Shite in Miniature II

[egg]

This old barge has almost everything wrong, missing sunroof, warped glass, loose front axle (mounting snapped), broken front and rear number plates, rivets snapped off (car has been opened up), roof snapped in front of the sunroof, and was almost entirely de-chromed before I got my pen on it. Still, didn't pay too much for it...it can stay in my Norev retirement home for a while.

 

 

 

 

[egg]

Picked up this poo brown Lesney Minor from a local ebayer this afternoon. Going to get a full restoration...

 

[egg]

Couldn't let the thing suffer any longer, straight into the caustic bath of death. The original green paint still clings on while I enjoy* the chemical fumes.

 

[junkyarddog]

Those lesney minors are tiny.

[egg]

Those lesney minors are tiny.

 

Indeed, but lots of detail. It has crossed my mind to leave it unpainted (perhaps with some clear coat to protect it?), but I'm sure I'll paint it eventually.

[eddyramrod]

The first batch of my restorations is nearing completion.  I'd better start working out how I'm going to reattach baseplates!

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Drip superglue where the rivets were. Works really well and you can easily snap the baseplates off in the future, like when you have this:

 

 

which I repainted many many years ago. The finish was rather good, but this was the pre etch primer era, and the paint has chipped. So I re-re-painted it. 

 

[eddyramrod]

I always thought that Cortina was a lovely model.  I even have one I've converted to four-door to match the last car my dad bought new (HWM 457F).  Nice work, both before and after.

[junkyarddog]

Apart from the General Lee,the TV series bat mobile is a firm favourite.

 

Picked this up in a discount shop recently.

 

It's a Hot Wheels,but in a slightly bigger scale.

 

There should be a boat and trailer to go with it but it wasn't there.

 

Still,this is a nice model for a modest outlay.

 

 

[eddyramrod]

Yep, I'm a BIG fan of that car.  You know you can buy a kit to build one full-size?  Uses 1970s Lincoln running gear, I believe.

[sierraman]

Looks like one of the Bulgarian issues in that red.

[junkyarddog]

Some smoll husky shite.

 

 

Corgi juniors stock car with a missing wheel.

Hope to find more of these.

 

 

 

Guisival Alfa gtv.

 

[junkyarddog]

Corgi major Ford car transporter.

 

I love car transporter's.

 

 

Peugeot 404 tow truck.

 

 

 

 

 

Never heard of this brand before.

Nice subject matter though.

[junkyarddog]

Matchbox now.

 

They're grrrrreat!

 

Nice condition Frosties mail in Pontiac.

 

 

Six wheel Range Rover,

 

 

Land Rover fire tender.

 

 

 

Majorette Vw van.

 

 

R4 complete with surf board.

 

 

Camper.

 

 

Safari Dodge/Renault with trailer.

 

 

 

Corgi Porsche police car.

 

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I always thought that Cortina was a lovely model.  I even have one I've converted to four-door to match the last car my dad bought new (HWM 457F).  Nice work, both before and after.

 

Thanks. It is a nice model - when I was a teenager I was given a mint boxed one, and I liked it so much I bought this scruffy one to play with!

[egg]

Nurse, it's happening again!

 

[mercrocker]

That's the colour, too....!

[Junkman]

Drip Araldite where the rivets were.

 

FTFY

 

 

Yep, I'm a BIG fan of that car.  You know you can buy a kit to build one full-size?  Uses 1970s Lincoln running gear, I believe.

 

The current ones use the 77-9X Caprice chassis. Lincoln Futura version also available now.

 

 

Corgi juniors stock car with a missing wheel.

Hope to find more of these.

 

Good luck, they are very hard to come by lately.

 

 

Never heard of this brand before.

Nice subject matter though.

 

It's a Swiss company that started using old Norev moulds after their bankrupcy in the late 70s, but injected them with a weird, heavy, non warping substance.

They can be used to restore old Norevs to an extent.

[Junkman]

There has been something I wanted since child.

 

Now I have it.

 

 

 

 

[Junkman]

Trying to catch up with Egg's runaway collection of psychedelic plastic is futile, but I keep trying.

This is the harvest of the Caen jumble, which I finally managed to clean a bit.

 

 

A rather tired Floride in - according to Junkdaughter #2 - "Sammin".

 

 

 

It's the first issue without interior and suspension - and in my case taillights.

Also note stress crack in rear screen.

 

Next up is this seriously rare 600:

 

 

 

In true French fashion, it's missing a headlight.

Other than that it's in very good condition save for a little stress crack underneath the front plaque mineralogique.

 

And finally this '58 Chrysler in neon fuchsia:

 

 

 

Purchase of said warped Mopar enables me to recreate this rig, which truly is a sight to behold:

 

 

The combo was available as a set.

[Junkman]

Just to remind you guys, I do own a later version of the Floride:

 

 

This one has suspension, interior and the taillights are moulded with the shell.

[egg]

Any views on using clear coat to finish off your models, and if so, what do you use?

[Junkman]

I don't use any clearcoat.

After cleaning them, I polish them with a Micro Mesh finishing kit.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Micro-Mesh-Regular-Sheets-Abrasive-Polishing/dp/B003RTABUK

[egg]

New axles and wheels on the Morry thou. Base is going to remain stripped back. One axle a bit long the other too short. To my 41 year old eyes this is bloody microsurgery!

 

Now back to the body in the 'paint shop'...

 

[junkyarddog]

I haz plastic frogshite now too.

 

This rather nose up Norev Mk10 jaguar to be exact.

 

 

 

A random find at a car boot sale this morning.

[egg]

Brilliant! Was it expensive?

[junkyarddog]

Brilliant! Was it expensive?

Not really,no.

 

I don't know the value of these things really,if I'm honest.

[junkyarddog]

I also found this today too.

 

Corgi service ramp.

Has a slight fault in the mechanism,it slips occasionally.

 

 

 

[egg]

Not really,no.

 

I don't know the value of these things really,if I'm honest.

 

I'd have been happy to pay £10-£15 for that....(if it was a model I was after)

[junkyarddog]

I'd have been happy to pay £10-£15 for that....(if it was a model I was after)

Wow,really?

Didn't realize they were that much!

 

I did alright then