Shite in Miniature II

[danthecapriman]

1 hour ago, SilverMachine said:

are they all red? think i could get away with that slight flared arches, any other coloured ones ?? 

That particular one came from a magazine partwork collection, and usually come in a blister packet. As far as I know they are all the red colour. 
I think there might possibly be another colour from another partwork but I can’t remember for sure. 
There’s a US market Chevy Chevette in silver available too, but obviously it has the wrong nose end.

I use them as repaint-ers, and to convert the Latin American Chevy Marajo’s (Also Chevette based cars) into Vauxhall Chevette variants - estate, van and saloon.

I started this one last year and never finished it. I still haven’t found it either after moving house!

[bunglebus]

I had two little red beauties arrive today, firstly a Siku Ferrari GTO, not something I've found before 

I've definitely found the Matchbox VW 1600 before, but not one in this condition, it's lovely

[Tenmil Socket]

17 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

A bunglebox was delivered yesterday which contained some poorly but very cheap, 1/24 scale models. 

One however was pretty spruce and very unusual for my collection in being a Spanish Guiloy. I have an (approximately) 1/18 Sierra XR4i made by them and it's awful so I was interested to see what this Aston Martin DB7 was all about.

First off was to disassemble it and clean everything.

Back together and not only is it in great condition, but it's a heavy and well-detailed model. I especially love the seats and the 'wood' stickers.

I was surprised to see just a 6 cylinder engine and when I read up on these cars, they are basically a Jaguar XJS underneath, including the engine. Didnt know that! Very Autoshite.

Therefore it's closely related to the similar looking Jaguar XJ Coupe.

 

Any pics of the Sierra please?

[Split_Pin]

40 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Any pics of the Sierra please?

Put seat belts on your eyes.

[Split_Pin]

"1/20 Scale"

Famous quote - Guiloy. 

[bunglebus]

I did a bit of research last night and found out my Corvette is a Graffic Traffic/Graffix after all, one of the unusual chrome versions that I can't seem to find much about online, I know I've seen pictures of them before though

[RoadworkUK]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

"1/20 Scale"

Famous quote, Guiloy. 

Hugely entertaining how they actually had a decent stab at modelling the Sierra's dashboard shape, but they just made it up as they went along when it came to the instruments and controls. Including what looks remarkably like a speedometer and odometer in the centre console.

Possibly a little extravagant on the flocking, too.

 

[quicksilver]

23 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Latest batch of Graffic Traffics have arrived 

Despite the red windows, this isn't actually one

Wrong wheels and Thailand base are a giveaway 

I think it was this one

I might re-do it,  we'll see

@155V6 was mean and wouldn't donate his Supervan, so this is a good find

No white base for some reason 

I have the Testarossa already, one of a few in this series with clear windows

The Corvette also gets clear glazing

Junior has made my life very hard decorating the white plastic bases

Same with the roof on the Model A, which is strangely smooth, rather than textured 

Another white base to cause me headaches

Lastly, a biggun - Specials Kremer Porsche. I've got a couple of the larger cars awaiting the treatment, both Ferraris. Once again the base is fully ruined just for fun

It's fascinating to learn how often Matchbox modified their tooling for specific releases. The smooth roof on the Model A is obviously to make it easier to draw on, but it does lead to a question: was this smooth roof ever used on any non-Graffic Traffic versions and are they rare variants?

[Split_Pin]

31 minutes ago, RoadworkUK said:

Hugely entertaining how they actually had a decent stab at modelling the Sierra's dashboard shape, but they just made it up as they went along when it came to the instruments and controls. Including what looks remarkably like a speedometer and odometer in the centre console.

Possibly a little extravagant on the flocking, too.

 

Don't forget the authentic* exterior colour!

[bunglebus]

19 minutes ago, quicksilver said:

It's fascinating to learn how often Matchbox modified their tooling for specific releases. The smooth roof on the Model A is obviously to make it easier to draw on, but it does lead to a question: was this smooth roof ever used on any non-Graffic Traffic versions and are they rare variants?

Maybe, I'm just interested in finding white plastic donor bits, the A van roof is easy enough, and if I'd thought about it, the earlier Challenger could have been used if I couldn't clean mine up

The bases are more of a problem so I'll probably paint them a slightly different white

 

[Lord Sterling]

4 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

"1/20 Scale"

Famous quote, Guiloy. 

I've got the Astra GTE 1.25 scale and Peugeot 205. The Astra isn't too bad, but the Peugeot, hmmm. Not exactly a great casting. Very round in places. It does have the earlier 'blocky' wheel trims.

No pics as they are stored away in my lock up.

[bunglebus]

There doesn't seem to be much happening in the way of new stock around these parts, had a look around Basildon earlier and there was nothing new on the pegs - however I happened to notice a couple of rows of Terra Treks right by the tills in B&M, almost didn't bother checking them out - but I'm glad I did

Chase car, nice. A casting I like too, so happy to have this. The Charity shops were similarly devoid of anything interesting, but I grabbed a MFM just for the sake of cataloguing them all, the carriage is either lurking in the loft or has already gone to pastures new

Scorpion label Blue Shark needs some love 

Bought a Polistil Jaguar, and this time it's not a Tomica in the box!

