Shite in Miniature II

[danthecapriman]

I’ve started a couple more of those 3D printed truck conversions recently. Mostly to fill in time between paint & filler etc drying on other projects. Maximum efficiency😄

AEC Mammoth Minor. 
Not one of the most common varieties of the Ergomatic family trucks, but were around. Later in life they were very popular as recovery truck conversions being twin steer type chassis. Very stable and manoeuvrable. 
The chassis on this one started as an IXO Fiat that had been damaged. Cab was useless to me anyway so I got it cheap. 
Battery box & square fuel tank chopped off and will be replaced by a pair of round tanks I’m making up from plastic tube. 
 

 
Leyland Bison. 
The final type of Ergomatic cab (other than the Marathon which was significantly altered from these). 
Chassis came from an Altaya Spanish trucks partwork Barreiros tipper. I’m not sure what I’ll put on the back of this one yet.

 
Both were actually pretty easy to alter to take the replacement cabs. Just a bit of ‘eyeballing’ measuring then chopping bits off as needed.

Found a suitable trailer for the Volvo FH12 too. Just needs repainting as using a Volvo to pull a Pegaso/Seddon Atkinson branded trailer might not be the best advert for them! 
I’ll remove the under chassis stowage boxes and replace them with some side guards to make it look more like a UK truck.

[Datsuncog]

2 hours ago, Christine said:

I found 2 Siku vw T4s i bought years ago.. As i picked up the 1st one ,i noticed the paint was all blistered .....it then  all collapsed into a pile of  bittle scrap...

Funny you should say that, I once had a Siku VW Passat B1 estate that crumbled into bits - not something I'd have expected from such a quality manufacturer! Seems there must have been a few bad batches over the years, then...

[bunglebus]

Literally just got outbid on one of those

[morrisoxide]

I went on the hunt for the Broadspeed Jag today with no luck. I settled for a third Mk1 Cortina.

The paint falls off with Asdas own paint stripper in ten minutes. If any one is interested in doing a paint swap.

Enough people have found these for me not to feel guilty about chopping one up.

Boot cut off.

Looks quite good as a Ute.

But a Ute Isn't what I'm after.

I know estate two doors are not factory and ban the bomb rear lights where never fitted to estates.

[flat4alfa]

7 hours ago, bunglebus said:

This one's a mystery, railway accessory I presume but no name on it

 

It’s a Kader, yes in 1:87ish for HO railways. Originally made in France, from a duff copy of this set of Microminiatures by Norev, featuring a Unic Car transporter

Later packaged by Tim Mee, made in Hong Konk

You’ve got to get the Simca Versailles now!

[bunglebus]

17 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Later packaged by Tinmee, made in Hong Konk

Packaging says "Corvair Falcon Rambler Tempest Valiant" but the transporter is full of European cars...

Tim Mee is a new one on mee

[flat4alfa]

39 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Packaging says "Corvair Falcon Rambler Tempest Valiant" but the transporter is full of European cars...

Tim Mee is a new one on mee

Because US market distribution daftness

https://timmeeusa.com/

https://victorybuy.com/collections/tim-mee-toys

[cms206]

20p bucket finds in the charity shop from earlier in the week... HW Toyota sadly splodged in paint.

[ambassador84]

15 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Found today,some newish Matchbox.

Toyota Supra  

Bmw E36 Compact.

Shelby Cobra. 

Dodge truck.

Lexus LS400.

Ford Bronco.

Wait.....What's this?

Super Chase!!!

First one I've found.

Very lucky! I'm assuming Poundland for this new batch?

[eddyramrod]

1 hour ago, cms206 said:

20p bucket finds in the charity shop from earlier in the week... HW Toyota sadly splodged in paint.

Has the Toyota been chasing James Bond in his department-issued SD1?

[bunglebus]

That Siku Mercedes wrecker looks really good, especially for 20p

[junkyarddog]

2 hours ago, ambassador84 said:

Very lucky! I'm assuming Poundland for this new batch?

Yes,well our version of it.

