Shite in Miniature II

[Remspoor]

I never had a Mk3 Cortina. I had a Mk2. It was a 4 door  Super, in the notorious Silver Fox. This one had been resprayed.😕

What it did have was a steering lock and a padded steering wheel. It also had reinforced MacPherson strut tops. These were spot welded in the engine bay. In those days spot welding was only done at the factory. Never did find out why the car was made like this.

 

[sierraman]

Any new stuff in t’entertainer yet? 

[bunglebus]

39 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Any new stuff in t’entertainer yet? 

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

4 hours ago, Remspoor said:

I never had a Mk3 Cortina. I had a Mk2. It was a 4 door  Super, in the notorious Silver Fox. This one had been resprayed.😕

What it did have was a steering lock and a padded steering wheel. It also had reinforced MacPherson strut tops. These were spot welded in the engine bay. In those days spot welding was only done at the factory. Never did find out why the car was made like this.

 

Sounds like it was export spec, I'm not up on mk1-2's.

I've lost count years ago I own 5 1/2 mk3's & 2 mk5's plus the falcon Ute.

[bunglebus]

Just won something on eBay I'm quite excited about 

Could it be an original Transpalite? I know most of their output was MOY stuff encased in resin, but it's the right era. Itching for it to arrive now

[danthecapriman]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Just won something on eBay I'm quite excited about 

Could it be an original Transpalite? I know most of their output was MOY stuff encased in resin, but it's the right era. Itching for it to arrive now

Transpalite??

That is pretty cool!

[cms206]

A ten quid score from FB Marketplace today about ten minutes from my house; hard to refuse at the price.

[bunglebus]

Got very stuck in Kent today thanks to total carnage on the roads, so I went Hot Wheels hunting while I waited for the traffic to ease (it didn't)

Found a new set of premiums, not especially into off roaders but this one came home with me

Entertainer came up trumps with a load of Germany releases, of which I bought these too

They also had many boxes of mainlines, most of the goodies were gone but I found a few stragglers

There are a lot of blue ones, starting with this that made me double take

Yep it's that paint scheme again, this time actually on a Silverado 

Dark Horse Mustang in a rather pleasing satin finish

New colour on the Alfa too

Mmm, Gulf

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, danthecapriman said:

Transpalite??

Mostly MOY stuff...

But some of the 1-75 range got the treatment too

[sierraman]

Part of me would like to think there’s a barn out there full of MoY. The owner waiting to cash in on their haul!! 

[bunglebus]

And recycle them

[bunglebus]

I've gone down a weird Matchbox rabbit hole. Anyone got the erasers they made? I'd really like the buggy ones!

[sierraman]

Wow. No I did have the soap once at Xmas - came with a BMW 323i which I still have but unfortunately the soap got used. 

[danthecapriman]

10 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Mostly MOY stuff...

But some of the 1-75 range got the treatment too

Never knew that. 
Hambrook where they made them is only about 10 minutes drive from here! Only a little place too. Midhurst isn’t far either. 

[sierraman]

1 minute ago, danthecapriman said:

Never knew that. 
Hambrook where they made them is only about 10 minutes drive from here! Only a little place too. Midhurst isn’t far either. 

Head over, maybe they’ve got a huge pile of Lesney in the back they keep tripping over and the need shifting. 🤣

[bunglebus]

Lots of stock in Poundstretcher but nothing new new

[MiniMinorMk3]

14 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Just won something on eBay I'm quite excited about 

Could it be an original Transpalite? I know most of their output was MOY stuff encased in resin, but it's the right era. Itching for it to arrive now

I think that is something someone made at home using Plasticraft. I stuck all sorts of stuff in mine, but never any Matchbox cars.

[Tenmil Socket]

47 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

I think that is something someone made at home using Plasticraft. I stuck all sorts of stuff in mine, but never any Matchbox cars.

Party pooper 😁

[Spottedlaurel]

13 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Got very stuck in Kent today thanks to total carnage on the roads, so I went Hot Wheels hunting while I waited for the traffic to ease (it didn't)

Found a new set of premiums, not especially into off roaders but this one came home with me

Hope you eventually made it home/to wherever you were going!

That Datsun King Cab is nice, definitely one I'll be looking out for, A new casting? Popped into a local Smyths today but didn't see it there.

Blue Alfa looks good too.