[MAF260]

Today’s random Aldi haul

[Split_Pin]

Another interesting one from Thursday's bunglebox was this Polistil 2cv

I went to London for the day on a Primary 7 school trip in 1991 and one of the places we visited was Harrods. We all had some spending money and I bought this exact model, which I was delighted with. It was eventually sold sometime between 2013-2015. I didn't realise this one still had its box and the car is absolutely mint.

Except, it isn't because somebody has completely ruined it by daubing horrible yellow paint down each side.

2cvs never even came in this colour combination. I'm not sure what to do about this as I want it for displaying with my other MiB examples. It looks like enamel. I do have some leftover paint the same colour from the wee Fiat 500 I restored a few pages back and thats looking the most likely option but I'd rather keep it original. Models are never the same once you take off glued or fused on plastic parts.

[bunglebus]

Getting majority of it off is easy enough - it's in the door shuts etc it becomes very difficult to do without taking off the original colour. 

[Split_Pin]

1 minute ago, bunglebus said:

Getting majority of it off is easy enough - it's in the door shuts etc it becomes very difficult to do without taking off the original colour. 

What would you recommend as a removal fluid?

I could possibly get away with touching those residual spots in with a similar colour?

[SilverMachine]

19 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

That particular one came from a magazine partwork collection, and usually come in a blister packet. As far as I know they are all the red colour. 
I think there might possibly be another colour from another partwork but I can’t remember for sure. 
There’s a US market Chevy Chevette in silver available too, but obviously it has the wrong nose end.

I use them as repaint-ers, and to convert the Latin American Chevy Marajo’s (Also Chevette based cars) into Vauxhall Chevette variants - estate, van and saloon.

I started this one last year and never finished it. I still haven’t found it either after moving house!

that estate looks cool hope you find it soon! but more importantly do you have a 3 door hatch you could part with? 

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

What would you recommend as a removal fluid?

I could possibly get away with touching those residual spots in with a similar colour?

I'd probably try things like meths, white spirit, maybe a polish like T-Cut or metal polish, thinner as a last resort I'd say

[matt79]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

What would you recommend as a removal fluid?

I could possibly get away with touching those residual spots in with a similar colour?

I guess the yellow is enamel paint? If so maybe try a cotton bud dipped in nail varnish remover (ensure the nail varnish contains acetone) 

[danthecapriman]

1 hour ago, SilverMachine said:

that estate looks cool hope you find it soon! but more importantly do you have a 3 door hatch you could part with? 

I’ll have a look for them. I definitely have a few, but I can’t remember exactly where I put them. I’m away until Friday too so  it’ll be next weekend by the time I have a look.

[Split_Pin]

Tha k you @matt79 and @bunglebus I will try those things 😀

[FakeConcern]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

What would you recommend as a removal fluid?

I could possibly get away with touching those residual spots in with a similar colour?

Sometimes enamel comes off with white spirit and almost always with cellulose thinners, obviously keep that away from the windows and other plastic parts. I completely removed the red enamel from a pea green Corgi Mini Van with thinners, but it took the yellow paint off a Dinky Jensen so be careful!

[Split_Pin]

Just now, FakeConcern said:

Sometimes enamel comes off with white spirit and almost always with cellulose thinners, obviously keep that away from the windows and other plastic parts. I completely removed the red enamel from a pea green Corgi Mini Van with thinners, but it took the yellow paint off a Dinky Jensen so be careful!

Thanks Peter, I'll take off all parts that aren't glued or fused on before trying anything, although the fuel cap will definitely have to be removed. 

[MiniMinorMk3]

To clean this up...

I used Revell Colour Mix and cotton buds.

[morrisoxide]

Woop! Never thought I'd find a F40 but the Tina definitely the best find and I got two of them!

Found them in Aldi. I was walking out with nothing, then spotted new boxes full of them down the sides of the tills. I must have looked a right tit going down each till.😄 

[ambassador84]

5 minutes ago, morrisoxide said:

Woop! Never thought I'd find a F40 but the Tina definitely the best find and I got two of them!

Found them in Aldi. I was walking out with nothing, then spotted new boxes full of them down the sides of the tills. I must have looked a right tit going down each till.😄 

My large Aldi appears to have stopped selling Hot Wheels as they've not had any in for weeks! That Cortina is absolutely hyped to fooooook at the moment!

[Spottedlaurel]

Will have to drop into an Aldi tomorrow.....

[bunglebus]

Chrome Corvette cleaned up fairly well but some of the shiny rubbed off in the process, so I'm stripping it. I'll have to try airbrushing this with Molotow and then not touching it for a fortnight

[bunglebus]

Oh good, my CMC order is here 🙄

Amazon delivery just don't care, I wish they'd stop using them. Just realised the collector card for the Beetle is missing too 

[bramz7]

Seen at Alton bus rally. No prices and I don't tend to carry cash, but the Scania was tempting as I got it new (or newish) many years ago.