Shite in Miniature II

[Junkman]

There has been some warped plastic influx.

 

 

 

"Jimmy" Mieusset's race car transporter:

 

 

 

 

Here he and Jacques Lafitte are presented with models by Joseph Veron:

 

 

 

I've known Jimmy for decades and he still is a keen miniature shite collector.

 

 

 

However, his main hoarding emphasis is on his pinball machines.

 

 

 

I often wondered whether this morphed from their original Vedette tooling:

 

 

 

I mean this one:

 

 

 

 

R4F4:

 

 

 

A lot of Berliet for a very small load:

 

 

 

In Norev terms this is straight:

 

[mercrocker]

Blimey, there is some kit there, though.   I still have that trailer -  mine came with a Fiat Dino Coupe pulling a Ferrari 275GTB4.   Except for the trailer, it all warped spectacularly, the Fiat actually shed one of its opening panels (I forget which ) whilst in my bookcase at home.

[Junkman]

I think that trailer originally never came with the Vedette Depanneuse.

I just found it that way. The trailer came with several other cars and always had a race car on it.

Speaking of race cars, I now need Jimmy's Chevron B23 in plastic, not an easy task.

[Felly Magic]

Hnnnnnnnnnnnnng le spaffage. That race car transporter truck is Totes Amazeballs. 

[Felly Magic]

Some pimpage may have occurred to this Vanguards Maurice Mariner  I think this came from Conrad of this parish

 

 

 

Better view of my correct hand drive Scrote

 

 

And bonus old vanguards chod, that was made in that there In-ger-lund

 

 

 

There are 2 more models on their way, one is to become a code 3 with the addition of white metal wheels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[155V6]

Today's car boot finds,total cost £1.00 

 

[mercrocker]

Rare colour-way on that Beddy - nice find.   

[Felly Magic]

That Beddie is a bargain

[morrisoxide]

I picked this lot up (four for a pound) I didn't know Majorette made an Olds. I couldn't turn it down 

The scimitars sun roof was badly cracked so I covered it up with white electrical tape (it can be removed)

I also made a cover for the Ford dog van out of black electrical tape.

 

[Split_Pin]

That Oldsmobile is quite hard to find in the UK. I lost mine as a child but still had the boat and trailer. I had to buy one from France as a replacement. Its an Oldsmobile Omega, a relatively obscure and unloved car even in the US. A French model of it is ace therefore!

[Noel Tidybeard]

Drum roll please...

 

 

The wait is finally over....

 

 

It's the moment we've all been waiting for....

 

 

Are you sitting comfortably?

 

 

 

 

 

BEHOLD THE MIGHT MORRIS!

 

 

 

 

 

painted in finest Blitish Reyrand Rattan Beige courtesy of Hellfrauds

 

 

I thank you for your patience etc....

[Junkman]

Since they relegated the kits thread to the dark section, here we go again.

I CAN HAZ some weird modelshite kitshite.

[Felly Magic]

That is a nice looking little kit there Christian, and Noel Tidybeard's beige ADO16 looks Spot On Lame pun I know, and I cannot help myself, via Faceache I have 2 incoming Mbx Dinky Sherpa Sports coupes, one in rust red, and the other in blue

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Since they relegated the kits thread to the dark section, here we go again.

 

I CAN HAZ some weird modelshite kitshite.

 

 

Whoa, does this mean Hermes figured out house numbers?

[Junkman]

It does indeed!

 

But now I have an even bigger problem.

I found out that this company made another kit, a Renault/Saviem Goelette/SG2 for Chambourcy.

It's not a toy making company at all, they just did those two as promotional items.

[stuboy]

Bought in home bargains..

[Jon]

Yo Junkie, why not have an original one of those 403s, like that one I found in a model shop in Auckland?

 

 

Funnily enough, I'm off up there tomorrow, with time to kill, so may well pop in to the shop to see what they have lying around.....

[Junkman]

Errrr... mine is an original! In fact, all of them are. Mine just happens to be in as new condition.

However, I got it for less than half of what the shop in Auckland thinks its unboxed buildup is worth.

[Jon]

Aah! Yours looked so nice, I thought it was a reproduction. Think I read your description wrong in all the excitement of seeing it - a promotional made by a not toy making company equated to a modern repro of an old Norev model in my fuddled mind. A double-whammy of wrongness though is that it isn't even a Norev! 

 

0/10, must try harder, Jon. Go back two spaces.

[egg]

Did someone on here beat me to the cheap Norev Ami on the bay?

