Shite in Miniature II

[sheffcortinacentre]

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I decided that I'd pick up one of the new 5 packs in case I never see it again - thankfully I get a bit of staff discount in Tesco!

Interesting that Matchbox don't do their 5 packs as 100% exclusives like Hot Wheels do, I would prefer that over repeats of the Kurtis and Caprice (and also the Mustang I think). Actually it's quite odd that they often feature older releases, do they make a new batch of an old model, or are there vast warehouses full of unsold ones somewhere? Perhaps that's where all the tatty carded pegwarmers go? The Mudstang in one of the packs I posted earlier is quite a few years old now.

The 10 packs are worse, one exclusive colour just isn't worth the money, at least the Hot Wheels have about 30% exclusives in them, even if only one is actually advertised as being special 

Still, that '79 Nova is very cool, and the El Camino's a bit of a looker too - however Wiki says they're also re-releases, 2022 Retro Series for the Nova and a 2008 Heritage Classics version for the El Camino we wouldn't have seen here

Edit

Sheesh the Mustang is also a re-release, from a 2010 5 pack!

I'd only want the Mustang 

[flat4alfa]

18 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Not surprised no ones sitting next to Mr Lincoln.

It would be an apparition, as he died 8 years before

[sheffcortinacentre]

Thought he looked a bit pale.

[bunglebus]

Tonight's naked beauty is the Siku Radar Kontrolle bus

Most oddly, the flap is not quite central

Having taken apart the donor bus, I can confirm that if you had the little flap bit and a very steady hand, you could cut the slot in a standard bus body, as the bases on both have the hinge it fits into.

I've also been trying to work out what attaches to the small plastic dot that pokes through a hole in the roof. Answer: nothing

I also wonder what was missing from the interior. Answer: also nothing

Siku casting is absolutely lovely, almost no defects to be found other than fine casting lines. German engineering! 

[eddyramrod]

The flap will be offset because whatever lives behind it needs to not intrude on the driver's foot space, so is shunted right of centre.  The bus being LHD of course.

[bunglebus]

On the real thing absolutely - it's just messing with my head being just slightly off centre!

It also has both the late (as above) and early front indicators

[MiniMinorMk3]

Belgian and Dutch versions had a full length door.

[FakeConcern]

14 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

I'll see if it's in that book later

Yes he does, all of those are in there I think. Actually maybe not Mini Sprint, I'll have to check.

@bunglebus Here's what the book has to say about Bond and Bond models

I had a look while having breakfast and got marmalade on it!

And @MiniMinorMk3 here's the contents showing which models are covered and pretty much what you said

[MiniMinorMk3]

Time for the reveal

Flaky paint.

Casting after a good scrub.

Nitromors is so weak now, it looks like we are have to have a second stripping session. When I've used up the Nitromors I have, I'm going to try the caustic soda and boiling water method of paint stripping.

Looks like I missed the inside of the doors.

The casting looks quite good except for some scratching and a slight nibble of the screen pillar.

 

[danthecapriman]

17 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Time for the reveal

Flaky paint.

Casting after a good scrub.

Nitromors is so weak now, it looks like we are have to have a second stripping session. When I've used up the Nitromors I have, I'm going to try the caustic soda and boiling water method of paint stripping.

Looks like I missed the inside of the doors.

The casting looks quite good except for some scratching and a slight nibble of the screen pillar.

 

Looks pretty good under all that horrible paint. 
You not tempted to go for a non Dinky paint colour on it? Orange or yellow maybe!?

Nitromors isn’t anywhere near as good as it used to be. Probably all the chemicals in it have been changed and watered down over the years to make it less toxic. Brake fluid doesn’t seem as strong as a paint stripper either oddly.

[bunglebus]

I just buy the cheap stripper and leave the castings in a tub of it for a few days. I did get a can of Nitromors last time as it was on offer, works a lot faster. I ended up tipping the rest of it in with the own brand stuff in the end, should last me a good few years I reckon

[MiniMinorMk3]

19 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

Looks pretty good under all that horrible paint. 
You not tempted to go for a non Dinky paint colour on it? Orange or yellow maybe!?

 

I thought about doing a superdetail job on it, but as it is just a practice run for the Dinky Clubmans, I decided on a quick factory style restoration.

[Datsuncog]

22 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Also found this double-carded Toyota minivan in Poundstretcher - does this count as an error car?

 

20 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Hell yes, did you buy it?

I didn't, as I've a beige one already - but, if you're interested, I can swing by again and nab it for you!

Looks like some adhesive spilled from the card above and stuck the one below on to it.

I also picked up this yellow BMW E30 the other week, and didn't realise until I got home that the paint is all weird and foamy at the back:

Yours if you fancy it!

[bunglebus]

57 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

I didn't, as I've a beige one already - but, if you're interested, I can swing by again and nab it for you!

Looks like some adhesive spilled from the card above and stuck the one below on to it.

I also picked up this yellow BMW E30 the other week, and didn't realise until I got home that the paint is all weird and foamy at the back:

Yours if you fancy it!

Yes to both please

[bunglebus]

Found the Gulf Golf 

[plasticvandan]

10 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

@bunglebus Here's what the book has to say about Bond and Bond models

I had a look while having breakfast and got marmalade on it!

