Shite in Miniature II

[eddyramrod]

  On 13/12/2019 at 15:21, bunglebus said:

I'll be grabbing that Sambar when I see it. Tesco are doing 5 packs for £4 so I grabbed this pretty much just for the Fairlane wagon. Anyone into Pandas or police cars?

20191212_165137 by RS, on Flickr

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Nice find!  Could you start a box for me please with the Sheriff Mustang?  I'm trying to keep off the small stuff but that's just too good to miss.

 

Speaking of small stuff... Egg: my RNLI set has arrived, and it's lovely, many thanks!

[sheffcortinacentre]

The white 240Z was avl in red too.

[bunglebus]

  On 13/12/2019 at 11:01, 155V6 said:

The message on the back of the BMW should change if you push the car down as you push it along.

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Yes just sussed it out thanks! Thought at first it was a pull-back as I could feel something going on with the rear wheels.

Nice 80's "Flashback" going on between the rear lights too

[bunglebus]

The Guisval cars on this thread and also now in my collection lead me to buy a catalogue, scanning this might be a challenge!

 

[bunglebus]

Last but not least this Zylmex Monza. Scale is like the Corgi Marina - not 1:64 and not 1:43 either

 

[AndyW201]

Wow! Somewhere in my box of childhood diecasts in mother's house is a Toyota Celica A40 liftback, in that scale with those wheels, never knew it was a Zylmex.

 

[bunglebus]

They're not easy to ID, I have to trust what I'm told but I now have a few so wheels etc are a good clue. Think they often use a single letter/multiple number code on the base 

 

 

My 1:64 scale Porsche 928 is D89

Porsche 936 - D62

Porsche 910 - D64

Datsun Z - D75

Fiat X1/9 - D63

Lancia Stratos - D56

Rolls Royce - D44

Ford GT - D26

Mini Minor - D40

Jaguar E-Type - D35

BMW 2002 - D65

Porsche 935 - D55

Mustang - D49

Volkswagen (Beetle) - D20 (both the stock and the "Ed Roth" type cartoon version)

"Boom Bug" (Beetle cabrio) - D106

"Rebel" - D12

Matra F1 - D31

Lotus F1 car - K702

"Brute" (Silhouette replica) - K706

 

I would guess the letter refers to scale, as they're all 1:64ish except the Monza, the Lotus and the "Brute", the last two are huge. 

[RoadworkUK]

Interesting that they didn't declare what nationality of Monza that model represents. It's a Chevy, of course, somehow in IMSA spec yet with a full road car interior. What a fascinating model.

[bunglebus]

  On 13/12/2019 at 22:51, AndyW201 said:

Wow! Somewhere in my box of childhood diecasts in mother's house is a Toyota Celica A40 liftback, in that scale with those wheels, never knew it was a Zylmex.

 

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[AndyW201]

  On 14/12/2019 at 09:03, bunglebus said:

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That's the fella!

[bunglebus]

Oh yes. I forget who tipped me off to this on eBay but I'm grinning like a loon now this has arrived

 

20191214_105800 by RS, on Flickr

20191214_105811 by RS, on Flickr

20191214_105806 by RS, on Flickr

20191214_105817 by RS, on Flickr

 

With its compadres

 

20191214_110310 by RS, on Flickr

[Split_Pin]

Yaass!

[flat4alfa]

  On 14/12/2019 at 11:40, bunglebus said:

Oh yes. I forget who tipped me off to this on eBay but I'm grinning like a loon now this has arrived

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It was me, sorry

[flat4alfa]

  On 13/12/2019 at 16:48, egg said:

Will case Q hit Tesco - nothing new today?

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Very unlikely as they have been on the '2020' case range in recent months

....or were, as the Tesco's aisle in my town has had no new MB stock in weeks. The box is desolate and the five packs cleared early November (despite the price hike)

[flat4alfa]

  On 12/12/2019 at 09:57, sierraman said:

Skyline with the odd Japanese writing on it. 

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I love that

Do not paint!

