Shite in Miniature II

[sierraman]

I spy a Big Blue in there as well! 

[FakeConcern]

20 hours ago, Dick Cheeseburger said:

Blue and pink Mk2 Cortinas and the green Lesney Volkswagen Samba bus is you're selling please.

Mrs Concern has claimed the VW Bus to go with the other one she has

Cortinas are still available if you want them, one was £1 and one £3, but both are pretty nice

I think postage with Evri is about £3 (possibly £2.70?) 

Let me know if you want them

19 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

PF Modulo if still available please 

I thought this was quite interesting, I've looked on ebay and they seem to be about £30 so I'll have to charge you £1.

The canopy still opens, but the pull back and go doesn't.

Would you still like the smashed up Mebetoys Rolls? I've looked at ebay and the cheapest one is £150 so I'll l et you have it for £1

@matt79 Id be interested in the blue Zephyr / Zodiac  estate if its available?

It was £3 if you want it and as above I think the postage is something like £2.70 on Evri, Let me know

While we are on wants, I remember giving @Split_Pin first refusal on a Dinky Chrysler Saratoga. Well it's sat in a cupboard since then so if you want it let me know. I paid £10.

One of the interesting (to me at least) from my buys yesterday was this Pilen

Missing the boot lid and cracked screen

It is apparently their rendition of Kitt from Knight Rider! I've never seen it, but even I thought it was meant to be a Firebird!

https://toysfromthepast.blogspot.com/2017/04/797-pilen-coche-fantastico-kitt-knight.html

Another buy was a Dinky VW Variant for a reasonable £6, I have a better one I got from Dan and compared them

They both have one door card missing so I think I'll put both originals on the best one and try making some repro ones with resin. The new one has a clear engine cover and one from Dan doesn't, not sure if it should or not.

The one from Dan is missing the steering wheel so that will get swapped too. Also interesting that the spare wheel is smooth on one and has tread on the other

Also for £6 was a very good Corgi VW African Safari Beetle, I already had one not so good (but cost more)

The new one is a much more red kind of orange

Also the decals are in much better condition

I remember someone the other day showing a very poor rendition of a steering wheel, I think on a small scale model, well have a look at the (supposedly) 1/43 (looks bigger to me) Hot Wheels Golf Cabrio

[flat4alfa]

31 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

Missing the boot lid and cracked screen

It is apparently their rendition of Kitt from Knight Rider! I've never seen it, but even I thought it was meant to be a Firebird!

Crikey that’s a scarce find over these waters

The real thing was based around the Opel Diplomat, with Corvette engine option, initially German market only.

Intermeccanica Indra, from 1971.

 

127 built and only stopped there (as there were many more orders) because GM pulled supply of the engine because a sales threat to Corvette

[bunglebus]

Good finds on the red VWs up there ^ 

The Dinky fastbacks always seem to lose door cards, nice to see that clear engine cover still in place

I wonder which was first, treaded or smooth spare tyre?

Now you need a LHD Beetle!

 

[Split_Pin]

1 hour ago, FakeConcern said:

Mrs Concern has claimed the VW Bus to go with the other one she has

Cortinas are still available if you want them, one was £1 and one £3, but both are pretty nice

I think postage with Evri is about £3 (possibly £2.70?) 

Let me know if you want them

I thought this was quite interesting, I've looked on ebay and they seem to be about £30 so I'll have to charge you £1.

The canopy still opens, but the pull back and go doesn't.

Would you still like the smashed up Mebetoys Rolls? I've looked at ebay and the cheapest one is £150 so I'll l et you have it for £1

@matt79 Id be interested in the blue Zephyr / Zodiac  estate if its available?

It was £3 if you want it and as above I think the postage is something like £2.70 on Evri, Let me know

While we are on wants, I remember giving @Split_Pin first refusal on a Dinky Chrysler Saratoga. Well it's sat in a cupboard since then so if you want it let me know. I paid £10.