And @MiniMinorMk3 here's the contents showing which models are covered and pretty much what you said

Interesting book! Don't suppose you could take a pic of the reliant page?in case there's something I've not got! Think it might have been my Bond Minicar, I've got a Tober mk C, bought for all of £4 some years ago!

[andrew e]

Idly browsing ebay, and I stumbled on this spun wheel Corgi Junior SL that I have had no knowledge of - it looks bloody lovely! Are they common (and I’m daft!) or is it something unusal?

Find it here!

[sierraman]

27 minutes ago, andrew e said:

Idly browsing ebay, and I stumbled on this spun wheel Corgi Junior SL that I have had no knowledge of - it looks bloody lovely! Are they common (and I’m daft!) or is it something unusal?

Find it here!

The blue spectra flame Rockets one is easier to find. It’s one of those where they seem really prone to the windscreen pillars being knocked out. 

[Noel Tidybeard]

oxford diecast have sale on

just ordered 2 firenzas for £10 each instead of £25

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 27/01/2025 at 20:48, Split_Pin said:

Ah well remembered!

Rover had some cracking colours in the 90s, there is a dark metallic blue I really like but I can't recall the name.

i believe you maybe mean Tahiti blue pearl

[Datsuncog]

3 hours ago, andrew e said:

Idly browsing ebay, and I stumbled on this spun wheel Corgi Junior SL that I have had no knowledge of - it looks bloody lovely! Are they common (and I’m daft!) or is it something unusal?

Find it here!

Not a super-common casting, but they're around - I have a yellow one with Whizzwheels, acquired quite recently.

Gotta say though, it looks heaps better in silver with those spun wheels; never seen that exact version, and I love it!

[bunglebus]

Must be a really early one, think my oldest is this skinny Whizzwheeled example 

 

[Noel Tidybeard]

got the cmc gloss batmobile to go with me matt one

[bunglebus]

Is there a noticeable difference? I've got most of the CMC cars but I don't want to get drawn into "specials" as they're not exactly cheap (I do think the prices are fair considering the effort that goes into them)

[Datsuncog]

Got the message about the Oxford Diecast sale (with free shipping) whilst in a mildly compromised state last night, owing to cracking open a bottle of home-made rhubarb vodka that had been gently infusing since 2021.

Woke up to this:

Oh. And there I was thinking I'd gone off 1/43 models.

Apparently I also saw fit to order up a bottle of apple rum from an artisanal distiller in rural Armagh.

Note to self - keep phone somewhere out of arm's reach on Friday evenings...

[Datsuncog]

Bubbly Beemer and twin-card Toyoyo error cars picked up for @bunglebus: 

Will pop those in with the Siku Beetle cabrio!

Thought I'd found another error car in B&M...

...but quickly spotted the sellotape holding the blister onto the torn card.

Still, that's one way to get a Tony Hawk branded Cruise Bruiser without having to buy a skate set.

Didn't look like they had much in B&M at first, with only stale 2024 Hot Wheels and 2023 Matchbox to be seen, but...

A load of new 2025 case models were swinging at the end of the aisle, plus Premiums.

And what's this?! An unattended 2025 A-case?

Ah, it had already been picked over. No R32 Skylines or Porsches. Meh.

Still, came home with a Morgan and a Lotus for myself.

Sort of.

[danthecapriman]

26 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Got the message about the Oxford Diecast sale (with free shipping) whilst in a mildly compromised state last night, owing to cracking open a bottle of home-made rhubarb vodka that had been gently infusing since 2021.

Woke up to this:

Oh. And there I was thinking I'd gone off 1/43 models.

Apparently I also saw fit to order up a bottle of apple rum from an artisanal distiller in rural Armagh.

Note to self - keep phone somewhere out of arm's reach on Friday evenings...

Glad I’m not the only one that mixes the delights of diecast’s and alcohol. My eBay summary does not make for fine reading!😆 oop’s oh well never mind.

Cant wait to see your Firenza, don’t think I’ve ever actually seen one.

[quicksilver]

Another CMAC 3D print of the once-ubiquitous LDV 400 factory minibus. It looks like a generic white one but is a vehicle with a lot of personal significance, albeit not the fondest of memories.

My school didn't have its own minibus and would borrow this one from the neighbouring school. Many slow and uncomfortable trips on it driven by inexperienced teachers are the reason for my lifelong dislike of the Sherpa family and I still remember it making lots of noise that didn't translate into any power, the tinny doors clanging, the sticky grey vinyl seats and banging my head on the low roof. It must have stood up to a lot of abuse though as the school had it for 17 years and then sold it for further use, although it's been scrapped now.

These things were everywhere like a plague, usually with rusty back doors and assorted other ailments, and it's modelled from memory as I never cared enough to take a photo of it. Who'd have thought all these years later I'd actually get nostalgic for a horrible old Sherpa that traumatised me as a child?

[AndyW201]

I was weak as well, when I got the email last night...

I mean, I dont NEED one, I've had the Bluebird  Firenza SL in my display cabinet since they first came out, way back in 2016. 

But at a tenner, I couldn't resist it. (Plus,  finding out that the 1800 SL version differs from the 2300 by having a different dashboard tooling was a good enough excuse, so I can compare the two!)

[andy18s]