else is in the box ?  its like xmas !   

[bunglebus]

54 minutes ago, Christine said:

Open it !  What else is in the box ?  its like xmas !   

I think they're going to be like the Tune Ups with bodykit type add-ons

[Datsuncog]

16 hours ago, Christine said:

bloody marvellous ! I tried all afternoon to end up not getting  one  anywhere !  How much inc  post ? 

PM sent!

[MiniMinorMk3]

Knowing that there are a lot of fans of small scale diecast on here I thought I'd post up the Vectis catalogue for their 8th October sale. There are lots to suit all wallets and collectors of small scale.

Vectis Auctions | Specialist Diecast and Model Auction

There's Tomica

Polistil

Hot Wheels old and newer

Siku

Lone Star/Impy

Majorette

Corgi Juniors

and lots of assorted unboxed/bubbled stuff

[Christine]

In my hunt for a Civic yesterday   i couldn't resist the charity shop next door to the toyshop.. in a locked cabinet was a bedford ca crewbus , poor  repaint  . ...My dad had one when i was about 5 .. He painted it up like a  doormobile and we had many family  holidays to Devon in it .  

It was stickered up at 4 quid , i went to the counter , said i want the Bedford  in the cabinet,  I'm popping next door , i'll be back in  10 minutes ... WAIT , SHOW ME WHAT ONE , I'LL GET IT NOW !  ( Fuck , i want a Civic  more,   i'm in a hurry! )  So i waited... she got the key ..i pointed to the Bedford ..and as she picked it up it all fell to bits !  Well i'm going to take it to bits anyway arent I to paint ?  , so she says  i can have it for nothing ... as its broken .. Almost a fight  i'm tying to give her 4 quid and she wont take it ! We settled at 50p. Pics L8r.. i painted it  again ! 

[Christine]

Dads Bedford about 1966 .67 ? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Tenmil Socket]

10 minutes ago, Christine said:

Dads Bedford about 1966 .67 ? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tremendous!

[Christine]

Cool dude running without the spats

 

It got stolen one night , it was abandoed 500 yds away missing the radio.   It got fingerprinted .. i  at 6 years old had to give my finger prints ..and the police gave me a copy ..  and told me never to steal anything as i was on file and could be caught ..! 

[Tenmil Socket]

1989 - Racing Champions INC - BMW 323i Covertible (with additional 1985 - Matchbox Alpina - 1:56)

 

[bunglebus]

Majorette got in on the act too

 

[Tenmil Socket]

49 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Majorette got in on the act too

 

Another one to find.

[danthecapriman]

These arrived from Italy yesterday!

A second Nissan Tsuru (Sunny!) which is one for European-ising with a repaint and Euro spec grill.

 

And a VW Atlantic (Jetta), which just needs European single headlights making. 
I like this Jetta model, always seemed a bit of an odd choice to make a model of as it wasn’t ever as common or popular as the Golf or most other VW’s, but I’m glad they did!

[Tenmil Socket]

Corgi? MK1 Ford Sierra

What a colour combo! I think Corgi has been blanked off on the base... didn't you have one of these @bunglebus?

[sierraman]

22 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Corgi? MK1 Ford Sierra

What a colour combo! I think Corgi has been blanked off on the base... didn't you have one of these @bunglebus?

I think they were the ones they used to remove the detail off the bases as they were promotional items? 

[Tenmil Socket]

3 minutes ago, sierraman said:

I think they were the ones they used to remove the detail off the bases as they were promotional items? 

Why would they do that?

[sierraman]

Just now, Tenmil Socket said:

Why would they do that?

God knows! I’ve quite a few that seem to have had the detail blanked off. Maybe could also be due to copyright issues as well. 

[Tenmil Socket]

1 minute ago, sierraman said:

God knows! I’ve quite a few that seem to have had the detail blanked off. Maybe could also be due to copyright issues as well. 

I was thinking perhaps that the moulds were sold off to a company that wasn't Corgi and therefore they had to remove the branding?

[Split_Pin]

I don't think the Sierra was part of the brief HotWheels mashup. 

Agree with its namesake although the famous BP cars had Corgi boxes and Corgi on the base, I'm sure of it.

[Datsuncog]

52 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

I was thinking perhaps that the moulds were sold off to a company that wasn't Corgi and therefore they had to remove the branding?

Yes, you're right - my understanding was that when parent company Mettoy folded in 1983, a load of Corgi Juniors tooling was sold off to Kiko in Brazil - and the Corgi name was wiped from their bases accordingly.

After the administrators sorted everything out and a management buyout was financed to keep the brand (and the Fforestfach manufacturing site) alive, diecast production resumed in 1984.

Not long after, with a number of big contracts signed to produce promotional models in large numbers (BP, Fina, Rowntrees, Weetabix, Kelloggs), to meet demand the newly reorganised Corgi Toys Ltd bought back some of their old tooling from Kiko and had them shipped back to Wales. It seems that branded-base and non-branded base tooling was used fairly interchangeably, and no-one really cared that much.

[sierraman]

4 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I don't think the Sierra was part of the brief HotWheels mashup. 

Agree with its namesake although the famous BP cars had Corgi boxes and Corgi on the base, I'm sure of it.

I’m sure I’ve seen one you know. Very brief time they did them for alongside the Autocity branding. 

[sierraman]

Knew it they did one in ‘96

[Split_Pin]

Well whaddyaknow! 😂

[Tenmil Socket]

Here's Dazza at the local car meet trying to convince the 'ladies' that his 1.3 base is an XR3i

[sierraman]

Does anyone remember the Autocity stuff that Corgi used to knock out around 1990ish onwards? It was branding on their juniors range plus loads of really good sets like the roadway, garages, scrapyard and a really cool ferry port. Still got all my stuff, a place near us sold it and it was in Argos IIRC so I’d get it on birthdays and Xmas.