Shite in Miniature II

[eddyramrod]

1 hour ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

ive been lucky on the maurice marauder coop front i have achieved 7!
😁

I'm not far behind you!  Think I have five restored and one waiting.

[Snake Charmer]

On 23/01/2025 at 19:50, sheffcortinacentre said:

5.7(351) Cleveland V8

And Peugeot 504 rear brake calipers.

 

[Tenmil Socket]

12 hours ago, AndyW201 said:

Three.

Another rare one it seems,

For a 190 lover, my 190 collection in 1/36 is embarassingly sparse, there's only this and a late edition valver,

Been after the narrow body sunroof and Swinford editions for a while but people want all the money for decent boxed stuff.

With a spiritual rival, one of my other fave 1/36 Corgis (its that bonnet mechanism that gets me every time!)

Here’s me with a Merc (on the step beside me) in the early 80’s

 

 

[sierraman]

12 hours ago, AndyW201 said:

Three.

Another rare one it seems,

For a 190 lover, my 190 collection in 1/36 is embarassingly sparse, there's only this and a late edition valver,

Been after the narrow body sunroof and Swinford editions for a while but people want all the money for decent boxed stuff.

With a spiritual rival, one of my other fave 1/36 Corgis (its that bonnet mechanism that gets me every time!)

The BMW is ace as well, the sunroof though always seemed a bit stiff. One of the others that eludes me is the Celica, they seem to go for crazy money when they come up. 

[Tenmil Socket]

Just now, sierraman said:

The BMW is ace as well, the sunroof though always seemed a bit stiff. One of the others that eludes me is the Celica, they seem to go for crazy money when they come up. 

Celica?

[Tenmil Socket]

WTF?

 

[sierraman]

52 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Celica?

An ‘84 ish shape Toyota Celica Supra. Get your wallet out though, a good one boxed is over a £100. 😂

[Tenmil Socket]

7 minutes ago, sierraman said:

An ‘84 ish shape Toyota Celica Supra. Get your wallet out though, a good one boxed is over a £100. 😂

This was unsold… included an Escort too.

 

[Tenmil Socket]

Ooofff

 

[Snake Charmer]

18 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Yes it is.  I took a photo to confirm

Not seen one of those before so looked them up.  💲

[bramz7]

Won this on eBay yesterday, arrived less than 24 hours later. I don't remember these as a kid, I would have been 13 when they came out so probably about the time I started to ignore Hot Wheels despite my rally car love. 

3 others left to get the whole set, but the prices are eye watering. This was £30 itself. 

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Ooofff

 

Another one that’s frustratingly hard to find. 

[bunglebus]

No Celica but I did find the Rover

 

[junkyarddog]

2 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Celica?

Celica

 

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

Here's some more knackered old Dinkys from my latest auction hoard.

A pair of metallic blue numbers.

The Commodore Coupe looks good...

except for a missing door skin.

No tyres on the Cougar, which is a pain as normal one don't fit.

Glass is cracked as well.

Dinky called it a Ford Mercury.

Range Rooney with Dymo sun strip and marker pen paint work.

Sun strip gone in the bin, marker has stained the paint.

This has a riveted base, so straighten the wheels would require drill the rivets out.

Nice opening features...

and a fair attempt at the V8.

Combat TR7, that was repainted blue before over the original red.

A Couple of CFs that have done some work.

The Transit was in use in Brixton in 1981.

It does have all of it's doors.

Finally a rank of black cabs.

First is a Lone Star that must have had the Three Tenors in it.

A couple of Dinkys with slight wear. Not much detail on these.

Lastly a 1/36 Corgi

 

[Datsuncog]

Celica Supra is a lovely big thing; I thought I'd got a pretty good bargain when I bought one off eBay for £20 in 2019, but while it was indeed mint and boxed there were a lot of factory flaws all over it, which disappointed me at the time.

Tri-colour paint masking was a trifle ambitious for Corgi, and this one suffers from quite a few blemishes where wet paint has been transferred to other parts of the car during manufacture.

