Shite in Miniature II

[MiniMinorMk3]

59 minutes ago, Bren said:

I can see the dinky jubilee coach so it is circa 1977.

Also big picture of Phil the Greek top right.

[Bren]

I keep looking at the picture to see what else I can spot - six million dollar man, polistil at the bottom of the window, some matchbox superkings, tonkas - at the other side of the door among the plastic kits is an airfix white scout car - I remember making this badly.

I cannot see any star wars stuff but it didn’t come along until 1978.

[flat4alfa]

Is the Jubilee Coach set below a Batmobile/Batboat/Batcopter set ?

You’re very likely right it being 1977 and not much into 1978 without Star Wars plastered all over the window 

I Kenner think you’ve placed the year perfectly

[bunglebus]

1977 was a good year.

Not got much to report diecast-wise, new Hot Wheels 10 packs have hit Asda and of course there are several in each I'd like, but not one with all of them

I've been tinkering with the Romping Rabbit, found a set of aftermarket wheels for it and peeled the paint off

There's some nice chassis detail on this one hidden under the black paint. Had to spend a bit of time tweaking the base to fit better as it seems some slight miscalculations were made when changing from the standard Golf version.

The also didn't change the interior so it remains RHD despite seemingly being aimed at the American market

[bunglebus]

Another driver I just remembered 

 

[morrisoxide]

Majorette Renault 18 Taxi had a driver.

Husky Commer Van.

[FakeConcern]

Another dog I just remembered...

 

 

[FakeConcern]

WTF!

Pics came out black...

[FakeConcern]

Try again

No idea what's going on, I've saved the original JPEG images as PNG and now they come out as a white square so I give up! Was pics of Corgi Chrysler Ghia.

 

 

[danthecapriman]

10 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

WTF!

Pics came out black...

Well done! You’ve broken the internet!😄

I thought it was a problem my end when all I was getting was black squares.

[666jjp]

6 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

Well done! You’ve broken the internet!😄

I thought it was a problem my end when all I was getting was black squares.

not just me that was reloading the page then!

[danthecapriman]

3 hours ago, 666jjp said:

not just me that was reloading the page then!

😄 

I reloaded the page a couple of times, and when it still didn’t work I was about to get mad at my iPad for being crappy. Then I scrolled down further and realised!

[FakeConcern]

As I said, another dog I just remembered!

and in case you're wondering the young me removed the dog on my original one!

No idea why it wouldn't work yesterday.

[MiniMinorMk3]

Some more operatives

 

[Datsuncog]

Driver and three passengers in the Corgi Oldsmobile Staff Car:

Quite the carload!

[sierraman]

31 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Some more operatives

 

There was always something sinister about the drivers in those Rolamatics. 😂

[Datsuncog]

Driver and instructor/ examiner in the Corgi Austin A60 Driving School Car:

[Split_Pin]

No picture but in my Spot on Austin 1800 there's a mum taking her lad to school. I always imagined it would be a fee-paying one aswell 😂

There's a driver in my Dinky Aston Martin racing car.

Driver and passenger in the Majorette R18 taxi.

[Tenmil Socket]

Okay, okay 😂

But it must be 90% plus that don’t?

 

[Tenmil Socket]

3 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

As I said, another dog I just remembered!

and in case you're wondering the young me removed the dog on my original one!

No idea why it wouldn't work yesterday.

Good to see the windows were left open!

[sierraman]

I’m sure one of the Dinky Rolls Royce’s had a little fella in a peaked cap sat behind the wheel? 

[RayMK]

Speaking of drivers and passengers: When Corgi Classics released a new range in the 1960s, I liked most of them and bought the blue Ford Model T (with the hood raised), pale yellow Renault, British racing green Bentley and the metallic silver/grey Rolls Royce Silver Ghost.  The red Daimler had a cheap looking driver and passenger which I thought made it look too much like a common toy rather than a model. I did not buy that one.  I nearly didn't buy the Rolls either because it was in a blister pack, not a proper box.  I've still got them, including the boxes and one nasty blister pack.

[FakeConcern]

More drivers I spotted on the mantelpiece...

[155V6]

5 hours ago, sierraman said:

I’m sure one of the Dinky Rolls Royce’s had a little fella in a peaked cap sat behind the wheel? 

I thought this one had one,but it seems that he's done a runner 😄

[155V6]

This arrived today,more pics when I've taken it out of the box

[bunglebus]

Upcoming release from Hot Wheels as a premium

Very pleased to see this, will sit very nicely alongside the MK2 Escort

[BorniteIdentity]

I’m afraid miniatures are as much of interest to me as female Russian bodybuilders.

But some of this looks beautiful and I’d be only too happy to buy collect and dispatch if someone loved them.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AugUjskXL/?mibextid=wwXIfr

[Dick Cheeseburger]

20 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

More drivers I spotted on the mantelpiece...

What's the Renault garage front? 

[MiniMinorMk3]

14 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Upcoming release from Hot Wheels as a premium

 

 

 

Very pleased to see this, will sit very nicely alongside the MK2 Escort

Nice car, shame about the wheels.

Here's the actual car.

If you'd like to see the actual car then next time you near the Scottish Borders then visit the Jim Clark Museum at Duns. There's some great roads near by.

Jim Clark Motorsport Museum - The Jim Clark Trust

[bunglebus]

There's been a strange glitch in the matrix. I haven't ordered anything from Redline Club for a while but couldn't resist this 959, so pressed the button at 5pm Tuesday and sat back for the usual month or so wait. It arrived today at lunchtime