Shite in Miniature II

[andy18s]

23 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Eddy's explanation is right, and it's not a current climate thing.

There have been many international rules set from the late 1970s onwards.  One significant turning point was the strict 1992 US Federal Congress act on tobacco advertising.  If a toy/model manufacturer released an identifiable tobacco livery, then it was an offence in the US to allow an under 18 into the shop.

Hornby and others got around the earlier UK legislation by for example labelling a Scalextric Ducati Marlboro rather than the other way around.  Also the use of Lotus JPS could also continue due to John Player tobacco being a brand that wasn't available in the UK.   At least that's my understanding of it.

 

Notice that for 1995 WRC the 555 lettering was present, see photo below.  L555 BAT Chassis #93.003 survives (the very car your model is of) but since British American Tobacco dropped Subaru/Prodrive sponsorship in 1998 the 555 lettering had to be removed so the car could be seen in public at any publicity or privateer event.  So the model is correct / incorrect depending on point of view.

[Taken at 1995 WRC Cataluyna stages]

 

I think I bored myself there, sorry.

TL;DNR - Getting the Rothmans and State Express 555 decals would dress them up better I agree!

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[flat4alfa]

5 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

I think I've owned all of them at some point, those that I now have are as follows:

Post / photos now updated

[bunglebus]

30 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Polistil 928 is 1/18

 

3/82 according to the base ?

[flat4alfa]

March 1982 ?

Ratio of 3:82 would be 1:28  ? so still wrong!

[AndyW201]

I've got that Polistil 928 somewhere, though not with those wheels, just a set of the generic Ferrari style 5 spokes Polistil used at the time, it does look weird with skinny rear wheels! From memory it was 1/24 scale or thereabouts.

[flat4alfa]

POST LADY HAS BEEN

I’ve finally got a Rampant Rabbit !!!

Also Sand Digger in the lush green and the Frosties Pontiac with T-bar roof.  Hot Wheels rod in white had to be grabbed as I lost my old black one as a boy.  Got the lot for £7.60 total bids

[bunglebus]

Good score, especially with an intact windscreen on the 32

[Tenmil Socket]

I think I should invest in a chrome pen, any suggestions?

[bunglebus]

6 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

I think I should invest in a chrome pen, any suggestions?

Molotow. No question.

[Tenmil Socket]

3 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Molotow. No question.

Have you found which is the best nib size as an all rounder?

[bunglebus]

Right, I'm going to stop messing with this before I make a cock up. Supposed to be chrome trim around the windows and headlights but my nerves can't take it. Anyone sussed out where the wheels are from yet?

 

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Tincorner is progressing nicely

 

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[bunglebus]

5 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Have you found which is the best nib size as an all rounder?

Mine's a 1mm, paint flows into itself well so you don't get lines on larger areas

[BL Bloke]

17 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Someone must have the Nova, seems to be in half the job lots on eBay

I found a Nova in a tat box the other week. Now I know why it has BP decals on it. 

 

DSCF1233 by timothy jones, on Flickr

[Reluctant Adult]

I have far too many model cars. Some of them are hard to find, so here’s the first of an occasional series of pics of my favourites. Here we have a Polistil ‘Sud, Rozkvet Favorit & two generations of Tomica Cherry, all 1:64ish ?

[DoctorRetro]

Dominic turned up with this on this weekends visit. 

[egg]

2 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Have you found which is the best nib size as an all rounder?

I have a 1mm and 2mm and find both have their respective uses.

[AndyW201]

46 minutes ago, TheDoctor said:

Dominic turned up with this on this weekends visit. 

Nice, I do like the HW Celica, especially in that colour. I've got a red one I picked up in Tesco a few years ago, that was the one that kick-started me back on to collecting Hot Wheels.

[stuboy]

Bored so had all these off and cleaned them

[flat4alfa]

BLAZING SATURDAY SHENANIGANS

Dolly & Ken enjoyed their isolationist day out - in the back yard. 

Majorette 1/36 Chevrolet Blazer.

