Shite in Miniature II

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15 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Couldn’t you use some JB weld or Araldite to hold it? 

Possibly. I might just glue the whole boot shut, I think we can live without the extra play value!

[AndyW201]

16 hours ago, Jon said:

I'm not sure if the raised rear is correct or not but it's safe to say that most weren't like that by the end of their lives. I like attention to detail - the bumpers look excellent, for instance. Some decals may be a little too large and the number plate font is an honest attempt but slightly off, though that really is nitpicking. The guy at the shop was using low online start prices to try and shift some stock, which backfired in this instance, so he's knocked that game on the head. I'll admit that I have since bought another Corgi Vanguard from him (at more realistic prices but still favourable compared to Ebay), so watch out for that exciting installment at some point!

Great buy, especially at that price! I like that variant of the Astra. I remember those original SRs driving about and the size of the decals is about right. I agree about the ride height, presumably it's due to there being a 1.3 Merit police version of that casting. I have the 16v GTE version and it's even more pronounced,

No real-life GTE I ever saw sat that high at the rear!

[barrett]

Any of these of interest? The Skyline is a really nice heavy period Tomica Dandy and is pretty much mint, so wont ge pennies. Would rather the HWs went in one lot

[sierraman]

Possibly best Astra Mk2 model was the 1/24 Guiloy model. Only issue was being Spanish it was the Kadett GSI. 

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15 local hotwheels on Facebook marketplace for £7. If anything here anyone is after, happy to go and get them and share the joy...

Tag me though, as not on here every minute today (err. as normal)

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/530602947787049/

[paulplom]

I'm at Tynemouth market atm. One stall has that transit pick up in good condition. She wants £3.50 for it!

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[flat4alfa]

My Post Lady of dreams has been!

SO IT’S SEXY PRINCESS SATURDAY

Thanks go to Barrett

Barbara is ecstatic !

[flat4alfa]

I have two Transit flatbeds complete with boxed loads

When Barbara heard a Ford Scene Tax was applied to flatbed Transits, she fainted

At least one is for sale - had them since I was in small trousers

[flat4alfa]

Who let the dogs in ?

woof

woof, woof

woof woof !

 

Anyone have a Majorette Fiat 127 and/or Jeep Cherokee? Because, doggies in the window

[flat4alfa]

On 11/29/2019 at 1:09 AM, Jon said:

Picked up this Transit as my older brother had one and I always coveted it. The permanently lowered body side was always a bugbear but that's because the plastic crate to load on it was long gone by the time I was playing with my brother's version

 

Look what I found sitting spare and unloved in my chod spares box....

Decal is a bit scuffed on one side, but still.  Opportunity* to find another decal of choice.

[cms206]

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=578608096256197&id=331503130966696

[155V6]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

Who let the dogs in ?

woof

woof, woof

woof woof !

 

Anyone have a Majorette Fiat 127 and/or Jeep Cherokee? Because, doggies in the window

Don't forget the Hotwheels Mercedes 380 SEL as well

[flat4alfa]

On 11/8/2019 at 5:05 PM, bunglebus said:

I do need a Matchbox Beach Hopper/Baja Buggy/Beach Buggy to use as a donor for a top secret project though...

I have this pair.

The one with the extra heavier JACKSON POLLOCK PAINT EFFECT has hopped the driver out though.

Ideally, I'd want to put the extra Pollocked body onto the best Rolamatic base and keep the driver driving.  The remains of the other can go towards secret projects and the like

[flat4alfa]

All of these spares repairs swaps

Majorette Acadiane is missing a rear door

Edited November 30, 2019 by flat4alfa
Acadiane and Porsche sold to Egg from Kent

[Split_Pin]

17 hours ago, sierraman said:

Possibly best Astra Mk2 model was the 1/24 Guiloy model. Only issue was being Spanish it was the Kadett GSI. 

I like the GAMA one as they did a 5 door LS.

