Shite in Miniature II

[sierraman]

RSH88T always sticks in my mind. 

[bunglebus]

16 minutes ago, sierraman said:

RSH88T always sticks in my mind. 

Cortina

[bunglebus]

I've been trying to take registration pictures when I remember. There are quite a few to find I think

 

 

[Tenmil Socket]

14 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.

The black KA is ace!

[Tenmil Socket]

11 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Much wantage!

[bunglebus]

Smyths had put out the same 2025 mix I found in Birmingham the other day - didn't find this Civic last time though

[Tenmil Socket]

What the hell is going on here then?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/296828686341?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Vdip10oCQru&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=nycNSMACRVm&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
 

[junkyarddog]

1 minute ago, Tenmil Socket said:

What the hell is going on here then?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/296828686341?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Vdip10oCQru&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=nycNSMACRVm&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
 

James bond.

[Tenmil Socket]

8 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

James bond.

I thought it was someone’s crap attempt at a diorama 😆

Never really watched James Bond.

[Split_Pin]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I've been trying to take registration pictures when I remember. There are quite a few to find I think

 

 

RSH16S, Bedford TM Horse Box

AJW 53R Bedford TM car transporter

KCF 188W, Rover SD1 Comes up as a beige Ford

KCF 17W, Volvo F10 Comes up as a 'CZ'.

DLK 257M, Mercedes SL Cabriolet 

PMC425D VW 1600 Type 3

LYX549F Zodiac MK4

DVB 257G Beetle 1300

Astra MK2 B169 UNK

Post 85 Matchboxes seemed to have generic plates with 4 numbers and 2 letters so weren't of interest to me. Maybe some did have UK plates though.

Others to photograph that I cant recall the exact registration of are:

Mini Racing, articulated lorry with dump trailer, BMC1800 Pininfarina.

Then there are some SuperKings, the Datsun 240Z and Capri II (YOL 235P)

Jag XJ6 was E51PFW and the white Cosworth was F335MHH which is too new a mark for the car.

[flat4alfa]

40 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

I thought it was someone’s crap attempt at a diorama 😆

Never really watched James Bond.

One of the Eaglemoss partwork.  Model was by Ixo.  All James Bond Collection models are set on a diorama

I have the Corgi model from 1997 somewhere, but not the Ixo partwork

The film car was fitted with the armaments: 12 rockets, Caltrops dispenser, Tear gas emitters...

[sierraman]

22 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

RSH16S, Bedford TM Horse Box

AJW 53R Bedford TM car transporter

KCF 188W, Rover SD1 Comes up as a beige Ford

KCF 17W, Volvo F10 Comes up as a 'CZ'.

DLK 257M, Mercedes SL Cabriolet 

PMC425D VW 1600 Type 3

LYX549F Zodiac MK4

DVB 257G Beetle 1300

Astra MK2 B169 UNK

Post 85 Matchboxes seemed to have generic plates with 4 numbers and 2 letters so weren't of interest to me. Maybe some did have UK plates though.

Others to photograph that I cant recall the exact registration of are:

Mini Racing, articulated lorry with dump trailer, BMC1800 Pininfarina.

Then there are some SuperKings, the Datsun 240Z and Capri II (YOL 235P)

Jag XJ6 was E51PFW and the white Cosworth was F335MHH which is too new a mark for the car.

Mini Racing was AUD…. I remember this because I remember playing with the one I had at my Grandmas in the kitchen window and she said ‘The number plate is like my name!’ - Audrey. Funny how you remember these things…

[Tenmil Socket]

18 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

One of the Eaglemoss partwork.  Model was by Ixo.  All James Bond Collection models are set on a diorama

I have the Corgi model from 1997 somewhere, but not the Ixo partwork

The film car was fitted with the armaments: 12 rockets, Caltrops dispenser, Tear gas emitters...

I’m only familiar with the half of a black Renault one. 

[bunglebus]

16 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Mini Racing was AUD…. I remember this because I remember playing with the one I had at my Grandmas in the kitchen window and she said ‘The number plate is like my name!’ - Audrey. Funny how you remember these things…

AJN 391H it looks like, and the Ha Ha is DHK 161N

 

[bunglebus]

Having a nose through my pictures, trying to find the earliest Matchbox with a reg. Like the Mini Ha Ha, this Major Pack Guy car transporter has an Essex reg, OO 6035

 

[danthecapriman]

3 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

I’m only familiar with the half of a black Renault one. 