While the casting isn't as rough as many coming out of the Swansea factory at the time, there's a lot of paint bubbles and blemishes spoiling what's otherwise a very commendable crack at Toyota's big six cylinder coupé. The deep sunstrip is slightly cockamamie too, irritatingly.

As something of a party trick, the headlights retract and then pop-up when you press down on the front wheels. Nifty. 

Interior detail is... present. Not quite as detailed a dashboard as the Sierra - and none of the fancy digital gear that its real-life counterpart boasted - but the tip-up seats are well-moulded and even the generic Corgi steering wheel doesn't look too out of place here.

Unusual that this a left-hooker; I've yet to find a reason why so many Corgis of this era were LHD; even stuff you'd expect to be UK spec.

Big boot and lift-up rear shelf are present though, as is the usual oversize tow hitch.

Base is plastic, but incorporates a reasonable amount of drivetrain and exhaust detail.

Since this model arrived in 1985, the same year that Toyota stopped building this generation of Supra, I'd hazard a guess that it was already in development from about 1982, but paused during Mettoy's financial diffs in '83/'84. The catalogue pics seem to show fairly crude wooden prototypes for both the road and racing car variants.

I'd speculate that this one was launched just to get something new out the door and encourage retailers to place orders again, after the whole management buy-out thing was sorted.

I need to find some more of the 1980s Corgi catalogues, as I don't know how long this one lasted - all I can say is that it wasn't listed in the 1988 catalogue, so it didn't have a very long run. I don't ever remember seeing it on the toyshop shelves, either.

Still a handsome big lump, nonetheless.

[flat4alfa]

4 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Here’s me with a Merc (on the step beside me) in the early 80’s

I’m really looking forward to your THEN AND NOW update post (with shorts) 😀

[155V6]

2 hours ago, bramz7 said:

Won this on eBay yesterday, arrived less than 24 hours later. I don't remember these as a kid, I would have been 13 when they came out so probably about the time I started to ignore Hot Wheels despite my rally car love. 

3 others left to get the whole set, but the prices are eye watering. This was £30 itself. 

Majorette did a similar series too,I've got a few packed away somewhere

[Tenmil Socket]

Boooo @MiniMinorMk3 the sunstrip was great!

[danthecapriman]

I know it’s not diecast or even a model but I got this today.

The two silicone putty tins mix together to make a mould putty that you squash over/around whatever you want to duplicate, then when it’s cured you pull the original out of the mould and mix up the resin and pour it into the mould.

Should be handy if it works. 
Main reason for getting it was to duplicate the grill from an IXO MAN truck to replace a RABA branded grill on a truck I made last year. I’ve just got to find the truck with the MAN grill now and pop it out.

[Tenmil Socket]

1 hour ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Boooo @MiniMinorMk3 the sunstrip was great!

You’ll have to make a new one now… KAHN or OVERFINCH?

[RoadworkUK]

18 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

You’ll have to make a new one now… KAHN or OVERFINCH?

WarrantyWise or WBAC?

[bunglebus]

5 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

I know it’s not diecast or even a model but I got this today.

The two silicone putty tins mix together to make a mould putty that you squash over/around whatever you want to duplicate, then when it’s cured you pull the original out of the mould and mix up the resin and pour it into the mould.

Should be handy if it works. 
Main reason for getting it was to duplicate the grill from an IXO MAN truck to replace a RABA branded grill on a truck I made last year. I’ve just got to find the truck with the MAN grill now and pop it out.

I'd like to have a go at that, seen windows made that way too

[danthecapriman]

1 minute ago, bunglebus said:

I'd like to have a go at that, seen windows made that way too

I’ll give it a test and see how it works, but I had a look on YouTube and saw it being used and it actually looks very good. Obviously has its limitations but for simpler single piece parts you don’t need loads of, it should be ideal.

The resin you just mix with water and pour in I think. After 24 hours it’s hard and can be sanded, painted etc etc.

When I try it though I’ll post up a few pics so you can see.

[flat4alfa]

4 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

You’ll have to make a new one now… KAHN or OVERFINCH?

Back then, more like Ripspeed and Laskys

[bunglebus]

Ken Lee!