Shite in Miniature II

28,877 · Tuesday at 18:45

I've been stripping...

I didn't count these, but MrsR did, and reached 20. And promptly used that number as a stick to beat me with. Never mind that I've finished my cosmic soda...

Oh well... let's do some priming...

...starring my Corgi ambulance conversion to a Coupe de Fleur. Little bit more filling and we should be ready for the topcoat.

And that's the last of my primer. I think I should be buying these in pairs!

43,609 · Tuesday at 20:02

Yes can confirm Bentley Mk.VI ‘standard steel’ saloon, 1946-52. The first complete Bentley from the factory, having the body supplied by Pressed Steel, with build completed alongside its RR Silver Dawn sister at Crewe. 4000 built. Apparently, Pressed Steel were unhappy that the unit contract was so small!

6,914 · Tuesday at 20:05

Found a very cheap (under a tenner delivered) Oxford Diecast 1:43 scale Landrover in British Railways livery to go with my Scammell Scarab. It’s a lovely model (I have the same model in 1:76).

60,702 · 2025-08-27T04:43:06Z

https://www.thetoyshop.com/hot-wheels-prize-draw

2025-08-27T05:32:39Z

11 hours ago, AndyW201 said:

I've got the originals of the Starlet and RX-3, and I have to say those Not Wheels versions (or dupes as my teenage offspring would probably call them) aren't actually that terrible looking, nor the Lagermeister 911. That DTM C Class though 🤣

😅😅😅😅 I just love the absolute blatant cheek of them and actually in hand are actually better than their Temu advert suggested. I couldn't make out whether the Mercedes-Benz was a C Class or older 190E.

60,702 · 2025-08-27T05:58:02Z

16 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Also, how many variants of the Matchbox Astra are there… didn’t realise there were 2 police cars!

Graffic Traffic

5 pack version

My First Matchbox

Various police

The road car

And rally car

2025-08-27T06:52:51Z

A recent find by my other half who was in Bristol just before the bank holiday for a funeral, naturally she fitted in a spare hour to have a wander around the local charity shops in Westbury and found this, its only the third one i've seen and the best one i've seen as the other one i had was trashed!

60,702 · 2025-08-27T06:58:10Z

4 minutes ago, neil72 said:

Have you seen the prices of Gama VWs online? Awesome find, very jealous

2025-08-27T07:08:59Z

9 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Have you seen the prices of Gama VWs online? Awesome find, very jealous

Yeah, the prices are a bit daft tbh, i've got some good ones for fairly reasonable prices at toy fairs over the years, the Tekno ones are extremely daft now, most of mine were bought years ago when they were a bit cheaper!

2025-08-27T13:14:42Z

Nice B&M score today.

6,171 · 2025-08-27T13:15:32Z

7 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Graffic Traffic

5 pack version

My First Matchbox

Various police

The road car

And rally car

Isn’t there a yellow BT one too?

11,129 · 2025-08-27T13:24:19Z

7 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Graffic Traffic

5 pack version

My First Matchbox

Various police

The road car

And rally car

There's an AC Delco version of the rally car too. I remember having both that and the STP one.

60,702 · 2025-08-27T14:34:57Z

Oh yeah, missed that one

Matchbox Vauxhall Astra GTE Opel Kadett GSI

60,702 · 2025-08-27T14:42:33Z

Back home for a short while, having been in Reading. Found another Hot Ones in Tesco on the way up

I'd like the rest of the set, especially the VW T2 if anyone spots them.

Entertainer in Reading High St had one new Car Culture twin pack

Visited Smyths on the way out, got there just before 9 and had several middle aged men breathing down my neck, hoping to beat me to the Hot Wheels. I found what I wanted while they went off and pestered the staff, not sure if they were looking for chase cars or the new F1 premiums that are about.

The other twin pack was on the pegs

Along with a new 1:43

It does have an interior but I can't photograph it properly. Even tried unscrewing the base for a better look, but I think there's a hidden fixing somewhere