Shite in Miniature II

[Christine]

[mercrocker]

excellent work on here, tonight....Wish my shed wasn't so bloody cold and damp.

[sierraman]

I have the Range Rover rolomatic in orange and the mercury in red as a fire chief car. I didn’t realise they did a police version. I will have to pick one up. I am quite new to this and don’t know all the models and combinations

The orange Range Rover is from a gift set on those, would have originally had ‘Site Manager’ on the doors. Quite scarce compared to the white ones and the later beige Paris Dakar issues.

[vulgalour]

I have altogether too many of these, in various states of decay.

 

The other day I realised they have potential as an arctic explorer type THING.  All I need to do is chop the cab off one and the boom off another, and then sort of bish bash bosh it about a bit.

 

A third will provide the bit I need between the front and rear cabs and with some careful filing of mouldings and such, I should end up with a stocky go-anywhere snow machine.  I'll likely paint it orange, though I'm undecided on what sort of markings it should have so I'll have to have a look at some 1960s explorer machines.

[Junkman]

Deutsche Antarktis Expedition

Berlin - Neuschwabenland

[eddyramrod]

It already looks like it should be rolling down the ramp of Pod 2!

[Junkman]

Been offered this for £20, what do you think?

 

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I think you should get it and send it on to me.

[Christine]

I have altogether too many of these, in various states of decay.

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The other day I realised they have potential as an arctic explorer type THING.  All I need to do is chop the cab off one and the boom off another, and then sort of bish bash bosh it about a bit.

ArcticTruck.jpg

 

A third will provide the bit I need between the front and rear cabs and with some careful filing of mouldings and such, I should end up with a stocky go-anywhere snow machine.  I'll likely paint it orange, though I'm undecided on what sort of markings it should have so I'll have to have a look at some 1960s explorer machines.

 

 

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Escort-Mk3-Mk4-Double-Ended-Stunt-Vehicle-Driver-Training-Classic/382767091772?hash=item591eb2503c:g:FwIAAOSwfTlcTHMb:rk:16:pf:0

[sierraman]

Love these conversions. When I was a kid I liked ‘doing a crayford’ and making cabrio versions of stuff.

[junkyarddog]

I have altogether too many of these, in various states of decay.

30e-8WheelCrane.jpg

 

The other day I realised they have potential as an arctic explorer type THING.  All I need to do is chop the cab off one and the boom off another, and then sort of bish bash bosh it about a bit.

ArcticTruck.jpg

 

A third will provide the bit I need between the front and rear cabs and with some careful filing of mouldings and such, I should end up with a stocky go-anywhere snow machine.  I'll likely paint it orange, though I'm undecided on what sort of markings it should have so I'll have to have a look at some 1960s explorer machines.

That's fantastic,looks like something Matchbox would have actually made.

Looking forward to the end result.

[Datsuncog]

Rightyho, you may recall the horribly repainted HO scale Mk2 Transit I scored the other week:

Well, it's strippy strippy time, having procured some oven cleaner to get the old paint off as recommended on these pages, and managed to get the thing apart using a penknife blade.

Is the preferred option just to throw it in a press-seal bag, spray in a good squirt of the cleaner, then seal it up to stew for a few hours before rinsing? Or is rather more finesse involved?

Don't mean to sound like the restoration n00b I so clearly am; but equally don't want to come back to a small plastic puddle where there should be rather a nice little model.

Here's the non-painty bits, anyway.

[TheClutchBasketPodcast]

Without the body, it looks like one of those 'futuristic' cars from a cheap 80's sci-fi film

[sierraman]

Looks like most 5 year old Transita after the bodywork has dissolved.

[egg]

Petrol station acquired...

 

[Felly Magic]

My Astra lineup, plus 1 of my Tigras and Corsa B

 

 

 

 

 

My other Tigra is a code 3 sprayed red, needs wheels though and headlights sorting as they have been painted silver

[Christine]

Petrol station acquired...

 

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Someone had to..

