Shite in Miniature II

2,132 · June 20

OK - stretching the theme of this thread a bit now, though this is definitely shite!

1/32 scale M274 ‘Mechanical Mule’ with a 105mm M40 Recoilless Rifle. The Mule is a 3D print, standing crew are adapted from TSSD US Vietnam War Marines, driver is a Siku tractor driver with arms pinned into position and a TSSD head.

27,172 · June 20

23 minutes ago, Macscrooge said:

OMFG! That’s the colour my 104 was! An internet search for Odeon beckons…

Pretty sure they do a red, pale green and yellow version of it. So far, I’m yet to find a seller of them in the UK though.

Love that ‘mule’ btw! I watched a documentary about Vietnam a while back and remember seeing those recoil-less rifles on that.

60,095 · June 20

5 hours ago, ambassador84 said:

I need to find this, for myself and my friend who has a white MK1 cabrio

40,658 · June 20

2 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

Wouldn’t surprise me, being French! They seem to go out of their way to complicate things!😁

I haven’t seen one in the UK for yonks. Last one was on the A3 one morning, just bumbling along in lane one with some old guy driving it. Pretty sure it was a V reg. looked a low end one too, very basic looking.

Apparently they were in production until 1988 but I can’t remember ever seeing any that late?

Stopped them in U.K. about ‘84 ish

33,793 · June 21

The stubby Peugeot 104ZS/Citroen LNA soldiered on in the UK to 1988 as the Talbot Samba. I'm after the 1:25 Polistil model 😍

27,172 · June 21

58 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

The stubby Peugeot 104ZS/Citroen LNA soldiered on in the UK to 1988 as the Talbot Samba. I'm after the 1:25 Polistil model 😍

Apparently, that little 3 door stubby version is actually known as the coupe!

10,080 · June 21

Visited my mum this last week and was sent home with the toys of my youth, as she's been holding onto them for years.

Some might be up for sale but who knows!

60,095 · June 21

Boot sale bits

6,007 · June 21

4 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Boot sale bits

70p what an odd price!

9,766 · June 21

In more delivery news I received the 1/24 Ixo Sunbeam today following a tip off on here,and then a price cut offer from the seller made it too good to refuse.

The Ford Ranger is another local Maisto find,which just needs the axles straightened.

And the raffle win from @Tenmil Socket also rocked up,but only a couple of pics of the extras until I have time to unwrap it all..

45,046 · June 21

18 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

This arrived today.

1:43 Odeon Peugeot 104.
Lovely little thing it is! I remember a neighbour had one when I was little, but you never seemed to see very many.
I do much prefer the 5 door version to the stubby 3 door type. The back looks like it’s been sawn off on the 3 doors!

Came from French France.
I’ve seen these Odeon branded models before but they’re often quite pricey, and seem to be a French thing. Most of the models are of French vehicles. They’re another one though that’s almost certainly related to IXO.

Ill probably get rid of the branding on the side, whatever it is, but otherwise it’s fine as it is I think.

I would leave that alone, they are selling for 40 euros at the moment.

Odeon 128 - Peugeot 104 1972 "3M58 - La 4 portes la plus courte d'Europe" (1/43) | eBay UK

UK based seller here for Odeon models.

ODEON, ODEON Diecast car model - ODEON Miniature - All products by ODEON in the UK with 1001hobbies.co.uk

6,007 · June 21

Miniature Tonka die-cast spotted in Morrisons earlier.

25,885 · June 21

Finally something new.

Noice 😎

3,522 · June 21

3 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Miniature Tonka die-cast spotted in Morrisons earlier.

Oh wow they look cool.

11,830 · June 21

Too small to see , even with me bins on ! Shuco ?

Schuco ...with a magnifying glass ! Even have a vw logo on the hubcaps :shock:

60,095 · June 21

Picked up various tatty toys at the boot sale this morning, been too busy today to post them up until now.

First up, who's this made by, and what's it supposed to be?

I know the answer, but I haven't got a clue about this one

I've got several of these Cougars in my project box, so of course I bought another

Purple Landie is very 70s

Not a Ferrari guy generally, but I'm sure I've not come across a Corgi 348tb before. Can't be too many Chinese made castings with opening bits

This one's definitely unusual, and not in a good way - however it might make an interesting custom

Husky Citroen

Got a whole bunch of Connectables out of one box - I'll probably sell these on

The 70p transporter was 50p...

This cost me a while pound - not looked into it yet but it's all white, with a coloured windscreen - but surely too old a casting to be a Graffic Traffic?

Another pound netted this Corsair that I thought @eddyramrod might like

Along with this one for 50p for the same reason

Rice 'orse box looks like it's part of a set? For sale anyway

I sold a lot of my commercial castings, including all my Scammell Wreck Trucks - but this one was just too tidy to ignore bar the missing hook

Major Pack tractor unit will be looking for a new home too

Two different Matchbox trailers, the Berkeley Cavalier, and Pony Trailer were retrieved from tat tubs

Not seen a green Hondarora before

Tidy Laser Wheels Group C and Buick stock car

My First Matchbox cement mixer

Driver looks a bit green around the gills

MFM Astra

And TV van

5,776 · June 21

57 minutes ago, Christine said:

Too small to see , even with me bins on ! Shuco ?

Schuco ...with a magnifying glass ! Even have a vw logo on the hubcaps

The boxes say 'Choking risk. Small parts. Not suitable for children under 3 years'

We are safe then. Kids used to swallow micromachines and lego bricks whole. Why the problem with Tonka 🤣.

