Shite in Miniature II

[Split_Pin]

That FX4 is the original Corgi casting back from when the real vehicle was launched, 1959 I think? Hence no opening bits. I presume thats an immediately pre-1/36 scale release, last of the line perhaps?  I've got a boxed one that I inherited from my uncle in the early 1980s. You can tell its old as it depicts the small rear light clusters that the early ones had. Later ones had units similar to MK2 ADO16s (maybe they were the same part?)

[Zie]

Few finds this week, 3 more of these from ASDA. I wasn't planning on collecting the full set but I think I'm missing 3. 

These from Smyths. 

These from various supermarkets. 

[MVX11V]

11 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Red base? Weird

 

I know right?

Thought it was a Brazil Manananananaus release at first but in trying to read the base on the potato cam images, can see England. Body is pretty smoked but the base appears in better condition, I remain sceptical until it comes through the door.

Edit: It is a thing.

Thanks to CF!

Edited April 25 by MVX11V
Added link

[bunglebus]

This morning's boot sale gubbins

[bunglebus]

Look, it was 50p, and it's got at least 76% of its parts intact

Polistil did a good job of the late 1303 interior 

Those hinges are just the worst though

Maybe I'll just display it this way up, showing the very nicely done floorpan

Buddy L Jeep with TJ Hooker theme

Corgi Renault is always a nice find with the remote controlled tilty seats plus opening bits. Looks nicer now I've got most of the plasticine out of it 

Corgi Ammunition Limber looks old but is made in China

Politoys Mehari unfortunately missing some bits

Solido car trailer, bit what did it carry?

Weird find of the day is this Shinsei Gulf-Mirage

Any ideas who made this?

Johnny Lightning 

Efsi Commer is reassuringly heavy

 

[bunglebus]

The regular names now, Majorette 

[bunglebus]

Corgi

And Husky

Another arse-dragging Commer with the grey alien at the helm

[bunglebus]

Into the familiarity of Matchbox now, although the second version of the Elucid Dumper is not one I'd had in the past

Clean coach

Unusual colour Porker

Possible fake Graffic Traffic?

A tatty rarity 

[bunglebus]

A couple of new ones from Tesco on the way home

Only side tampos here unfortunately 

Modern wrecker looks like it DOES STUFF

😁

[155V6]

17 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Look, it was 50p, and it's got at least 76% of its parts intact

Polistil did a good job of the late 1303 interior 

Those hinges are just the worst though

Maybe I'll just display it this way up, showing the very nicely done floorpan

Buddy L Jeep with TJ Hooker theme

Corgi Renault is always a nice find with the remote controlled tilty seats plus opening bits. Looks nicer now I've got most of the plasticine out of it 

Corgi Ammunition Limber looks old but is made in China

Politoys Mehari unfortunately missing some bits

Solido car trailer, bit what did it carry?

Weird find of the day is this Shinsei Gulf-Mirage

Any ideas who made this?

Johnny Lightning 

Efsi Commer is reassuringly heavy

 

Solido trailer came in this set

I've still got the trailer

& the R5

The R12 is long gone though

[Dick Cheeseburger]

I've had one of these in my ebay watchlist for ages and was pleased to swipe one in Asda just now. I like the crumpled front wing detail! 

They also had bizarre light pink HW Sierra Cosseh available. Not seen one before but take it that it's pretty common? 

[AndyW201]

An arrival from earlier this week,

Solido are doing some nice stuff at the moment. A lot of it is modern highly tuned stuff from the likes of Audi, BMW, Nissan, Toyota, etc. But there are also quite a few nice, factory-ish spec '80s and '90s subjects too. This Mk3 Golf casting is new for 2026 and there are two versions of the VR6, one in Dragon Green and this one in the brilliant Dusty Mauve pearl.

The Solido range is (relatively) bargain basement compared to a lot of 1/43 stuff nowadays, but it's pretty well detailed and finished.

The Mk3 was covered fairly well in period but theee arent many modern releases especially the sporty variants.

The dealer-style number plates are a nice touch.

