Shite in Miniature II

[flat4alfa]

3 hours ago, sierraman said:

No I’ve about 3 of them.

I reckon you want a fourth?  ?

[eddyramrod]

Two more boxes posted out this morning.

[sierraman]

15 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

I reckon you want a fourth?  ?

No, I’ve got loads of those type XJS, maybe 7-8 of the various colours etc. 

[DoctorRetro]

Came through from eBay, its a Mk2, but OK for the littlun. 

[egg]

The Grifo might be the most elegant matchbox casting from the pre superfast era. Perhaps the Ferrari Berlinetta just edges it. With some brake fluid I've managed to take the worst of the overpaint from this one from @155V6. Very nice as is.

[vulgalour]

Finally, I have completed the Renault 14 kit.  It is... less than adequate.  I still like it anyway, for all its shonkiness.

The doors open, after a fashion.

The bonnet and tailgate don't so much open, as come off entirely.  The dashboard doesn't sit in the proper place at all, the rear axle is too far forwards in the body, the bumpers needed trimming to line up with anything, and the indicators at the front are just holes next to the headlights, so I put the indicators in the bumper with the sidelights instead.

It's a pretty rubbish model, even more so than I was expecting.  It required a lot of work to get it to look this good and without serious surgery I doubt you'd get it to look any nicer.  The plastic of the body is toos oft and flexible and the plastic of the base doesn't like to let paint stick.  It's a fight to build and the only reason I did is that I was determined to have a Renault 14 kit in the collection.

[flat4alfa]

It looks a great job all considered and has out lived the real thing - therefore bonus!

I reckon I would have just tossed it, at the doors stage probably 

Anyone got a 3D printer so we can scan and scale it up? Just imagine, a proper hot rally 1:32 slot car. The slot car show fellas at Gaydon will swoon

[flat4alfa]

On 3/7/2020 at 9:32 PM, bunglebus said:

And another Kennel Truck - I keep buying donors but they're all too nice. This has the steering chassis, another reason it can't be a grille donor

SUNDAY DISASSEMBLEMENT

Matchbox Ford F-100 laid bare 

 

I’m keeping the yellow Rolamatic Ranger for now, but now I have the bigger 1/30ish Lucky Toys one to focus on I can let the other two go from the projects pile. One has grille as you can see - the drilled hole in the roof and aircraft decals idea was by me in my childhood

[flat4alfa]

On 1/31/2020 at 12:12 PM, Datsuncog said:

Talking of which...

Will need to fashion a hood for it. Was thinking of plonking a massive comedy blown engine in there instead, but if anyone spots a parts donor on travels please let me know

[Spottedlaurel]

10 hours ago, vulgalour said:

Finally, I have completed the Renault 14 kit...................

Well done for persevering with it! You've done a great job and it does at least resemble a 14 (which is more than could be said for the box art).

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

SUNDAY DISASSEMBLEMENT

Matchbox Ford F-100 laid bare 

 

I’m keeping the yellow Rolamatic Ranger for now, but now I have the bigger 1/30ish Lucky Toys one to focus on I can let the other two go from the projects pile. One has grille as you can see - the drilled hole in the roof and aircraft decals idea was by me in my childhood

 

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

Talking of which...

Will need to fashion a hood for it. Was thinking of plonking a massive comedy blown engine in there instead, but if anyone spots a parts donor on travels please let me know

 

I do have a complete engine out of this, and I need a grille...

 

20191026_134424 by RS, on Flickr

[flat4alfa]

Is the rest of the rod there too?

[flat4alfa]

Anyone have a rear canopy and the lion?

 

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Is the rest of the rod there too?

Just parts, body was broken so it got cannibalised 

[bunglebus]

New arrivals, firstly from @vulgalour

 

20200315_094143 by RS, on Flickr

20200315_094123 by RS, on Flickr

20200315_094018 by RS, on Flickr

20200315_093949 by RS, on Flickr

20200315_093928 by RS, on Flickr

20200315_093813 by RS, on Flickr

 

Skinniest Whizzwheels I've ever seen

 

20200315_093846 by RS, on Flickr

20200315_093748 by RS, on Flickr

20200315_093717 by RS, on Flickr

20200315_093653 by RS, on Flickr

20200315_093626 by RS, on Flickr

20200315_093600 by RS, on Flickr

 

Secondly these crude but charming Marx cars

 

20200315_093531 by RS, on Flickr

20200315_093502 by RS, on Flickr

20200315_093431 by RS, on Flickr

20200315_093210 by RS, on Flickr

20200315_093141 by RS, on Flickr

20200315_093122 by RS, on Flickr

20200315_093056 by RS, on Flickr

20200315_093018 by RS, on Flickr

 

This one's a bit knackered...

 

20200315_093235 by RS, on Flickr

 

...but it does still have the hard to find interior/base, now removed and ironed flat

 

20200315_101240 by RS, on Flickr

20200315_101247 by RS, on Flickr

 

Which can go in this

 

20190226_094200 by RS, on Flickr

 

[egg]

I like Marx cars of that era too, I'm just reticent of starting another range to collect!

[bunglebus]

They're pretty small. I'm always seeing the really tiny ones that are similar and sold under a million different brand names - but I used to have a set so I'll leave them alone

 

 

[vulgalour]

Worth scanning and printing that interior onto fresh card, or paper that you then glue to some card, for the restored one?  Seems a shame to put a slightly scruffy interior into a nice freshly painted car like that.

[flat4alfa]

To be fair the most crack handed drawer (me for starters) might do better by doing a fresh card. The whole range of Marx and others could get sets done in various colour schemes

Cottage industries will be ramping up in output over the next few months what with folks stuck indoors away from the virus riots and this could be one of them!

[DoctorRetro]

Ebay delivery! 

[Remspoor]

1 hour ago, TheDoctor said:

Ebay delivery! 

Never seen one in red. I have one in the very popular yellow.

[sierraman]

Managed to pick up a Husky Reliant TW9 today in decent nick. Guy wanted all of the money for it at £2 but worth it I think seeing as the chances of finding another are slim. Also picked up an Ogle Reliant Scimitar of same make for 50p. 

[flat4alfa]

6 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

Ebay delivery! 

Is that the repainted one?

[DoctorRetro]

41 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Is that the repainted one?

Doesn't look repainted... 

 

 

Any ideas on how to get the lights working without dismantling? 

[Tenmil Socket]

That model would have been great with a detailed interior/clear windows...

[DoctorRetro]

Scrub that question. Cleaned up / bent the contacts, fresh batteries and Voilà! 

[egg]

That's ace. New in the post for me. SVX will be unboxed.

 

[flat4alfa]

On 6/12/2019 at 1:05 PM, flat4alfa said:

I have this, didn't know it was part of the Corgitronics range, just a one-off; as the base doesn't have the Corgitronics logo

The bulbs have gone walkies, but it can be encouraged to light the way by popping a slim LED torch inside.  I might just replace the base with a slot car one (having wider wheels to fill the arches) and run 12v bulbs, especially as the proper Scalextric Maestro is worth more than I can bear.  Saying that, I paid way too much for it on an eBay shilling bidding war, as you do.

Hurrah

Another Corgitronic Maestro joins the fold 

[DoctorRetro]

9 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Hurrah

Another Corgitronic Maestro joins the fold 

If only we had a resident light bulb enthusiast on the forum eh? 

Bulb says osram 2.5v 0.3an-

 

@LightBulbFun

?

[DoctorRetro]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/1889037714