Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

This just arrived, seller had various ones but this Cadillac stood out. What a lovely looking car

[andrew e]

Some recent Corgi 1/36 arrivals have arrived from the random post implosion pre China production period for Corgi - would this be 1984 - 1986?

First up the RS 1600i, spot the ground out 1300 GL-less base. I’m not sure why this was chosen over the XR3i really, especially as it got specific wheel inserts too? Maybe the stripes differentiated it better?

Purchased the best way in a “prey its like new inside” gamble - which it was 🤞

A few weeks back the lovely 3 series twins arrived too. I have black, red and silver standard ones but the tampos on the sporting ones always seem to suffer, so I was rather chuffed with these two. Lots of play features - opening bonnet and doors, and reassuringly heavy. Somehow I was too grown up for this release being at senior school by launch 😆

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

22 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Is that the one with elan IRS?

No

167 RUR was fitted with the IRS. This car was later re-registered as 550 VAR, and then after Jim Clark died it was changed to LNK 327C.

 

All info can be found here  Lotus Cortina Information : Mk 1 IRS Prototype (Jim Clark) Car

[Split_Pin]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

A little bit of detail added to the MK1 Cortina

The Matchbox wheels were the closest thing I could find to Lotus steels with hubcaps, I did consider a set of Minilites off one of the Hongwell Minis, but I absolutely love the steels so this was the only choice really. They are slightly larger than the originals annoyingly.

I wonder what the next colour will be?

The wee wheels off a HW Alfa Guilia would look spot on imo.

[Split_Pin]

4 minutes ago, andrew e said:

Some recent Corgi 1/36 arrivals have arrived from the random post implosion pre China production period for Corgi - would this be 1984 - 1986?

First up the RS 1600i, spot the ground out 1300 GL-less base. I’m not sure why this was chosen over the XR3i really, especially as it got specific wheel inserts too? Maybe the stripes differentiated it better?

Purchased the best way in a “prey its like new inside” gamble - which it was 🤞

A few weeks back the lovely 3 series twins arrived too. I have black, red and silver standard ones but the tampos on the sporting ones always seem to suffer, so I was rather chuffed with these two. Lots of play features - opening bonnet and doors, and reassuringly heavy. Somehow I was too grown up for this release being at senior school by launch 😆

 

2 brilliant Corgi castings, especially the E30. Its my favourite rendition of the real car.

I've never seen the EscortRS1600 version in the metal before.

[Tenmil Socket]

10 minutes ago, andrew e said:

Some recent Corgi 1/36 arrivals have arrived from the random post implosion pre China production period for Corgi - would this be 1984 - 1986?

First up the RS 1600i, spot the ground out 1300 GL-less base. I’m not sure why this was chosen over the XR3i really, especially as it got specific wheel inserts too? Maybe the stripes differentiated it better?

Purchased the best way in a “prey its like new inside” gamble - which it was 🤞

A few weeks back the lovely 3 series twins arrived too. I have black, red and silver standard ones but the tampos on the sporting ones always seem to suffer, so I was rather chuffed with these two. Lots of play features - opening bonnet and doors, and reassuringly heavy. Somehow I was too grown up for this release being at senior school by launch 😆

 

Woof!

[MiniMinorMk3]

For all the nerds out there here is a digram of the original A-Frame Lotus Consul Cortina rear suspension. 

[bunglebus]

4 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

The wee wheels off a HW Alfa Guilia would look spot on imo.

I did look at those but I wanted steels/hubcaps. I've spoken to the bloke at Creative 164 about doing some Lotus steels, hopefully he'll produce some

[cms206]

4 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

I've never seen the EscortRS1600 version in the metal before.

I'm buggered if I can find it but I've a racing liveried version of that RS1600i somewhere.

[Split_Pin]

6 minutes ago, cms206 said:

I'm buggered if I can find it but I've a racing liveried version of that RS1600i somewhere.

I think I saw that one at a Swapmeet a couple of years ago, didn't know it was an RS.

