Shite in Miniature II

[flat4alfa]

I’m looking forward to your patio snow event showcasing that

[MiniMinorMk3]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Had to go through town today so I stuck my head in Smyths - overflowing pegs full of mainlines and premiums, found the Fish'd N Chip'd treasure hunt 

 

I'm just imagining what a Jag MkX Coupe would look like, probably more swoopy than an XJ6 Coupe.

[Lord Sterling]

A few from me;

Corgi Whizzwheels Cortina GXL. These are usually up for a kings ransom on eBay, thankfully I got this one for quite a bit cheaper. The axles and wheels still guve smooth performance and apart from a few smallish blemishes, the paint is still mostly there.

Mk2 Fiesta, again, got for cheap-ish as you find on eBay, still can't find them in any of the local stores. I like the details, they are very faithful to the car. It's a shame that these weren't made before.

Stahlberg Volvo. Apparently I had one of these a toddler, I've seen the photos, but it was in a lighter blue. These usually go for about £40 on the bay of e, I got for almost half price. 'Tis a bit wobbly in places (you'll notice the rear sill is dropping down a tad) but I've got one now.

Also, I'm in need of a front grill for a Stahlberg Saab 9000 saloon I have. Stupidly as a kid I took it off to pretend I'm doing car repairs and obviously lost it. I have written to the manufacturer and had no reply. So if anyone knows where I can get a front end from, please let me know, I'm after the front grille and lights set up here:

[bunglebus]

That Volvo is great, thought it might be Polistil but the wheels had me foxed

[bunglebus]

Mira and Corgi comparisons. I wish I knew which other designs they stole

[Lord Sterling]

8 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

That Volvo is great, thought it might be Polistil but the wheels had me foxed

I kept on reading about the Stahlbergs being 1/20 in scale which is between 1/18 and 1/24 but for some reason I had it in my head that they were slightly bigger than 1/18 😅

They are a really good model and I'll be looking for the 340DL etc... from next year.

[FakeConcern]

21 hours ago, ETCHY said:

Those Ford H Series are sooooo cool.
I have the Scammell tractor unit (well it's in storage) & that's seriously cool but that Ford looks brill.

Any chance of anyone showing close up picks of all its cool features?

Not that this thread is helping my current plan not to buy anything due to lack of space..

I have taken some crap pics of a couple of not very good examples (my better ones seem to be extra well hidden! of Corgi H Series on a crap iphone 5!

Sorry they're not very good...

 

[Tenmil Socket]

Couple more of the bungle parcel.

Been after one of these Fiat’s for a while so I’m pleased to finally have one.

I love the colour combo on this Porsche.

 

I thought I’d try and tidy up this Lazer Wheels.

Before:

 

After (unsuccess ☹️):

 

[bunglebus]

I'd have a go with some meths or surgical spirit, but I'd expect the marker to have stained the paint all the same.

Worked quite well on the BMW

 

[Pauly.22]

Had these since a kid, micro machines. And then some even smaller ones. 

[Tenmil Socket]

3 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I'd have a go with some meths or surgical spirit, but I'd expect the marker to have stained the paint all the same.

Worked quite well on the BMW

 

It’s too far gone I’m afraid. I started with the Mrs nail polish remover and it took the original paint off on the side you can’t see.

[morrisoxide]

6 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Had to go through town today so I stuck my head in Smyths - overflowing pegs full of mainlines and premiums, found the Fish'd N Chip'd treasure hunt 

Nice find.

That Fish'd & Chip'd always reminds me of the Fluevog Jag, I wonder which came first?

[bunglebus]

Never seen that before. Obviously it's meant to be a Jaguar but I don't think Mattel could get it licenced.

There's a portion of fish n chips on the passenger seat, and a tiny Hot Wheels car on the picnic tray behind the front seats.

The name is a bit of an oddity, supposedly it's a term meaning customised but I've never known that reference to be used anywhere else

Graphics designer Wayne Scott mentioned customizing the Jag by chopping the roof line and lowering it (Fish & Chip as the English term)

[danthecapriman]

55 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

It’s too far gone I’m afraid. I started with the Mrs nail polish remover and it took the original paint off on the side you can’t see.

Usually I leave nail polish remover or the wipes of it as a last resort. It’s pretty strong stuff and while it definitely does work sometimes, it can, as you’ve found, do more harm than good. Watch it on clear plastic windows etc too as it can very quickly turn it milky!