[bunglebus]

I came home with half a ton of cars this morning, mainly as I bought a whole box off a regular seller instead of picking out lots of individual ones

So many in fact, that I couldn't get them all in one picture 

50p F40 for @Split_Pin who if my memory serves was wanting broken ones for bits

[Split_Pin]

Yes please, thank you Rich!

[AndyW201]

Looks like it's  going to have to be AliExpress for the Hot Wheels Jag. Six places tried yesterday and nothing worth having at all. Tescotainer had refreshed the old case with the Chevelle but I reluctantly put it back as there was nothing else I wanted for the 3 for 2 offer and I didnt want it enough to pay £2.40 for it as a single. Absolute piss take round here...

So this weekend has mainly been making good some recent purchases that were bought on a "spers or reapers" basis.

First off, another '90s hot hatch,

A Universal Hobbies Citroën Saxo VTR. Last year, I finally managed to find a reasonably priced Norev Saxo VTS, in Mauritius blue.

Its a really nice rendition of a hot Saxo , but it's a facelift version, and the Norev version rides a tiny bit high and the wheels, while nicely done, seem slightly too big.

Good  though it is, I've always wanted the Universal hobbles pre facelift VTR. But they're extremely rare and quite expensive when they do come up for sale.

I think the UH version captures it a lot better, stance and wheels wise. Plus it's in Poseidon blue, which round here back in the day, was THE colour for a VTR or VTS. This one was part of a guy's collection that was on ebay, obviously part of a Citroën part-work series that we didnt get over here. I plumped for this, but he had a few other nice Cits from the collection that I was tempted by, particularly the series 1 BX, beige Visa Super E and early pov-spec AX. It was pretty cheap, but came in "used" condition, sadly missing the mirrors, the perspex outer display box and it needed a good clean. The roof aerial was flattened and had a good tidemark of dust under it.

Theres a guy on ebay who does 3D printed mirrors for a couple of quid a pop who I've used before. One of his styles isnt too dissimilar from the Saxo items, although they do look a bit on the big side. But better that than none at all IMO. The aerial was raised to a more factory position and the car and plinth were given a good clean.

I think these were produced a few years ago now, but detailing is good.

Another difference between this and the Norev version is that this has the interior seat fabric replicated.

Not bad detail on the dash either.

[bunglebus]

Lots of cars came back from the boot sale but the majorly were fairly unremarkable Matchbox etc that we've seen dozens of times. There were also some very tidy Zylmex, the late D series ones that again we've seen before.

I did grab a couple of weirdos, these two by Holly that do wheelies

Best find is possibly this Custom Barracuda, however this is after about half an hour was spent trying to remove what appeared to be half a pot of PVA glue from the base and wheels, there's still some on the base, awful stuff to try and get off

These are some quite unusual ones too, as it turns out 3/4 of an 8 pack from 2022 I don't think we saw here

This one's pretty unusual too, California Custom maybe? I need to do some research 

Norev 305 is another uncommon one

Not sure about the origins of this Corgi Mercedes minibus

One of the nicest old Matchbox from the big tub

This one just needs a hook

Jumbo Jet seems to be the least common "Chopper"

Zoomie Baloonie! No body though, wonder if I could adapt something else

A couple of Matchbox Burnin' Key Cars

And a Powertrack minus its spoiler

Majorette buys include this Jeep

And two code two recovery trucks

Big Majorette Range Rover 

Bought a few 50p refugees as donors/resto projects, Cortina...

...and E Type

Early Whizzwheels Mini was also 50p

Had to pay a whole £5 for this Cortina, not my fault they spelled it Taunus

Pre arranged pick ups of this F+F, which is very hard to photograph 

And this Road Trippin'. I remember these being in every Poundland years ago, but I didn't find this one

[155V6]

Having a night away,so went to a car boot that normally brings some good finds.

These are what I got today

Most came from the same big tub & need a good clean,but I only spent about £4.00 so can't complain.I'll probably go back tomorrow & see what else I can find 🤞

 

 

 

[bunglebus]

16 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

 

Colour changer Maisto Granada is a good find

17 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

So is the Majorette camper

18 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

But what's the yellow one - Alme maybe? Think the 6 series is one too