[FakeConcern]

6 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Look, it was 50p, and it's got at least 76% of its parts intact

Polistil did a good job of the late 1303 interior 

Those hinges are just the worst though

Maybe I'll just display it this way up, showing the very nicely done floorpan

Buddy L Jeep with TJ Hooker theme

Corgi Renault is always a nice find with the remote controlled tilty seats plus opening bits. Looks nicer now I've got most of the plasticine out of it 

Corgi Ammunition Limber looks old but is made in China

Politoys Mehari unfortunately missing some bits

Solido car trailer, bit what did it carry?

Weird find of the day is this Shinsei Gulf-Mirage

Any ideas who made this?

Johnny Lightning 

Efsi Commer is reassuringly heavy

 

I think the Polistil 1303 is great and the hinges are the best thing haha! Your post has reminded me I need to repair the one I got recently,

The Corgi Whizzwheels R16 is not very common at all in my experience, I have several of the older cast wheel version, but only got my first Whizzwheels one a few weeks ago.

I have quite a good collection of trailers, but I don't think I have that Solido one, a good find!

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, FakeConcern said:

The Corgi Whizzwheels R16 is not very common at all in my experience, I have several of the older cast wheel version, but only got my first Whizzwheels one a few weeks ago.

I have quite a good collection of trailers, but I don't think I have that Solido one, a good find!

Whereas this is Whizzwheels #3 for me, having never found the older one

This one was a repaint bought off someone here some years ago 

Trailer is yours if you'd like it for the £1 I paid, just thought it was interesting 

[FakeConcern]

9 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Whereas this is Whizzwheels #3 for me, having never found the older one

This one was a repaint bought off someone here some years ago 

Trailer is yours if you'd like it for the £1 I paid, just thought it was interesting 

Yes plz to the trailer.

 

[bunglebus]

Boot sale bits plus a couple of Vinted finds

[Tenmil Socket]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Boot sale bits plus a couple of Vinted finds

Loving that police Porsche!

[Tenmil Socket]

Picked this Vinted purchase up earlier. The lights look like they can pop up?

 

[danthecapriman]

Stuff I’ve been working on/finishing.

Transit breadvan. 
Taken an age to do. Glazing was an absolute twat too.

 
Lada Riva. 
Ex Bond partwork model.

Marina. 
Did this as one that someone had near where I used to live. Eventually it got painted dark green by brush using leftover garage door paint! 
Tried a different method for texture on the vinyl roof but it didn’t look as good as my usual masking tape jobs.

BX.

 
Dodge Challenger Vanishing Point car. 
Ex partwork model resprayed. Wheels replaced for Rallye style ones like the film car. 
Dodge Coronet. 
Ex taxi’s partwork model resprayed.

Another smashed Dinky Bedford TK donated its cab to become a small refrigerator truck. 
Drilled the headlights out and fitted jewels in place of the cast originals. Loads still to do here.

 
This one’s taking ages!

It started off as a partwork Scania 141 V8 with a box body for Interflora flowers or something. I’ve got quite a few 141 and 111 models now so decided to make one of the very similar but smaller versions (80, 81, 85, 86 etc).

They look very similar but the cabs are different enough to be noticeable and a pain in the arse to alter! 
The 141 donor comes as a sleeper cab which most of the smaller models were only day cabs so it had the back cut off, a lump cut out and re attached to the front. 
They’re also lower so I had to cut it in half the other way and remove about 2mm of the bodywork all around from between the wheel arch top and door handle then re attach them together.

 
You can see the difference here with another 141 model I’ve got. 
I’ve also had to cut the grill down and alter the front bumper as they are different too.

 

The two Scammell Routeman trucks and Leyland Lynx artic are having the glazing made and fitted which is taking ages, and definitely not a job I enjoy!

[Tenmil Socket]

13 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

Stuff I’ve been working on/finishing.

Transit breadvan. 
Taken an age to do. Glazing was an absolute twat too.

 
Lada Riva. 
Ex Bond partwork model.

Marina. 
Did this as one that someone had near where I used to live. Eventually it got painted dark green by brush using leftover garage door paint! 
Tried a different method for texture on the vinyl roof but it didn’t look as good as my usual masking tape jobs.

BX.

 
Dodge Challenger Vanishing Point car. 
Ex partwork model resprayed. Wheels replaced for Rallye style ones like the film car. 
Dodge Coronet. 
Ex taxi’s partwork model resprayed.

