Shite in Miniature II

[MAF260]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

Yes, exactly that

Two examples from the Corgi Toys Whizzwheels era:

Bentley Series ‘T’ to the left, alongside ‘sister release’ Corgi Silver Shadow Mulliner Park Ward

Tidy interior decal and a metal steering wheel

Notice how they moved things about to incorporate the RR and B logos. As said these are Whizzwheels releases - the initial release was with cast wheels and separate tyres

I measured them to be 1:42.

A comparison showing the later upscaling of the Corgi 'Corniches' from ‘1:43’ to ‘1:36’, although I it measured to nearer 1:35

The larger Corgi Corniche (to me) is a bit special.  It's one of those models that just feels weighted 'right' when holding it, opening the doors, etc

Notice during production the front indicator colour changed...

...yet the rear indicator colour stayed the same.

Dashboard decal a bit of a cop-out especially as the centre console being moulded-in is a good effort.  Plastic steering wheel this time.

Compare the Corgi MPW to the Dinky Toys Silver Shadow, whose casting dimensions are quite off, as the slim width is way out; taking the overall scale to approx 1:38 :

 

Both have opening things

Both have engines bays of detail

I wondered for a while if Dinky intended to fix a faux-woodgrain sticker effort on their Shadow, as they did on their earlier Silver Cloud Coupe. Dinky Shadow:

No.

But! You did get an opening GLOVEBOX !

 

Which seemed to be thought as a *dramatic win in the toy features game !

Shocker.

Great information, thanks. I had an obsession with RRs as a child and am just old enough to have been around ‘pre-Corniche’, but have always known the coupe version as a Corniche until more recent years.

I have the larger Corniche casting which is completely mint, in a slightly shabby box. Whether my intent materialises to one day own a real Corniche remains to be seen, but they’re getting ever-further out of financial reach. I’ll have to slum it with my Bentley instead! 🤣

[Tenmil Socket]

25 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Today's buys 

I like the Polo and you have the Volvo now.

[Split_Pin]

Nice haul Rich!

[bunglebus]

A bit of a mixed bag of diecasts found at this morning's boot sales. I find it hard to leave very early Lesney issues rattling around with the Teamsterz, rescued two Magirus Deutz crane trucks

As well as the cute Morris J2

Prefect

And matching Thames. However, this was obviously in the days before either the idea or technology of modifying existing castings, as they're clearly different to one another

This one's a bit far-out, but could Olive Oyl's little roadster make an interesting custom, with a new interior?

Nice tidy Golf

And the bigger Corgi buggy

I honestly try not to buy weirdos now, but sometimes I just can't help myself. There have been several recently with wheels like a Rough Rider - but yet they do not balance on their side

Pull back Trans-Am, from High Speed. I've sold most on but this was a type new to me

This one just made me laugh, "Majorette" Volvo 740 turbo

Made by Sohbi, and definitely a DeTomaso Mangusta, not a Transam...

Majorette recovery truck, after removing all the plasticine...

More Majorette, but plastic bodied and with the simple Novacar style base

These always look like they've just escaped from Arena Essex

An odd car, but yet Majorette decided to model it

And in several colours

This is the weekends "win" though, £10 worth of Dinky Customised Freeway Cruiser, AKA Vanpire 

Something's a little odd though

Yes folks, a flocked interior! Surely the work of a previous owner? Here's my other one for comparison 

[junkyarddog]

8 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

£10 worth of Dinky Customised Freeway Cruiser

Bargain!!!!

[cms206]

Didn't buy much today... handful of Siku Opels.

SSECA TOY Kia Avella... 

 

But bargain for the day by far... 

... a Clover Toys Hyundai Stellar!

[Tenmil Socket]

8 minutes ago, cms206 said:

Didn't buy much today... handful of Siku Opels.

SSECA TOY Kia Avella... 

 

But bargain for the day by far... 

... a Clover Toys Hyundai Stellar!

Please tell me you paid a pound or something!

 

[bunglebus]

9 minutes ago, cms206 said:

SSECA TOY

Phonetically the same as my surname, must investigate...

[bunglebus]

3 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Please tell me you paid a pound or something!

You're telling me!

https://ebay.us/m/nEjsfF

[cms206]

5 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Please tell me you paid a pound or something!