There’s some good models in that James Bond partwork series. I’ve got quite a few as they’re great for cut price custom models! 
Some of them are a bit shit, others not all that accurate and some have modifications to the base model to make them look more like the movie cars with modelled on damage etc etc so you need to be careful of them too as not all of them can be corrected.

All of these ones began life as models from that partwork.

Some take more effort to make into non Bond cars than others!

 

[sierraman]

13 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

AJN 391H it looks like, and the Ha Ha is DHK 161N

 

I mean she was about 70 odd at the time, maybe her eyes weren’t what they were 🤣

[bunglebus]

801 TVP on my Muir Hill Dumper

[MiniMinorMk3]

Refuse Truck has 578 LMK

Pontiac has RS 22. Probably because it is number 22 in the range.

Rolls Corniche has HJ 71 D

Mercury Cop Car has MC 704-3

[flat4alfa]

Matchbox's Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II

GNF 40T

Produced 1979-83

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Trivia, this model was refreshed in the same year as Gerald Norman Fanthorpe- senior tool designer - turned 40. As Gerry was one of Jack Odell key team members, they rewarded Gerry by making this refresh with his personalised number plate The number plate reads “GNF 40T“ GNF for Gerald Norman Fanthorpe, 40 for his 40th birthday and T being letter of registration. [matchbox.fandom.com]

[bunglebus]

8 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Rolls Corniche has HJ 71 D

That's annoying, not a valid UK reg. Some of the 80s onwards cars had non-UK plates, usually in conjunction with LHD

[bunglebus]

42 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Pontiac has RS 22. Probably because it is number 22 in the range.

I didn't notice that in the two I've painted, you'd think I would have as they're my initials

 

[bunglebus]

Scaffolding Truck has S-ZE 41 on the rear, Stuttgart I believe 

 

[bunglebus]

DAF Tipper has K-14-63 I think, Cologne if it is

 

[Split_Pin]

51 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

That's annoying, not a valid UK reg. Some of the 80s onwards cars had non-UK plates, usually in conjunction with LHD

The only post 1986 MB I can think of is the W124 Mercedes D54CDG. A brilliant wee model too.

Volvo 760 was JS 7789

Skoda Estelle was 26351 DC

Corgi did some nice plates on their BP cars, PH1 on the Volvo 760 being an example. The Jaguar XJ6 and Mercedes 190 also had a cast in plate.

[andrew e]

Buckled… I’ve always liked this Dinky casting, but I’m sure it was something like £25 when it came out and I was leaving school and way to cool by then! So this kinda happened a few days ago…..

I do keep an eye out for these buses at toyfairs, but these always seem to be optimistically priced unlike normal £5-10 Matchbox era Dinkys. However I spotted a £3.99  ebay auction - where the postage was nearly the same - and I sure did buckle 😆

It’s a nice weighty model, nicely finished - I never figured out why it didn't appear in various repaints? It’s not as cream as my setting sun photos promise, whiter in the flesh. Chromes on the turn on the luggage rack but I’m sure this is only the 2nd or 3rd time its left the box. The internet says 1:43 or 1:50  scale, I reckon 1:50 is about right? 

Might also be nose swap, truck cab, shorty or bus recovery modify-able @danthecapriman  if you want to chop one up for a heady £8!

Anyway needlessly ticked off 30+ years later for the price of two coffees I recommend the odd buckle now and then 😆

[sierraman]

I remember that was the flagship of the Dinky range. 

[Lord Sterling]

53 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

The only post 1986 MB I can think of is the W124 Mercedes D54CDG. A brilliant wee model too.

D54 CDG was a real plate that was issued to a Volvo 340 (?) Last taxed in 2001.

I think I have that model Mercedes somewhere but I don't remember having one. It wasn't until you pointed it out that I learned that model Mercedes had a number plate!

My MB Jaguar XJ6 only has "Jaguar" cast into the plate:

[bunglebus]

RHY 72F on the Iso Griffo

[bunglebus]

MHH 30V on the 928