[bunglebus]

  On 14/12/2019 at 12:39, flat4alfa said:

It was me, sorry

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Don't be! Looked through my messages but couldn't find it. Still want the black one and ideally the van it hides inside

[flat4alfa]

  On 12/12/2019 at 13:47, bunglebus said:

Entertainer have re-stocked!

ovloV is RHD so lends itself to customising as a stock version, if that's your bag

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HW Case C

Quote from designer Rui Asada, Hot Wheels Design Team lead at Mattel:

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This casting is non-specific version so it’s technically not an R nor a race car, but we’re hoping we can maximize the deco variations with this one casting, non-race, or race versions.

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So this implies 2020 will see road car paint variations. So don't paint over your 850 just yet!

[Split_Pin]

I love this livery as its evocative of the 1990s touring car version which I loved.

[Split_Pin]

Got the Tamiya kit 850 Turbo I built in 1995 down from the loft for company.

[warch]

  On 14/12/2019 at 18:38, Split_Pin said:

Got the Tamiya kit 850 Turbo I built in 1995 down from the loft for company.

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That's a superb looking kit, well done. Needs some stickers on the back to troll the unwary, e.g. National Trust, the Christian fish symbol or Caravan Club. 

[Split_Pin]

Its got the 'SIPS' one that my dad's had though.

[flat4alfa]

  On 14/12/2019 at 17:08, Split_Pin said:

I love this livery as its evocative of the 1990s touring car version which I loved.

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It was this very car that influenced the model :

Jan Lammers and Rickard Rydell debuted the 850 for the 1994 BTCC season as the 'Volvo 850 Racing' team

The reason for the estate body was the bodyshell offered by Volvo as it was the first one facelifted. Only when they compared in a wind tunnel did they find the estate body had better rear downforce. Apart from that, Volvo were very keen as the marketing potential was huge

Volvo returned for 1995 but with the saloon body and a big rear wing

[andy18s]

Slightly bigger scale

https://landlmodels.co.uk/products/controlfreax-volvo-850-estate

[bunglebus]

  On 14/12/2019 at 13:50, flat4alfa said:

This implies 2020 will see road car paint variations. So don't paint over your 850 just yet!

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Yellow with grey 5 spokes I hope 

 

[bunglebus]

  On 14/12/2019 at 19:07, flat4alfa said:

 

The reason for the estate body was the bodyshell offered by Volvo as it was the first one facelifted. Only when they compared in a wind tunnel did they find the estate body had better rear downforce. Apart from that, Volvo were very keen as the marketing potential was huge

 

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That and the fact that a Volvo estate kicking everyone's arse was superb

[flat4alfa]

  On 14/12/2019 at 20:41, bunglebus said:

That and the fact that a Volvo estate kicking everyone's arse was superb

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Definitely a crowd favourite, but in reality Volvo came 8th

This fella and this brand won both the Driver and Constructor championship for 1994

[Noel Tidybeard]

look wot i got off fleabay

[Spottedlaurel]

A project on the house has, as usual, snowballed into something slightly bigger and the need to fit new* carpet into the spare room means I've got to pack up all the display cases.

State of play before being dismantled:

As the display cases are apart I want to get some extra glass shelves made to put in there - more room is needed!

I have created my own tat boxes to pick through when it goes back together again.

Had this oddity since new, bought at a toy shop in Aylesbury I believe. When I got it I was disappointed to see they'd put the glass in back to front, but I never attempted to rectify it:

*When I say new carpet, this being AS I mean remove the current carpet that is four pieces of crudely fitted remnant leftover from our previous house, and replace it with a piece of the old living room carpet we replaced 2-3 years ago.

[flat4alfa]

In that case you must grab this ideal* Carpeting Opportunity :

https://www.rugstreet.com/PROD/street-carpet-by-the-lineal-foot.html

[Spottedlaurel]

  On 15/12/2019 at 11:20, flat4alfa said:

In that case you must grab this ideal* Carpeting Opportunity :

https://www.rugstreet.com/PROD/street-carpet-by-the-lineal-foot.html

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Ah yes, a missed opportunity there.

Before I clicked on the link I thought you were going to suggest this sort of thing: