Shite in Miniature II

[FakeConcern]

That Tomica Dandy Toyota 2000 is very nice! Shame about the missing hatch...

I haven't been to boot fairs or toy fairs at all lately so when I saw a few shite Dinky & Matchbox at 3 for £5 at Brighton Marina Market yesterday I caved as I was getting withdrawal symptoms.

The Peterbilt is for parts and I don't really collect the Dinky toys without windows so if anyone would like the coaches let me know.

[bunglebus]

Popped to the Post Office this evening, to collect some Vinted wins. Boxed BMW M1 was very cheap

Second package contained a job lot - and sadly not a scrap of protection, so the previously very nice condition cars have picked up various chips along the way.

White Arrow Corgi Transit is pretty cool, although they were MK2s in my day

TV van

A couple of single seaters, didn't know there were several different castings used in this era. I'm familiar with this F1 Racer

But not this Grand Prix Racing Car

The cleanest MFM I've ever seen

And my main targets, Road Blasters Backstabber

And the really cool one, Turbo Special. This one was near mint in the original pictures

[quicksilver]

Something a little different. Matchbox Chevrolet Impala taxi picked up for 50p from the market. A very nice casting in 1/72 scale but the yellow paint does it no favours so I've channelled the spirit of Diecast Resurrection to make a cool custom. Big new wheels (from a High Speed Freelander of all things) mounted nice and low, Honda Electron Blue paint from my randoms, and plenty of chrome (it looks much nicer in the flesh, I don't know why Molotow chrome always looks rough in photos).

And these 3D prints are TV cars. Anyone recognise what shows they're from before I add the numberplates?

[bunglebus]

My boss picked me up a few bits on his travels. Not sure where he got these Majorettes in boxes you can actually open

These were from a charity shop, hadn't seen this version of the Majorette 205 before

Very tidy Turbo Fury

And a World Class Ferrari 

Can't help but think these would have looked nicer with proper windows

[Tenmil Socket]

4 hours ago, quicksilver said:

Something a little different. Matchbox Chevrolet Impala taxi picked up for 50p from the market. A very nice casting in 1/72 scale but the yellow paint does it no favours so I've channelled the spirit of Diecast Resurrection to make a cool custom. Big new wheels (from a High Speed Freelander of all things) mounted nice and low, Honda Electron Blue paint from my randoms, and plenty of chrome (it looks much nicer in the flesh, I don't know why Molotow chrome always looks rough in photos).

And these 3D prints are TV cars. Anyone recognise what shows they're from before I add the numberplates?

Keeping Up Appearances for the Rover?

 

[ambassador84]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

My boss picked me up a few bits on his travels. Not sure where he got these Majorettes in boxes you can actually open

These were from a charity shop, hadn't seen this version of the Majorette 205 before

Very tidy Turbo Fury

And a World Class Ferrari 

Can't help but think these would have looked nicer with proper windows

Bizarrely I believe B&M Bargains in France sell those boxed Majorette.

[bunglebus]

Slightly tatty Super GT Lonesome Nosome from a few days ago

Got a quick strip, tidy up and repaint

That's it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As if. A few weeks ago I found a tin of glow in the dark paint in The Range, and knew I'd find a use for it. This was water based, which is always tricky to apply over rattle can primer. In the end I diluted the paint with water, and put on about 30 very thin coats, drying in between each with the faithful hairdryer. By pure chance, I bought a UV/blacklight from the car boot sale without any real plan for it, and it came in very handy showing me where I'd actually painted! A couple of coats of clear sealed it in

Looks pretty wild under the UV

Ironically the bit the glows the least is the glazing unit, as it's clearly been baked in the sun. A few days in hydrogen peroxide in the sun improved it a bit, as did a sand and polish

 

[bunglebus]

For those that like building stuff out of plastic blocks, it seems Hobbycraft now do Cobi

https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/cobi-volkswagen-golf-1974-set-1-35/6832931000.html

Plus CaDa

https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/cada-toyota-trueno-ae86-72-pieces/6819651000.html

Plus some Corgi bits

https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/corgi-james-bond-aston-martin-db5-diecast-model-1-43/6835141000.html

[sheffcortinacentre]

8 hours ago, quicksilver said:

Something a little different. Matchbox Chevrolet Impala taxi picked up for 50p from the market. A very nice casting in 1/72 scale but the yellow paint does it no favours so I've channelled the spirit of Diecast Resurrection to make a cool custom. Big new wheels (from a High Speed Freelander of all things) mounted nice and low, Honda Electron Blue paint from my randoms, and plenty of chrome (it looks much nicer in the flesh, I don't know why Molotow chrome always looks rough in photos).

And these 3D prints are TV cars. Anyone recognise what shows they're from before I add the numberplates?

Keeping up appearances & early Jonathan creek.