Shite in Miniature II

[morrisoxide]

I picked a few Victors up a while back with missing tailgates. So being the nerd I am I made a template. Took the template to work and drew it out in CAD then plotted it out on Polycarb.

There are two different tailgates one with a flat top and one with a tab. I couldn't get the tailgate to open because the thin plastic hinges snapped off so I glued it in.

_{Excuse my sausage fingers and crud pictures.}

 

 

 

Not the best but better than paying three times as much as the car on a part.

 

 

 

 

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

 

Here's why I haven't been posting much this week. 

 

 

It's 95% finished, so I'll photograph it now as I always lose momentum at this stage. 

 

[eddyramrod]

Damn!  I could do with one of those...

I'd bet you could interest Bobthebeard for the same reason!

[Mr A Lawrence]

Some nice stuff displayed at trefnant village hall last 

[egg]

I've told Mrs Egg, no need to get me anything for Xmas!

 

[mercrocker]

Works for me......I haven't had a pair of socks or Jeremy Clarkson book for a dozen Xmasses now....

[andy18s]

Otto have a number of 1/18's up for sale at 50% off,from the 205 T16(sold out) to a couple of Mercedes and even a Renault 19 cabriolet....

[egg]

There's a Facebook group called 'Norev collectors' just people posting their models up. Makes a nice break to the Brexit memes in your news* feed.

[Mr A Lawrence]

Today's home bargains  er... bargain. 

 

 Majorette premium series landrover 110.

 

Opening bonnet and quite detailed with a top Trump style info card included

 

Not bad for 99p either.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I was also picking over those nice Premium Majorettes in Home Bargains today. I got the Raptor:

 

 

Aldi had a bunch of Hotwheels, but they had already been raided. However there was a Tesla Roadster so I was able to complete the range.

 

[Felly Magic]

I also can hazhaz nu OLLIWNKR. Solido 110 wrecker

 

[Felly Magic]

2 more arrivals at Felly Towers from Hattons. So much for tbe Harrier being sold out at Corgi. Hattons have more than 10 jn stock of most recent releases.

 

[willswitchengage]

Serious model boat action at Bushy Park last weekend during the weirdly nice weather. There was even a model breakwater! Highlight was the cannon-water pistols of the pirate ship squirting the ducks. Mwuhahahaha.

 

 

[egg]

Not really a person for boxes, but I thought I'd try a Norev reproduction effort from Germany, and I'm quite pleased with it really.

 

[quicksilver]

Wasn't sure whether to put this here or in bus shite, but I've finally managed to acquire one of my holy grails. It's a white metal kit of a Jonckheere Jubilee P90 by Pirate Models. In theory I could have bought a 'new' one by handing over my life savings to the current owner of the brand in exchange for something that's been in his shed for 20 years or more - I'm not kidding, the last ad I saw listed this kit at something like £65 and that was a few years ago so it could be pushing £100 now! Then I'd probably have to pay someone to build it for me as I'm not good with white metal at the best of times and this has a reputation as a difficult kit, so that was a non-starter.

 

I'd been looking for years but never ever seen a second-hand one come up for sale. Then I found a dealer on eBay selling a huge collection including many rare kits and scratch-builds. I get the impression he usually deals in diecasts and didn't really know what he had as this one wasn't very well described but I recognised instantly what it was. Whoever built it did a really nice job and the best bit is that it only cost me just over £30 so I'm well chuffed.

 

 

 

[Cardinal Wolseley]

From my latest purchase of umpteen copies of 1960s Meccano Magazine--

 

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My dusty example, in remarkably good nick for one of my old toys no paint damage

[Frogchod]

Another norev has arrived

[Frogchod]

Not really a person for boxes, but I thought I'd try a Norev reproduction effort from Germany, and I'm quite pleased with it really.

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I'm a sucker for repro boxes, here's a few of mine.

[egg]

Another norev has arrived

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Very nice. I've got a Dyane with nose bend incoming. Seems most of them do that.

[Christine]

Very nice. I've got a Dyane with nose bend incoming. Seems most of them do that.

 

It's a normal French thing...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Frogchod]

Very nice. I've got a Dyane with nose bend incoming. Seems most of them do that.

Yellow one from ebay.fr ?

I've never seen one with a straight front end, even MIB.

Somewhere there must be one that's been stored in the dark at a constant 10c in a vacuum...

[egg]

It was from ebay.de, but is mustard colour, yes! Were we bidding against each other? 

[Frogchod]

It was from ebay.de, but is mustard colour, yes! Were we bidding against each other?

 

Not me, I'll be off to ebay.De later so might see you there.

Gave up bidding on a redv norev CX on .fr after bids got silly, is that you ?

[egg]

Not me on the CX.

 

postage to the UK is usually £1-£3 cheaper from Germany, so I find .de preferable to .fr (although number of models is far fewer...)

[MarvinsMom]

we've been to the toyfair at Catterick today, and even managed a buyage too.

 

we maybe shouldn't have done so, but what is the point of working and the like, and not been able to enjoy the results from my labours.

 

first off this, another cabinate to hang off the wall somewhere. well, we are thinking of here, above the sewing machine in our back room.

the plan for ths? well some will be diecast cars and toy trains, and we also have some diecast bikes which are kerry's so the plan will be, we think, to share it out with some cars, some trains and some bikes too. 

 

will it work? only time will tell.....

 

i also bought these two, first off is a Dinky Triumph Herald. i have been after one of these for ome time, and while this one isn't perfect, its still very nice. second one, is a repainted Triang Spot-on Austin A40. again, its not totally perfect, but its very nice, and displays well. plus its another model that i have been looking for a while.

here they are on the back of the Bedford TK, though they have since been moved into the main display case with the other "classic" diecast toys.

[mercrocker]

Mrs Rocker and I have shared a life, a house, a bed, cars, friends, common interests and even bags of Maltesers without a hint of a problem.   Sharing a cabinet, however......

 

 

 

 

Sure, it will be fine!   

[Split_Pin]

I bought this at a car boot sale a few weeks ago, think it was about 20p or something.

 

I thought Stuboy might like to see it!

[Felly Magic]

KGF, aha, aha aha.....Yup I've gone all 'white room' with model photos, here's a few, including a rather smart looking code 3 Fiesta Festival if I do say so myself LOL

 

 

Harrier, but not of the jump jet flavour

 

 

Corblimey in mk5 spec

 

 

Boring Fester spec

 

 

MOAR later when I've had a play, just fettling a Corgi shit casting Lotus Tincorner as it had perrished rubber and baggy suspension, plus a corner missing on the rear bumper

[egg]

The Dyane has arrived...

 

[junkyarddog]

Saturday junk shop find,

 

Corgi Jag MkX.

 

 

This was a Norfolk car boot find,

Dinky AEC Esso fuel truck.

Seemed quite fitting to take a pic of this after the Jag

 

 

Both quite playworn,but decent enough.