Shite in Miniature II

[ETCHY]

  On 14/02/2025 at 16:33, danthecapriman said:

Looks good to me. You could probably bung it on eBay and instantly make a profit on it, boxed Dinky and whatnot.

Ive got a blue version of that. No idea which came first though?

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Ta for that. Nah i'll keep it forever, I like it 😀

Does yours have the opening glovebox ?

[danthecapriman]

  On 14/02/2025 at 16:35, ETCHY said:

Ta for that. Nah i'll keep it forever, I like it 😀

Does yours have the opening glovebox ?

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Keeping it is right thing to do!

I think it does. I can’t honestly remember now. I’m going to go dig it out and see.

[Lord Sterling]

  On 14/02/2025 at 16:14, ETCHY said:

Hello all

Here's a recent purchase, i've always liked this model so was very happy to finally get one.

I picked it up for £19.95 in an Antique centre, i'm hoping that's a good price ? It even has a little opening glovebox !

Dunno if this is an early or later one, i'm assuming early based on reg' no' ?

Opinions & info' welcomed

Cheers

 

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I have one:

For some reason, it's brown. 

Brown. 

It appears like it might have once been gold coloured which might have suited it. But no, someone went and painted it brown. 

Brown.

It has an opening glovebox, not like you can store anything in there, or in fact, do anything cool with it. Also, it's brown.

Your UVR 77E plate is a generic plate that appears on a lot of stuff like this Ford Zodiac police catlr that isn't mine;

It has some missing jewel headlights. If anyone fancies chucking some in my direction  that'd be nice. Otherwise it can stay where it is. 

Also, someone painted it, brown.

Brown man, brown.

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 14/02/2025 at 16:14, ETCHY said:

Hello all

Here's a recent purchase, i've always liked this model so was very happy to finally get one.

I picked it up for £19.95 in an Antique centre, i'm hoping that's a good price ? It even has a little opening glovebox !

Dunno if this is an early or later one, i'm assuming early based on reg' no' ?

Opinions & info' welcomed

Cheers

 

 

 

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£19.95 sounds like a bargain. I would have expected to pay around £40.

The red version of 158 came first. It was available from 1967 to 1970. 

[danthecapriman]

@ETCHY

Found my blue Roller.

Shes a little rougher than yours though!

 
And the money shot,

It even closes with a satisfying ‘click’. Great toys.

[FakeConcern]

  On 14/02/2025 at 16:14, ETCHY said:

Hello all

Here's a recent purchase, i've always liked this model so was very happy to finally get one.

I picked it up for £19.95 in an Antique centre, i'm hoping that's a good price ? It even has a little opening glovebox !

Dunno if this is an early or later one, i'm assuming early based on reg' no' ?

Opinions & info' welcomed

Cheers

 

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That's lovely and a good price, I doubt it'll ever be worth less! The Great Book of Dinky just has a short entry about the Rolls stating the two colours and all the number plates. It looks as though yours is an early one from 67/68 with the E plate. Funny how they only updated it every two years so there's no F or H plates. The entry that's hard to read because of reflection just says "plastic box"

 

  On 14/02/2025 at 17:04, Lord Sterling said:

I have one:

For some reason, it's brown. 

Brown. 

It appears like it might have once been gold coloured which might have suited it. But no, someone went and painted it brown. 

Brown.

It has an opening glovebox, not like you can store anything in there, or in fact, do anything cool with it. Also, it's brown.

Your UVR 77E plate is a generic plate that appears on a lot of stuff like this Ford Zodiac police catlr that isn't mine;

It has some missing jewel headlights. If anyone fancies chucking some in my direction  that'd be nice. Otherwise it can stay where it is. 

Also, someone painted it, brown.

Brown man, brown.

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It looks from the entry above that your nice BROWN RR must be on false plates!

[bunglebus]

  On 14/02/2025 at 17:04, Lord Sterling said:

It has some missing jewel headlights. If anyone fancies chucking some in my direction  that'd be nice

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Measure up and look on eBay for rhinestones, absolutely loads of choice in a multitude of colours for not a lot

[Split_Pin]

  On 14/02/2025 at 17:04, Lord Sterling said:

I have one:

For some reason, it's brown. 