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@flat4alfa - Acadiane and 959 please? Sure we can do a deal with those Beacons I'm waiting on from Model Supplies. Please could you hold those two until the beacons arrive?

[egg]

So, of course, I picked up those hot wheels! Most will be re-sold I expect!

[Spottedlaurel]

2 hours ago, 155V6 said:

Don't forget the Hotwheels Mercedes 380 SEL as well

Hey, Fido seems to have escaped from my Cherokee. Bad dog.

What wheels are they on the 127? I have two, each with different styles, and neither like that.

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, egg said:

So, of course, I picked up those hot wheels! Most will be re-sold I expect!

There's some amazing drugs going around the Hot Wheels design office...

I have interest in the green 'cuda.  But I expect so do you

[junkyarddog]

1 hour ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Hey, Fido seems to have escaped from my Cherokee. Bad dog.

What wheels are they on the 127? I have two, each with different styles, and neither like that.

Afaik that 127 is an early one.

[155V6]

1 hour ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Hey, Fido seems to have escaped from my Cherokee. Bad dog.

What wheels are they on the 127? I have two, each with different styles, and neither like that.

The jacked-up Cherokee is quite rare with the dog in it,it seems they removed it from the interior.I have got one earlier low Cherokee I've had for many years,but when I found it,I remembered that I cut the dog out as I didn't like it in there ?

The Fiat has the earlier wheels,they have a separate centre which sometimes falls out.

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15 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

There's some amazing drugs going around the Hot Wheels design office...

I have interest in the green 'cuda.  But I expect so do you

You've spotted the best one! I'll think about whether I'm keeping it or not...

[flat4alfa]

2 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

I cut the dog out as I didn't like it in there ?

Where is dog?  If it's in the parts bin still, I could pop it in something else.  Poking its head out the back of a Matchbox Mercury Villager, maybe

[155V6]

Just now, flat4alfa said:

Where is dog?  If it's in the parts bin still, I could pop it in something else.  Poking its head out the back of a Matchbox Mercury Villager, maybe

It was over 30 years ago,so the chances of finding it are fairly low ?

[155V6]

Just a thought,maybe you could get reproduction dogs for the Matchbox Ford Kennel Truck & use those?

[bunglebus]

3 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

I have this pair.

 

Thank you but I have a couple of donors now - think I need the longer interior out of a Baja Buggy for TOP SECRET PROJECT, and a windscreen out of a Beach Hopper. Pics incoming

[bunglebus]

OK a few new motors have turned up. First of all, this Dinky Rover SD1, with pleasingly accurate wheel trims

 

20191130_195115 by RS, on Flickr

20191130_195123 by RS, on Flickr

20191130_195134 by RS, on Flickr

 

Then there's the Corgi Deux Chevaux

 

20191130_195242 by RS, on Flickr

 

Then there's this Corgi Whizzwheels buggy in very period purple. Nice wheels too

 

20191130_195514 by RS, on Flickr

 

Matchbox released a range of their standard castings but as monster trucks in the 80's. The two I've been trying to find are the Model As, coupé and van. Finally found the coupé

 

20191130_195703 by RS, on Flickr

 

Corgi Growler E-Type

 

20191130_195849 by RS, on Flickr

 

BMC Pininfarina 1800 off this very forum (thanks)

 

20191130_195956_002 by RS, on Flickr

 

It's hard to show in pictures how nice the (also off this forum) Guisval MK1 Fiesta is. Even the dash is correct

 

20191130_200116 by RS, on Flickr

20191130_200135 by RS, on Flickr

20191130_200150 by RS, on Flickr

 

Another AS acquisition is this Datsun 280Z, just like the one I had as a kid

 

20191130_200307 by RS, on Flickr

 

Last one send to me off here is this fake Sand Digger. Not the one I had as a kid, very likely a copy of a copy as there's no need for the square hole in the back. Think this one is meant to climb up walls with the sticky roller built into the base

 

20191130_200601 by RS, on Flickr

20191130_200618 by RS, on Flickr

20191130_200637 by RS, on Flickr

 

Here's Project DD

 

20191130_200421 by RS, on Flickr

 

No I haven't gone mad, Donald is getting ejected, the casting is adapted from the Sand Hopper/Baja Buggy/Beach Buggy, so I intend to make a model that never existed using parts from the others

 

20191130_200516 by RS, on Flickr

20191130_200508 by RS, on Flickr

20191005_132736 by RS, on Flickr

It also arrived with this, looks familiar...