 

 

Paid a tenner for the pair... 🫣

[flat4alfa]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

£10 worth of Dinky Customised Freeway Cruiser, AKA Vanpire 

 

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, cms206 said:

[matt79]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

These always look like they've just escaped from Arena Essex

I had one of these in bright day-glow orange, bought whilst on a day trip to France in the late 80's

You may already know, this is based on a real vehicle (well, a full size concept) of a towing vehicle for the RS200 rally car -

[MAF260]

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

A bit of a mixed bag of diecasts found at this morning's boot sales. I find it hard to leave very early Lesney issues rattling around with the Teamsterz, rescued two Magirus Deutz crane trucks

As well as the cute Morris J2

Prefect

And matching Thames. However, this was obviously in the days before either the idea or technology of modifying existing castings, as they're clearly different to one another

This one's a bit far-out, but could Olive Oyl's little roadster make an interesting custom, with a new interior?

Nice tidy Golf

And the bigger Corgi buggy

I honestly try not to buy weirdos now, but sometimes I just can't help myself. There have been several recently with wheels like a Rough Rider - but yet they do not balance on their side

Pull back Trans-Am, from High Speed. I've sold most on but this was a type new to me

This one just made me laugh, "Majorette" Volvo 740 turbo

Made by Sohbi, and definitely a DeTomaso Mangusta, not a Transam...

Majorette recovery truck, after removing all the plasticine...

More Majorette, but plastic bodied and with the simple Novacar style base

These always look like they've just escaped from Arena Essex

An odd car, but yet Majorette decided to model it

And in several colours

This is the weekends "win" though, £10 worth of Dinky Customised Freeway Cruiser, AKA Vanpire 

Something's a little odd though

Yes folks, a flocked interior! Surely the work of a previous owner? Here's my other one for comparison 

I wanted one of these so much back in the day. It never materialised, so I made my own from a LWB I already had. No fancy wheels, but I stuck some fur inside and robbed a pair of side pipes from something else I had.

[Spottedlaurel]

Purchases from the local 1:1 Japanese car meet:

Great to get the Matchbox Jaguar at last. He did have a less silly version of the Skyline Van, but it wasn't cheap and I'd already spent a bit on the Skyline C210 - that was something of a must-have, as I've had 1:1 versions in the past.

[danthecapriman]

Little delivery this morning. The now very familiar box with an Argentinian flag in the back!

Once a common car but not one you see many models of. 
Metallic black wouldn’t have been my preference but it’s the only colour available. Great to find a Jap car like this that hasn’t been modelled covered in all that boy racer ‘scene’ shizzle!

[Split_Pin]

That's lovely! Just how an old Japanese car should look.

[danthecapriman]

30 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

That's lovely! Just how an old Japanese car should look.

That’s what I thought! 
I saw a few of them available, which must’ve been as they came out for the magazine and just had to get one. It’s so nice to see just a completely standard normal one like that. The only way it could have been better was in a plain colour like white!

[ETCHY]

On 17/08/2025 at 10:42, flat4alfa said:

Yes, exactly that

Two examples from the Corgi Toys Whizzwheels era:

Bentley Series ‘T’ to the left, alongside ‘sister release’ Corgi Silver Shadow Mulliner Park Ward

Tidy interior decal and a metal steering wheel

Notice how they moved things about to incorporate the RR and B logos. As said these are Whizzwheels releases - the initial release was with cast wheels and separate tyres

I measured them to be 1:42.

A comparison showing the later upscaling of the Corgi 'Corniches' from ‘1:43’ to ‘1:36’, although I measured to nearer 1:35

The larger Corgi Corniche (to me) is a bit special.  It's one of those models that just feels weighted 'right' when holding it, opening the doors, etc

Notice during production the front indicator colour changed...

...yet the rear indicator colour stayed the same.

Dashboard decal a bit of a cop-out especially as the centre console being moulded-in is a good effort.  Plastic steering wheel this time.

Compare the Corgi MPW to the Dinky Toys Silver Shadow, whose casting dimensions are quite off, as the slim width is way out; taking the overall scale to approx 1:38 :

 

Both have opening things

Both have engines bays of detail

I wondered for a while if Dinky intended to fix a faux-woodgrain sticker effort on their Shadow, as they did on their earlier Silver Cloud Coupe. Dinky Shadow:

No.

