Shite in Miniature II

[flat4alfa]

4 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

What does the (typically hilariously illegible) printing say on the box to tell us what model was originally in there?

Worked it out

N°215 TRANSPALETTE

Which means I have the (opened) box for one of these Unimog pallet loaders

[flat4alfa]

PAGE 1896

The first Ford ever

The 1896 Ford Quadricycle

Built in this workshop behind his house in Detroit

Currently in the Henry Ford museum in Detroit

 

Franklin Mint produced a 1:6 scale model.  Examples are quite valuable
 

[flat4alfa]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Omni 024 you say

 

Yet another I just found out I didn't know I had....  this collecting lark is well out of hand

Hot Wheels OMNI 024, a Dodge Omni fastback coupe thing.  Next to the PlayArt effort

[flat4alfa]

3 hours ago, sierraman said:

I always thought the Nissan 300ZX was quite a good HW casting from the 80’s. 

Now that is one I don't have!  Hurrah!  Cured.

This Majorette Nissan 300ZX Turbo is fitted with the wheels inherited from Novacar.  Perhaps the casting was originally Novacar - will have to dig out that Majorette catalogue with Novacar section in the back

 

It has lift-up things

And opening things

Not sure the green interior piece being used for the rear lights was successful

I look at this base and am convinced it was a Novacar

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Anyone fancy a flutter on a Corgi Multi garage, tinplate garage and a bundle of other vintage diecast? I've started a £1 roffle here:

 

 

[bunglebus]

Seems I have a few 300s from various manufacturers, including a slightly more sensible colour Majorette 

Zylmex

Matchbox 

Matchbox Laser Wheels 

Matchbox Burnin' Key Cars

Matchbox Takara

Yatming

Impulse Pinch Poppers

Hot Wheels with actual opening bits 

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

Tomica Fairlady Z in 1/43

 

[bunglebus]

Bought this quite a while ago and it's finally arrived. Matchbox Quasar

Initially on getting it out of the box, I thought someone had coloured the centre of the roof in, as my tatty ones don't have the red area

But other examples have it, so it must be a variation 

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

1984 Concept Car by Peugeot

[bunglebus]

Just been into Entertainer, they're now offering the 3 for 2 offer on any mix of Matchbox and Hot Wheels, so that might be useful to some of us!

[Split_Pin]

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

1984 Concept Car by Peugeot

Bloody hell that's a pretty car!

[flat4alfa]

36 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Bloody hell that's a pretty car!

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Thank you.  I did that one.  My name is Paul Bracq from Bordeaux

http://leroux.andre.free.fr/carrossierbracq.htm

[bunglebus]

White with white wheels is closest to the original concept 

 

[bunglebus]

Unless I'm much mistaken, no-one else has had a go at modelling the Quasar, except Choro-Q

[RoadworkUK]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

White with white wheels is closest to the original concept 

 

I really want to get my hands on one of those, boxed. When I received Ian Kuah's legendary "Dream Cars" tome for Christmas 1988, I fawned over the Quasar like a seven year-old. Because I was seven.

One of the cars that I most want to see as a properly detailed, fully-opening 1:18 model.

[bunglebus]

Another Graffic Traffic back to original 

 

[bunglebus]

Had some oddities turn up in the post, made by Mini Cars in Spain, presumably intended for model railways

This one's not in my wheelhouse, says it's a Le Zebre

D type

Pegaso Z.103 - new one on me!

Angular with a monster grille

And a Karmann Ghia with equally huge bumpers

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Another Graffic Traffic back to original 

 

What’s the trick to getting all the pen off? 

[bunglebus]

I've been eyeing up a job lot of VWs on eBay for months, as there was an ERTL one among them I wanted to check out. It was too expensive, but then this appeared 

Despite saying it's a 1200, the collector card on the back shows a 1302

Blister was already loose, so I removed it for a better look. It's....a little inaccurate to say the least!

Floor looks suspiciously generic

Came with a 911

Collector card shows a much later US spec car

This one's 4WD!

[bunglebus]

4 minutes ago, sierraman said:

What’s the trick to getting all the pen off? 

Fresh paint! Plus the roof off a donor 

[Tenmil Socket]

2 hours ago, RoadworkUK said:

I really want to get my hands on one of those, boxed. When I received Ian Kuah's legendary "Dream Cars" tome for Christmas 1988, I fawned over the Quasar like a seven year-old. Because I was seven.

One of the cars that I most want to see as a properly detailed, fully-opening 1:18 model.

205 rear lights?

[sierraman]

53 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

205 rear lights?

Supposedly it influenced the 405/605 at the front end.

[Christine]

Were these in short supply ?  Just picked up 2 in Morrisons ..only 2  matchbox toys left , and both happened to be Fiestas !  

[bunglebus]

They were, but Poundland seemed to get quite a lot. The red ones don't seem to have made it to the UK

[bunglebus]

Mira Fiesta with sub-optimal number of wheels just arrived, so that one's going in the tiny* pile of cars awaiting customisation

[sierraman]

It’s a brilliant little casting that is, I’ve had mine from new bought in Spain sometime in the early 1990’s. 

[flat4alfa]

17 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

205 rear lights?

They sourced parts from the 205 spares stock. The chassis is 205 T16

It might be a stationary display car, but there is a genuine 600bhp Group-B engine and gearbox in there

[bunglebus]

I bought a spare Shovit yesterday 

As I felt it wanted a bit of extra detail. Then I spotted the box of Real Riders I bought when Mattel had a sale on, and it snowballed a bit

Base painted to look more like a metal premium version, and the same for the interior to represent aluminium panelling

[FakeConcern]

 

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Angular with a monster grille

TBF the Spot On isn't much better...

[eddyramrod]

Vanguards did a good job though...