60,095 · June 21

A few bits that arrived in the post, a donor for my colour trial Marauder

Which has revealed some differences, there are cast in supports for the spoiler on the production version, some extra bumps(?) behind the roll bar, and the slots on each side of the interior have been filled. Some of these changes were obviously to stop the driver going missing and the spoiler getting broken, which is exactly what's happened to the gold one!

I also won a tatty Custom Volkswagen that needs a resto

42,543 · June 21

17 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

First up, who's this made by, and what's it supposed to be?

That's a late Marx stab at a Mustang, isn't it? From their cheapo era with no baseplate, interior or glazing (but you might have got a bit of cardboard wedged under the axles trying to represent such luxuries).

28,753 · June 21

38 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Another pound netted this Corsair that I thought @eddyramrod might like

Along with this one for 50p for the same reason

Thank you kind sir, and Yes Please!

60,095 · June 21

If you're not into slightly iffy Chinese toy cars, you might want to skip this post. I had a moment of weakness after seeing some of the Temu finds shown on here recently, and hit the button on several.

Most are absolutely blatant copies of Hot Wheels, and the quality is...mixed. Barracuda has had something odd happen to the paint on the roof

917 in almost Gulf colours

There are plenty of nonsense phrases dotted about, Most Doughty indeed!

I don't want to think about what is all over the base of this Mustang, bearing in mind these are all supposed to be brand new

This one had lost its spoiler, but a dab of glue sorted it out

A few of these are trying to mimic premium Hot Wheels, check out the Merc

I haven't got a loose Hot Wheels to compare to that, however I do for the Cossie

Not bad, certainly a better effort than that silver Mercedes. I'll let you make up your own minds about this Volvo

Indistinguishable right?

There's even a copy of the Maxima Drift Car

Some of these were on cards, but as everything was shoved into a plastic bag, they got ruined. All the excuse I needed to free them

Hilariously tiny steering wheel

55 Nomad has some seriously deep bumpers

Classic Forered?

Some have doubles in a different livery

It seems they didn't think out that "Dream" Logo very well, works OK on one side...

...but not on the other

Lastly, a rather better quality BMW E30 - somehow I ordered two, good job really as one looked like this when I unpacked it

This other wasn't as squashed, and is genuinely very nice

60,095 · June 21

33 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

That's a late Marx stab at a Mustang, isn't it? From their cheapo era with no baseplate, interior or glazing (but you might have got a bit of cardboard wedged under the axles trying to represent such luxuries).

Aha, I knew someone would think it was a Marx, cos that's exactly what I thought too.

Tootsietoy Mustang

60,095 · June 21

Who couldn't spell?

43,504 · June 21

Yes I was going to shout Marx because the wheels said to me it was

60,095 · June 21

I think Marx only did this convertible Mustang which is rather better, if still crude

The Camaro is quite similar in its very approximate styling though

5,524 · June 21

1 hour ago, eddyramrod said:

Thank you kind sir, and Yes Please!

Is that the cararama one going by wheels? Only seen red one.

5,524 · June 21

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Who couldn't spell?

Licensing get out?

5,524 · June 21

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Picked up various tatty toys at the boot sale this morning, been too busy today to post them up until now.

First up, who's this made by, and what's it supposed to be?

I know the answer, but I haven't got a clue about this one

I've got several of these Cougars in my project box, so of course I bought another

Purple Landie is very 70s

Not a Ferrari guy generally, but I'm sure I've not come across a Corgi 348tb before. Can't be too many Chinese made castings with opening bits

This one's definitely unusual, and not in a good way - however it might make an interesting custom

Husky Citroen

Got a whole bunch of Connectables out of one box - I'll probably sell these on

The 70p transporter was 50p...

This cost me a while pound - not looked into it yet but it's all white, with a coloured windscreen - but surely too old a casting to be a Graffic Traffic?

Another pound netted this Corsair that I thought @eddyramrod might like

Along with this one for 50p for the same reason

Rice 'orse box looks like it's part of a set? For sale anyway

I sold a lot of my commercial castings, including all my Scammell Wreck Trucks - but this one was just too tidy to ignore bar the missing hook

Major Pack tractor unit will be looking for a new home too

Two different Matchbox trailers, the Berkeley Cavalier, and Pony Trailer were retrieved from tat tubs

Not seen a green Hondarora before

Tidy Laser Wheels Group C and Buick stock car

My First Matchbox cement mixer

Driver looks a bit green around the gills

MFM Astra

And TV van

Is the green hondora a military version?

28,753 · June 21

3 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Is that the cararama one going by wheels? Only seen red one.

I would say it is. I have a couple already, including another silver one. With a bit of luck I can make at least two decent ones out of what I'll have. It's entirely likely they will be in different colours by the time they're seen again!

60,095 · June 22

5 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Is that the cararama one going by wheels? Only seen red one.

Yes it is, I think I sent Eddy the previous one I found

5 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Licensing get out?

I think Lesney got approval for it's castings, although the Rolamatics Police Patrol seems to go against the grain. I suspect it's just a spelling error on the base, like the "Volkswagon" Beetle. That got corrected quite quicky, so I'm surprised "Scammel" slipped through the net. The King Size version has the correct spelling

5 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Is the green hondora a military version?

I'd say so, there were several other Matchbox military bits in the same box, I'd just not seen the bike before.

Here we go, 1976-77 twin pack - the Jeep was in the box too but had no windscreen as usual

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