Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

Postie man brought me some cardboard boxes 

The original postage boxes, containing Lone Star Beach Buggies, complete with leaflets. 

[RoadworkUK]

8 minutes ago, Hertz said:

Treated myself to an Otto model as it was going relatively cheaply for one of these. Bought it as it's like my favourite Alpine GTA with Azev wheels that I owned back in the day.

That's a stunner.... in 1:18 and 1:1 scale!

Never been able to pull the trigger on a sealed resin model, but I could easily make an exception for that.

[Hertz]

32 minutes ago, RoadworkUK said:

That's a stunner.... in 1:18 and 1:1 scale!

Never been able to pull the trigger on a sealed resin model, but I could easily make an exception for that.

Yeah tbh I'm not overly impressed with the quality of the windows on the Otto models although this one is better than the A610 model I bought years ago which feels very flimsy. The wheels are fixed on this GTA model but go round on the A610, not sure if that's a cost cutting exercise or not. The detail on both is excellent though so no qualms on that score.  It does sit well with the Solido 21 Turbo my wife bought for me a few Christmas's ago and these take pride of place in the bedroom chamber lol (this one a very good model imo). Edit - That's not what you think it is bottom left lol

 

[bunglebus]

Pushing my luck offending the diecast mafia today, not only releasing a Matchbox Super Chase Cobra from it's plastic prison...

...but also repainting it in H*nda and V*uxh*ll colours

Much eye strain was had doing things like painting in black around the roll cage and giving the wheels a black wash to bring out the detail a bit. Haven't bothered detailing underneath but I'm quite pleased with how this one's come out. Masking the stripes was very fiddly, I stopped them just short of the cabin just because I thought it looked better

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, Hertz said:

Yeah tbh I'm not overly impressed with the quality of the windows on the Otto models although this one is better than the A610 model I bought years ago which feels very flimsy. The wheels are fixed on this GTA model but go round on the A610, not sure if that's a cost cutting exercise or not. The detail on both is excellent though so no qualms on that score.  It does sit well with the Solido 21 Turbo my wife bought for me a few Christmas's ago and these take pride of place in the bedroom chamber lol (this one a very good model imo). Edit - That's not what you think it is bottom left lol

 

I’ve seen one of those R21 up close, they are superb. 

[bunglebus]

More stuff in the post? Oops. This arrived, along with some Speed Kings and the giffer smell. Sadly the scoop is missing, but these Guisval Mustangs don't exactly grow on trees

Still working out how the A arm leaf spring suspension works...

Tidy Solido MK2 Escort was in another box. Digital camera really struggle with blues and greens, this is not this colour in real life

This is closer 

Those Welly Lupos I'm always finding are another one, they look blue in pictures but they're almost purple in reality. This pic is quite close to the truth

Anyway, I digress. Another gold Matchbox no.24 Rolls Royce has been found

That came with a fairly good Chevy Stocker

And a Skybuster I'd not been aware of

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

More stuff in the post? Oops. This arrived, along with some Speed Kings and the giffer smell. Sadly the scoop is missing, but these Guisval Mustangs don't exactly grow on trees

Still working out how the A arm leaf spring suspension works...

Tidy Solido MK2 Escort was in another box. Digital camera really struggle with blues and greens, this is not this colour in real life

This is closer 

Those Welly Lupos I'm always finding are another one, they look blue in pictures but they're almost purple in reality. This pic is quite close to the truth

Anyway, I digress. Another gold Matchbox no.24 Rolls Royce has been found

That came with a fairly good Chevy Stocker

And a Skybuster I'd not been aware of

Looks like a Bell Jet Ranger - they swapped the wheels for skids later on

[bunglebus]

I'm no expert on these Norevs, but I liked the look of this one doing a fair representation of a 65-66 Sunroof 1300 Beetle

Not really sure when it was made either

The top was off on one side so I could get it out for a closer look 

These I've been waiting a while for, as somewhere along the line a switcheroo happened, I got a very pretty dress that didn't fit me, and someone else got a bunch of My First Matchbox 

I think unlike Graffic Traffics that were aimed at slightly older children, and ended up cast aside relatively unplayed with, MFM were for little tots who hadn't yet grasped the idea of looking after things, and ended up beaten to death. These have somehow survived 

[sierraman]

If you find an MFM Sierra they seem to go for bonkers money. All the ones I have seen in pretty good order, I think they misread the market at bit with them as they were no different to the main range apart from some different colours?

[quicksilver]

A couple more 3D prints finished.

The familiar ADO16 in a guise @Six-cylinder might recognise

And its exotic South African cousin

This isn't even the most obscure ADO16 variant as I also have the Italian Innocenti IM3 and Australian Morris Nomad to do. Here it is with its fellow South African bakkie friend.

