Shite in Miniature II

[WillCarter]

Nice little pick up today and one I'd not seen before in this 1/43 IXO Hindustan Ambassador. Thought it was a no brainer at a tenner.

[morrisoxide]

Charity shop mix bag for £5. 

With camera and aerials. 

Cool Capri Super GT

Hang on Homer Simpson.

What's with the back of the van?

Peep inside...

Look inside 'N' check out the view, man!

I didn't clock this in the bag, I didn't know they existed. I got the bag for the TV van, mini Boglin, Capri and BMW.

[Rust Collector]

33 minutes ago, morrisoxide said:

Charity shop mix bag for £5. 

With camera and aerials. 

Cool Capri Super GT

Hang on Homer Simpson.

What's with the back of the van?

Peep inside...

Look inside 'N' check out the view, man!

I didn't clock this in the bag, I didn't know they existed. I got the bag for the TV van, mini Boglin, Capri and BMW.

That’s mad - I gave all my old cars to my son recently, and just today I was looking at that yellow van and wondering why the hell it had that weird bit of plastic rather than doors. I wasn’t clever enough to look inside!

I think I have two of the TV vans lurking around too, I remember really liking those as a kid because of the moving parts.

[flat4alfa]

7 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Nice to see alongside a HW Sizzler, to compare size. That must be a very early box too, as I thought this was the only packaging for those

Angelino M70 was from the first 1970 batch of six.  Based on the Ford J-Car, with a big rear wing addition. Which means I ought* to dig out an original-16 J-Car die-cast example and take some shots together

A Hot Wheels Sizzler named Angelio M70 met up with a Hot Wheels Sweet-16 named Ford J-Car earlier this evening

Obviously the 1968 Sweet-16 J-car is die-cast and from the first year of Hot Wheels production.  It has an opening thing! and the grime and wonky axles on this example are genuine.

The 1970 Sizzler is plastic bodied, has a (just-about) working motor inside and has the typically corroded electric circuit due to the original Ni-Cad battery cell still fitted in there, which has leaked over time. The rear spoiler on top of a redesigned rear deck was a non-faithful addition for the Sizzler only.

Oh look!  Another example has arrived!  It's in slightly better condition but the rear clip has been attacked by felt-tip pen and a hinge lug is missing

The real thing, which was tested at Le Mans, 1966. It set the fastest lap time and became the basis for the Ford GT Mk.IV that won the race in 1967

So with that information, each model has been measured and the determined scales are just in!

Sizzler: 1:58

Sweet-16: 1:66