One of the interesting (to me at least) from my buys yesterday was this Pilen

Missing the boot lid and cracked screen

It is apparently their rendition of Kitt from Knight Rider! I've never seen it, but even I thought it was meant to be a Firebird!

https://toysfromthepast.blogspot.com/2017/04/797-pilen-coche-fantastico-kitt-knight.html

Another buy was a Dinky VW Variant for a reasonable £6, I have a better one I got from Dan and compared them

They both have one door card missing so I think I'll put both originals on the best one and try making some repro ones with resin. The new one has a clear engine cover and one from Dan doesn't, not sure if it should or not.

The one from Dan is missing the steering wheel so that will get swapped too. Also interesting that the spare wheel is smooth on one and has tread on the other

Also for £6 was a very good Corgi VW African Safari Beetle, I already had one not so good (but cost more)

The new one is a much more red kind of orange

Also the decals are in much better condition

I remember someone the other day showing a very poor rendition of a steering wheel, I think on a small scale model, well have a look at the (supposedly) 1/43 (looks bigger to me) Hot Wheels Golf Cabrio

Thank you Peter, you have a far better memory than I do, I completely forgot about the Chrysler. I'm trying to be good of late and focus on 70s/80s/90s toys, for the time being at least 😅

[Dick Cheeseburger]

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

On the workbench is a Lesney Impala. First order of business is removing the alignment marks for the taxi stickers

I love these old castings, there was no need to go to such extremes detailing the badges, lights etc, but they did, and I'm thankful

Ah, my old one, I think? Interested to see where you go with it. 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

1 hour ago, FakeConcern said:

Mrs Concern has claimed the VW Bus to go with the other one she has

Cortinas are still available if you want them, one was £1 and one £3, but both are pretty nice

I think postage with Evri is about £3 (possibly £2.70?) 

Let me know if you want them

Thanks chap. My eye was more on the Samba - the Cortinas were more stocking fillers really. I think I'll give it a miss for now but thank you anyway!

[flat4alfa]

On 13/10/2025 at 20:05, FakeConcern said:

….COCHE FANTASTICO  ??

 

 

 

 

 

 

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No !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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HOFF FANTASTICO  !

 

 

 

[andrew e]

On 12/10/2025 at 19:50, FakeConcern said:

Nice haul, I love Norevs and the Dinky Rolls is great! I'll have a look and see if I have a Norev R16 like that to copy a bonnet from, I know I have a newer one with fixed bonnet, but not sure so I'll get back to you.

Edit @andrew e 

Found it, is it the same?

 

Looks the same to me! PM where I’m sending it 👍

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, Dick Cheeseburger said:

Ah, my old one, I think? Interested to see where you go with it. 

It's this one, I'm not sure of its origins

[flat4alfa]

Oof that had its original surviving hood sticker on it too

[flat4alfa]

But Cheech Marin just rang in, to say it’s ok

[bunglebus]

It's OK, there are others

 

[flat4alfa]

The bottom one says TAX so it must work for the IRS instead

[flat4alfa]

Got this ‘64 Impala, one of the REVELL LOWRIDERS.  Bought it new in 2002

It’s 1:64

It packs trunk trickery

Let’s you do this

And this 

No identity on base though.  Who really made them?

 

I wish I’d bought a good few more from the range

[bunglebus]

I've got the Redline Club '64, expensive but it does cool shit

The Anson one is also rather nice

I'm aware the Matchbox has too many doors, but what can you do. Currently scratching my head over wheel choice

 

[matt79]

@bunglebus Would these work? (No 'dish' to them though)

https://www.c1-models.com/c164wheelstore-a-m/db5-wirespoke

To create the dish, you could 'sleeve' them in an appropriate sized aluminium tube, then use heat shrink rubber tubing for the tyre?

[bunglebus]

Thank you, that's the sort of thing I need. Main problem is everything is too big, I normally use the Pixar Cars ones like this

Trouble is the Lesney era Impala is noticeablely smaller than modern Hot Wheels etc, so they look huge. Lowriders have small wheels. Current choices are the very small diameter Hot Wheels ones from something like the Civic or Mighty K but the style is wrong

 

Other possibility is raiding this for its rolling stock

 

[matt79]

Agreed, those Pixar cars are around 1/55 scale, slightly larger than modern hotwheels etc. another option maybe is to find an Oxford diecast 1/76 scale MG, I think they came with 'wire' wheels...might be too small though? 

