Shite in Miniature II

[danthecapriman]

I went into my hobby shed this afternoon to get the drill as I needed it for something else, but as soon as I opened the door the shed absolutely stunk of fresh paint. Odd as I haven’t sprayed anything lately. 
A bit of sniffing about and the smell was concentrated around the shelf I store my aerosol cans on. Turns out a can of Lada Adriatic blue had somehow popped while on the shelf doing nothing!

It’s split around the bottom seam and all the paint & propellant has pissed out all over the shelf. Luckily that can was between a load of others which had stopped the escaping spray going all over everything inside the shed. 
Never had that before, but it got me thinking how lucky it was the paint didn’t spray all over my models and tools! Or even worse if I’d left the cans in the garage it might have gone all over the Capri which I’d have been livid about.

I wonder why all of a sudden it did that? Can was only a year or so old.

[bunglebus]

I notice a few of my older cans seep a bit of what looks almost like sap out of the bottom seam when left to their own devices, but never had one actually fail like that

[junkyarddog]

Found today.

What I can only describe as the best condition Regular wheeled Matchbox I've ever bought.

You like it Smoll Eddy??

"Much better than the usual shite you buy M8"

[danthecapriman]

21 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I notice a few of my older cans seep a bit of what looks almost like sap out of the bottom seam when left to their own devices, but never had one actually fail like that

400ml can it was too! I’d used a bit but it was still very full. 
I’ll have to empty the shelf and see what mess it’s made at the back under the other cans. The shelf has a big dark stain on it now.

A few cans of mine have that sap like solidified stuff coming out of the bases. Although the can that popped was ok before.

[FakeConcern]

3 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

I went into my hobby shed this afternoon to get the drill as I needed it for something else, but as soon as I opened the door the shed absolutely stunk of fresh paint. Odd as I haven’t sprayed anything lately. 
A bit of sniffing about and the smell was concentrated around the shelf I store my aerosol cans on. Turns out a can of Lada Adriatic blue had somehow popped while on the shelf doing nothing!

It’s split around the bottom seam and all the paint & propellant has pissed out all over the shelf. Luckily that can was between a load of others which had stopped the escaping spray going all over everything inside the shed. 
Never had that before, but it got me thinking how lucky it was the paint didn’t spray all over my models and tools! Or even worse if I’d left the cans in the garage it might have gone all over the Capri which I’d have been livid about.

I wonder why all of a sudden it did that? Can was only a year or so old.

I had a can of red paint do that when I started shaking it up, unfortunately in the kitchen and it reacted with the varnish on the cork tiles. Had to strip the floor off and re seal it!

[Spottedlaurel]

I often warm my cans up in the airing cupboard prior to spraying, not sure if Mrs SL would be too impressed if one went pop in there!!

[danthecapriman]

3 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

I often warm my cans up in the airing cupboard prior to spraying, not sure if Mrs SL would be too impressed if one went pop in there!!

But at least all your clothes and towels etc etc would match!😄

[Spottedlaurel]

Actually managed to make some acquisitions this week:

Majorettes from Sainsbury's (blue one is a Corolla Altis which I think we've seen in other colours), 500SEL and reduced price Plymouth from Smyths, and older Merc found at Asda. If @AndyW201 or anyone else is desperate for either/both of the Mercedes then let me know.

All the HWs above from The Entertainer, they effectively cost me nothing! I had a Love 2 Shop voucher from Christmas 2024 that I hadn't fully spent, luckily I remembered before it expired in just a few days and happily they'd got a table laid out with this recent case. Good to have a new version of the non-Liberty Walk Skyline. Matchbox were from Poundland.

[Christine]

I have a regular job  using 4 ft lengths of 8mm round black rolled steel ..as it's cheaper than bright mild steel .. To get the mill scale off , a Citric acid bath strips it in hours .  leaving it nice and shiney .. Now  rather than making a horizontal bath , i got a length of gutter down pipe , and it just so happened an old  can of expanding foam i had , ( half used , and nozzle blocked up) ..was just the right size to hammer in one end of the tube to make a watertight  seal.. Standing it vertical  , i  placed the steel rods in it and filled it with hot Citric acid .. it's pretty harmless stuff ..you could probably drink it and not die .. However, i forgot about it for a couple of days , and when i went back to it the acid had eaten away the aerosol top ..which had then  exploded, blasting all the acid  and rods all over the shop ! 