[bunglebus]

New arrivals. I bought a few Matchbox Superchargers monster trucks off a Vinted seller recently, she had a load of Majorettes too and we agreed a price for them all

Nae dags

This one I've been looking at on eBay for a little while, pictures weren't the greatest and I was concerned it wasn't as good as it looked. However there was a video and I could see from that it was about as close to mint as they get. I really loved this one as a kid so I'm especially pleased with this

These last two popped up with a decent BIN price, and I think I was the first to see them. Polistil didn't do a great job of capturing the more door Escort's shape, especially at the back - but this is a casting I've been after for a while, can't go wrong with old skool Fords

This one's even better, Mebetoys Granada 

Custom shaved doorhandles

Lastly, I nabbed this out of a yet another new set of F&F premiums

[MAF260]

I toured a few shops in a different area today to get a reasonable haul - even found a Morrisons although pickings were quite slim there.

I’m especially pleased with the 560 AMG as it was such a random find. I’m a big M2 fan, so this was a good catch for me, not least as I’m considering buying a real one!

I don’t ever buy novelty versions, but the Gotta Go purchase was inspired by an earlier post which I thought it was a bit of fun. At a later Tesco stop I found a different casting of it, but as it was the only thing there of any interest I couldn’t justify the £2.40 price tag for a novelty.

[Christine]

[bunglebus]

The Gotta Go is genius, the Rolamatic type feature that jiggles the toilet seat, the front grille being a urinal, the door handles are flush levers - there are just loads of toilet humour gags built into it, and yet it still looks like a 1930s pickup truck. The monster truck version is modified so the trailing edges of the wings look like torn toilet paper.

I'm surprised no-one's complained about it yet, after all Mattel had to stop making the Cadillac hearse after protests about kids having a toy associated with death (toy guns are fine though)

[Christine]

Ive got all these 00 scale people ... 

 

 

 

 

Some are shagging ..

 

[andrew e]

THATS OUTRAGEOUS!!!

 

They are HO not OO!!!

[Christine]

Hetr0  too! 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

On 27/10/2024 at 19:59, Dick Cheeseburger said:

Bit more done earlier on. 

Stress cracks cut nipped out and filled with chemical metal. I've taken the donor car apart, cut out the rear panel and stuck it into my shell. Mine went missing in the mid 1980s.

I'll gently file things down and top up the adhesive where required. My shell is dropped onto the donor chassis in the photos - I'm still in two minds as to whether I salvage my original or not. We'll see. 

Remember this one? 

I've finally managed to find a colour I'm happy with. I'll restart work on it in August. Really looking forward to it. 

[Tenmil Socket]

12 hours ago, Christine said:

Ive got all these 00 scale people ... 

 

 

 

 

Some are shagging ..

 

WTF 😳 

[Tenmil Socket]

15 hours ago, bunglebus said:

New arrivals. I bought a few Matchbox Superchargers monster trucks off a Vinted seller recently, she had a load of Majorettes too and we agreed a price for them all

Nae dags

This one I've been looking at on eBay for a little while, pictures weren't the greatest and I was concerned it wasn't as good as it looked. However there was a video and I could see from that it was about as close to mint as they get. I really loved this one as a kid so I'm especially pleased with this

These last two popped up with a decent BIN price, and I think I was the first to see them. Polistil didn't do a great job of capturing the more door Escort's shape, especially at the back - but this is a casting I've been after for a while, can't go wrong with old skool Fords

This one's even better, Mebetoys Granada 

Custom shaved doorhandles

Lastly, I nabbed this out of a yet another new set of F&F premiums

The back end of that Escort really is terrible! 

[Tenmil Socket]

10 hours ago, Dick Cheeseburger said:

Remember this one? 

I've finally managed to find a colour I'm happy with. I'll restart work on it in August. Really looking forward to it. 

I was just thinking the other day to ask you for an update on this.

That reminds me, was it you that previously shown interest in a Hot Wheels Knight Rider car I had?

[Dick Cheeseburger]

4 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

I was just thinking the other day to ask you for an update on this.

That reminds me, was it you that previously shown interest in a Hot Wheels Knight Rider car I had?

It's been a fair while between updates, to be fair!