[bunglebus]

4 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

That Datsun King Cab is nice, definitely one I'll be looking out for, A new casting? Popped into a local Smyths today but didn't see it there

There were lots in my local Smyths today, I'll probably be back that way tomorrow too

[bunglebus]

This just arrived 

Yep, those cheeky chappies at Mira at it again with another Matchbox copy. Here's the original for comparison 

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

11 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I've gone down a weird Matchbox rabbit hole. Anyone got the erasers they made? I'd really like the buggy ones!

Got the Merc sl somewhere 

[Spottedlaurel]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

There were lots in my local Smyths today, I'll probably be back that way tomorrow too

Yes please if you are, thanks.

[Noel Tidybeard]

oof look what came !

...the exclusive matt version!

[Justwatching]

Got this "Pacesetters" DeLorean. Package says 1993. It's a pretty crude representation of the DeLorean, but I like the opening gullwing doors. If you're going to have a moving parts feature, the doors were definitely a good choice here. Front wheels are smaller than the rear - extra points for that detail, too. 

Completely unrelated, but I broke the lightbar on my NYPD Dodge Monaco (dropped it). Repair wasn't possible without obvious glue joins, so it's in the bin.

Any thoughts about what I can do with this? Fill the holes and have a slick-top version? Give it a distressed scrap-yard look? Leave it alone? 

[AndyW201]

Local shops have had a bit of a restock but nothing new really. Entertainer at Tesco had a curious mix of old-as-the-hills and a couple of new-ish, so I grabbed the Honda S800 as its a cute wee thing, and I grabbed the Mazda as well to benefit from the BOGOHP offer,

Am I the only one to confuse this with the old Nissan Fairlady casting? I did nearly leave it in the rummage box,

Nice to see the slotmag-alikes on this one, they do suit it.

I have sort of made a pact with myself to stop buying any more versions of Hot Wheels castings I've already got a few of, but I really like this RX-7 one,

No willpower...

Local B&M had had a restock, but that frigging Proton case again!!! Matchbox stock had at least moved on to late '23 now! With the case containing the silver '70th anniversary Minor saloon. I've had a couple of the Porker Carrera cabriolets, but not seen this tin top 911 GT3 previously. It's still a good casting, so I grabbed it,

My favourite one though still has to be the dark blue one with orange stripes and wheels that I bought loose at a car boot sale. That and the brown one in the Autobahn Express 5 pack are the only other GT3s I have.

Only other recent purchase came from Smyth's. To be honest, the one near me has upped its game lately with plenty of fairly recentHot Wheels Car Culture releases, including the Japan Historics colelction featuring the Corolla Levin. I was tempted by the Mazda RX-3, but then found this one,

TBH I dont care a lot for the Mothers livery, but it was a fiver cheaper than the Japan Historics one, and I still like the wheels on this one, so dont mind the lack of real riders, and it still has the detailing of a premium,

There was another arrival today, from AliExpress, but thats getting put away until Christmas...

[eddyramrod]

1 hour ago, Justwatching said:

I broke the lightbar on my NYPD Dodge Monaco (dropped it). Repair wasn't possible without obvious glue joins, so it's in the bin.

Any thoughts about what I can do with this? Fill the holes and have a slick-top version? Give it a distressed scrap-yard look? Leave it alone? 

Before I answer that: what scale is it?  I may have a spare.

[sheffcortinacentre]

1 hour ago, Justwatching said:

Got this "Pacesetters" DeLorean. Package says 1993. It's a pretty crude representation of the DeLorean, but I like the opening gullwing doors. If you're going to have a moving parts feature, the doors were definitely a good choice here. Front wheels are smaller than the rear - extra points for that detail, too. 

Completely unrelated, but I broke the lightbar on my NYPD Dodge Monaco (dropped it). Repair wasn't possible without obvious glue joins, so it's in the bin.

Any thoughts about what I can do with this? Fill the holes and have a slick-top version? Give it a distressed scrap-yard look? Leave it alone? 

Go for the scrapper look or  what about accident damaged ( dents are hard to get right especially in diecast).

[bunglebus]

6 hours ago, Justwatching said:

Got this "Pacesetters" DeLorean. Package says 1993. It's a pretty crude representation of the DeLorean, but I like the opening gullwing doors. If you're going to have a moving parts feature, the doors were definitely a good choice here. Front wheels are smaller than the rear - extra points for that detail, too. 

Me too, awful isn't it?

 

[Justwatching]

7 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

Before I answer that: what scale is it?  I may have a spare.

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