Another smashed Dinky Bedford TK donated its cab to become a small refrigerator truck. 
Drilled the headlights out and fitted jewels in place of the cast originals. Loads still to do here.

 
This one’s taking ages!

It started off as a partwork Scania 141 V8 with a box body for Interflora flowers or something. I’ve got quite a few 141 and 111 models now so decided to make one of the very similar but smaller versions (80, 81, 85, 86 etc).

They look very similar but the cabs are different enough to be noticeable and a pain in the arse to alter! 
The 141 donor comes as a sleeper cab which most of the smaller models were only day cabs so it had the back cut off, a lump cut out and re attached to the front. 
They’re also lower so I had to cut it in half the other way and remove about 2mm of the bodywork all around from between the wheel arch top and door handle then re attach them together.

 
You can see the difference here with another 141 model I’ve got. 
I’ve also had to cut the grill down and alter the front bumper as they are different too.

 

The two Scammell Routeman trucks and Leyland Lynx artic are having the glazing made and fitted which is taking ages, and definitely not a job I enjoy!

I wish I had a workstation like that!

I have to use the kitchen worktop 🤦🏼‍♂️

[bunglebus]

43 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

I wish I had a workstation like that!

I have to use the kitchen worktop 🤦🏼‍♂️

Gotta do what you gotta do. I used to use the kitchen worktop at my old flat, and paint outside - or even in the stairwell if the weather was crap, a bit naughty really. 

I do like having my little outhouse to work in, although it gets a bit cramped sometimes as it ends up being the "doesn't belong in the house" room, so I share it with cat litter and other random bits. Must get the sink plumbed in, then I won't need the kitchen at all

[matt79]

53 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

I wish I had a workstation like that!

I have to use the kitchen worktop 🤦🏼‍♂️

 I currently share a desk in my daughters playroom (which was the garage until we converted it just before covid) to use as a workstation. My daughter is 9 years old, so she doesnt use it too much yet. I have used the coffee table before, but that's not a comfortable height to work at for any length of time. 

When I lived with my ex we had a 2 bed house, so I got an old office / computer desk & used it as a workstation, we also had a large Keter plastic garden shed that I used as a spray booth.  

[matt79]

1 hour ago, danthecapriman said:

Stuff I’ve been working on/finishing.

Transit breadvan. 
Taken an age to do. Glazing was an absolute twat too.

 
Lada Riva. 
Ex Bond partwork model.

Marina. 
Did this as one that someone had near where I used to live. Eventually it got painted dark green by brush using leftover garage door paint! 
Tried a different method for texture on the vinyl roof but it didn’t look as good as my usual masking tape jobs.

BX.

 
Dodge Challenger Vanishing Point car. 
Ex partwork model resprayed. Wheels replaced for Rallye style ones like the film car. 
Dodge Coronet. 
Ex taxi’s partwork model resprayed.

Another smashed Dinky Bedford TK donated its cab to become a small refrigerator truck. 
Drilled the headlights out and fitted jewels in place of the cast originals. Loads still to do here.

 
This one’s taking ages!

It started off as a partwork Scania 141 V8 with a box body for Interflora flowers or something. I’ve got quite a few 141 and 111 models now so decided to make one of the very similar but smaller versions (80, 81, 85, 86 etc).

They look very similar but the cabs are different enough to be noticeable and a pain in the arse to alter! 
The 141 donor comes as a sleeper cab which most of the smaller models were only day cabs so it had the back cut off, a lump cut out and re attached to the front. 
They’re also lower so I had to cut it in half the other way and remove about 2mm of the bodywork all around from between the wheel arch top and door handle then re attach them together.

 
You can see the difference here with another 141 model I’ve got. 
I’ve also had to cut the grill down and alter the front bumper as they are different too.

 

The two Scammell Routeman trucks and Leyland Lynx artic are having the glazing made and fitted which is taking ages, and definitely not a job I enjoy!

All your projects look awesome @danthecapriman, you have some real skills there, but the Transit is something else, that's superb!

Do you sell any of your models, or do commission works?

[bunglebus]

Not a lot to write home about from the boot sales, there's one guy on a Saturday who gets most of my cash.

