Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

Not exactly spot on!

Dinky effort isn't great under close scrutiny

Hot Wheels went for no grille on their latest one

The old one was very wide compared to the real deal

New Matchbox isn't bad (when are we getting a recolour?)

Old one is lovely

Minix is pretty good considering its size

Vanguards had a good crack at the Thames basic style

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

53 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

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

The later Peugeot Oxia, that had Group C mechanicals, was a driver.

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

This is the only Vanguards saloon that I can find that has the basic car grille, all other Vanguards have the DeLuxe/Super full width one.

Oxford ice cream vans look sad.

Minicar 43 has a look of surprise.

 

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

I got one of these last week

I had not got it out of the box until now.

That grille/bumper/side lights combo looks poor. It is just like the original. I think it would look a lot better if the had cast the grille and lamps into the body.

The proportions look OK from the rear.

It never takes long for customers to turn up at a parked van.

As they used to say on the TV Times advert "I never knew there was so much in it".

[bunglebus]

Missed a few as they're Thames rather than Anglia

Husky

Corgi Model Club

 

[egg]

Projects purchased in Herne Bay 

[Christine]

[bunglebus]

Those Land Rovers lead me on nicely to today's Hot Wheels finds, starting with this new casting: Drift-Ender, which, if it wasn't obvious, is a Defender

"To Protect and to Swerve" on the side

There were a few other new finds

I also collected these eBay wins, apparently the guy has bought several thousand pounds worth of someone's collection, so I'll be keeping tabs

[andrew e]

6 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

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

I can vouch for that having seen it before Christmas. It does look like it’s has run though?

[flat4alfa]

Sorry, I meant its life has been as a display piece rather than a competition entrant

[sierraman]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Those Land Rovers lead me on nicely to today's Hot Wheels finds, starting with this new casting: Drift-Ender, which, if it wasn't obvious, is a Defender

"To Protect and to Swerve" on the side

There were a few other new finds

I also collected these eBay wins, apparently the guy has bought several thousand pounds worth of someone's collection, so I'll be keeping tabs

Looks like LR Tangi. 

[Datsuncog]

I'm very badly wanting one of those Drift-Enders - have been hunting for a few weeks now.

I feel it's definitely a niche joke on the part of Hot Wheels designer Craig Callum.

There aren't many Northern-Ireland-specific diecast out there on general release (besides DeLorean DMC12s, but that kinda doesn't count), so I'm really impatient to find this one!

[bunglebus]

20 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

I'm very badly wanting one of those Drift Enders - have been hunting for a few weeks now

You might have to wait a little while, as I'm told this is the E case, and the first time I'd seen it anywhere. I'll keep an eye out for more, for as much as I get the wink wink colour scheme, I think it needs a different one! I've got a few requests for diecasts anyway so I'll keep it in mind

[ETCHY]

19 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Not exactly spot on!

Dinky effort isn't great under close scrutiny

Hot Wheels went for no grille on their latest one

The old one was very wide compared to the real deal

New Matchbox isn't bad (when are we getting a recolour?)

Old one is lovely

Minix is pretty good considering its size

Vanguards had a good crack at the Thames basic style

 

Funny design the 105e, it's just a bit too narrow imo. It's narrower than a 100e, never know why Ford did that. It didn't do much for handling or stability & width wise the interior was always a touch tight if you had two big folk in it.

[bunglebus]

Easily rectified 

[Split_Pin]

A Super GT variation to keep @sierraman awake at night:

Sorry for the shite pics, it was dark and early. The forum is also fucking with the orientation, again.

Red one is English made, blue one is Chinese made. Different rearmost 2 rivet countersinks and the blue ones wheels have wider spacers. You can just make out in the 2nd picture how the wheels sit further in on the English (red) example.

[bunglebus]

Can't believe I'd never noticed the differences, other than country of origin.

The wheel spacer thing is obvious once you see it, but I didn't know

I'd still like to know if there are any Super GTs that are identical other than country of origin, I can't seem to find any examples

[flat4alfa]

Ford Anglias?  Saico also do this smart enough Police Car variation.  It is die-cast and measures to approx 1:30 in scale

It looks a reasonable effort I think for a modern Chinesium considering they very cheap and found in Toy Master etc.  You can see the hub caps are way too big, but at least its grille is not gopping

OPENING THINGS too

Got three of these....   

[flat4alfa]

This one not just for the hell of it...   is now a slot car running a Scalextric chassis

...as young daughter is a Harry Potter nutcase. No driver fitted to this one as the real thing flies itself without, apparently

Have a slimmer set of wheels and shorter axles to fit the original hub caps to as well but never got round to it and for some time stored away in loft

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Easily rectified 

Brings thing round to this Anglia slot car homage I knocked together a while back 

Body is same die-cast by Saico.   Just for the hell of it.

Bit heavy around the bends but the daft wide Fandago’d track helps there.  A bit.

It wasn’t intended to be an exact copy of the ‘livery’, so the decals just make do to make me smile and it belts about the track at speed, so pointless getting the bonnet decal accurate. Well that is my best excuse.

[Datsuncog]

Not the nicest morning for it.

[Datsuncog]

Rain's coming in sideways!

[Split_Pin]

Just now, Datsuncog said:

Rain's coming in sideways!

Even the plastic bag has given up.

[Split_Pin]

What's good for getting Graffic Traffic pen off a car?

This is actually quite nice under the red:

 

[bunglebus]

14 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

What's good for getting Graffic Traffic pen off a car?

This is actually quite nice under the red:

Maybe surgical spirit or meths although it will eventually attack the decals and paint. Apparently even going over it with a dry wipe marker then immediately wiping off works.

I never tried cleaning that one up

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Can't believe I'd never noticed the differences, other than country of origin.

The wheel spacer thing is obvious once you see it, but I didn't know

I'd still like to know if there are any Super GTs that are identical other than country of origin, I can't seem to find any examples

I’ve got over a hundred of them in the loft, I’ve never actually looked to be honest. Some are harder to find than others, the Pantera for example isn’t common. They were going to use the Muira for one of them but the mould was fucked so that was out of the question. 

[sierraman]

I have a paint question actually, how can I get this off? I think it’s enamel? I’m respraying it bronze so I need to get all the blue stuff off the wheels?

[Split_Pin]

10 minutes ago, sierraman said:

never actually looked to be honest

Half a job Tom, I expected more from our Super GT Lead.

[Split_Pin]

14 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Maybe surgical spirit or meths although it will eventually attack the decals and paint. Apparently even going over it with a dry wipe marker then immediately wiping off works.

I never tried cleaning that one up

Cheers, shall try the least aggressive product first!

[flat4alfa]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

The wheel spacer thing is obvious once you see it, but I didn't know

THEY DID WHAT

I never knew about these spacers either and in my shame I am going to submit myself to Saturday detention at Shermer High School.  I hope Molly Ringwald is there that day.