Shite in Miniature II

[flat4alfa]

  On 06/12/2024 at 18:29, FakeConcern said:

The Brighton toy museum has a Corgi DS Safari hearse, not sure if it's a genuine Corgi prototype or not

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https://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/index/Category:Corgi_Toys_(Glenn_Butler_Collection)

 

[flat4alfa]

  On 06/12/2024 at 19:39, 155V6 said:

Plastic unbranded,from a board game of some sort

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Zero Hour playsets by Bluebird

It came in set 910011 - Action Taskforce

[eddyramrod]

  On 06/12/2024 at 15:47, danthecapriman said:

@eddyramrod was that Corgi Jag XJS I sent you recently the Supercat version?

I didn’t pay it much attention before but now with them being mentioned on here I’m thinking it could possibly have been one?

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Obviously I had to look when it was mentioned previously, and yes, that is what it is.  It's in my Projects box at the moment because it's shabby enough that I won't worry about painting it, but if you would prefer to rescue it...?

  On 06/12/2024 at 18:29, FakeConcern said:

I have definitely sent a black XJS to Eddy, I think he must have most of them now which is why they are rare!

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You did, and I stripped and painted it well before anyone thought it might be valuable.  Hey ho.

Re the hearses: I have the Bond Cadillac but not the LaSalle, which is a bit of a glaring omission on my part.  I really need the OD 1/43 Daimler, and the MB '63 Cadillac (I have a couple of different ambulances).  I must admit I'm quite pleased with how the old '62 Corgi has turned out.  I might have a crack at doing it with something else sometime.

Ambulance conversions, hmmm... snack van anyone?

I bet that's been done a good few times in real life!

[Datsuncog]

  On 06/12/2024 at 11:15, Datsuncog said:

I've also seen some sort of cheapie (Motor Max?) model of a 1980s-looking Cadillac hearse in maybe 1/50 scale, with 'horror' graphics and some sort of light and sound function

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  On 06/12/2024 at 19:39, 155V6 said:

Road Champs Cadillac🤪

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That's the very one!

And also...

  On 06/12/2024 at 19:39, 155V6 said:

Plastic unbranded,from a board game of some sort

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I believe that hearse was from a short lived range of miniature battle figure sets sold as 'Zero Hour' - I had a yellow US-style school bus from the same range which converted into some sort of assault vehicle; there was a battery-powered monorail, a sea assault harbour with boats, tanks and off-road buggies and all sorts... Must look into that, a real blast from the past!

[Datsuncog]

  On 06/12/2024 at 21:55, Datsuncog said:

I believe that hearse was from a short lived range of miniature battle figure sets sold as 'Zero Hour' - I had a yellow US-style school bus from the same range which converted into some sort of assault vehicle; there was a battery-powered monorail, a sea assault harbour with boats, tanks and off-road buggies and all sorts... Must look into that, a real blast from the past!

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  On 06/12/2024 at 20:11, flat4alfa said:

Zero Hour playsets by Bluebird

It came in set 910011 - Action Taskforce

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Ah, I was already beaten to it - well, at least my memory's still semi-functional!

[Wibble]

And now my photo of my small display works

Small blue Senator in the front.

[AndyW201]

Had a delivery today. Just got in in time for the last knockings of Tat Friday!

Didnt know there was a second mix of these 56th anniversary editions, the Sierra was the only one available, but I'm happy with that.

A few of these Audis have already appeared on here, but as usual, there were none to be found in the shops round here so I had to get one online,

Very handsome cars these,

Already got one of these Mercs in this colour in a 5 pack I think, but its nice to have this carded version as I quite like the artwork.

The HW RX-3 is one of my fave  castings, this one's a US Kroger stores exclusive.

[Datsuncog]

  On 06/12/2024 at 23:52, AndyW201 said:

Already got one of these Mercs in this colour in a 5 pack I think, but its nice to have this carded version as I quite like the artwork.

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Heh, snap!

I thought the one in the 5-pack was a sort of darker terracotta colour, whilst the individually carded one was orange - turns out they're nearly (but not quite) identical shades.