[danthecapriman]

I’m sure that Lesney Impala is around 1:76ish scale. Definitely worth looking at Oxford Diecast or possibly Cararama 1:72 stuff as wheel donors.

Oxford also do a range of 1:87 (HO gauge) American cars which might be worth a look…

[sierraman]

56 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Thank you, that's the sort of thing I need. Main problem is everything is too big, I normally use the Pixar Cars ones like this

Trouble is the Lesney era Impala is noticeablely smaller than modern Hot Wheels etc, so they look huge. Lowriders have small wheels. Current choices are the very small diameter Hot Wheels ones from something like the Civic or Mighty K but the style is wrong

 

Other possibility is raiding this for its rolling stock

 

I’d be tempted to make it a Spider?

[quicksilver]

Looks like I've started something with my Impala custom! Deja vu seeing one in bare metal and I have to agree it's a superb casting.

Wheels are a problem though. That's why I went the opposite way for big alloys and a potential entry in the 'shit modern wheels on old cars' thread. Scale is about 1/72 so wheels from something like an MGB in 1/76 might give the tiny lowrider wheel look. 

Here it is again for those who missed it the first time.

 

[bunglebus]

34 minutes ago, sierraman said:

I’d be tempted to make it a Spider?

You're welcome to the remains. I bought several at my local boot sale a few years ago from the original owner's mum, all clearly in very nice condition before some "customising" had taken place. I put them in the spares box in case I needed parts one day

 

[sierraman]

He clearly had a thing for busting the roof off and painting them Orange 😂

[Datsuncog]

Surely The Entertainer's roving band of stock-topping-up people will be visiting my local Tesco Extra soon... their metal Matchbox dump bin was down to its last ten mainlines as of lunchtime today.

Surprisingly, the dregs left at the bottom of the tub are mostly ones I'd consider to be pretty desirable.

No accounting for taste!

[bunglebus]

Tried the Berlinetta wheels on the Impala - same problem of them being too large

Plans B and C involve small or very small Hot Wheels wheels 

Obviously B would need some work to get them under the arches, I know C are ridiculous but I quite like the look!

While I was fiddling with that, a couple of bits turned up. This set is made by Joy City, the Mercedes is not especially interesting to me but it's great to finally find out who made the Hot Wheels copy buggy, and get a mint one

A different box had a load of tatty bits, and a Polistil Honda Z that's going in the repaint queue

There was a decent Toe Joe included at least

[andy18s]

3 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Surely The Entertainer's roving band of stock-topping-up people will be visiting my local Tesco Extra soon... their metal Matchbox dump bin was down to its last ten mainlines at lunchtime today.

Surprisingly, the dregs left at the bottom of the tub are mostly ones I'd consider to be pretty desirable.

No accounting for taste!

If you see any Subaru's in there....... 

[quicksilver]

50 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Tried the Berlinetta wheels on the Impala - same problem of them being too large

Plans B and C involve small or very small Hot Wheels wheels 

Obviously B would need some work to get them under the arches, I know C are ridiculous but I quite like the look!

While I was fiddling with that, a couple of bits turned up. This set is made by Joy City, the Mercedes is not especially interesting to me but it's great to finally find out who made the Hot Wheels copy buggy, and get a mint one

A different box had a load of tatty bits, and a Polistil Honda Z that's going in the repaint queue

There was a decent Toe Joe included at least

I have a few of those Joy City S-classes that look suspiciously similar to the Cararama version, as in either copied or made from the same tooling. Never seen one with those wheels or a towbar before, or the buggy and trailer.

[plasticvandan]

Need to make some sort of display cabinet/diorama type thing but have got my favourites together,I do have another box of newer diecasts and some old ones that I need to sort through next rainy afternoon

[bunglebus]

12 hours ago, quicksilver said:

I have a few of those Joy City S-classes that look suspiciously similar to the Cararama version, as in either copied or made from the same tooling. Never seen one with those wheels or a towbar before, or the buggy and trailer.

https://ebay.us/m/7qrbeK

I think he must have several