D

 

 

[bunglebus]

19 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Ah you found the version of the Prius with the roof box, all the ones I've seen are without so far

[Spottedlaurel]

6 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Ah you found the version of the Prius with the roof box, all the ones I've seen are without so far

Quite by accident! Didn't realise there were different versions.

[Tenmil Socket]

I’ve just bought one of these, looks interesting.

 

[Tenmil Socket]

Why is this kid wearing a helmet, the car doesn’t look that dangerous?

 

[bunglebus]

42 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

I’ve just bought one of these, looks interesting.

 

Saved me buying it! Spotted it this morning and was pondering...

[bunglebus]

34 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Why is this kid wearing a helmet, the car doesn’t look that dangerous?

 

That too 🤣

[Tenmil Socket]

25 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Saved me buying it! Spotted it this morning and was pondering...

I made an offer and it was accepted. I might have to delete the flippin’ app to stop me buying stuff! 

[junkyarddog]

Ok,I can't quite believe I bought this,but here we are.

Barbie van.

What I find slightly amusing is that the van was originally for The A Team release.

Gone full circle now.

Life in plastic,it's fantastic,right Smoll Eddy??

"I wouldn't know,I'm old school metal M8"

[Dick Cheeseburger]

This is next level...

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CEHJDSrsk/

[Split_Pin]

I finally got a Majorette British Bus. 

To recap, I used to hate these as they looked ficticious and definitely not a type seen anywhere in the UK.

But then @flat4alfa (ou est vous?) did some sleuthing and identified that they are  in fact a rather splendid and quite accurate model of a British chassised and bodied bus, albeit shipped out in kit form, for assembly in Jakarta. An absolutely nonsensical subject matter for a 'British Bus' but it makes for such a great oddball model for my bus collection. I'd now like to find a tatty one to repaint as per the picture!

Incidentally, Tomica's 'London Bus' is also a Duple Metal Sections kit on a Fleetline chassis intended for Hong Kong operators, again a type never seen in London. Pretty cool IMO.

 

[sierraman]

41 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I finally got a Majorette British Bus. 

To recap, I used to hate these as they looked ficticious and definitely not a type seen anywhere in the UK.

But then @flat4alfa (ou est vous?) did some sleuthing and identified that they are  in fact a rather splendid and quite accurate model of a British chassised and bodied bus, albeit shipped out in kit form, for assembly in Jakarta. An absolutely nonsensical subject matter for a 'British Bus' but it makes for such a great oddball model for my bus collection. I'd now like to find a tatty one to repaint as per the picture!

Incidentally, Tomica's 'London Bus' is also a Duple Metal Sections kit on a Fleetline chassis intended for Hong Kong operators, again a type never seen in London. Pretty cool IMO.

 

Near us they had a load of ex HK Duple twin axle buses with that front on, a firm called Brightbus. A lad I went to school with drove one, he reckoned it was terrifying in the wet. They folded about 10 years ago, I think most of them went for scrap. 

[RoadworkUK]

TIL that METSEC stood for Metal Sections.

Excellent. Another geek point collected.

[Split_Pin]

32 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Near us they had a load of ex HK Duple twin axle buses with that front on, a firm called Brightbus. A lad I went to school with drove one, he reckoned it was terrifying in the wet. They folded about 10 years ago, I think most of them went for scrap. 

The one on the left is Alexander bodied although I can't identify whether its a Dennis Condor/Dragon (just a 6 wheel Dominator for HK market) but the one on the right is a Metsec bodied example. I know this because Collector's Model made many 1/76 models of them back in 99/2000. I still have one, great detail on it.

[Split_Pin]

18 minutes ago, RoadworkUK said:

TIL that METSEC stood for Metal Sections.

Excellent. Another geek point collected.

Yes, part of Duple as well it appears! Metsec were very utilitarian in appearance before someone put something in their coffee and they came up with an executive express style body for the Dennis Trident 6 wheel for the HK market. A cracking looking thing by all accounts!