But! You did get an opening GLOVEBOX !

 

Which seemed to be thought as a *dramatic win in the toy features game !

Shocker.

I never realised Corgi did a RR &  Bentley MPW Shadow coupe !

 

[MAF260]

Meagre pickings from 9 different shops whilst out today. The bins everywhere are quite full, but of old shite and a lot of it is battered.

I was pleased to finally find the Mk2 Fiesta

I only bought the Forester as it was 2 for £3 and my sister owns a full sized one in a similar colour.

[bunglebus]

Just got the dreaded "sorry out of stock" email from Corgi Model Club about the Cortina 

[chancer]

14 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Just got the dreaded "sorry out of stock" email from Corgi Model Club about the Cortina 

Yup me too. Cunts 😂

[FakeConcern]

Delivery today of a Danbox!

I now have enough R12s for two transporter loads. Thanks @danthecapriman!

I recently spotted a Norev metal R15 (did we get them in the UK or only the R17?) to go with the plastic one I already have

Red is metal, orange plastic

In the background my Renault transporter shortly to be a R15/17 transporter!

Love the yellow lights

I did go to Brighton Marina market yesterday and picked this pile of shite for £8

I have cleaned the Tomte Mini up now. Eddy doesn't want the Corgi Escort van if anyone would like it

[bunglebus]

I believe we got both the 15 and 17 in the UK originally.

I got a delivery today. Guiloy Renault 14 with broken 'screen

Mira Taunus, with a wheel broken off - annoying as they're attached by pegs cast into the base rather than axles

Mira Ritmo

Mira Peugeot 504

And probably most interesting of all, Mira MK3 Escort

The last four have been painted in primer so they'll all need a repaint. Sadly the Escort has a broken plastic base, so I need to work on a fix for that. 

This must be the only 5 door MK3 Escort casting (well when it was current anyway), everyone modelled the 3 door, but then both Matchbox and Majorette chose to miniaturise the 5 door Golf. How odd.

[ambassador84]

17 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I believe we got both the 15 and 17 in the UK originally.

I got a delivery today. Guiloy Renault 14 with broken 'screen

Mira Taunus, with a wheel broken off - annoying as they're attached by pegs cast into the base rather than axles

Mira Ritmo

Mira Peugeot 504

And probably most interesting of all, Mira MK3 Escort

The last four have been painted in primer so they'll all need a repaint. Sadly the Escort has a broken plastic base, so I need to work on a fix for that. 

This must be the only 5 door MK3 Escort casting (well when it was current anyway), everyone modelled the 3 door, but then both Matchbox and Majorette chose to miniaturise the 5 door Golf. How odd.

Don't forget the Guisval 5 door Escort too 😀

[eddyramrod]

On my road trip I had a cracking day with @danthecapriman talking about our little cars...

Bunch of 1/36 Buicks, resprayed in (variously) Barrow and Waterlooville!  Then the following day I stopped at a nearby boot sale...

Whole tub for a tenner?  Who wouldn't?  I had to, didn't I?  Most of the smaller-scale examples will be going into my sale stock.

[danthecapriman]

Great to see you again @eddyramrod👍 

And a wonderful day spent chatting about cars and miniature cars too. 
Blinding haul on that lot from the boot sale too.

[Lord Sterling]

9 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Just got the dreaded "sorry out of stock" email from Corgi Model Club about the Cortina 

Same, got mine about the Escort I ordered. Not surprised.

[Datsuncog]

21 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Just got the dreaded "sorry out of stock" email from Corgi Model Club about the Cortina 

Yup, my 'you're not getting anything' email dropped this morning. 

What a brilliant* way to annoy all your customers - dangle a carrot, then snatch it away again.

Even thought I highly suspected this was the way it'd go, can't help but think it's a bit of a high-risk way to work out potential demand for upcoming collections.

They sent me a discount code to get £10 off something from their shop by way of apology, but nah, don't think so. I quite like the plastic garage kit, but even with a tenner off it's still wildly overpriced for all it is.

[Split_Pin]

Ive never seen a contemporary 5 door MK3 Escort model until today either, fantastic find Rich!

Back in the mid 1990s I had to resort to a massively shit Sunrise 1/76 white metal kit to get a 5 door MK3. Even a nice spray job in Titan blue didn't hide how comically crap it was 😅