Shite in Miniature II

[MiniMinorMk3]

58 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

I saw a couple of interesting items at the toy fair, I should have taken a pic I suppose. There was a Solido 1/43 white metal kit Capri RS3100 with opening doors, unmade in the box for £15, can't find much about it online.

 

Was it in this series? I've seen BMW. Peugeot 504, and Porsche Carerra, but no Capri. Also it would not have opening doors.

Or was it one of these? Again these did not have opening doors.

SOLIDO 26K Scale 1/43 | FORD ENGLAND CAPRI 2600RS N 14 24h LE MANS 1974 /

 

It could have been what is known as a Trans Kit, were you get a kits of parts that needs a diecast as a base. I've had a few for Solidos but can not find any pictures at the moment.

[Tenmil Socket]

The first white Matchbox MK2 Escort I’ve owned.

 

[junkyarddog]

Here's a real one painted in the same livery as the Matchbox version.😁

[bunglebus]

While is was up in Birmingham I popped into Smyths and found a few bits from a 2025 mix of Hot Wheels 

New casting in the shape of this milking stool

I've always liked the '53 Chevy with the clear hood 

This pairs nicely with the earlier one in the same colour

And another new casting

[Christine]

Charity chop chop ..i only  wanted a candle stick...! But i had to spend 50p and buy the whole bag full.. most items are usually  20p ! Bastards !   Still...never mind i got the  2 dogs ..eh BB  ? 

 

[bunglebus]

Got home to find the Mrs had picked me up the new version of Gotta Go, now a monster truck. It's very silly, which is why it appeals to me. Front grille is a urinal, exhaust stacks are toilet rolls and the (new) wings represent torn off bog roll too

[bunglebus]

6 minutes ago, Christine said:

 

That Redline is cool, what's the name?

[Christine]

Hairy Hauler 

[bunglebus]

Also picked up by the Mrs was the new Race Day set. BMW is definitely the pick of the bunch

[Christine]

7 hours ago, bunglebus said:

That Redline is cool, what's the name?

If you want it you can have it , it needs half a  back wheel  , but keep an eye out for a 4 door Clio mk3 for me!  B 85   is the model  code ....Like this .. without £££ £  postage from netherlands ! 

 

[bunglebus]

My boss is in Europeland and has already grabbed me some Majorettes, so I'll ask!

[Christine]

And paint it ....Black ! 

[flat4alfa]

4 hours ago, Christine said:

 

You did well to find a 1971 Hairy Hauler with its screen

Both examples back here are lacking the screen and are quite fragile

Yours I suspect is also USA not Honk Kong production, as it would be the later revision having the cast link between the exhaust tips

One year only. Those were the days…

[Christine]

This  screen has a hairline crack.. i started to polish it  with lidls headlight polish and it popped out .. i thought, fuck it , i've cracked it.. but looking at the photo it was already cracked .. i popped it back in ...you just squeeze the sides in to release it ..The youtube hairy hauler restoration guy prises it out with a screwdriver at the back tab which isn't the best way i don't think. Anyway  , BB does a great resto job , made me a  decent rep. of my Honda civic.. so i kinda owe him ..  i see you have a half wheel missing too!  This one has outer half missing too .

[flat4alfa]

On 26/10/2024 at 19:59, flat4alfa said:

That Corgi Tourist set is new to me too

Oddly, the artwork shows an airside setting yet stating it is a portable Service Station.  So I just had as to look one up didn’t I…

So it’s a carry case with insert for multiple cars

Cor!

No idea how long these were produced for but looking at the artwork cars and when the depicted pair of Vickers VC10 were on the BOAC fleet (1964-74) we can get some idea.

I like that artwork…  so how hard could it be to recreate the setting as a scale diorama?

What we need :

- Corgi 479 Commer Bus & TV Cameraman (1968-71)

- Corgi 226 Morris Mini-Minor (1960-68)

- Corgi 332 Lancia Fulvia Zagato (1967-70)

- Corgi Major 1137 Ford H Series & Trailer  (1965-70)

Got all of those here which is a start! So what else

- Some 1:43 figures including the excitable young lad loving the Lancia - perhaps it was the sound of the steel fizzing away

- two models of Vickers VC10

- one Bristol Freighter

I don’t think Corgi did aircraft?  But Dinky, Matchbox and others did…  resorting to Airfix 1:72 might be nearest 

Or just call the whole thing off.

Found a Corgi Tourist set !

In an antiques/bricabrac shop in Letchworth

After admiring the artwork, I opened it up and saw

Lifted the raised deck flap to find...cars, including an 'original-16' Hot Wheels Custom Corvette from 1968.  Had its opening hood still in place but was missing a wheel.

