Shite in Miniature II

[Jon]

You know what Bramz, I reckon I'd take them all for a tenner, plus whatever they cost to post to me (obvs not £5...). I know I said no more 1/64s but never mind!

 

Have a couple of postage options (UK and NZ based), so colour me interested!

 

EDIT: Got any spare Russian 1/43s knocking about...?

[Six-cylinder]

Found a white hatchback Vectra that will become a Cavalier

 

 

I have only ever found one 1/43 RHD Mk3 Vauxhall Cavalier and that is an SRi Saloon in red.

 

I sold Mk3 Caviliers new and the Vauxhall/Opel thing was blurred for me by the fact that from time to time factory fresh UK cavaliers would be sent to us with Opel badging!

 

I only had one company SRi and that was a H reg hatch in Bordeaux red met.

 

All this talk of Mk 3 Cavalier had me looking and I have found a face lift version as an Opel. I had a real facelift CDi hatch in Saturn red.

[Felly Magic]

Wrong eBay UK seller then obvs

 

In other miniature news, (and also Death On The High St news) today was the final day of trading for St Martins Models in that there London after 50 something years.

 

Sad times David. It was a model you didnt have, an old Corgi Ford Transit. Ho hum

[Ohdearme]

I have only ever found one 1/43 RHD Mk3 Vauxhall Cavalier and that is an SRi Saloon in red.

 

I sold Mk3 Caviliers new and the Vauxhall/Opel thing was blurred for me by the fact that from time to time factory fresh UK cavaliers would be sent to us with Opel badging!

 

I only had one company SRi and that was a H reg hatch in Bordeaux red met.

 

All this talk of Mk 3 Cavalier had me looking and I have found a face lift version as an Opel. I had a real facelift CDi hatch in Saturn red.

My brother had a pre facelift SRi mk3 I’m sure the writing was lower on the door or am I misremembering?

[155V6]

Todays car boot finds,1/87 Wiking.

 

[Split_Pin]

Love the Type 3s!

[junkyarddog]

Picked this Dinky Bedford up today,

Obviously a home brewed conversion,but I quite liked it.

 

 

 

[mercrocker]

That Beddy's flippin' awesome.....!    Needs model figures, though....

 

[mercrocker]

Todays car boot finds,1/87 Wiking.

 

 

Loving the caravan....

[Six-cylinder]

My brother had a pre facelift SRi mk3 I’m sure the writing was lower on the door or am I misremembering?

 

Good spot, yes door "SRi" should be nearly touching the door moulding.

[Frogchod]

Just had a go at my first resin kit. It was pants, not happy with it at all,now I know why it was cheap. Better wheels, and wheel placement will happen, as will addition of rust and weathering to hide the pantsness of it all.

Anyway, here it is in Le B&Q colours.

[big_al_granvia]

Todays car boot finds,1/87 Wiking.

 

 

 

 

if your ever selling the caravan can i have 1st dibs, would look great on my model railway based on the east lancs at bury, having a diorama of a classic car show and army vehicles... (mafeckin army show)

[155V6]

if your ever selling the caravan can i have 1st dibs, would look great on my model railway based on the east lancs at bury, having a diorama of a classic car show and army vehicles... (mafeckin army show)

If I do,I'll let you know.

[Volksy]

I've also discovered there's a Super Treasure Hunt version of the white Civic EF in this year's range.

Going to have to find one of those now

I picked up a Civic to go with my CRX, Jazz and Fairlady on the Jap Shelf. £1.75 from Morrisons.

 

[egg]

Dates for 2019 SRP toy fairs in Kent and Essex

 

[mercrocker]

Are they any good, those toy fairs?   Only asking as the ones round here are full of blokes with adenoids and questionable hygiene flogging train sets.   Got some gigs Essex way later in the year - be good to make the trip doubly worthwhile.

[eddyramrod]

Speaking of which, is there anything Derby/Leicester way at the end of April?

[egg]

I've been to one of theirs and it was ok. Lots of trains, but in car terms almost exclusively Dinky, Corgi and Matchbox. Nothing was cheap apart from playworn Matchbox for a pound or two. Mostly annoyingly, lots of reproductions not always clearly marked as such.  However, there are worse ways to pass an hour in Romford, worth going at least once

[mercrocker]

Cheers Egg, I'll bear it in mind.....

 

Eddy - there used to be a toy fair at Buxton sometime in the spring, don't know if they still happen.....

[sierraman]

I think so, I’ve been a few times. Seemed a mix of rare stuff at reasonable price and old tat priced at silly money.

[egg]

New arrival, was going to repaint a la Vulgalour, but now it's here think I'll get a replacement luggage from model supplies in due course.

 

[Junkman]

I'm divided and unable to make a decision. Vulgalour executed an idea I've been toying with for a while, but full summer holidays on the Continent spec is not without its appeal either.

Caravan capability if the tow bar is intact doesn't help.

[egg]

Fiat 1500.  Originally in the factory green-blue with a thick overpaint of similar green-blue and no roof accessory.  I didn't get a before picture proper, just this during shot after I'd filed off the roofrack casting and filled it all smooth, vastly improving the look of the thing.

56-Fiat1500.jpg

 

Some detail work later and it's a smart little thing.  Left the hubs dull, it suits the car well enough I don't feel chroming them would improve it.

56-Fiat1500_After.jpg

 

Worth a re-post...This great work was what prompted my purchase.

 

 

[egg]

It is unbelievably appropriate that this model came with a flimsy plastic base, rather than metal, very Fiat!

[Junkman]

A metal base would have rusted much more prototypical.

[egg]

The usual holy trinity of sand wheel hubs, paint grille/bumper and polish glass might just be enough.

 

[sierraman]

They did do the earlier ones with a metal base. Doesn’t look in bad condition either that, I’d probably not repaint it.

[Junkman]

Do paint.

[junkyarddog]

Here's one I picked up yesterday at the toy fair,I have a few.

Only bought because of the intact luggage.

Never found one with it before.

 

[Frogchod]

Norev Dyane arrived from Germany.

 

Egg made me buy it.