This one was actually a Vinted buy, I do have a boxed Max Wax Corgi 1200 but it's got a pretty knackered box. I still think it's amazing that a 60s casting was being knocked out at the turn of the century, when did they finally stop?

Here's that big police Porker, a bit too big for my collection really but I couldn't resist. It's a bit odd as it's clearly designed to be either a remote control or at least bump and go car, but there are no innards, no battery connections, lights, speaker, nothing!

This one is remote control though, need to put batteries in the remote but all the lights work

Same guy gave me this Corgi FOC. It was always black so must be the police one

This was a not very well described Vinted win for the Mrs, 1:24 Welly in a colour she didn't have

Sticking (pun unintentional) with Volkswagens, this glue bomb is a basic model kit of unknown origins, @Spottedlaurel might recognise it?

Majorette Jeep...

... complete with doggy

Juniors size Adams Probe 16 is quite an uncommon one, especially not smashed. I should make an orange one to match the larger size custom I did

Roofrack equipped Merc

Universal Porsche (?)

Hot Wheels A-Team van

And metal base Ferrari, Race Bait 308 casting I think

[matt79]

31 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Not a lot to write home about from the boot sales, there's one guy on a Saturday who gets most of my cash.

This one was actually a Vinted buy, I do have a boxed Max Wax Corgi 1200 but it's got a pretty knackered box. I still think it's amazing that a 60s casting was being knocked out at the turn of the century, when did they finally stop?

Here's that big police Porker, a bit too big for my collection really but I couldn't resist. It's a bit odd as it's clearly designed to be either a remote control or at least bump and go car, but there are no innards, no battery connections, lights, speaker, nothing!

This one is remote control though, need to put batteries in the remote but all the lights work

Same guy gave me this Corgi FOC. It was always black so must be the police one

This was a not very well described Vinted win for the Mrs, 1:24 Welly in a colour she didn't have

Sticking (pun unintentional) with Volkswagens, this glue bomb is a basic model kit of unknown origins, @Spottedlaurel might recognise it?

Majorette Jeep...

... complete with doggy

Juniors size Adams Probe 16 is quite an uncommon one, especially not smashed. I should make an orange one to match the larger size custom I did

Roofrack equipped Merc

Universal Porsche (?)

Hot Wheels A-Team van

And metal base Ferrari, Race Bait 308 casting I think

Nice little haul there 👍 

Potentially interested in the a team van, if you were to move it on?

[FakeConcern]

4 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Picked this Vinted purchase up earlier. The lights look like they can pop up?

 

I like these and have three, the blue one is what started me on making doors etc for models

The headlights pop up when you push down on the front

 

[andrew e]

Had some success myself this morning at the bootsale too. This fabulous Corgi 5 is pretty minty so I swapped a crisp £5 for it, I’m quite taken with it. Its that mint the roof has a reflection of my garden in it!

Next up is a rubber Golf cabrio, a Welly MINI Paceman which I was pleased with - only a couple of quid and is a pretty smart little model, very well cast. and finally one of these little matchbox “pegwarmers” 😉 which is awful but fabulous at the same time! I think its a street sweeper, the little brushes slide in and out and the front scoop tucks back away too.

Next up was a  two for a pound bargain, though both looked a little battered and  obviously a child had been enjoying these as toys 😬😂 so here a before….

Now these AHC Dutch models are quite unusual, yet today there a page full of them 😆

Both the Gama Mondeo and the AHC Ibiza are both missing the tailgate glazing, and the Ibiza has no tailights, but bar a few chips and a scuffed bonnet on the Mondeo, they both scrubbed up nicely well worth half hour and 50p a go 👍 Opening doors and tailgate are nice features. The specific wheel trims on both are fabulous.

 

[bunglebus]

4 minutes ago, andrew e said:

fabulous Corgi 5 is pretty minty so I swapped a crisp £5 for it, I’m quite taken with it.

Never seen that, code 2 maybe?

[Spottedlaurel]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Sticking (pun unintentional) with Volkswagens, this glue bomb is a basic model kit of unknown origins, @Spottedlaurel might recognise it?

Possibly LS if 1/32? Someone on Britmodeller is building one at present: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235167770-ls-132-volkswagen-beetle-split-window/

[andrew e]

Update: I’ve just gone on Ebay sold listings and now I’m really pleased!