Shite in Miniature II

[Tenmil Socket]

Matchbox Mondeo resto spotted on Instagram 

 

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Matchbox Mondeo resto spotted on Instagram 

 

Quite a hard one to find the Mondeo, haven’t seen one for years. 

[Tenmil Socket]

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

Quite a hard one to find the Mondeo, haven’t seen one for years. 

I’m sure I’ve got one in touring car livery and another with turning wheels but I think that may be a Majorette?

 

[bunglebus]

Matchbox 

 Majorette 

 

[RoadworkUK]

Good job... except for painting Mk2 facelift lights onto a Mk1. Bit ug.

I'd have gone for Citrine yellow paint and made a bodykitted Si.

[bunglebus]

Anyhoo, more postal arrivals, mostly Matchbox again

Which of three different names will be on the base?

Tried to take a few worm's eye view shots of number plates

Darker green buggy

Opening lid and Rolamatic. How much would that cost in 2024?

I genuinely uploaded this pic thinking it was the front 🙃

Got excited thinking I'd found a rarity, but it's a repaint

'57 showing off its pink bits

More reg plates

Zylmex Merc - I've had the Krazy Wheels version for years

Kidco...

...just so I can do the glow test

And some Corgis, this is the best version of the Regal I reckon (other than the mythical one with the side pipes)

And the usual Range Rover 

[bunglebus]

Spotted something unusual in a job lot (the rest are above), but I'll come back to that shortly. Firstly, the latest CMC effort landed today

What a gorgeous bit of kit. Here it is with my original 

Bases are very similar, just different rivets, made in China (thankfully quite small font on this one) and if I'm being critical, a bit of a rough finish on the jacks on the new one.

But that's not all! Ladies and gentlemen, a treat especial 

An Auto Pilen

Castings appear to be identical, except for opening doors. Not sure what the deal is, I have the Adams Probe by both companies too, and they're also facimilies 

[Tenmil Socket]

Can anyone tell me anything about this? It appears to have been a plastic kit from 1981?

 

[Tenmil Socket]

5 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Can anyone tell me anything about this? It appears to have been a plastic kit from 1981?

 

I know the back bumper is missing but looks like there was a drivers side mirror and something attached to the light bar at some point.

[eddyramrod]

I've only ever seen it in catalogues, never in the plastic, but it's a Monogram, I think a Snap-Fit, and the police livery you're seeing there is how it was marketed.  I didn't think the Chevy Malibu was a popular choice as a police car but time and research have taught me different.

[andy18s]

Had a few packages arrived today,2 from the UK including Dan's and one I've been after for a while.

The Hot wheels id RS200  I was after for ages and 1 turned up to locally.

Mint in it's box so will go into the collection.

[danthecapriman]

14 minutes ago, andy18s said:

Had a few packages arrived today,2 from the UK including Dan's and one I've been after for a while.

The Hot wheels id RS200  I was after for ages and 1 turned up to locally.

Mint in it's box so will go into the collection.

Good to hear you have my one already.

Did I put you the van roof rack in that parcel? I can’t remember if I had or not!

[MiniMinorMk3]

19 hours ago, bunglebus said:

But that's not all! Ladies and gentlemen, a treat especial 

 

Castings appear to be identical, except for opening doors. Not sure what the deal is, I have the Adams Probe by both companies too, and they're also facimilies 

 

 

Note the only Pilen copy of a Corgi that had added opening doors.

[Tenmil Socket]

4 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

I've only ever seen it in catalogues, never in the plastic, but it's a Monogram, I think a Snap-Fit, and the police livery you're seeing there is how it was marketed.  I didn't think the Chevy Malibu was a popular choice as a police car but time and research have taught me different.

https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/127180-78-chevrolet-malibu-4d-sedan/page/2/
 

[bunglebus]

On 08/11/2024 at 14:31, sierraman said:

Sad twat alert! Never knew they stuck the glazing from the German issues on some of the 3.0 CSLs, it’s got the divot in it where the siren sits on the Polizei one. 

Happened to have one of those in my hand today. Early hinge type

Appears to have no hole in the glazing, so maybe both changes happened at once, and there are no early hinge Police ones?

[flat4alfa]

On 08/11/2024 at 14:31, sierraman said:

it’s got the divot in it where the siren sits on the Polizei one. 

A Siren, on the roof?  Crikey!  There was me thinking the siren was behind the grille 😉

[bunglebus]

I spotted these on a site that wasn't eBay!

Corgi were such an odd company, spewing out Juniors that in a lot of cases were little better than Hong Kong no names, but also things like this Corniche, with opening everything, tilting seats, detailed dash etc

It was joined by a pretty good example of a Superkings Jaaag

[FakeConcern]

I read that Pilen did a copy of the Corgi Mini Magnifique, I'm sure @MiniMinorMk3will be along shortly to tell us the story...