But, as you say, the artwork's really nice anyway!

[Spottedlaurel]

  On 06/12/2024 at 11:32, danthecapriman said:

Theres something about the 50’s and 60’s US hearses though, absolutely beautiful looking cars imho!

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I think it took me 25 years from start to finish to create this one out of a Ghostbusters kit:

 

Probably not at all accurate as a US hearse but it was as close as I was ever going to get.

[bunglebus]

I need somewhere like that with some forced perspective, honestly thought that was 1:1 initially.

[155V6]

  On 06/12/2024 at 21:55, Datsuncog said:

 

That's the very one!

And also...

I believe that hearse was from a short lived range of miniature battle figure sets sold as 'Zero Hour' - I had a yellow US-style school bus from the same range which converted into some sort of assault vehicle; there was a battery-powered monorail, a sea assault harbour with boats, tanks and off-road buggies and all sorts... Must look into that, a real blast from the past!

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I think the set with the monorail is what I thought was the board game.Thanks for clearing that up 👍

[Snake Charmer]

  On 06/12/2024 at 22:57, Wibble said:

And now my photo of my small display works

Small blue Senator in the front.

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Nice, I started collecting 1/43 versions of my lottery win fantasy garage to go in an old glass fronted keysafe and collecting ended up a bit out of hand. 

[Spottedlaurel]

  On 07/12/2024 at 08:22, bunglebus said:

I need somewhere like that with some forced perspective, honestly thought that was 1:1 initially.

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It was the flat roof extension on the back of our previous house, which had an open view at the back and the chipping texture of the covering was nicely in scale.

[andrew e]

  On 06/12/2024 at 22:57, Wibble said:

And now my photo of my small display works

Small blue Senator in the front.

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Home built or purchased? That’s a great shape/size display cabinet.

[AndyW201]

  On 07/12/2024 at 00:52, Datsuncog said:

Heh, snap!

I thought the one in the 5-pack was a sort of darker terracotta colour, whilst the individually carded one was orange - turns out they're nearly (but not quite) identical shades.

But, as you say, the artwork's really nice anyway!

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Wow! Weird how the colours are the same but slightly different, it does show up in that pic. This is the (even darker) Terracotta version I've been after, but no joy yet,

But for me, the holy grail is this one,

Typically AliExpress have just about every Collectors series release available apart from this one, and I'm not about to pay upwards of £15 for one from ebay...

Ah well, I'm supposed to be stopping buying multiple versions of the same casting anyway...

[danthecapriman]

  On 07/12/2024 at 10:18, AndyW201 said:

Wow! Weird how the colours are the same but slightly different, it does show up in that pic. This is the (even darker) Terracotta version I've been after, but no joy yet,

But the holy grail is this one,

Typically AliExpress have just about every Collectors series release available apart from this one, and I'm not about to pay upwards of £15 for one from ebay...

Ah well, I'm supposed to be stopping buying multiple versions of the same casting anyway...

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They are a really nice casting. I’ve only got one in my ever shrinking 1:64ish sized collection which is a primrose sort of colour. 
I wouldn’t mind trying to find a 1:43 123 etc estate. I’ve got a few saloons but the estate version seems to either be non existent or rare.

[bunglebus]

Slightly belated day 7, a week into December already 

[flat4alfa]

  On 07/12/2024 at 10:18, AndyW201 said:

This is the (even darker) Terracotta version I've been after, but no joy yet,

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I'm pretty sure I've remembered this right: that first release Terracotta S123 was a Target stores (USA) exclusive, so only available over the pond and from collectors.

[AndyW201]

  On 07/12/2024 at 13:14, flat4alfa said:

I'm pretty sure I've remembered this right: that first release Terracotta S123 was a Target stores (USA) exclusive, so only available over the pond and from collectors.

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That's right, hence not having one yet! Ana's sales site on FB had one when they first came out, but I was beaten to it. The odd one crops up on ebay but again, at a price. Besides, I'm cutting down on diecast buying...