I told myself I wanted it

So I asked.

He wanted £30 for the lot

I didn't buy it.

[flat4alfa]

On 18/11/2024 at 12:52, junkyarddog said:

Here's a real one painted in the same livery as the Matchbox version.😁

This Matchbox Escort RS2000 I have owned since I was a boy in 1978/9

It never had the bonnet or roof stickers, just the two door stickers.

JTB 214S.  I wonder if that was a real RS2000 registered in Liverpool in 1977/8

I do remember the O/S sticker was torn after it was damaged by some sellotape.  Well, I was a child.

A Super GT popped over to join it in celebration of its survival in better condition than its owner

[bunglebus]

47 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

JTB 214S.  I wonder if that was a real RS2000 registered in Liverpool in 1977/8

As far as I know, Lesney used registrations that were never issued on real vehicles. Must have been interesting trying to work that out with the DVLA 

[bunglebus]

I buckled and did an AliExpress 

[flat4alfa]

On 17/11/2024 at 20:21, stuboy said:

broken screened x19

It's a shame about the screen, it seems they are quite susceptible to damage as both the green/white examples had back here wore similar cracks and breaks, so it was a pleasant surprise to find this one

Kept it for some while but let it go recently

Did keep the Solido 1:43 back instead, despite the detailing being low.  This one is the re-release as part of the Hachette partwork 'Century of Cars'

I like the authentic effort on the steel wheel / ally hubcap combo

It also has opening things.  And a chip on the front created by me ...when I dropped it.

It's the nearest colour match available to represent the one I owned a decade ago

Not just owned the once, I owned this very one twice!   But I'm better now.

[Lord Sterling]

Today, motherly_Sterling ordered me to stay at home because: OMG SNO KAOS, which is just as well as I spent most of the day sleeping. 

I (eventually) woke up to watch YouTube and instantly fell bored. Thankfully, I've stuff to do here anyway so took the opportunity to organise some of my 1/64 cars.

All these are just half of what I have 1/64-wise.

I remembered that I did some wheel swaps many years ago and I mustard mitt, I'm still chuffed with the results. Here is a sample;

1/64 SIKU Mercedes S500, originally would have looked like this:

I got a bit creative with what I had and got it looking like this:

You can see in the background the BMW 325i which sports the same wheels.

And then these 3:

The Landcruiser is some unnamed Chinese thing which would have originally looked liked this:

I thought that the body of the car was nicely proportioned but let down completely by the wheels. I grabbed the wheels wheels cheap and poorly-proportioned Welly Mercedes ML.

The Mercedes CLK would have originally looked like this:

Which isn't bad, but for a sports Coupe, I felt soke multi-spokes would look better. I grabbed the wheels off a model cheap Chinese Clio V6 model.

The black KA was already modded when I got it. I can't remember if I bought it off here or off eBay. The Silver KA wears the wheels the Black KA came with. But both would have originally started life looking like this:

Also, one for @brammy777. I think these are all of the Norevs I have (discounting the SIKU truck). I may have more but I doubt it.

[flat4alfa]

On 12/11/2024 at 13:28, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Would it not be possible to get a scan and 3D print of the Corgi, reducing it down to 1/43rd. I think it is 1/36 scale, just like their later Mini models.

It is possible if the 1:36 is measured accurately, however the Corgi Austin mini METRO model is out of scale.  It is too portly, by being approx 1:37 scale in length and 1:34 scale in width (I measured). The same goes for the Juniors model as well: it is too wide, overall averaging out to 1:48

The work has largely been done already by CMAC models, who has produced 00 scale (1:76) of the Austin Rover 5-door Metro https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176112717657 

So with a bit of tidying it is possible he could run off to 1:43 as he has done with the Rover Metro kit https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176628304442

I've had a conversation or two and also requested 1:32 ideas in the past, but he does have a long request book.

See @quicksilver's finished examples in 1:76 earlier in the thread:

Otherwise, ask Oxford Diecast to get on with producing a 1:43 alongside their1:76 Austin Metro!

[danthecapriman]

1 hour ago, Lord Sterling said:

Today, motherly_Sterling ordered me to stay at home because: OMG SNO KAOS, which is just as well as I spent most of the day sleeping. 

I (eventually) woke up to watch YouTube and instantly fell bored. Thankfully, I've stuff to do here anyway so took the opportunity to organise some of my 1/64 cars.

All these are just half of what I have 1/64-wise.

