Shite in Miniature II

[Lord Sterling]

10 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Modern Hot Wheels premium Land Rover won't be staying 

Interested in this if still available. 

[Spottedlaurel]

Stuff from the last week or two:

HWs all from Smyths, particularly pleased to get the Honda N600. Majorette from Sainsbury's.

From an autojumble. Good to get the truck complete with its top, and the Freeman Commuter thing seemed unusual to me in the colour. Husky Ferrari has no tyres but is tidy enough, is available if anyone fancies a resto/custom project.

I was fearing that I wouldn't find the HWs Civic but luckily the lady at Tescotainer was just about to put out a fresh box. Lamborghini for Master SL, making use of the 3 for 2 offer.

Top row all from a different branch of Sainsbury's, and it was a battle to purchase the Majorettes this time. Luckily I had someone helping me who worked something out. HWs Silvia looks good with the extra front end detailing compared to the version that came in a recent 5-pack:

[bunglebus]

Someone on FB found a Graffic Traffic Ferrari 308 recently, I've not got one so chose the best of various ones at the boot sale a few weeks ago to make my own. Looking online, originals had green/teal glazing, but for some reason I had in my head they were purple, so dyed the windows before realising my mistake!

Easy fix when a donor turns up at least

It should probably have 5 arch wheels but they were a bit tatty. Another easy swap once a donor turns up

Black interior too! Why did they do that??

[bunglebus]

Loose bits and bobs today include another Majorette Moto-Leige 

Unusual 50th Anniversary Dennis Sabre

Plus the more common Beetle

This is quite an good find, Guisval BX

[bunglebus]

In town earlier, Smyths had the latest Silver Series set in stock

Is that a new set of wheels on the Jaguar?

Entertainer delivery consisted of the same mixes of Matchbox and Hot Wheels I found in Tesco recently. However, there was a surprise at the bottom of one box...

Bizarrely there is no gold flame on the card, but it's definitely the Super Treasure Hunt artwork 

[bunglebus]

One other postal arrival, off the back of recent General Lee action

Branded as Joyride/RC2 Brands, but definitely ERTL castings - their address in Iowa on the card too. Obviously a tie-in with the film going by Stiffler and his mates on the card. Blu-Tac on the back of the card and lots of giffer grime give away that this has been on display somewhere for a long time

Anyone got any of those ^?

*Edit to say, the General and Cadillac are ERTL, Daisy's Jeep is a Racing Champions! Typically, that one is quite a hard one to get in good condition as an ERTL

[sheffcortinacentre]

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

In town earlier, Smyths had the latest Silver Series set in stock

Is that a new set of wheels on the Jaguar?

Entertainer delivery consisted of the same mixes of Matchbox and Hot Wheels I found in Tesco recently. However, there was a surprise at the bottom of one box...

Bizarrely there is no gold flame on the card, but it's definitely the Super Treasure Hunt artwork 

How come MK1 Jag has smoke from all wheels & fiat from fronts if they're accelerating up hill?

[bunglebus]

Wet road, a bit of spray 👍🏻

[Split_Pin]

From a Facebook group. Someone made a glass out of a Majorette Porsche. 

Thankfully they got it off.

 

[Bear]

Essentials. The 1:43 is too damn expensive 😕

Seller of this 1:18 one didn't put packing in the box. A wheel was off, the box was smashed and scuffed with blue paint from the mirrors...

And this...

I'll fix it eventually.

Managed to break a headlight cleaning my 1:18 A-Class too.

eBay showed me a cheap example of something long missing from my 1:43 car history...

Not white, but damn it. I sold the one I had before and these AHC models are really expensive. This seller did put packing inside the model box.

But wait. this is shite in miniature...

Yeay Japan!

[bunglebus]

40 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

From a Facebook group. Someone made a glass out of a Majorette Porsche. 

Thankfully they got it off.

 

I saw that too, but I've seen various Majorettes with the same treatment over the years - perhaps the French equivalent of Lesney Giftware?

[FakeConcern]

@danthecapriman somehow I didn't see your analysis of the Torino and Caprice in 1/43 scale until just now, thanks for posting that!

Recently I bought some toys that would naturally fit in with some others I already had and decided to compare them

Here the silver 305 from @bunglebus next to a Hotwheels in blue and a Norev in Copper

Opening doors on all of them

All pretty much the exact same size

Next a Norev Fiesta with two Solidos

Opening doors on Solido and rear hatch on Norev

French Dinky Simca with plastic Norev

Opening nothing, but still very nice

Most recent Gama Vauxhall/Opel was the Kadett in red, it looks great with the Astra GTEs

All have opening doors

And rear hatches

 

Lastly the Corgi Citroen SM and Crescent ramp cleaned up very well

And I bought two more Citroen C4 VTS rally cars in a model shop in Hythe

 

[bunglebus]

A little heads up from @Tenmil Socket lead me to this

Funny enough I'd been watching another one up for £20 or so and not really wanting to hit the button. £6 with slightly faded packaging is a bit more like it. I enjoy seeing diecast in the nude, interesting that Matchbox decided to sell some this way. There are others in the series but none appeal quite as much as the '57

[FakeConcern]

34 minutes ago, Bear said:

Essentials. The 1:43 is too damn expensive 😕

Seller of this 1:18 one didn't put packing in the box. A wheel was off, the box was smashed and scuffed with blue paint from the mirrors...

And this...

I'll fix it eventually.

Managed to break a headlight cleaning my 1:18 A-Class too.

eBay showed me a cheap example of something long missing from my 1:43 car history...