[sierraman]

Corgi Nova and old 70's hot wheels purchased for 50p. Really starting to see the appeal of the older hot wheels stuff now.

[Junkman]

Did someone on here beat me to the cheap Norev Ami on the bay?

 

The white one? Unfortunately not. I missed that auction.

[egg]

And I was otherwise engaged, was watchlisted.

[bramz7]

Corgi Nova and old 70's hot wheels purchased for 50p. Really starting to see the appeal of the older hot wheels stuff now.

 

I've already begun collecting some old hot wheels. I had a forgotten parcel show up today with the following in it, all hot wheels.

 

-Peugeot 505

-R5 Turbo

-Dodge Omni (which was pristine, quite chuffed)

 There was others but I have already forgotten...

[sierraman]

I like the subject matter of them up to about the late 90's, especially the federal spec golfs or rabbits or whatever they called them. The absolute best was the Cadillac Seville in two tone.

[Junkman]

There is MOAR French Dinky can hazage.

 

[Felly Magic]

Someone on a Faceache group is advertising a pair of Norev Fords force nail for £20 the pair, unfortunately they are made from the wrong material, so a not all wobbly, they are both from the Jazzmag era of Fords, a Fiesta and Escort mk3. If they had been old school wobbly plastic I would have been tempted

[Junkman]

From the mid Seventies until the late Eighties, Norev often made the same models from metal (Serie Maxi Jet)

or a shockingly non warping plastic (Serie Plastigam). All have the "Button Wheels" (like Superfast) in common.

[egg]

The white one? Unfortunately not. I missed that auction.

 

I should have posted it here. dammit.

 

Anyway, scouting for a Norev, I noticed this interesting repaired model! 10/10 for effort...

 

https://www.delcampe.net/en_GB/collectables/scale-models/cars-4-wheels/norev/vintage-renault-4-l-blanc-creme-norev-n-53-made-in-france-1-43-458030101.html#tab-terms

 

[Junkman]

16 Euros for that? Nice colour though.

Man, was I lucky. I paid 1 Pound (!) for mine, which has completely intact bumpers and tailgate.

All I had to do is strip half a tin of red Humbrol off it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

With the Norev Trelle, you may want to look for an early one, like mine is.

The model was incrementally simplified during its quarter century long production run.

 

- First they left the rear window away

 

- Then they moulded the hitherto separate near numberplate integral with the tailgate

 

- Finally they changed the chassis plate to accommodate 'superfast' wheels and the grille was integral with the chassis, no longer a separate chrome piece.

 

Mind you, those simplified 'Plastigams' of the early Eighties were sold for ff4.50, the equivalent of 50p, or £1.50 in today's money.

And you got a free MajoKit (remember these?) when you bought some.

 

With the 4L you just have to stay patient. A nice one at the right price will eventually pop up.

It's actually this very R4 I scored at a Haydock fair that sparked my back to the roots quest of saving The Oceans

of as much warped French plastic as my modest means allow.

 

Like with all old Norevs, you have to be able to look past shoddily applied paint. There sometimes are true gems hiding beneath it.

Also, you can do quite some bashing. As a rule, if the body is intact, go for it. You'll find a donor wreck eventually.

If you need wheels and tyres, you have to buy a wreck. There are no spares available.

And don't forget, a Micro Mesh finishing kit will do wonders on any plastic model.

 

Also, as weird as this may sound, I feel younger since I'm yet again surrounded by old Norevs. Shouldn't have sold the ones I had...

Collecting them also thankfully put a stop to pursuing other avenues of the vast miniature shite collecting field, like Sikus, which can ruin you royally.

 

Old Norevs are a relatively cheap thing to pursue in collector's terms. The majority of the ones I acquired over the past year were under ten Quid,

with the most expensive one being the ultra rare swirly Lancia, for which I gave twenty five expensive Roros to my favourite Spanish dealer,

who is a gentleman the likes of which you have to look for nowadays.

He loves to sell to England because he loves everything English, hates the French and gives me special rates just because of that.

In exchange, I have to send him Jaffa Cakes, Toffees and Relishes. When he recently noticed that he overcharged me a bit on postage

(not that I noticed it, mind), he sent me an apology and wanted to refund me for the excess.

I replied implying not to do so, but instead having a glass of wine on me.

Next thing I received a parcel with the Maserati and the Porsche 356 from him completely free of charge.

 

Norev people are better people. If you want to be amazed and parle francais, visit http://les-annees-norev.forumpro.fr/

The people on there and their collections are top notch, exactly like here.