Should have a rear canopy over the rear bed, but Dolly & Ken were way past caring by the time they realised

 

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, TheDoctor said:

Dominic turned up with this on this weekends visit. 

 

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[AndyW201]

Had a small delivery today. Sadly the last diecast purchase for a while probably, because Covid... Still, first up,

There have been a few Audi's modelled lately by Hot Wheels and Matchbox in this nice metallic blue colour. I've already got the RS6 Avants by both makers, and the red RS5 and RS6 by Hot Wheels, so this is a nice addition.

Again, nice tampo printing front and rear for the size on this one.

Next, one I've been trying to find for a while now, with no luck,

Nice colour, and they seem to have captured the XE shape well. Could live without that rear wing though...

Again, nice Tampos front and rear, including those wacky air intakes,

The seller threw in a freebie Copo Camaro too. Young 'un has already claimed this...

Liking the wheelie bars and 'chute  on the back!

But, the one I had really been waiting for,

Some 44 years after the first, we have a new Matchbox MK1 Golf, a 3door GTi this time.

Seeing it in photos, I wasn't keen on the graphics. However, looking at it closely, the stripes incorporate a rabbit in them, along with a 'Rabbit' logo on the wings, so I don't know if the graphics were kind of a period accessory package,

Even the Matchbox hubcap wheels don't look too bad painted this way, they sort-of have a look of period Ronal Turbo wheels or similar IMO.

Again, nice detailing of the GTi front, including the chin spoiler, shame about the back end though, it's as if they couldn't be arsed at that point!

Good effort though, just hope we get one in standard trim in Mars red or Lhasa green later.

[flat4alfa]

45 minutes ago, AndyW201 said:

However, looking at it closely, the stripes incorporate a rabbit in them, along with a 'Rabbit' logo on the wings, so I don't know if the graphics were kind of a period accessory package,.

Yes, quite likely influenced by graphics of the time, especially aftermarket

VW Golf was marketed as the VW Rabbit in North America

But I'm sure you knew that

[flat4alfa]

1976 US brochure

Check the optional extras:  The lower flank decal and the rabbit on the mud (splash) guards.  Confirms it was a VW marketing idea

[AndyW201]

13 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

1976 US brochure

Check the optional extras:  The lower flank decal and the rabbit on the mud (splash) guards.  Confirms it was a VW marketing idea

Cheers, that confirms it. I can accept the graphics on it now! ? 

[flat4alfa]

I can see why you were keen to get hold of it.  Looked it up and it's a new 2020 release, in one colour.  Did you have to buy from a foreign seller?

[sierraman]

Are they in the U.K. Tesco’s now? 

[flat4alfa]

Evening Conundrum

 

i.  BP Visco-Nova

 

ii.  BP Visco-Nova

 

iii.  Visco Nova

 

 

I might need some help with this one.... ?

[AndyW201]

28 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

I can see why you were keen to get hold of it.  Looked it up and it's a new 2020 release, in one colour.  Did you have to buy from a foreign seller?

 

28 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Are they in the U.K. Tesco’s now? 

Don't know if they're in Tesco yet, my local one restocked recently but it's all last year's stuff like the Giulia, VW Thing, Caprice, etc. I got the Golf and today's Hot Wheels from my usual Facebook seller. She's based in the UK, but gets her stock from the US and all over Europe, usually Portugal I think.

I tend to pick up a lot of HW and MB locally but the shops round here have been a dead loss since the beginning of the year, even before the outbreak.

[flat4alfa]

9 hours ago, AndyW201 said:

I've got that Polistil 928 somewhere, though not with those wheels, just a set of the generic Ferrari style 5 spokes Polistil used at the time, it does look weird with skinny rear wheels! From memory it was 1/24 scale or thereabouts.

Good old Polistil were covering all bases at the time

 

1/18

1/25

1/41

1/64

[AndyW201]

47 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Good old Polistil were covering all bases at the time

1/25

Yup, that's the one I've got!