Shite in Miniature II

[MiniMinorMk3]

1 hour ago, barrett said:

I think they starting making metal 1:43s in about 1971, and at first the entire range was models they were already making in plastic, so there was a lot of crossover with both diecast and plastic versions of the same car. By the mid-70s the metal cars were the 'standard' range but they continued producing plastic versions of some as a 'budget' range. I've seen plastic versions of lots of 70s cars but they were definitely metal-only by the 1980s came round. As usual with these things, it's really annoying that there isn't a Norev nerd website which just has a complete list of models with dates and colours etc so this could be easily answered!

 

Norev still made plastic stuff in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

[MiniMinorMk3]

Here's on of the worst renditions of a Dino 246 GTS I have ever seen in 1/43rd.

 

Unlike this SM Presidential, which looks quite good for a 1970s diecast.

 

By the way, the diecast Norevs ended up being made in Portugal.

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

One last bit of Norev trivia.

Norev sponsored Jimmy Mieusset, who became the company mascot.

 

 

 

[RoadworkUK]

Weirdest Norev I have is this 307CC paperweight...

... which I think is really cool.

[sierraman]

A guy was remaking the surfboards for the MB9 Golf a while back out of resin. I think they were six quid a pop so not a bad little cottage industry. 

[bunglebus]

Found a new series of Fat and Fabulous cars in BuM and Smyths today - just the Skyline to find, of course they were all gone

This one is definitely my favourite, nicely detailed too

350Z has a really odd tampo, matt black against gloss makes it quite hard to see

[bunglebus]

I spotted a couple of Matchbox oddities on eBay - a Turbo Fury, but with the 86 sticker normally found on the similar Blue Shark

Plus yet another colour combination on the Sand Cat - the red/green version normally has a light grey interior and roof, but this one's got the black interior out of the orange version 

That'll go nicely with the others - I've got a red with all small wheels somewhere too

 

[danthecapriman]

Just a heads up, I have one final Vanguard’s Cavalier available if anyone is interested at £15 posted… 

If not I’ll repaint it!

[FakeConcern]

On 08/10/2024 at 23:38, danthecapriman said:

 

What resin do you use? 
Most of the stuff on eBay seems to be clear which I think is meant for jewellery etc. does it really matter?

I saw my daughter yesterday and she makes jewellery using UV cured resin

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BR5DXQNN?ref=cm_sw_r_cso_fm_apin_dp_48FB2KAQZKK9NJV71BPZ&ref_=cm_sw_r_cso_fm_apin_dp_48FB2KAQZKK9NJV71BPZ&social_share=cm_sw_r_cso_fm_apin_dp_48FB2KAQZKK9NJV71BPZ&starsLeft=1&skipTwisterOG=1

I think I may get some to try

[sierraman]

How resilient is the resin? Will it be durable enough? 

[danthecapriman]

15 minutes ago, sierraman said:

How resilient is the resin? Will it be durable enough? 

That was one of my concerns with using car filler to fill the mould. It’s probably going to be quite brittle.

Although how much impact damage is a model likely to get?!

My mum was using one of those resin casting kits to make some little cup coasters with various things set into the resin and it seemed pretty robust stuff. It could scratch easy though (being clear) but if it’s on a model and painted it’ll probably be fine.

[bunglebus]

On missions again, to Bath this time. Stopped off at various supermarkets, BuM, Home Bargains etc but found nothing new. The Range had a spectacular range of Hot Wheels 

[bunglebus]

Walked into a branch of Entertainer that had a recent delivery, all had been rummaged through but I found a few goodies

New version of the Lotus, spot the difference!

GT

NSX with a weird casting error

And this

[junkyarddog]

Found the Toyota Corolla ke25 Levin today.

You like Japanese cars Smoll Eddy?

"Ah So M8"

What did you call me!!!!😮

[MiniMinorMk3]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Walked into a branch of Entertainer that had a recent delivery, all had been rummaged through but I found a few goodies

New version of the Lotus, spot the difference!

 

 

Race number is now 4, and central moulding that include the driver, front suspension and exhausts is silver instead of white.

[bunglebus]

Pretty much....

 

[bunglebus]

Mooching around Bath for a few days, most of the charity shops are those ghastly boutique ones with nothing interesting in - however Oxfam of all places came up trumps with a 49p World Class Rolls Royce

[flat4alfa]

Norev Transporteur Plastique!

[FakeConcern]

29 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Norev Transporteur Plastique!

That is fab!