 

[AndyW201]

God I've got much want for 90's Vauxhall dealer tat now. Particularly those V-grille black bumpered Astras! Problem is people seem to want stupid prices for Gama RHD stuff, I've already written off Schabak stuff as out of my meagre pocket money range now!

Had my existing Vauxhall range out for a play and a clean earlier. May don my flame proof underwear and get some pics up...

[Christine]

Eggolube !

 

Whilst the red paint was out I painted the repro tailgate to my transporter.  Not a bad match !

 

 

[Felly Magic]

The red Astra came from France and wasn't exactly cheap, and wasn't even in a Vauxhall box, just plain card, I will sort out all my Vauxhallshite tomorrow and snap them, need to put a dash back in my Lotus Carlton though

[bramz7]

 

Incoming!!!!

 

I impulse bid on the Ducato...it's a fantastic thing and 1/43 too.

 

 

The Conrad Mercedes Vans were part of a job lot and weigh a ton. There is another drop side one without the loadbay cover as well, a fiver to a shiter plus post sound okay?

 

I also got some ace hot wheels redlines from eddy, thanks a lot!

[Felly Magic]

Want that Ducato. Oooft

[alcyonecorporation]

Any of you famalams want this?

 

 

It's a Corgi AEC tanker. I can do it for £25 posted.

 

Or I can do this Otto 1:18 305 GTX for £40 posted.

 

 

 

 

Or this 1:43 Hi-Story Spoon Civic Type R EK9 signed by Spoon principal Tatsura Ichishima for £50 posted (and that is piss-cheap, I assure you).

 

 

[Junkman]

Is the preferred option just to throw it in a press-seal bag, spray in a good squirt of the cleaner, then seal it up to stew for a few hours before rinsing?

Yes, it really is that simple. Most things in life are. My mother always says, if you have a problem that requires a complicated solution, don't bother solving it.

[Junkman]

Anyway, there has been some Rextoys purchase.

 

 

 

I think it's the only sixteen cylinder I currently own.

[Junkman]

Some accuse me of just buying stuff and hoarding it in my model mausoleum.

They are wrong, however.

I have been a busy bee and restored two more of the ex Eddyramrod wares.

 

Firstly the Kennel Club Ford Pickup.

 

 

 

It's a modification of this tooling:

 

 

 

Apart from altering the body mould, they scrapped the interior and made the window bit tinted in lieu.

I am now looking for another shonky example of the original pick up, so I can use its clear part and interior to pimp my kennel truck.

 

I also tried to make the E Type uglier than it is by default, which turned out to be impossible.

 

 

 

Semi broken rim to be replaced once I sourced a Döner wreck.

[Junkman]

There seems to be a trend to amputate the Fiat's roofrack, something I was contemplating for a long time.

But seeing it actually being executed by many*, I did the polar opposite, ordered the replacement luggage from Steve Flowers and did my straightest restoration hitherto.

 

 

 

Did you know that this model shares its interior with the Ford Corsair?

If it doesn't, I have a factory error here.

[Junkman]

Some may remember that I acquired this a while ago.

 

 

 

Well, I can't say it was an easy task and it fought me all the way, prompting me to use language a lot, something, as you know, I normally would never do.

It now looks like this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not two toning it despite Spot On did that even on much humbler wares must be the pinnacle of arrogance.

That I was told not to two tone it by Junkdaughter #2, who has a keen eye for shapes and colours, has self evidently nothing* to do with it.

[vulgalour]

Thank you for painting that RR metallic pink and managing to do so in a shade that isn't reminiscent of a Certain Sort Of Person.

[Junkman]

Yeah, I didn't want it to look like anything Lady Penelope would own.

[eddyramrod]

Apart from altering the body mould, they scrapped the interior and made the window bit tinted in lieu.

I am now looking for another shonky example of the original pick up, so I can use its clear part and interior to pimp my kennel truck.

I'm slightly amazed you failed to spot any of the several shonky Ford pickups I have here.  I can help, as Billy Swann sang.