[flat4alfa]

  On 07/12/2024 at 10:18, AndyW201 said:

But the holy grail is this one,

Typically AliExpress have just about every Collectors series release available apart from this one, and I'm not about to pay upwards of £15 for one from ebay...

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You mean this one I have in my hand right now?

Farmer Tom (on his Chopper) is quite fond of it, but could be persuaded to sell it as he does need the readies to fuel the old horse

[Wibble]

  On 07/12/2024 at 10:03, andrew e said:

Home built or purchased? That’s a great shape/size display cabinet.

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It was a Christmas present from Mrs W about 20 years ago.

[bunglebus]

Can't promise to make much more progress on this one, but @Datsuncog reminded me I had a crushed cars to be getting on with last night

Went a different route here, rather than a strip and repaint I thought I'd try keeping the original colour. Took the tampos off with meths

Drilled holes in the window sections 

And cut them out, beauty of it being they don't need to be perfect

Went over it with a bit of wet 250 and a Brillo pad. I'll probably paint the bumpers then carry out a bit of weathering etc, much more to do yet

[flat4alfa]

While on subject

Who remembers these?  Matchbox in the 70s did a 'subset' of the 1-75 range named Choppers.  The artwork was dramatic, I think The Invisible Man was the rider

[ photos stolen off Vectis ]

Never had one, as a boy I didn't like them for some reason, perhaps the approx 1:32 scaling was the problem as they didn't 'fit' with the other vehicle on my bedroom floor roadway 

Anyhow, all these years later I might have secured a Chop Suey (1973-only) through the @bunglebus sell-off.  A closerer-up photo of one:

Tom has his Stingeroo (1972-75) already you see.  Also did I mention that Tom has come out of the closet since joining the local Hells Angels chapter

But am looking out for a Jumbo Jet (1973-76) as well

Anyway, that artwork takes me right back in time

There were other ideas submitted for the Choppers range that just remained pre-production one-offs

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 07/12/2024 at 14:49, flat4alfa said:

While on subject

Who remembers these?  Matchbox in the 70s did a 'subset' of the 1-75 range named Choppers'  The artwork was dramatic, I think The Invisible Man was the rider

 

 

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I had all three.

They were Matchbox's take on the HotWheels Rumblers series

I had a few of those including this one called Bold Eagle. Note the front stabilisers so you could race it down your HotWheels track.

 

Details of the full range can be found here

RRRumblers | Hot Wheels Wiki | Fandom

[bunglebus]

  On 07/12/2024 at 14:49, flat4alfa said:

But am looking out for a Jumbo Jet (1973-76) as well

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I've just bought one!

[junkyarddog]

Some nice ideas here.

[bunglebus]

I've been trying to get a really nice example of the green K-70 Porsche Turbo for quite some time. I bought one a little while ago that turned up with damaged labels, had a fruitless eBay conversation over several weeks over one on the Isle of Wight that came to nothing, and today this one turned up. Think I'm going to have to call this good enough

The base is quite a lot lighter than the body, don't remember my others being like that

It's a pity Matchbox decided to do away with the working door handles, they're a neat little touch

 

[flat4alfa]

I sent you my old green one year or so back

It was the one I had drilled bullet holes into the rear window...

[Wibble]

  On 07/12/2024 at 15:37, bunglebus said:

I've been trying to get a really nice examples of the green K-70 Porsche Turbo for quite some time. I bought one a little while ago that turned up with damaged labels, had a fruitless eBay conversation over several weeks over one on the Isle of Wight that came to nothing, and today this one turned up. Think I'm going to have to call this good enough

The base is quite a lot lighter than the body, don't remember my others being like that

It's a pity Matchbox decided to do away with the working door handles, they're a neat little touch

 

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I have the same one🙂

[bunglebus]

This one wasn't bad, but has picked up damage to the labels after the eBay pics were taken

Tatty TURBO, no sunroof...

...think this may be the ex-FFA example 

Repaint over the original green, typical stickers looked pretty good!