Brown. 

It appears like it might have once been gold coloured which might have suited it. But no, someone went and painted it brown. 

Brown.

It has an opening glovebox, not like you can store anything in there, or in fact, do anything cool with it. Also, it's brown.

Your UVR 77E plate is a generic plate that appears on a lot of stuff like this Ford Zodiac police catlr that isn't mine;

It has some missing jewel headlights. If anyone fancies chucking some in my direction  that'd be nice. Otherwise it can stay where it is. 

Also, someone painted it, brown.

Brown man, brown.

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I got a batch as there was a lamp missing on my Dinky Mini , I'll see if I can find where I put the rest as I only needed one.

[Lord Sterling]

  On 14/02/2025 at 17:52, FakeConcern said:

That's lovely and a good price, I doubt it'll ever be worth less! The Great Book of Dinky just has a short entry about the Rolls stating the two colours and all the number plates. It looks as though yours is an early one from 67/68 with the E plate. Funny how they only updated it every two years so there's no F or H plates. The entry that's hard to read because of reflection just says "plastic box"

It looks from the entry above that your nice BROWN RR must be on false plates!

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Interesting that. I have a sheet of dinky plates with INJ 72J, I also still have MTB 437E but they're being used on something else. 

I bought a sheet of generic UK plates for 1/43s and used whatever was available and seemingly period-correct.

[Split_Pin]

The only Silver Shadow I'm after is a 1/24 Bburago one!

[bunglebus]

  On 14/02/2025 at 17:59, Lord Sterling said:

Interesting that. I have a sheet of dinky plates with INJ 72J, 

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I need that but square for the back of my Beetle, but that seems an impossible ask

[danthecapriman]

While I was looking for the Royce, I pulled out a few others it was living in a box with. 
I think I’ve posted some of these before, but here’s a quick delve into the danthecapriman archives!

Leyland Atlantean with original box.

Dinky Pontiac with original box. What would that price be now?

Corgi Pennyburn trailer & tools. Box is a repro.

 
French Dinky Chrysler 180, repro box. Funny it mentions Triang.

 
Corgi Jag mkX in original box.

One for @sierraman as I know he loves these! 
I only kept this one as it’s pristine and boxed.

 
Dinky Princess, original box and has cool cast wheels not the shitty plastic ones.

 
Totally clean and no wear on base.

 
Dinky Cadillac Eldorado.

Dinky Mercury Cougar. Slide out aerial works too.

 
Pair of Dinky Lincoln’s.

Dinky 1800.

Dinky Vauxhall 101. 
I love this casting, definitely one of my favourites but not one you often see.

 
Another shot of the Dinky’s.

Id not seen some of these in ages.

[Split_Pin]

  On 14/02/2025 at 17:59, Lord Sterling said:

Interesting that. I have a sheet of dinky plates with INJ 72J, I also still have MTB 437E but they're being used on something else. 

I bought a sheet of generic UK plates for 1/43s and used whatever was available and seemingly period-correct.

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If you have a printer, go onto one of those show plate makers websites that offer pre 2001 fonts, type in the plate pair you want, screenshot them,  snip on paint, paste  to word and copy them about 5 times in a range of sizes. Print out the page, cut out the plate that's the right size, laminate it both sides with sellotape and attach with PVA glue.

An inexhaustible supply of (almost) free scale plates!

Here's a 1/24 plate:

 

[ETCHY]

  On 14/02/2025 at 17:52, FakeConcern said:

That's lovely and a good price, I doubt it'll ever be worth less! The Great Book of Dinky just has a short entry about the Rolls stating the two colours and all the number plates. It looks as though yours is an early one from 67/68 with the E plate. Funny how they only updated it every two years so there's no F or H plates. The entry that's hard to read because of reflection just says "plastic box"

 

It looks from the entry above that your nice BROWN RR must be on false plates!