T-Cut (original) on a cotton bud and gently buffing can work, as can meths/surgical spirit/white spirit in similar manner. 
Just need to be careful and gentle with the pressure.

[danthecapriman]

1 hour ago, Pauly.22 said:

Had these since a kid, micro machines. And then some even smaller ones. 

What are those tiny ones? 
I had loads of Micro Machines as a kid, some are still in boxes here, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen those tiny ones.

[ETCHY]

2 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

I have taken some crap pics of a couple of not very good examples (my better ones seem to be extra well hidden! of Corgi H Series on a crap iphone 5!

Sorry they're not very good...

 

They're cool  thanks for that.

That's a seriously impressive casting.

Tbh I like the real truck itself. Been looking at them on YouTube! 

[FakeConcern]

Some more Fake Corgis mixed in with originals and original catalogue.

[flat4alfa]

On 14/12/2024 at 20:23, morrisoxide said:

That Fish'd & Chip'd always reminds me of the Fluevog Jag, I wonder which came first?

The Fluevog MkX took two years to build and debuted at the All British Field Meet at Portland Oregon in 2013.

Fish'd & Chip'd is a two-door and was first produced 2003

It does appear that one influenced the other, but I’ve never seen that mentioned in any of the articles where John Fluevog was interviewed about its design and build

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 13/12/2024 at 18:07, bunglebus said:

Corgi Model Club have absolutely smashed it with this one, I've had a few Batmobiles over the years but seeing one as it would have been new, with all the extras, is just fantastic. It must be quite a feat of engineering too as I understand these are challenging to restore and assemble.

i took advantage of their offer of being able to order another 1 or 2 at the club price

wierdly the 1st one was cert 1377 & 2nd one has come as 2374

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, FakeConcern said:

Some more Fake Corgis mixed in with originals and original catalogue.

I do like fakes and copies. Is the Astro a copy, don't remember seeing one that colour?

I'd be interested to see the bases on the non original ones 

[flat4alfa]

12 hours ago, bunglebus said:

found the Fish'd N Chip'd treasure hunt 

Surprised they took so long to do a 'Hunt' release on that casting...

Plenty of daft and dubious releases including Star Wars and Disney characters for years now, but no 'Hunt'.  Saying that, I still bought a good few of them...  including the original blue over silver release, new.  

The questionable story about the name has had discussion previously https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Talk:Fish'd_%26_Chip'd

[MiniMinorMk3]

[matt79]

10 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

What are those tiny ones? 
I had loads of Micro Machines as a kid, some are still in boxes here, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen those tiny ones.

The tiny models look like they could be from 'The Worlds Smallest Matchbox' series, which were available from 1990 to 1992, and issued as a rival to Galoob's Micro Machines range.

Not much info online but there are quite a few ebay listings for them.

[flat4alfa]

On 14/12/2024 at 21:17, FakeConcern said:

Some more Fake Corgis mixed in with originals and original catalogue.

On 14/12/2024 at 23:15, bunglebus said:

Is the Astro a copy, don't remember seeing one that colour?

Interestingly, that was the first time the Chevrolet Astro I was shown by Corgi, as it wasn't in the 1967-68 combined main catalogue or the 1969 main catalogue.  That page is from the fold-out pamphlet 'The Fantastic World of Corgi Toys' printed 1969, isn't it?

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There followed advertising seen in magazines and comics into Spring 1970, wearing 'Red-Spot' Whizzwheels with the separate tyre, however by this time it was a blue metallic

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It seems the first showing in a main catalogue was the 1970 issue, and by that time wearing the one-piece Whizzwheel type

To prove there was a really early one in a colour metallic orange-ish, there is one here.  It is on the cast 8-spoke wheels with separate tyres (or should that be tires) and was bought at a car boot sale in Devon a few months ago

I bought it mainly as a spares car to help build up a 'Red Spotter' out of the others.  Once looking about for other examples in the colour, decided against!  The camera and lighting might make it seem flat orange, but it is a metallic and less bright to the eye.  Also note the inset plastic part in front of the screen is satin black, not chromed over opaque.  Anyway, here it is having a party with its friends that are in various state of undress

The base casting is identical for all wheel types, it seems.  It also ought to be given a sympathetic clean...

Perhaps the intention was to get a colour near the actual concept car from 1967 ?  Yet opting to go for a metallic paint they had in stock ?