 

If it is true I need one...

[bunglebus]

There seems to be quite a lot of mystery around Pilen, with most (if not all) of their castings originating elsewhere - and yet they were clearly capable of good work, with the added opening doors etc as discussed above

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_Pilen

I thought my Adams Probe was a Pilen but it's a Joal. Spain seems to have been a bit of a hotbed of copying/borrowing/inheriting castings for a while!

 

[sierraman]

Look at these bargains in Blackpool! £1.50 each for unboxed tatty Days Gone. My pockets weren’t big enough to cram them all in… 🤣

[Marina door handles]

Clearing out the Outlaws loft, we found Mrs Marina Door Handles old A team van. Its seen better days, BA Baracus please look away now!

 

 

Anyone for a wheel less, roofless van? 

 

 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

1 hour ago, Marina door handles said:

Clearing out the Outlaws loft, we found Mrs Marina Door Handles old A team van. Its seen better days, BA Baracus please look away now!

 

 

Anyone for a wheel less, roofless van? 

 

 

Stick it on ebay - it'll still pull a few quid I reckon!

[ETCHY]

On 08/11/2024 at 14:45, warch said:

Another impulse purchase via me supporting a new toy shop that’s just opened in my local town. 
 

The Oxford Diecast 1/76 Austin Metro. Based on the real life 1980 1.0L bought for Diana Spencer by Prince Charles. I’m not a royalist especially and I expect this car which is now in Coventry Transport Museum was just a good exemplar to base the model on. 
 

I think it captures the shape rather well. Boggo BL cars are rather underrepresented in diecast form, with most models based on the 6R4. I quite fancy the O D Maestro to go with it.

It does capture the shape well. Early Metros always looked a bit barrell sided with wheels a bit too small & they've captured that well. I like that.

[quicksilver]

On 08/11/2024 at 19:53, RoadworkUK said:

Good job... except for painting Mk2 facelift lights onto a Mk1. Bit ug.

I'd have gone for Citrine yellow paint and made a bodykitted Si.

I'd have gone for Cayman Blue for obvious reasons. Anyone spotted Matchbox's error? The base says it's a Mondeo Ghia but it can't be as it hasn't got a sunroof.

[eddyramrod]

5 minutes ago, quicksilver said:

I'd have gone for Cayman Blue for obvious reasons. Anyone spotted Matchbox's error? The base says it's a Mondeo Ghia but it can't be as it hasn't got a sunroof.

Impressive nerdity there!

[MiniMinorMk3]

14 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

I read that Pilen did a copy of the Corgi Mini Magnifique, I'm sure @MiniMinorMk3will be along shortly to tell us the story...

 

If it is true I need one...

Here's a direct comparison between the Corgi Magnifique and the Pilen Mini (Cooper) 1275 GT. By the way, the Pilen is a model of the Spanish built 1275 GT that was built at the Authi factory.

13 hours ago, bunglebus said:

There seems to be quite a lot of mystery around Pilen, with most (if not all) of their castings originating elsewhere - and yet they were clearly capable of good work, with the added opening doors etc as discussed above

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_Pilen

I thought my Adams Probe was a Pilen but it's a Joal. Spain seems to have been a bit of a hotbed of copying/borrowing/inheriting castings for a while!

 

A Pilen Adams Probe for comparison

[Tenmil Socket]

13 hours ago, sierraman said:

Look at these bargains in Blackpool! £1.50 each for unboxed tatty Days Gone. My pockets weren’t big enough to cram them all in… 🤣

Is that the shop that’s next to a McDonalds?

[Tenmil Socket]

2 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Is that the shop that’s next to a McDonalds?

The McDonalds is just around the corner to this one that I’m thinking of.

 

[quicksilver]

26 minutes ago, ETCHY said:

It does capture the shape well. Early Metros always looked a bit barrell sided with wheels a bit too small & they've captured that well. I like that.

It's not a bad effort for such a small scale but something about it doesn't look quite right to my eyes. It seems a bit top heavy so perhaps the glasshouse is a tad too big and the wheels too tucked under. Compared with the 3D print the windscreen especially is a lot bigger and my memory of Metros is of the screen being quite small.

[bunglebus]

Toy fair day. I almost didn't go as I was supposed to be demolishing my dad's shed, but he got the delivery dates wrong. Good job really as there was a lot to see. I came home with these

Pretty restrained for me? Yeah except just as I was leaving I stopped to dribble over two large trays of very tidy Matchbox. I was going to take just four, but came to an agreement with the seller - and took the lot!

Don't think I'll be going through them all straight away, as I'm on a job for a few days from tomorrow morning. Hopefully by next weekend I'll have them catalogued