[sierraman]

6 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

The one on the left is Alexander bodied although I can't identify whether its a Dennis Condor/Dragon (just a 6 wheel Dominator for HK market) but the one on the right is a Metsec bodied example. I know this because Collector's Model made many 1/76 models of them back in 99/2000. I still have one, great detail on it.

I remember them bringing them over to use on school contracts, I think they had to go through quite a faff getting them to be registered in the U.K. I suspect the DDA  act finished them off as they weren’t low floor, that and them being all at least 20 years old, it wasn’t uncommon to see them on the bypass after one had overheated. That said Johnson Travel still use mid 80’s Leyland Olympians so maybe there’s an exception. 

[Split_Pin]

8 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Johnson Travel still use mid 80’s Leyland Olympians

I'll Google that, good to see!

[RoadworkUK]

In year 9, our usual school bus was a decrepit Daimler Fleetline DMS (KJD58P) operated by Partridge coaches of Hadleigh, Suffolk. It was absolute chaos on board; the usual clique at the back were uncontrollable.

One day, though, in place of the DMS, a Neoplan Plaxton Paramount 4000 double decker coach turned up in its place. We all took high-back seats in roughly equivalent locations to where we usually sat.... and everybody just chilled. 

Quite the contrast

[Datsuncog]

Third time lucky today at the Smithfield model shop of much infuriation: 

Sneaked in just as he was closing for lunch - tidy Glo Racers Porsche picked up for @bunglebus , finally. 

Also nabbed a very clean Ford Model A in red and black - not a colourway I'd seen before, and too nice to leave behind, for a quid. It's a later, post-Lesney, Macau casting. 

Finally tracked down one of the elusive (to me) Hot Wheels Mini too - just goes to show, mainlines always surface eventually. 

They're less blurry in real life, I assure you. 

Calling into the Castle Court branch of The Entertainer revealed they had some new Matchbox fresh in:

So fresh it hadn't even made it onto the shelves yet. 

Only a D-case though, which have been sporadically available locally for the past two months or so - and it had already been rifled through. 

Seems that the only castings missing were the blue RAV4s, which appeared to have all been stripped  out - fair enough, I guess, as it's a lovely little casting - but I wonder if whoever took them all realised that the Poundland downstairs already had loads of them on the pegs, for cheaper? 

No accounting for folk, hey? 

[cms206]

6 hours ago, sierraman said:

I remember them bringing them over to use on school contracts, I think they had to go through quite a faff getting them to be registered in the U.K. I suspect the DDA  act finished them off as they weren’t low floor, that and them being all at least 20 years old, it wasn’t uncommon to see them on the bypass after one had overheated. That said Johnson Travel still use mid 80’s Leyland Olympians so maybe there’s an exception. 

We bought three of these Olympians from Brightbus - C886 RFE was one of them I'm sure.

Huge capacity, generally very reliable, looked like shit but were some of the best maintained buses we ever operated. 

 

Even the one that turned out to be a ringer...

[andrew e]

Expand on that ringer @cms206 I'm intrigued!

[eddyramrod]

Code 3 James Bond collection continues, with the Skyfall Land Rover...

Not 100% but it doesn't have to be, especially as it's 1/64 scale by Hot Wheels.  The roofrack came from a Vanguards Reliant van.

Also...

I never got to drive this on the road, only round the yard.  1969 Bedford TK flatbed at Dickinson's Fruit & Veg, Southport, in the late 80s.  Cab and chassis are from the Dinky bin wagon, but the wheelbase was too short so I cut two chassis...

...at different points, as you see, and glued them together...

The flatbed started out as a plastic dropside body, which I trimmed down, and used the tailboard to build up the headboard to roughly the right proportions.  

This is entirely from memory; I haven't seen the TK in question for at least 35 years.  It's gone in the appropriate cabinet now.

Regular readers will remember my late mate Dave, who died around the time of my brain episode.  This was Dave's wagon (he was the only driver on our fleet who was HGV-qualified) and I have models of a couple of his old cars in the collection too.