 

The actual concept car lives on today as part of the GM Heritage Collection and remains in the bright red non-metallic

Apart from that, can you tell I'm not sleeping at the moment...

[FakeConcern]

6 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I do like fakes and copies. Is the Astro a copy, don't remember seeing one that colour?

I'd be interested to see the bases on the non original ones 

The Astro, Miura and Firebird are copies, the bull is from my original bright red Miura and all the others are just standard originals.

I probably have pics of all the cars before I started, but it was ages ago. They were all rough ones, only the Firebird had Red Spots and the Miura was a late one with cast in spare and no mirrors.

20 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Interestingly, that was the first time the Chevrolet Astro I was shown by Corgi, and it wasn't in the 1967-68 combined main catalogue or the 1969 main catalogue.  That page is from the fold-out pamphlet 'The Fantastic World of Corgi Toys' printed 1969, isn't it?

 click

There was also advertising seen in magazines and comics into Spring 1970, wearing 'Red-Spot' Whizzwheels with the separate tyre, however by that time it was blue metallic

  click

It seems the first showing in a main catalogue was the 1970 issue, and by that time wearing the one-piece Whizzwheel type

To prove there was a really early one in a colour metallic orange-ish, there is one here.  It is on the cast 8-spoke wheels with separate tyres (or should that be tires) and was bought at a car boot sale in Devon a few months ago

I bought it mainly as a spares car to help build up a 'Red Spotter' out of the others.  Once looking about for other examples in the colour, decided against!  The camera and lighting might make it seem flat orange, but it is a metallic and less bright to the eye.  Also note the inset part in front of the screen is satin black, not chromed.  Anyway, here it is having a party with its friends that are in various state of undress

The base casting is identical for all wheel types, it seems.  It also ought to be given a sympathetic clean...

Perhaps the intention was to get a colour near the actual concept car from 1967 ?  Yet opting to go for a metallic paint they had in stock ?

 

The actual concept car lives on today as part of the GM Heritage Collection and remains in the bright red non-metallic

Apart from that, can you tell I'm not sleeping at the moment...

Yes that's the leaflet I've had from new, you can see the young me used a biro to decorate it! Not sure when it came out, but as the London Sydney Marathon was in Nov/Dec 1968, I expect you're right.

That orange Astro you have is very strange, a great find even if someone previously made a Fake Corgi! A lot can happen between 1969 and 2024!

(BTW I don't have trouble sleeping, I 'm about to drive to Norwich and try to miss the traffic!)

[bunglebus]

They definitely should have stuck with the original colours. I've done a Rockets version to look like the original concept, along with a Yatming @Datsuncog sent me, which was I think the first custom I did using thinned nail varnish via the airbrush 

I recon if @flat4alfa's version is original, it must be some sort of pre-pro or colour trial. The rivets look different but that black plastic insert in front of the screen would be impossible to fake really. Great find, dibs!

[bunglebus]

15th today

Can't see this one anywhere in the main picture, mysterious!

[Spottedlaurel]

Yesterday's charity shop finds, 4 for £1. Same place I got the really good haul of Majorettes etc the other week.

Cavalier certainly the star buy. Prairie looks good in this colour, possibly the best I've found so far. The Jaguar is nice, picking out the top of the bumper in silver is a nice touch. I prefer the metallic blue example.

BMW 850i is apparently an Ultrahot from the first time around, it's a new one to me. F1 by Majorette, good to find at least one more even if it's not really my thing. VW and yet another Corgi SD1 made up the eight that I 'needed'.

[Tenmil Socket]

59 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Yesterday's charity shop finds, 4 for £1. Same place I got the really good haul of Majorettes etc the other week.

Cavalier certainly the star buy. Prairie looks good in this colour, possibly the best I've found so far. The Jaguar is nice, picking out the top of the bumper in silver is a nice touch. I prefer the metallic blue example.

BMW 850i is apparently an Ultrahot from the first time around, it's a new one to me. F1 by Majorette, good to find at least one more even if it's not really my thing. VW and yet another Corgi SD1 made up the eight that I 'needed'.

Love the VW, good score!

[Tenmil Socket]

6 hours ago, matt79 said:

The tiny models look like they could be from 'The Worlds Smallest Matchbox' series, which were available from 1990 to 1992, and issued as a rival to Galoob's Micro Machines range.

Not much info online but there are quite a few ebay listings for them.

I’d forgotten all about them!