 

20191130_200350 by RS, on Flickr

20191113_103748 by RS, on Flickr

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There's a lot of Guisval Fiestas on todocoleccion. Have a fun browse!

https://en.todocoleccion.net/buscador?from=top&bu=Guisval+fiesta

[Datsuncog]

Massive thanks to @barrett for yesterday's parcel arrival (and beautifully packed, I might add): a real nostalgia trip here:

Vitesse models, and specifically that speckled grey box with the mirror-effect backing, give me a bit of a rush back to the late 80s/early 90s when I was making the leap from Corgi and Matchbox toys into the world of more adult-oriented models...my local model shop kept their Vitesse models in a locked case, which was the first inkling that these were a bit more special than the Corgi Classics, Solido and Bburago models which just lived on a wooden shelf.

The Fiat 500 with (Lambretta?) scooter set was very appealing to me as a ten-year-old, but much as I craved and coveted it, there were inevitably other models vying for my pocket money and space on my birthday wish list... and sadly the Fiat never quite made the cut.

I can only assume it eventually sold, as no doubt I would have snared it once I got a Saturday job in the same model shop, and ran riot each week with my staff discount...

The 2CV is kind of a replacement for another Vitesse model I did have - a plain grey 50s 2CV with a somewhat bulbous boot extension, which I seem to remember was a Christmas gift from my grandparents.

Annoyingly, I didn't just collect these models but enjoyed handling them and setting up little dioramas (as well as taking them apart with my mini-screwdriver set) - and it was during one such adventure that I managed to break off and lose one of the Cit's headlights, much to my chagrin. I did the same thing with the three-pointed star emblem atop the grille of my Mercedes 600 Pullman (also by Vitesse). *Sigh*.

But this 2CV isnt just any 2CV - it's a 4x4 Sahara. That's right, the twin-engine jobber built to order for French oil companies and the like for working out in the North African desert. For this car, 'Sahara' wasn't just a cutesy lifestyle name.

https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2016/06/02/is-citroens-2cv-4x4-sahara-the-most-innovative-off-roader-ever-built/

I kept buying Vitesse models for a while longer, though sometimes the quality control seemed a bit off and that annoyed me.

I remember buying a Wolseley Hornet and being greatly irked by the collapsed rear axle; equally a Renault R4 suffered a weird lopsided stance too plus paint flaws that couldn't be seen in the shop's case. The arrival of Lledo Vanguards seemed to offer better build quality for similar money, and so I gravitated towards them...

By the late 1990s, as my tastes had become more refined and I was able to stretch to more detailed models by the likes of Minichamps and Trofeu (with their tiny separate windscreen wipers and wingmirrors), cars by Vitesse, Solido and Corgi Classics just started to look a smidge crude.

I'd also stopped carrying them around with me, which probably helped their longevity - the memory of dropping a freshly-unboxed Corgi Classics Mk1 Cortina down a flight of stone steps at Powerscourt still makes me wince... clonkety clonkety clonkety clonkety...

But there's still a lot of charm in these little models, and it's great to finally have them in the collection!

A winter project might be to finally get all my 1/43 models down from the attic and see what I still have...

[C1am]

Following on from the recent discussion of bodies cut out to accomodate superfast wheels, I've compared my Mercurys to find  the bodies are the same. Apart from the different wheels and the base casting, the superfast car sits slightly higher and its blue light is taller than the original's.

For sale if anyone's interested. £1.50 + £3 UK postage for both.