Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

Rather pleasing RMP 264V on the Citroen CX (guess what colour Matchbox I'm currently sorting)

[flat4alfa]

20 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

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.

I'm the same, after becoming Matchbox International, the UK plate game started to wane

Try this in Google search:

site:cfalkensteiner.com "cast license plate" -"plate: none."

It filters the search using operators.  The Christian Falkensteiner website is comprehensive covering Lesney (1953) through to Super GT (1991)

I found the first number plate on a Lesney casting was 1960, on the No.4 TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLE AND SIDECAR as 637 CMT

Followed in 1961 by No.36 LAMBRETTA & SIDE CAR as 439 ABA

Followed in 1962 by No.66 HARLEY DAVIDSON AND SIDECAR as 241 KMD

The first non-motorcycle was the No.2 (2-c) MIUR HILL DUMPER also for 1962 catalogue

19 hours ago, bunglebus said:

801 TVP on what's left of my Muir Hill Dumper

[bunglebus]

KAB 14T on the Merc 450 SEL

[bunglebus]

Model A van is KG 6567

[bunglebus]

Merc Ambulance has an odd format, should it be LL-01-67 ?

[bunglebus]

BB-A 716 for the Mercedes 250 SL

[bunglebus]

Where's this one from? DA 8356 on the BMW 323i

[bunglebus]

8 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

after becoming Matchbox International, the UK plate game started to wane

The plate vanished off the Porsche 959 at some point, quite why I don't know

BM 1378

 

[Split_Pin]

That's exactly what I'm talking about, I didn't like those generic type plates.

Majorettes had smashing little plates up until the 1990s as well. I loved those. Most were the correct font too.

[bunglebus]

22 minutes ago, Lord Sterling said:

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:

The BMW 850 plate could almost be a UK reg, but not quite 

[Lord Sterling]

25 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

KAB 14T on the Merc 450 SEL

KAB 14T was on a yellow Triumph Dolomite last taxed in 1988.

[andrew e]

I reckon a lot of these were toolmakers or gaffers cars at the factory.

[Split_Pin]

JTB214S Escort RS 2000

JBV149R on the excellent Golf LS

 

 

[bunglebus]

26 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

JBV149R on the excellent Golf LS

Think that plate changed when they started selling it as the Rabbit in the USA, became FLT 878 - which could be from either side of the pond

Is this the only reg shared by two different castings (technically)?

[Split_Pin]

Just now, bunglebus said:

Think that plate changed when they started selling it as the Rabbit in the USA

It's from our @eddyramrods neck of the woods too

[Dick Cheeseburger]

5 hours 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.

OLM 162F Matchbox No71 Ford Heavy Wrecker

JBV 149R Matchbox No7 Volkswagen Golf LS 

RSH 88T Matchbox No55 Ford Cortina

GNP 40T Matchbox No39 Rolls Royce

SPB 41S Matchbox No53 CJ-6 Jeep

[eddyramrod]

2 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

It's from our @eddyramrods neck of the woods too

I've had a couple of BVs; from memory it came from Blackburn or Burnley.  TB is a Lancashire County combination, I've had some of those too.

[bunglebus]

54 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

The plate vanished off the Porsche 959 at some point, quite why I don't know

BM 1378

BM 4582 on the MK2 Golf

 

[bunglebus]

10 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

I've had a couple of BVs; from memory it came from Blackburn or Burnley.  TB is a Lancashire County combination, I've had some of those too.

According to my source Blackburn, TB just says Lancashire 

https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/registrations/reg-letters.htm

[Lord Sterling]

5 hours 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.

Rover SD1 is KGF 188W of which there is no allocated to anything.

[Lord Sterling]

59 minutes ago, Dick Cheeseburger said:

OLM 162F Matchbox No71 Ford Heavy Wrecker

JBV 149R Matchbox No7 Volkswagen Golf LS 

RSH 88T Matchbox No55 Ford Cortina

GNP 40T Matchbox No39 Rolls Royce

SPB 41S Matchbox No53 CJ-6 Jeep

GNF 40T:

[Split_Pin]

1 minute ago, Lord Sterling said:

Rover SD1 is KGF 188W of which there is no allocated to anything.

😳 I thought it was KCF for at least 40 years but there it is right enough.

My whole childhood feels like it's been a lie now 😂

[Lord Sterling]

5 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

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

Also, in terms of CF vs GF:

KGF 17W rather than CF. Its the best image I could find.

Although "GF" was indeed an allocation to South West London, it seems that anything with CF was changed to GF and found not to be allocated to anything. 

[FakeConcern]

22 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.

Nice collection especially the Citroens!

I collect Citroen C4 Coupe/VTS models and have  few Norev and Majorettes included

A few of these came from members on this forum and if anyone has any C4 Coupe model they don't want or see any at a reasonable price then I am interested.

[bunglebus]

I spotted this loose Welly FSO Polonez on eBay a while back - not a bad effort, if a bit over-wheeled

 

[AndyW201]

Had to stop by the shops tonight. B&M still had quite a few of these premiums, so grabbed this Audi.

I was tempted by the Alfa GTV and Supra again, but I already have a few of those in mainline form, and to my knowledge, this S4 casting has never been released as one. I'm trying (not always sucessfully) at the moment to just go for castings I've either not got, or don't have many of.

Its a nice version, I've only got one other S4, the yellow one in the Deutschland Design set, and this one is more subtle.

And at Asda, I was chuffed to finally find a Majorette Golf,

And in the colour scheme I wanted it in!

Pretty good spec on these premiums, with opening parts, suspension and rubber tyres, at a few quid less than a Hot Wheels premium. Just wish they did a few more classic castings.

[Split_Pin]

I've got that Audi, it looks fab. I've not had the guts to open it yet though for fear of wrecking the packaging.

[Lord Sterling]

Just to add to the plates collection, this Lesney Mk1 Ford Cortina with reg: PHD 276F

The story of this is Mother_Sterling's neighbour had this in his shed. I spotted it sat on a shelf and asked about it. He didn't seem to know much about it and gave it to me, so now its snuggly and warm.

It fits perfectly in the 'Lesney' garage:

[bunglebus]

6 minutes ago, Lord Sterling said:

Just to add to the plates collection, this Lesney Mk1 Ford Cortina with reg: PHD 276F

I believe that's the hard to find version, regular wheels but with the raised line for the boot shut - a casting change that happened just before the Superfast version was released.

I won a really nice one of these on eBay, then the seller got abducted by aliens 

 

[Split_Pin]

3 minutes ago, Lord Sterling said:

Just to add to the plates collection, this Lesney Mk1 Ford Cortina with reg: PHD 276F

The story of this isthMother_Sterling's neighbour had this in his shed. I picked it out and asked about it. He didn't know much about it and gave it to me.

It fits perfectly in the 'Lesney' garage:

1 out of my 3 favourite Lesneys of that era, the other 2 being thr MK4 Zodiac and the VW fastback.