I remembered that I did some wheel swaps many years ago and I mustard mitt, I'm still chuffed with the results. Here is a sample;

1/64 SIKU Mercedes S500, originally would have looked like this:

I got a bit creative with what I had and got it looking like this:

You can see in the background the BMW 325i which sports the same wheels.

And then these 3:

The Landcruiser is some unnamed Chinese thing which would have originally looked liked this:

I thought that the body of the car was nicely proportioned but let down completely by the wheels. I grabbed the wheels wheels cheap and poorly-proportioned Welly Mercedes ML.

The Mercedes CLK would have originally looked like this:

Which isn't bad, but for a sports Coupe, I felt soke multi-spokes would look better. I grabbed the wheels off a model cheap Chinese Clio V6 model.

The black KA was already modded when I got it. I can't remember if I bought it off here or off eBay. The Silver KA wears the wheels the Black KA came with. But both would have originally started life looking like this:

Also, one for @brammy777. I think these are all of the Norevs I have (discounting the SIKU truck). I may have more but I doubt it.

Nice work on those👍

It’s amazing what a difference the wheels can make to a model. Some of the ones they come with are terrible! 
I’ve never seen those Ford Ka’s before, and who does that light blue Escort in your box?

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, danthecapriman said:

who does that light blue Escort

[Lord Sterling]

1 hour ago, danthecapriman said:

Nice work on those👍

It’s amazing what a difference the wheels can make to a model. Some of the ones they come with are terrible! 
I’ve never seen those Ford Ka’s before, and who does that light blue Escort in your box?

Thanks.

Yes, certainly with the Siku Mercedes S500, the replacement wheels look just right. The original wheels it came with made it look dumpy and unwieldy whereas the replacements plus the blacking up of the B-pillars as per real car represented the shape in a much better way.

The Blue Escort is by Majorette:

https://majorette-model-cars.fandom.com/wiki/Ford_Escort_GT

My parents had one for a few weeks in this colour in the early 90s after their then-brand new Ford Fiesta Mk3 went back to the dealer for rectification work.

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, danthecapriman said:

who does that light blue Escort in your box?

Majorette

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

4 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Did keep the Solido 1:43 back instead, despite the detailing being low.  This one is the re-release as part of the Hachette partwork 'Century of Cars'

 

 

The original Solido was bright green, orange or red. Both Corgi and Solido modelled the original 1300 X1/9 with the non-impact bumpers.

Your metallic red one is the same as one that I test drove in 1985. The seller didn't take my offer so I never did get that X1/9.

Here's a bright green Solido.

And a black MiniChamps. Again a 1300 with the striped seats.

 

[flat4alfa]

Yes that’s why I sought the Hachette release, to get nearest colour without expense

A subsequent owner did what I intended to do and fitted the 1300 bumper set

[Split_Pin]

9 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

Today, motherly_Sterling ordered me to stay at home because: OMG SNO KAOS, which is just as well as I spent most of the day sleeping. 

I (eventually) woke up to watch YouTube and instantly fell bored. Thankfully, I've stuff to do here anyway so took the opportunity to organise some of my 1/64 cars.

All these are just half of what I have 1/64-wise.

I remembered that I did some wheel swaps many years ago and I mustard mitt, I'm still chuffed with the results. Here is a sample;

1/64 SIKU Mercedes S500, originally would have looked like this:

I got a bit creative with what I had and got it looking like this:

You can see in the background the BMW 325i which sports the same wheels.

And then these 3:

The Landcruiser is some unnamed Chinese thing which would have originally looked liked this:

I thought that the body of the car was nicely proportioned but let down completely by the wheels. I grabbed the wheels wheels cheap and poorly-proportioned Welly Mercedes ML.

The Mercedes CLK would have originally looked like this:

Which isn't bad, but for a sports Coupe, I felt soke multi-spokes would look better. I grabbed the wheels off a model cheap Chinese Clio V6 model.

The black KA was already modded when I got it. I can't remember if I bought it off here or off eBay. The Silver KA wears the wheels the Black KA came with. But both would have originally started life looking like this:

Also, one for @brammy777. I think these are all of the Norevs I have (discounting the SIKU truck). I may have more but I doubt it.

What a transformation with just a wheel swap! The Siku S500 looks like a completely different model now.

[sierraman]

14 hours ago, bunglebus said:

As far as I know, Lesney used registrations that were never issued on real vehicles. Must have been interesting trying to work that out with the DVLA 

I think the plates were initials of people at the factory? They did once put a telephone number on the Security Truck that turned out to be an actual telephone number in the US then had as result to change the tampo. 

[Split_Pin]

Guess who has tried them all on DVLA.....