[Six-cylinder]

42 minutes ago, quicksilver said:

A couple more 3D prints finished.

The familiar ADO16 in a guise @Six-cylinder might recognise

 

Thank you, great.

How many of our collection have you now modelled?

[sheffcortinacentre]

4 hours ago, sierraman said:

Looks like a Bell Jet Ranger - they swapped the wheels for skids later on

Oooh get you biggles

[sierraman]

2 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Oooh get you biggles

I know this because one of my mates I’ve known from being a kid did some time in RAF, pointed it out when he was round mine and my eldest had my old James Bond one. I don’t go round airports looking at them or nothing! 😂

[sheffcortinacentre]

3 minutes ago, sierraman said:

I know this because one of my mates I’ve known from being a kid did some time in RAF, pointed it out when he was round mine and my eldest had my old James Bond one. I don’t go round airports looking at them or nothing! 😂

I think that's one of those things that's a really well known shape/silhouette.

[Datsuncog]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I'm no expert on these Norevs, but I liked the look of this one doing a fair representation of a 65-66 Sunroof 1300 Beetle

Not really sure when it was made either

The top was off on one side so I could get it out for a closer look 

Looks like a mid-90s example in that packaging - I snaffled this one from a branch of E. Leclerc in 1995 or so:

Don't think mine was anywhere near as detailed, though! 

[quicksilver]

19 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Thank you, great.

How many of our collection have you now modelled?

I make it ten:

Triumph 2500

Triumph Herald coupe

Triumph Vitesse

Daimler Sovereign S2

Rover 100

Citroen 2CV

Morris 1300

AC Model 70

Alfa 156 Sportwagon

Range Rover L322

 

Not a bad tally but there's still plenty more weird and wonderful cars in your collection that haven't been modelled.

[bunglebus]

Another change I hadn't noticed before 

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

I think that's one of those things that's a really well known shape/silhouette.

I’m one of probably an extremely small number of people that collects Skybusters. I’ve probably got nearly 100 of them 

[FakeConcern]

This is great, one I'm going to look out for now!

[Datsuncog]

Finally got round to snapping some pics of that Hot Wheels '84 Firebird from the Pontiac Silver Series mini-collection:

Love the colour and the subtle detailing on this - just enough to give it a slight pop with the badging, tail lights and side repeaters. 

I could probably skip the very blue tinted windows, but hey... It's still my favourite from that collection! 

[RoadworkUK]

15 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

I think that's one of those things that's a really well known shape/silhouette.

Skybusters did actually do a Jetranger a bit later on.

But the chopper upthread is the generic "Helicopter" that came out earlier. 

[bunglebus]

Last few little changes I've found while sorting my Matchbox. The same Merc SEC but one has a plastic base - you can really feel the weight difference 

Lastly this, which someone on FB pointed out and I probably would have missed. Luckily I still had both versions here

[bunglebus]

Today is CMC delivery day, and according to the enclosed card, this is quite a rare one

It's certainly pretty funky, and apparently didn't even make it into catalogues due to its short life. This casting isn't one I've managed to find in anything like good condition, which may reflect that it's a good one to play with, so got worn out

 

[FakeConcern]

I had a look at the Gama Calibra with melted glazing, but that's as far as I've got with it

Talking of glazing, I have a few Corgi C3 Corvettes with the roof panels missing and as far as I can see no one makes a repro part.

So I tried making some from resin, the pair closest are originals that I used to make moulds

Here test fitted to green Stingray

I then coloured them using a sharpie

Not perfect, but not bad either

I've recently bought a few plastic Norevs on ebay.

Taunus, Simca and a couple of Flourides

Taunus is slammed at the back and in need of a good wash

Simca is nice too

Pleased with them all

So I put them into the display shelves I put up in the modelling room the other day

Along with some restored Spot On

[bunglebus]

Two similar age Matchbox have gone through the spray booth today, but with very different finishes

[junkyarddog]

Found the Ferrari and Fiat Transporter set today.

There was several of the sets there,maybe 5 or 6.

I picked up two,and was browsing the other pegs,decided to only buy one of these and went to put it back with the rest,but they were gone!!!

So I bought them both.

 

[bunglebus]

They're like hen's teeth. Not a Ferrari man especially but that's a lovely set

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Picked up this HW Aztec earlier, along with a scruffy but pretty straight MB MR2. £2 for the pair seemed pretty good to me. The MR2 will end up as a custom. 

[Datsuncog]

Really enjoying the crewcab version of the Land Rover Defender from the 2026 Hot Wheels A Case. 

I thought the Defender 90 from a year or two back was their best LR rendering, but I think this might edge it... 

[bunglebus]

Just when you think you've seen everything 

There's another one on eBay with a different colour interior for £HFM? because it's a colour trial apparently