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Superb thanks for that, good to know it's early, I like early ones of any model for some reason.

Thanks to all who've commented too. Must admit I'm very chuffed with this & I agree Dan these are great toys, I mean who'd put an opening glovebox on kids toy, it's overkill but cool !

[ETCHY]

  On 14/02/2025 at 18:02, danthecapriman said:

While I was looking for the Royce, I pulled out a few others it was living in a box with. 
I think I’ve posted some of these before, but here’s a quick delve into the danthecapriman archives!

Leyland Atlantean with original box.

Dinky Pontiac with original box. What would that price be now?

Corgi Pennyburn trailer & tools. Box is a repro.

 
French Dinky Chrysler 180, repro box. Funny it mentions Triang.

 
Corgi Jag mkX in original box.

One for @sierraman as I know he loves these! 
I only kept this one as it’s pristine and boxed.

 
Dinky Princess, original box and has cool cast wheels not the shitty plastic ones.

 
Totally clean and no wear on base.

 
Dinky Cadillac Eldorado.

Dinky Mercury Cougar. Slide out aerial works too.

 
Pair of Dinky Lincoln’s.

Dinky 1800.

Dinky Vauxhall 101. 
I love this casting, definitely one of my favourites but not one you often.

 
Another shot of the Dinky’s.

Id not seen some of these in ages.

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Bloody hell Dan, that lot has proper given me the horn.

[danthecapriman]

  On 14/02/2025 at 18:13, ETCHY said:

Bloody hell Dan, that lot has proper given me the horn.

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That’s the tip of the iceberg!

Theres absolutely shit loads in boxes here still, most aren’t boxed of course. It’s a shame we aren’t all local, could have piled the boxes in the car and all sat somewhere going through them!😆

[Tenmil Socket]

  On 14/02/2025 at 17:58, bunglebus said:

Measure up and look on eBay for rhinestones, absolutely loads of choice in a multitude of colours for not a lot

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Or alternatively you can buy a sheet of various sized self adhesive ‘jewels’ from the likes of Poundland. 

[Lord Sterling]

  On 14/02/2025 at 18:01, bunglebus said:

I need that but square for the back of my Beetle, but that seems an impossible ask

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This is literally all I have. I'll keep a check out on eBay and see what there is.

[FakeConcern]

  On 14/02/2025 at 18:02, danthecapriman said:

While I was looking for the Royce, I pulled out a few others it was living in a box with. 
I think I’ve posted some of these before, but here’s a quick delve into the danthecapriman archives!

Leyland Atlantean with original box.

Dinky Pontiac with original box. What would that price be now?

Corgi Pennyburn trailer & tools. Box is a repro.

 
French Dinky Chrysler 180, repro box. Funny it mentions Triang.

 
Corgi Jag mkX in original box.

One for @sierraman as I know he loves these! 
I only kept this one as it’s pristine and boxed.

 
Dinky Princess, original box and has cool cast wheels not the shitty plastic ones.

 
Totally clean and no wear on base.

 
Dinky Cadillac Eldorado.

Dinky Mercury Cougar. Slide out aerial works too.

 
Pair of Dinky Lincoln’s.

Dinky 1800.

Dinky Vauxhall 101. 
I love this casting, definitely one of my favourites but not one you often see.

 
Another shot of the Dinky’s.

Id not seen some of these in ages.

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I've just come back for another look at those Dinkys, the Chrysler 180 is particularly nice, I don't think I've ever seen one. I never understood why the Victor FB is so tiny even if it is a good model.

Thanks Dan for sharing them with us.

[Lord Sterling]

  On 14/02/2025 at 18:05, Split_Pin said:

If you have a printer....

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Well, technically, I do have a printer, but it doesn't work. It needs ink and a computer to connect to. 

It is a great idea and I used to do something similar, some newspapers used to have adverts for cherished reg plates, I'd cut out what I wanted, laminate them with tape and stick them to the cars with a tiny slither of bluetack. 

Of course, I was a kid when I did this. I much prefer buying them for a couple of quid, having them already to cut out and ready to stick on. Much faster, much nicer.