 

Found one on ebay, well part of one anyway

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115512178223?_skw=norev+car+transporter&itmmeta=01J9YCW843XNYE7CJ5FCGJRX3T&hash=item1ae50ff62f:g:2HEAAOSwdbJjEQAN&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKn0dDqsY0nCFz0Ws5D8A04syalO%2FdzM9ojAc40V4iX3Xivf%2Br9ZFQQAo%2BPrfwtRFpL5BA8sG%2BR0R88BCmO8P95nRsPVj%2BU9plQL9NUU5dKvD5kyjGc6RD%2F4XDhW4T0u%2Bh%2Fhib%2BdWbuN5VfxQ1RkzbHSjPf22lEEK5RB40oi22qfj7DlMjtJQ7cMcFwMR8IoCjH40169HRaQamab4gHxWEoSYFucPzQobnCg4UZuVsTQ1rQ5wqH9Epf%2FCAavxvCuiXl2%2FD2jTmiUVNkHa53cF0FGnkWbUzveE4qPoM1frxVZ0g%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR5SC8czPZA

I won't be buying that one for £45...

 

[Christine]

Any MGB  Gt  doors about  ?  

Having dug this childhood toy out , I previously used as a roller skate when i was 5 or 6  .... I thought i'd do it up  a bit !   I need a door !      Pics 

[Christine]

 

 

 

[Christine]

I built up the new pillars with solder on the pins .. my daughter gave me some diamond earrings for the headlights 

 

 

 

 

 

[danthecapriman]

40 minutes ago, Christine said:

I built up the new pillars with solder on the pins .. my daughter gave me some diamond earrings for the headlights 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice work on that, particularly rebuilding the broken pillars! Very tidy.

I think that MG is probably one of my favourite Corgis of that era.

[Christine]

My much older cousin bought me the MG and also white Porsche with a translucent blue engine cover ..one Christmas , which is also my birthday   . He used to be like a big brother to me,    27,  and i was 6 ... My mum was furious when i came home from school and saw what i'd done .. and quite rightly so .. the mgb was a fabulous model .

[junkyarddog]

54 minutes ago, Christine said:

I built up the new pillars with solder on the pins

That's inspired!

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Interesting conversations about resin. I've just won a donor Matchbox Renault 5 which I'm planning on using for resurrecting my own ruined original childhood example with. I originally bought another donor but it's in mint condition and way too nice to cut up. 

This one was a bit pricey as a donor - I paid just under a fiver. However, I need the following and they're excellent on this example:

Blue tailgate 

Decent glazing with rear lip to attach tailgate 

Rear corner of the chassis (where the body locates into the chassis) 

Tow hitch section of the interior moulding

Here's the donor:

I want to keep as much of my original model as possible so I hope to use a slitting disc on my dremel to cut the rear corner from the donor chassis and then attach it to my own. 

What suggestions do folk on here have to attach it? It's quite a fragile little section and it's easy to see how it snapped off my original. 

[flat4alfa]

2 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

That is fab!

Found one on ebay, well part of one anyway

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115512178223

I won't be buying that one for £45...

I am selling my life choices off at the moment so open to offers

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, Dick Longbridge said:

I want  to keep as much of my original model as possible so I hope to use a slitting disc on my dremel to cut the rear corner from the donor chassis and then attach it to my own. 

What suggestions do folk on here have to attach it? It's quite a fragile little section and it's easy to see how it snapped off my original. 

I'd suggest trying to fix the original base using something like chemical metal, or use the donor base. Going to be very hard joining the two bits together successfully

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Interesting conversations about resin. I've just won a donor Matchbox Renault 5 which I'm planning on using for resurrecting my own ruined original childhood example with. I originally bought another donor but it's in mint condition and way too nice to cut up. 

This one was a bit pricey as a donor - I paid just under a fiver. However, I need the following and they're excellent on this example:

Blue tailgate 

Decent glazing with rear lip to attach tailgate 

Rear corner of the chassis (where the body locates into the chassis) 

Tow hitch section of the interior moulding

Here's the donor:

I want to keep as much of my original model as possible so I hope to use a slitting disc on my dremel to cut the rear corner from the donor chassis and then attach it to my own. 

What suggestions do folk on here have to attach it? It's quite a fragile little section and it's easy to see how it snapped off my original. 

Let me have a look in Sierramans Scrapyard! 

[danthecapriman]

1 hour ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Interesting conversations about resin. I've just won a donor Matchbox Renault 5 which I'm planning on using for resurrecting my own ruined original childhood example with. I originally bought another donor but it's in mint condition and way too nice to cut up. 

This one was a bit pricey as a donor - I paid just under a fiver. However, I need the following and they're excellent on this example:

Blue tailgate 

Decent glazing with rear lip to attach tailgate 

Rear corner of the chassis (where the body locates into the chassis) 

Tow hitch section of the interior moulding

Here's the donor:

I want to keep as much of my original model as possible so I hope to use a slitting disc on my dremel to cut the rear corner from the donor chassis and then attach it to my own. 

What suggestions do folk on here have to attach it? It's quite a fragile little section and it's easy to see how it snapped off my original. 

If it was me I’d use the whole donor base. 
I know you wanted to save as much of your original as possible but in this case the joint on the chassis will be weak and prone to snapping again. 
If you absolutely must, then as @bunglebus said, chemical metal epoxy or similar to both bond and reinforce the joint. Depending how much room there is on the inside (non visible side) you could even glue a thin strip of plastic or metal on to strengthen it a bit.