Shite in Miniature II

[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.....

[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

Quote

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