Not white, but damn it. I sold the one I had before and these AHC models are really expensive. This seller did put packing inside the model box.

But wait. this is shite in miniature...

Yeay Japan!

I don't know much about the Mercedes models, but I have three of the 480ES and they are a really nice model. I display them with my C30 collection

 

[Spottedlaurel]

8 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I enjoy seeing diecast in the nude......

😲

[bunglebus]

Is this real?

[FakeConcern]

Corgi horsebox fixed to the back of a Corgi Land Rover?

[Spottedlaurel]

I've had this Majorette/glass thing for some years:

Cheers!

[Tenmil Socket]

@FakeConcern

https://www.vinted.co.uk/items/8499669567-lesney-no-23-x-9

 

[Spottedlaurel]

Back on the 1/24 plastic this weekend:

 

Aoshima Lexus SC400 in BMW Boston Green which I polished yesterday - it's a lovely colour when it has some natural light on it. Jeep Grand Cherokee wheels ( a popular bit of bling done by banger racers on larger Japanese cars with 5x114.3mm PCD) and tyres from an LS400. Outside chance I might be able to finish it this weekend, or certainly over Easter.

[danthecapriman]

Scammell Routeman is now painted. Mostly anyway.

It’s in the later Forestry Commission livery. They used these as log haulers and tippers. The tippers were used for waste clearance from sites, and transporting hardcore etc for building and maintaining forest/logging roads and paths.

Front bumper is currently in paint and drying. I still need to paint the wheels but I’ve run out of primer! 

[sierraman]

20 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

From a Facebook group. Someone made a glass out of a Majorette Porsche. 

Thankfully they got it off.

 

They’d did actually do a martini glass on an MB3(?) Porsche 911. I’ve a picture somewhere of one. 

[Split_Pin]

7 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

I've had this Majorette/glass thing for some years:

Cheers!

So it's an official product? It looks incredibly unstable 🤣

[Datsuncog]

Classy, though. 

[flat4alfa]

Proper class is to make it dishwasher proof

That is why Ken likes his Tonka

Because it's a Tonka

Tonkas can take on dishwashers and survive.

[bunglebus]

A few of the ex-Corgi Hot Wheels have surfaced recently, starting with this one

It's been fully Mattelified with the Hot Wheels logo on the Chinese made base

Not all we're altered at all other than paint, so sometimes telling which were made by who can be tricky if they're not in the packaging anymore.

Next up, a proper oddity. Finnish made plastic ovloV 244, supposedly a promotional piece

Detail is pretty good, correct wheels and centre caps

Mud flaps

The familiar headrests etc all correct in the interior 

Unusual Matchbox Pontiac 

Giodi Rover 3500

Finally, I think @FakeConcern teleported this Marlin Rambler here, it arrived so fast. Damaged grille aside, it's pretty good with all the door cards, windows, seat backs etc still present and correct 

[flat4alfa]

On 24/03/2026 at 21:16, FakeConcern said:

Am I early enough to ask a question of our resident scale expert before he goes to the pub? 

@flat4alfa

Marcel Van Cleemput in his Great Book Of Corgi states (as far as I'm aware) that all the newer larger models are actually 1/36

So is a Torino really much bigger than any of the other cars.

I've not been in a pub since November.  Not touched a drop since then either...

I'm a bit late to the conversation, but answering your question for some of the models above, and others in the '1:36 Corgi era' :

These are the figures I arrived at, from length and width measured with a gauge, then compared against the real thing figures.  I never bother with height, as suspensions vary and are typically wildly out. Likewise big spoilers (BMW M1) and extremes that look wrong such as bumper overriders on Acclaim.

The models having a notable 'oversize' look to them, such as Acclaim & BMW M1, is confirmed here. The big surprise (for me) is the AMC Pacer. It's undersize!  WHAT A BLOATER YOU ARE IN REAL LIFE. The shame of it.

[FakeConcern]

1 minute ago, flat4alfa said:

I've not been in a pub since November.  Not touched a drop since then either...

I'm a bit late to the conversation, but answering your question for some of the models above, and other in the '1:36 Corgi era' :

They are the figures I arrived at, from length and width compared against the real things.  I never bother with height as suspensions vary and are typically wildly out.

That's great, thanks very much for sharing it. None of them are wildly different in scale like the earlier ones are though and it seems like the Torino is actually spot on (!). I wonder if the 1/36 Corgis are deliberately a bit too wide like the earlier ones are according to Van Cleemput, he doesn't say so, but then he also states all the large ones are 1/36.

[flat4alfa]

15 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

I wonder if the 1/36 Corgis are deliberately a bit too wide like the earlier ones are according to Van Cleemput, he doesn't say so, but then he also states all the large ones are 1/36.

Table updated to show width and length scaling as well.

The excitement is too much.  I yearn for the pub!

[matt79]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

A few of the ex-Corgi Hot Wheels have surfaced recently, starting with this one

It's been fully Mattelified with the Hot Wheels logo on the Chinese made base

Not all we're altered at all other than paint, so sometimes telling which were made by who can be tricky if they're not in the packaging anymore.

Next up, a proper oddity. Finnish made plastic ovloV 244, supposedly a promotional piece

Detail is pretty good, correct wheels and centre caps

Mud flaps

The familiar headrests etc all correct in the interior 

Unusual Matchbox Pontiac 

Giodi Rover 3500

Finally, I think @FakeConcern teleported this Marlin Rambler here, it arrived so fast. Damaged grille aside, it's pretty good with all the door cards, windows, seat backs etc still present and correct 

Volvo looks like a Stahlberg model