Shite in Miniature II

[warch]

Hurrah another impulse purchase! I've got a huge collection of model Landrovers (as surely everyone on here is aware) but I've always got room for more. These two are made by Mini GT who I think are a Hong Kong based company and are officially licenced. 

They are true scale 1/64 rather than the fits in the box metric used by most of the toy car makers. Amazing finish and detail for such small models, with accurate mirrors. I was slightly intrigued by the orange lower hinges on the white pickup, they usually rust and it bleeds down the side of the hinge so perhaps they were trying to replicate that. Interestingly they have got the pickup bed wrong, they have full length wheel arches not the bulges over the wheel itself (only the 109/110 Hi capacity pickup has that). Britains got that wrong with their 1/32 model of the same vehicle so perhaps they were working from that rather a full size prototype. 

What I really like is the use of the proper paint and side decals schemes for these vehicles. The white one is a launch model Defender from about 1990-92 with the Defender 90 side decals, and black painted bumper. The blue one is a 1984-86 Landrover 90 V8 County with the unpainted bumper.

I'd really like the Camel Trophy and Martini racing ones as well.

 

 

[Tenmil Socket]

31 minutes ago, warch said:

 

 

 

Tremendous! Are they Brittains? 

[warch]

7 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Tremendous! Are they Brittains? 

They're exactly half the scale of Britains but as I mentioned in my edited post I think they may have based their model on the Britains one (hence the identical error with the rear pickup bed). 

[Tenmil Socket]

27 minutes ago, warch said:

They're exactly half the scale of Britains but as I mentioned in my edited post I think they may have based their model on the Britains one (hence the identical error with the rear pickup bed). 

Sorry didn’t see your earlier post. Where did you get the blue one from?

[warch]

8 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Sorry didn’t see your earlier post. Where did you get the blue one from?

You didn't see it because I hadn't written it, so in fact you asked the question before I answered it (I usually just dump my pix off the phone then write the text later).😁

I got them both from Brushwood Toys who are a rather sweet company that sell their own brand of farm playsets, associated farm toys and models. They're reasonably priced and cheap postage, plus they seem like genuine enthusiasts and not just another online sales outlet.   

[ETCHY]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I picked this one up at a boot sale earlier this year

Cleaned it up and sold it on, otherwise I'd have let you have it for what I paid

Oh wow, cool. I can't believe I was right about the twin headlights ! Can't remember what I did last week but remembered that..

Ah, well, no problem thanks anyway, matey.

I recall it was a seriously hefty & solid thing.

[andrew e]

A few last Norev’s I grabbed - Peugeot 404 and a Renault 5 Turbo 2. The 404 is quite delicate but again looks bland in white, or maybe just to glossy? Silver or beige might be the ticket.

Here’s the €5 winner though. Fabulous detailing and tampo prints, and the underside is fully detailed to boot!

[warch]

34 minutes ago, andrew e said:

A few last Norev’s I grabbed - Peugeot 404 and a Renault 5 Turbo 2. The 404 is quite delicate but again looks bland in white, or maybe just to glossy? Silver or beige might be the ticket.

Here’s the €5 winner though. Fabulous detailing and tampo prints, and the underside is fully detailed to boot!

Norev and Solido do generally hit that sweet spot between toy and model for me, where they're detailed and realistic enough to satisfy the collector, but don't have too much fiddly detail that makes them easy to break and no fun to play with. 

[Tenmil Socket]

Fake Matchbox Merc

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

12 hours ago, bunglebus said:

 

Just like Louis Marx, they have put the brand name on the tyre

Grisoni (Brand) | hobbyDB

[bunglebus]

Friday the 13th already!

Ooh, chocolate 

Gah

[Tenmil Socket]

11 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Hmm... went off to have a look... 

Well, there seems to be just the one Matchbox Ford LTD back here and luckily it is in quite tidy condition ...and in a livery that didn't make that photoshoot!  Think it might deserve a dab from the paint pen over those little chips, then

Looked for a Matchbox Plymouth Gran Fury too, but didn't find.  Did find however two examples of Chevrolet Caprice to go on a 'ride-along':  a Majorette and a Novacar.

Then the Majorette had to go and spoil it by showing off its OPENING THINGS

It will have to do, shan't be getting hold of any more LTD.   Not unless a 1997 Premiere Collection World Class series example turns up cheap, I suppose...