Not sure on Kitt... remind me? 

[Tenmil Socket]

11 minutes ago, Dick Cheeseburger said:

It's been a fair while between updates, to be fair!

Not sure on Kitt... remind me? 

It may not have been you… someone was interested in it to complete a set of different scales unless it was @Lord Sterling? Can’t remember…

Anyway, it’s amongst a job lot roffle I’ve put up on the car boot thread. 

[bunglebus]

On 10/07/2025 at 01:24, Datsuncog said:

Unusual Hong Kong pullback Mk3 Escort in need of a little love:

https://ebay.us/m/G4O8uW

Looks a bit like the Corgi 1/36 version, only smaller - one for @Tenmil Socket?

 

3 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

The back end of that Escort really is terrible! 

Funny how these things go, I was watching that blue Escort and saw you got outbid, considered buying it and fitting a new set of wheels to it - but didn't bid in the end. Then this appeared!

Doesn't appear to have been played with going by the stickers 

Want to talk about the back being terrible? What's going on here?

Front is fairly accurate 

Interior - not a bad stab at the dashboard, but to use Jasper Carrott's phrase, the steering wheel is a leather bound shirt button

Base - anyone @ambassador84 recognise the manufacturer's logo?

Lovely accurate modelling of the leaf sprung front suspension that was fitted to all MK3 Escorts too

Pleased with this, looks to be from the same era as the Opel Kadett one I bought a while ago

[bunglebus]

Tesco had a surprise M case (I think) but I was late to the party so there wasn't much left

Bit of a bonkers one but I think the outrageous paint scheme suits it

Designer getting their name included?

This is for a mate

Got a couple of paint chips by the looks of it

[ambassador84]

24 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

 

Funny how these things go, I was watching that blue Escort and saw you got outbid, considered buying it and fitting a new set of wheels to it - but didn't bid in the end. Then this appeared!

Doesn't appear to have been played with going by the stickers 

Want to talk about the back being terrible? What's going on here?

Front is fairly accurate 

Interior - not a bad stab at the dashboard, but to use Jasper Carrott's phrase, the steering wheel is a leather bound shirt button

Base - anyone @ambassador84 recognise the manufacturer's logo?

Lovely accurate modelling of the leaf sprung front suspension that was fitted to all MK3 Escorts too

Pleased with this, looks to be from the same era as the Opel Kadett one I bought a while ago

Unfortunately its not a logo I've encountered before.

[Tenmil Socket]

34 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

 

Funny how these things go, I was watching that blue Escort and saw you got outbid, considered buying it and fitting a new set of wheels to it - but didn't bid in the end. Then this appeared!

Doesn't appear to have been played with going by the stickers 

Want to talk about the back being terrible? What's going on here?

Front is fairly accurate 

Interior - not a bad stab at the dashboard, but to use Jasper Carrott's phrase, the steering wheel is a leather bound shirt button

Base - anyone @ambassador84 recognise the manufacturer's logo?

Lovely accurate modelling of the leaf sprung front suspension that was fitted to all MK3 Escorts too

Pleased with this, looks to be from the same era as the Opel Kadett one I bought a while ago

You jammy git!

Says Zodiac Toys on the box?

 

[bunglebus]

16 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

You jammy git!

Says Zodiac Toys on the box?

 

Zodiac imported various far east cars, presumably already boxed with their name on. I believe it was the same Zodiac that had a chain of toy shops in the UK

My Midnight Opel doesn't mention Zodiac, despite clearly being in the same packaging as the Escort

 

[bunglebus]

Rummaging in my project and spares boxes, noticed some stuff

Three different Challenger body styles - I didn't clock that some have a plastic hood scoop as part of the interior, some have it cast in. Obviously the earlier car has no rear spoiler, sidepipes or enlarged arches

Different colour interior Draguars. I haven't got a good example with orange seats

[Dick Cheeseburger]

4 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

It may not have been you… someone was interested in it to complete a set of different scales unless it was @Lord Sterling? Can’t remember…

Anyway, it’s amongst a job lot roffle I’ve put up on the car boot thread. 

Not me, squire.