[danthecapriman]

  On 14/02/2025 at 18:34, FakeConcern said:

I've just come back for another look at those Dinkys, the Chrysler 180 is particularly nice, I don't think I've ever seen one. I never understood why the Victor FB is so tiny even if it is a good model.

Thanks Dan for sharing them with us.

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I’m not sure how common or popular the 180 ever was. Maybe in Europe it sold more? It’s a really nice model though.

FB is a funny size. Lovely looking thing though. Another one (like the 101 too!) that they made a great job of but then barely used the casting. 
The FB was only ever in yellow or the ambulance. The 101 only that trademark red or the same yellow as the FB. Why not do more colours with them!?

Ive got the Saab 96 too, which again barely saw much use.

[eddyramrod]

7/11 in pre-decimal money translates to 40p in decimal.  Bargain!

[danthecapriman]

  On 14/02/2025 at 23:40, eddyramrod said:

7/11 in pre-decimal money translates to 40p in decimal.  Bargain!

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Bloody hell! Shows you how much everything has gone up in the decades since.

[danthecapriman]

I just found this old advert for the Dinky 101 and 1800. May 1965 apparently.

Weird they got the colours listed, correct on the 1800 but was the 101 ever released in metallic golden bronze?? I’ve only ever known it in the red or pale yellow.

[Split_Pin]

I always thought my 1800 belonged to my dad as it is chipped and has no box. All the ones belonging to his younger brothers are in good condition and still have their boxes. However 1965 made him 17 at the time and he would have been working for a year and unlikely to still be playing with cars. Even my youngest Uncle would have been over 10 at that time so it would probably have been one of their last purchases. Strange that it isn't in great condition like the others.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

  On 14/02/2025 at 18:17, danthecapriman said:

That’s the tip of the iceberg!

Theres absolutely shit loads in boxes here still, most aren’t boxed of course. It’s a shame we aren’t all local, could have piled the boxes in the car and all sat somewhere going through them!😆

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Wow, plenty of diecast there which I'd never been aware of before. As you say, that Vauxhall casting is lovely - beautiful detail on it and scale of everything looks spot on. 

[MVX11V]

  On 13/02/2025 at 14:29, bunglebus said:

A tip off by @155V6 lead me to a job lot of frankly knackered Matchbox Land Rovers, of which the Graffic Traffic is the only one I was actually interested in. 

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Can you let me know if you were successful in cleaning that up please? I've got a few of them kicking around but my feeble attempts to salvage one of them has not reaped the reward that I was expecting.

[danthecapriman]

  On 15/02/2025 at 07:37, Dick Cheeseburger said:

Wow, plenty of diecast there which I'd never been aware of before. As you say, that Vauxhall casting is lovely - beautiful detail on it and scale of everything looks spot on. 

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I’m not actually sure what scale it’s made to? Kind of looks 1:43ish but does anyone know? @flat4alfa?

[bunglebus]

  On 15/02/2025 at 08:29, MVX11V said:

Can you let me know if you were successful in cleaning that up please? I've got a few of them kicking around but my feeble attempts to salvage one of them has not reaped the reward that I was expecting.

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You can't get the "graffics" off the paint (and sometimes the plastics) as the markers stain the paint. I've tried, believe me. 

Only option is strip and repaint

I was working on the Land Rover the other night, oven cleaner got the marker off the bull bars but the windows had some deeper stains. In the end I sanded the glazing until it was faint enough not to matter, and polished back to a shine. I took the roof of one of the others and sanded/polished it back to a nice finish

I do have a problem with the Dakota Street pickup, the white roll bar in the bed is broken and stained, all the other Dakotas have a black plastic bar, I could paint it I suppose but that doesn't look quite right

[MVX11V]

Thanks for that. The rs200 i was having a go at started losing its actual paint so i wondered if someone had better luck. It's sitting in a box awaiting a repaint or I'll just move it on, I've a lot of smoll projects 😁 it doesn't cost the earth to buy them unused, just the waiting game.