I think it is intended to be a radar antenna, they have a habit of mounting them there

Woop-woop, that's the sound of da police

Just spotted this on Instagram 

 

[Split_Pin]

2 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Friday the 13th already!

Ooh, chocolate 

Gah

Is it edible?

[ETCHY]

12 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

THEY DID WHAT

I won't ever be able to unsee it now

I do have a proper boner for one of those Corgi H series. I must get one at some point when we're not living at her mother's & have room...Fab looking  model.

[bunglebus]

23 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Is it edible?

Everything is, once

[bunglebus]

Spotted a few nice condition die cast in a charity shop this morning. There was a Superkings Rancho too but I elected just just buy the Minissima and Camping Cruiser

One for the number plate noters VHU 830J

Both very odd choices for a child's toy now I think about it, why Lesney didn't make a larger version of the VW Camper I don't know, the orange pop top is clearly a scaled up version of the one fitted to the Superfast.

Of course I already have both of these, but the Minissima especially is better than the current examples - expect to see the others on my diecast sales thread at some point!

[Split_Pin]

51 minutes ago, ETCHY said:

I do have a proper boner for one of those Corgi H series. I must get one at some point when we're not living at her mother's & have room...Fab looking  model.

I had the Holmes Wrecker as a kid but it was a heap of shit with missing parts, most crucially of which was an ugly glued on boom from a Britain's Unimog. 

I now have a lovely Transporter I got from @danthecapriman which keeps my similarly nice Scammell transporter company, which I think came from the same source. Both are cracking display models.

[Spottedlaurel]

3 hours ago, andrew e said:

A few last Norev’s I grabbed - Peugeot 404 and a Renault 5 Turbo 2. The 404 is quite delicate but again looks bland in white, or maybe just to glossy? Silver or beige might be the ticket.

Good choice on the 404/R5 duo, I picked up the same pair in 2011:

I have seen a 1:1 404 in a similar colour (and very nice it was too).

[sierraman]

28 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I had the Holmes Wrecker as a kid but it was a heap of shit with missing parts, most crucially of which was an ugly glued on boom from a Britain's Unimog. 

I now have a lovely Transporter I got from @danthecapriman which keeps my similarly nice Scammell transporter company, which I think came from the same source. Both are cracking display models.

Those Corgi Major trucks were fantastic, they’d have been pretty bloody dear when they were new I guess. I’ve a Ford Transcontinental, lovely bit of kit! 

[danthecapriman]

8 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Those Corgi Major trucks were fantastic, they’d have been pretty bloody dear when they were new I guess. I’ve a Ford Transcontinental, lovely bit of kit! 

 

43 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I had the Holmes Wrecker as a kid but it was a heap of shit with missing parts, most crucially of which was an ugly glued on boom from a Britain's Unimog. 

I now have a lovely Transporter I got from @danthecapriman which keeps my similarly nice Scammell transporter company, which I think came from the same source. Both are cracking display models.

 

@sierraman Pretty sure that Transcontinental came from me too didn’t it!?😄 Is it the white car transporter one?

The Corgi Major stuff was absolutely brilliant. The earlier ones had more features which seemed to get reduced over the years as they tried to cut costs but even so, they were/are fantastic toys. 
That Ford H really does have some superb details and features though being an earlier offering like the tilt cab, engine and even a rotating fan! 
I’ve said it before, but I can imagine to unwrap one of those for Xmas back in the day must have been incredible. What a toy to get!

[eddyramrod]

I did get to unwrap one!  I had the H cab with the sliding-sides trailer (Express Service).  I couldn't believe it.  Of course that original is long gone, but I do now have two of the same rig, one on each type of wheels.  Later on I had the Mack unit with the recoloured version of the same trailer; also long gone now.

I did quite well for toy cars at Christmas and birthdays really.  Being born in 1959 was a stroke of luck!

[danthecapriman]

33 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

I did get to unwrap one!  I had the H cab with the sliding-sides trailer (Express Service).  I couldn't believe it.  Of course that original is long gone, but I do now have two of the same rig, one on each type of wheels.  Later on I had the Mack unit with the recoloured version of the same trailer; also long gone now.

I did quite well for toy cars at Christmas and birthdays really.  Being born in 1959 was a stroke of luck!

I’ve got the Mack version here somewhere. It’s orange but the trailer is the same as you say.

