Shite in Miniature II

[Christine]

A scratch Foden timber tractor without a roof

 

[Ghosty]

I found a tiny little Hot Wheels Honda City Turbo II in Tesco:

 

 

Now that's bloody ace and will probably get scene taxed to hell and back, so I've picked one up. Terrible VFM based on size, but a proper oddball model. Besides, I like quirky Hondas.

[Split_Pin]

I managed to get one of those and the Skyline as well. The Datsun 620 pick up is also a good subject. What they all need though is the awful scene mods shaving off, suspension raised and some much narrower wheels fitting.

[sierraman]

That's the area matchbox cover.

[Mr Lobster]

New Vanguards are disappearing over my budget horizon like scalded rats, so if they're now regarded as a value range there's no hope of anything else joining my collection!

 

In fairness, I'm not sure Vanguards are regarded as a 'budget' range. Certainly Hornby don't think of it thus. 

[Mr Lobster]

I was annoyed tbh that the 'budget' Maxichamps weren't budget at all thanks to our shit currency, so didn't really rival Vanguards 

 

The continuing hopeless value of the £ / Brexit is part of the story but also the importers are too greedy and have a massive margin which doesn't help. If they dropped their margin to a sensible level then people like me would stock a lot more of them and therefore sell a lot more. But they won't.

[sierraman]

I remember when Vanguards came out they were only about £10-12. Lledo at that point were still catering for the Werther's Original crowd with the now very collectible and valuable* 'Days Gone By' range.

[Split_Pin]

I cant remember the last time I bought a brand new 1/43rd scale model. The price is simply not worth it when a decent, possibly preowned 1/18 is only about £20 more.

 

I rarely buy 1/76 buses now either as they are simply too expensive. Model fairs and bus rallies are a good place stil though.

 

Looking back, most of my recent model car purchases have been from here, with a few from a Facebook page and the remainder from TKMaxx when their 1/24 scales are reduced to clear.

[Junkman]

**** NÜRNBERG NEWS ****

I just post it as it is fed to me. I leave the qualification up to you guys, your piss take is much more gold quality than mine.

 

 

Minichamps had another multi Porker display on display.

 

 

 

1/18 Capris with Cologne arches (the yellow one is the 1972 Tour de France car driven by Gerard Larousse if I'm not mistaken).

 

 

 

 

Martini Porsche 917K "Hippie" (1970 Watkins Glen?)

 

 

 

OLLI!

 

 

 

Steinmetz A Commodore pre prod.

 

 

 

 

Some car. No idea. Seriously. Maybe an Avensis Sport?

 

 

 

More 917Ks. I'm not sure, but it looks like they are 1/12th scale.

 

 

 

Procar M1 in Jägermeister livery.

 

 

Group 2 02 limited edition.

 

 

MOAR OLLI!

 

 

 

G Wagen.

 

 

 

Yet MOAR OLLI (this one actually being quite nice IMO).

 

 

 

Weissach in 43 and 18 scale.

 

 

 

Not sure. Cayman?

 

 

 

e30 Bimmers. JRG FTW.

 

 

 

G Wagen.

 

 

 

Some proper nice stuff.

 

 

 

A Scottish car.

 

 

 

G Wagen in full footballer spec (weirdly I like it).

 

[Junkman]

CMC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Junkman]

Norev

 

 

Yes, it's a 6.9

 

 

 

 

 

1/12 scale:

 

 

 

Not sure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Junkman]

Schuco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mr Lobster]

 

 

More 917Ks. I'm not sure, but it looks like they are 1/12th scale.

 

 

 

 

 

1:18 scale, diecast but sealed bodyshell.

[Junkman]

IXO

 

 

 

 

1/8 scale:

 

 

 

 

 

1/12 scale:

 

 

 

 

 

Not sure.

 

[Junkman]

Greenlight

 

 

 

Dunno

 

 

 

Greenlight

 

 

 

 

Dunno

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Junkman]

Videos

 

 

 

[Junkman]

AUTOart

 

 

 

[Junkman]

Conrad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Junkman]

CMC - there are insider rumours that this stand has left little change out of 80,000 Euros, not counting the inventory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Junkman]

Please refrain from giving me likes.

 

I'm not doing anything special here, only my civic duty.

[Junkman]

 

 

 

Note that they are still dragging around that DS21 they show since last year, without releasing it.

 

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How many H vans had to die for that stand?

 

 

 

 

[Junkman]

 

 

 

 

[Junkman]

NZG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mr Lobster]

Those Minichamps 917K models do look like 1:12. On the sheet I have it states the only 1:12 to be a handful of road cars and Williams F1 car. Odd.

[Junkman]

 

 

 

 

That Chaika, Lada, etc are 1/24.

 

 

 

 

Turns out Dominic's Charger is 1/8 scale: