Shite in Miniature II

[junkyarddog]

Found the Merc SLC today,no sign of the Primera but I think this is probably the pick of the bunch.

"Fun fun fun on ze Autobahn M8"

[bunglebus]

Moving swiftly on, stuff has arrived. Most important, i.e. expensive of which is this 

 

I don't buy many of the RLC/Creations creations, but my goodness they're nice

Hopefully this Matchbox Collectors RX-3 doesn't feel too overshadowed by it

Fuji sponsored Corgi was in a job lot

I clicked the button on this just before leaving for the toy fair last Sunday, where I found an arguably better loose one 

Interesting* to see the box art showing a mix of orange and yellow interior plastics, as far as I know this should always have full orange, with the flatter engine scoop. Gulper gets yellow, and the oval scoop. Most of the time

From @155V6 comes this absolutely lovely Guisval buggy, Skoda based if you believe it

A box of tat revealed this fairly non fantastico Mira Renault 11. What a shame so many manufacturers defaulted to making cheap stuff like this to stay afloat

[bunglebus]

Son of a.... pulled some paint off being too eager to remove the masking

[Lord Sterling]

Could be interested in the small black Pajero thing and the red Fiat Cinquecento if they're available @Christine?

[Christine]

I've put them in my shed now , in case my  old lady  moans   ..Pajero is a swb mk3  i think .. Cinquecento   is a   Majorette Seicento  with 1 wonky wheel , as the axle is slightly bent .  I'll go and get them out again later! 

[danthecapriman]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Son of a.... pulled some paint off being too eager to remove the masking

Ah shit!! Can it be fixed or is it starting over?

[bunglebus]

16 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

Ah shit!! Can it be fixed or is it starting over?

Stripped, primed, blacked and painted again already! I wasn't 100% happy with the main colour anyway, it's weird stuff and the more you put on, the less of a flip effect you get, and I'd put too much along one flank

Annoyance is I knew I was away for a few days, giving the paint a chance to harden before masking up for the pearl. Now I've got to sit on my hands, and I'm impatient.

[bunglebus]

Rat look Beetle fell apart

Interesting to see the decklid forms the rear post now, possible scope for customisation, V8s hanging out the back etc. for now it's had a coat of matt as I don't really like shiny patina

[matt79]

29 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Rat look Beetle fell apart

Interesting to see the decklid forms the rear post now, possible scope for customisation, V8s hanging out the back etc. for now it's had a coat of matt as I don't really like shiny patina

Looks so much better with a matt finish

[Christine]

What does a matchbox trickshifter do then  ?   

 

 

Pics for Mo  £1  the pair + post ?

 

What's this plastic body 1994 hotwheels ambulance ?  Mc Donalds toy ?

 

[Christine]

AA  109  Land rover 1 18 th  £40 posted  anyone ?

 

[bunglebus]

13 minutes ago, Christine said:

What's this plastic body 1994 hotwheels ambulance ?  Mc Donalds toy ?

Apparently so. Never seen one

https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Ambulance_(McDonald's)

[bunglebus]

I'm never sure whether touching in chipped original paint is a good idea or not, this Toy Fair P-911 is pretty unusual but was also only 50p...

It wouldn't stand up to close scrutiny but will be fine on a shelf

[bunglebus]

The Mrs found these the other day while having a sort out. No idea where they came from but here's what £7 buys/bought you in The Works

Yes folks, never let it be said that Matchbox Graffic Traffics weren't the greatest ideal in all of toy car history 

5 of the nastiest, cheap Chinese die casts you ever did see are included

The paints are AWOL but they look like the familiar strung together pots of poster paint that's in everything like this

[MAF260]

Cracking Matchbox haul from 2 shops earlier:

[Lord Sterling]

1 hour ago, Christine said:

Pics for Mo  £1  the pair + post ?

Yes please!

[morrisoxide]

Matchbox finds from One Beyond £1.50 each and Hot Wheels from Poundland 2 for £3.

Think the Matchbox was a batch we missed in the UK?

 

Love the Jeep!

[sierraman]

I like the mystery machine thing

[andrew e]

Red XR2!

[Datsuncog]

Good to hear @bunglebus had a pleasant jaunt over to these shores - regrettably I was otherwise engaged while he was exploring the tat destinations of Belfast, but he certainly brought some luck to the Irish as all the local stores which had been diecast deserts for months were suddenly flush with abundance! 

To the extent that he very kindly stashed some of the castings I'd been fruitlessly hunting for, and which I was able to scuttle over and retrieve later on that day... 

OMG SECRET TAT DROP ZONE

Success! 

This branch of Poundland had gone so far as to remove its empty Mattel pegs about a month back - and now it was a veritable cornucopia of Matchbox Mix L and Case A Hot Wheels. 

I absolutely love the little red Alfa, it's such an appealing thing. And it was the last one, in that store anyway. Very pleased to have it, at last! 

Hopefully we'll see a continuation of this kind of stock levels! 

[Datsuncog]

In a similar vein, I called into Tesco yesterday evening and was pleased to discover that the Great Diecast Drought seems to have come to an end here too:

Clearly, I was quivering with excitement to the point the camera went all shaky. 

Nothing else from the L Mix that I particularly wanted though, or hadn't already found. Surprisingly, all the Duettos and Mustangs had been snaffled here too but there were plenty of BMW 1 Series and Impreza WRX. 

Although there were also these, on the pegs above:

New Hot Wheels Silver mini-collection of five Pontiac models is a new one on me. There were only these two left; ultimately I brought the Firebird home with me. The extra detailing looks really good on it. 

[Split_Pin]

13 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Rat look Beetle fell apart

Interesting to see the decklid forms the rear post now, possible scope for customisation, V8s hanging out the back etc. for now it's had a coat of matt as I don't really like shiny patina

That looks loads better, I should do the same to mine.

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

Wow not seen these, that Bonneville is lovely!

[Datsuncog]

28 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Wow not seen these, that Bonneville is lovely!

I dithered over whether to get that one as well, think I made the wrong call not to! 

Others in the range include a GTO, a GTX and I think some sort of more modern one (will check later). 

The additional detail really makes them pop over the standard mainlines (as you'd hope, at more than twice the price!) - I have the regular Firebird in blue and in white from last year, and this one makes them look a bit meh. 

I'll get some pics up later. 

[quicksilver]

Another small batch of 3D prints have been completed, including some cars that @juular, @cms206 and @Tommyboy12 should recognise.

Miss September from the AS calendar. After looking it at for a whole month I decided it needed modelling.

The infamous 1.3 Montego estate

And a certain gold Volvo

Blue tailgate and B10M badge present and correct

What could be better than a Tagora?

Two Tagoras of course. When was the last time a sight like this could be seen in the UK?

 

A Danbox also arrived from @danthecapriman, appropriately containing a Capri. It's a very nicely built TPM Carkit-4 kit.

Stands up well against Oxford's offering.

And these two old bangers. Do Not Paint.

Cambridge is a Midget Models Matchbox copy

But I've drawn a blank on the Minx. No name on the base and I can't find any mention of anyone making a 1/76 kit of one.

[danthecapriman]

25 minutes ago, quicksilver said:

Another small batch of 3D prints have been completed, including some cars that @juular, @cms206 and @Tommyboy12 should recognise.

Miss September from the AS calendar. After looking it at for a whole month I decided it needed modelling.

The infamous 1.3 Montego estate

And a certain gold Volvo

Blue tailgate and B10M badge present and correct

What could be better than a Tagora?

Two Tagoras of course. When was the last time a sight like this could be seen in the UK?

 

A Danbox also arrived from @danthecapriman, appropriately containing a Capri. It's a very nicely built TPM Carkit-4 kit.

Stands up well against Oxford's offering.

And these two old bangers. Do Not Paint.

Cambridge is a Midget Models Matchbox copy

But I've drawn a blank on the Minx. No name on the base and I can't find any mention of anyone making a 1/76 kit of one.

Nice!👍 love the model of the Council Estate Volvo.

Ive got absolutely no idea where that Minx came from. I remember painting it in that pale blue but nothing else about it. It’s old though. I’m sure I got it back in the 90’s.
Cambridge definitely looks like the copy of the old Matchbox one now you see them side by side.

That TPM kit Capri actually has a nicer made front end than the Oxford Diecast version I think!

 

[quicksilver]

12 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

Nice!👍 love the model of the Council Estate Volvo.

Ive got absolutely no idea where that Minx came from. I remember painting it in that pale blue but nothing else about it. 
Cambridge definitely looks like the copy of the old Matchbox one now you see them side by side.

That TPM kit Capri actually has a nicer made front end than the Oxford Diecast version I think!

 

Bernard Taylor's cars were superb, fiddly to assemble but they really look the part and you've done a great job on that one. Shame things went so wrong and he had to close down.

There was some discussion of Midget Models here recently. All their products appear to be (presumably unlicensed) copies of old toys from Matchbox, Budgie and Dublo Dinky. Ironically the Midget kits are probably now harder to find and more expensive than playworn originals. EDIT: it was actually a year ago and kicked off when @bunglebus found one of their Budgie copy Beetles.

[danthecapriman]

4 minutes ago, quicksilver said:

Bernard Taylor's cars were superb, fiddly to assemble but they really look the part and you've done a great job on that one. Shame things went so wrong and he had to close down.

There was some discussion of Midget Models here recently. All their products appear to be (presumably unlicensed) copies of old toys from Matchbox and Dublo Dinky. Ironically the Midget kits are probably now harder to find and more expensive than playworn originals.

I wondered what happened to TPM kits/models. A shame they stopped trading. I think (might be wrong) that Capri originally had a set of tiny etched wipers and door mirrors too, but they’ve long gone missing.

Were there many Midget models copies then? That Cambridge is the only one I can remember seeing.

[quicksilver]

2 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

I wondered what happened to TPM kits/models. A shame they stopped trading. I think (might be wrong) that Capri originally had a set of tiny etched wipers and door mirrors too, but they’ve long gone missing.

Were there many Midget models copies then? That Cambridge is the only one I can remember seeing.

Bernard has made references on RMweb to a disastrous premises move in 2013 that resulted in a lot of stuff getting destroyed, and his website hasn't been updated since then. It must be a painful memory so I'm not going to press him for more details.

Midget Models did a fair range. From memory there was also:

• Singer Roadster (Dinky Dublo)
• VW Beetle (Budgie) - bunglebus has a couple of these
• Austin Westminster Countryman (Budgie)
• Wolseley 6/80 (Budgie)
• Jaguar Mk2 (Matchbox)
• Vauxhall Victor (Matchbox)
• Wolseley 1500 (Matchbox)
• Morris Minor (Matchbox?)
• MGA (not sure what this is based on)

And probably others too. I can't recall ever seeing any for sale and this is the first one I've owned.

[danthecapriman]

29 minutes ago, quicksilver said:

Bernard has made references on RMweb to a disastrous premises move in 2013 that resulted in a lot of stuff getting destroyed, and his website hasn't been updated since then. It must be a painful memory so I'm not going to press him for more details.

Midget Models did a fair range. From memory there was also:

• Singer Roadster (Dinky Dublo)
• VW Beetle (Budgie) - bunglebus has a couple of these
• Austin Westminster Countryman (Budgie)
• Wolseley 6/80 (Budgie)
• Jaguar Mk2 (Matchbox)
• Vauxhall Victor (Matchbox)
• Wolseley 1500 (Matchbox)
• Morris Minor (Matchbox?)
• MGA (not sure what this is based on)

And probably others too. I can't recall ever seeing any for sale and this is the first one I've owned.

A fair few then.

Ive got the Matchbox Jag mk2 and Vauxhall Victor originals here somewhere. Possibly a Budgie Wolseley too.

It’s funny the copies are actually so rare. I’d have thought they’d have wound up on lots of model railway layouts over years. Although it’s also possible they weren’t made in big numbers?