Anyone know how much they cost new? It’d be interesting to convert that price to what it’d cost now. I bet it’d not be a particularly cheap toy…

[AndyW201]

After the excitement of Matchbox doing a Mk2 Fezza XR2, it seems Corgi are getting on with theirs at last, with the release of the CAD images and a showing of the prototype in the new year.  Hopefully they should get it out for  next year, and its nice to see that there are possible standard versions mooted as well. A white 1.4 S like my old one would be mega!

 

[junkyarddog]

Picked this up today in TK Maxx.

Saw this set on the shelf last year,but thought it was a bit pricey.

Went back the day after to have another look and it was gone.

Fast forward to today,and lo and behold.......at a cheaper price than it was the last time.

That'll do me.

 

[FakeConcern]

I still have the Transporter and some of the cars I got as a Christmas/Birthday (my birthday is a few days after Christmas so any big present would be for both) present all those years ago. Of the cars shown here only the Rover is my childhood one. I still have the Cortina, but it's in another display and the blue Mini Se7en which has been repainted by me. The Cortina and Imp shown are both from @danthecaprimanand the Minis from ebay. I have no idea which Rally Mini I had originally in the set and I also had the earlier Monte Mini with race number 177. The catalogue is my childhood one and gives the price of the gift set as56/6.

Marcel's book shows both Minis, but it looks like the Monte one was mail order only

Mine was probably the Sun Rally version

In case you're wondering, here's the Cortina

[MiniMinorMk3]

Some of the variation of GS 41 cars that you could get.

The original selection

This has grey Cortina, blue rally Imp, RAC Mini, red MGB and metallic red Mini

Again grey Cortina, RAC Mini, rally Imp, metallic red Mini and now yellow MGB

Box change and colour change of transporter trailer and Ford Tractor replaced by Scamell. Also Volvo has replaced Corina, orange MGB and 1967 Monte Carlo Mini.

Variations of GS 48 

Original colour choices

Metallic blue Rover and Metallic Blue Imp

And just as happened with GS 41, the final GS 48 Transporter set

[IronStar]

18 hours ago, andrew e said:

Been in france for a few days and picked some Norev beauties up in the Peugeot  museum, (which had its card terminal been working would have been a lot more! I was sadly limited to the euros in my pocket!!!) I wont upset anyone by saying they were just €2.50 for the regular ones…. 

https://laventure-association.com/en/live-aventure-peugeot/

First up the 307, a right little cracker and only grabbed because I saw a loose roof in one box! This has got a metal base and scale towbar that would pull a 40 footer! Roof is plastic.

Next up the 508 twins - saloon and estate, back to plastic bases this time. Not normally my thing but I thought they looked great together.

Next up at nearly €5 (!) was the white 205 which I'm sure would be better in pretty much any other colour, but still under a fiver so I buckled 😇 

Finally the 1/43 Lazer green GTI. There used to be one of these at the top of my road brand new when I first passed my test, I always thought it was a brilliant combination, especially when it got lowered one day. Another Norev for the rather quite palatable €12 this time, its a little cracker and detailed just right - model fineness but with toy heft. The wheels on both 205 are a very good representation of the 15” GTI alloys. There on sale here reasonably:

https://www.modelcarworld.com/en/prod/247340/norev-peugeot-205-gti-metallic-green-1992-1-43?srsltid=AfmBOoo0GmQVyoe2J_VKlfACbYblwRKhMyATUfx2KhbIFPRrsMlNW1sUzKk

 

Much envy on the CC. 😄

[Datsuncog]

1 hour ago, danthecapriman said:

Anyone know how much they cost new? It’d be interesting to convert that price to what it’d cost now. I bet it’d not be a particularly cheap toy…

 

1 hour ago, FakeConcern said:

 The catalogue is my childhood one and gives the price of the gift set as56/6.

56s 6d  =  £2 16s 6d  =  £2.83 decimalised  =  £44.99 in 2024 prices.

Pricey enough...

[FakeConcern]

26 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

 

56s 6d  =  £2 16s 6d  =  £2.83 decimalised  =  £44.99 in 2024 prices.

Pricey enough...

I knew if I left that, someone cleverer than me would work it out!

[danthecapriman]

1 hour ago, AndyW201 said:

After the excitement of Mattchbox doing a Mk2 Fezza XR2, it seems Corgi are getting on with theirs at last, with the release of the CAD images and a showing of the prototype in the new year.  Hopefully they should get it out for  next year, and its nice to see that there are possible standard versions mooted as well. A white 1.4 S like my old one would be mega!

 

Ohh, nice! 
Standard ones sound good. I’d like a 1.3 Ghia in Paris blue like my old one!