Shite in Miniature II

[Six-cylinder]

This is my latest for my 1/43 collection received today.

 

[junkyarddog]

Corgi Buick Riviera,

Bought this last weekend,was at a loose end today so decided to tidy it up.

 

As found.Well played with and daubed with paint.

 

Drilled apart.

 

Time for some stripper.

 

Bubbling up nicely.

 

Clean casting.

 

Time for a squirt of paint.

 

Painted the wheels,and added new tyres(fuel injector seals )

 

Back together again.

 

Here's it's party trick,

Working headlights and taillights

 

TRANS-O-LITE.

 

 

 

Not that happy with the paint finish,or the fact the glazing is a little damaged,

but it looks an awful lot better

[mercrocker]

Great job, I thought Trans O Lite was alchemy when I was a nipper....

[Split_Pin]

Lovely job on that Buick, I have it too and the lights are ace! Fuel injector seals for tyres too, that's just made my day- some level 10 innovation there😎

 

BTW, that Jaguar xj6 isn't a Corgi juniors, just a plain Corgi. The juniors name on the baseplate was phased out around 1980 when new castings were releases such as the Escort mk3 and Metro.

 

I'm not sure why the baseplate is blank but this casting and a whole heap of others were created for a massive BP promotion around 1987. The Volvo 760, Mercedes 190 and mk3 Transit were some others. You can identify them by their baseplate which is plain except for a step over each axle, two chassis rails running the length of the model and a grained finish. A lot of older models were included in the promotion too, such as your mk2 Transit wrecker and Rainbow Rancho.

[eddyramrod]

That Buick looks lovely!  Well done for finding a colour close to the original too.

 

How could I have forgotten about the BP models?  I have several, in their boxes!  I'll have to plead no room to unpack them, yet...

[RoadworkUK]

 

Here's it's party trick,

Working headlights and taillights

 

 

That looks fantastic. If you can get the vacuum operated headlamp covers to work, too, I'll present you with a special award.

[Anglevan]

Must add some of my stuff to this thread. My cars were all boxed and then given to my lad. Now boxed up again. Loving the tamiyas and that brat from sludge guts - I'm sure that was one I restored a few years back. Goes looking for pictures. .

[RoadworkUK]

Fucking eBay.

 

 

I didn't need either of these when I have 1:1's crying out to have cash spent on them, but I have an eBay app on my portaphone and CAN'T STOP.

[Noel Tidybeard]

that ford is oof

[mercrocker]

That looks fantastic. If you can get the vacuum operated headlamp covers to work, too, I'll present you with a special award.

He doesn't need to! Riviera buyers needed to wait until the '65 model for those. Corgi's was the original 1963 car

[Split_Pin]

That Ranger is a cracker and always temptingly priced.

[Felly Magic]

I've seen those Rangers dirt cheap from a seller I got some Minichamps Fords from

[sheffcortinacentre]

what scale are they

[Felly Magic]

The Ranger ia 1/18 scale, seller also has the Ford Cougar in 1/18 for similar money, both are in Ford dealer packaging

[Six-cylinder]

As usual with my collection there is a full sized car I used to have or currently own behind my decision to buy a model. This time my latest acquisition is Breadvans Alfa 156 Sportswagon. I know the model is blue and the original car is silver but I did not like the only silver model I could find.

 

 

[UltraWomble]

Ive had the Norev as long as we have had the C8 - but only just kitted it out with number plates

[junkyarddog]

Corgi Oldsmobile Toronado,

 

Very poor playworn condition,

 

Dismantled,

 

Stripper.

 

Bubble bubble.

 

Naked.

 

Not naked.

 

Reassembled.

 

Looks a bit better than it did

[mercrocker]

Yay that looks great in black. I have the dark sea green version and the later mustardy metallic (TV decorators probably call it Chartreuse or summat) one with Golden Jacks FTW! Corgi captured the shape of this 60s Yank stuff brilliantly and the cast logo on the baseplate finishes it off nicely. Good work!

[Split_Pin]

Great job, I have the metallic blue one in its box. You can get the jewelled lights from Steve flowers.

[RoadworkUK]

That Toronado is the tits. Extremely. Well done. Looked incredible in bare metal, too.

[junkyarddog]

 Looked incredible in bare metal, too.

Funny you should say that,

I'm considering just polishing one,then giving it a coat of clear.

[mercrocker]

I have a Matchbox Mk2 Cortina in polished bare metal. Never been apart so it cant have been stripped without affecting the glazing....Looks great, guess it was some kind of production mistake.

[junkyarddog]

I have a Matchbox Mk2 Cortina in polished bare metal. Never been apart so it cant have been stripped without affecting the glazing....Looks great, guess it was some kind of production mistake.

Sounds interesting,I have a Matchbox lincoln continental thats lots most of it's paint,

will have a go at polishing it someday.

 

Todays purchase,

I normally buy worn out old shite,but this caught my eye and appealed,

[Junkman]

Some diecastage was delivered.

 

A 1/18 Solido HY in Motobecane flavour:

 

 

 

 

OK, these are relatively cheap, still, it's a bit disappointing that only the upper hatch opens:

 

and the front doors open only ajar:

 

A Norev 1/18 Mobylette AV88:

 

 

 

 

 

Then I got this Welly HY in 1/24:

 

 

It appears to be merely grey primered.

 

 

 

Although the front doors don't open at all, the sliding side door does:

 

 

Again, only the upper hatch opens:

 

But the interior is actually better rendered than on the 1/18 Solido:

 

Size comparison:

[Christine]

Minature Digger shite

 

 

 

 

 

 

[RoadworkUK]

Been ferreting in the attic again and suddenly remembered a time when it was possible to purchase a 1:18 AutoArt model from a toy shop in Norwich for £14.99.

 

That won't even buy a pint of milk these days. Not from Waitrose, anyway.

 

So I got my camera out and walked a mile and a half to take photos.

 

 

 

 

 

P38 4.6HSE, arguably better built than the real thing.

[Christine]

Thats awesome

[Split_Pin]

That p38 is ace, I'd love one of those, must look out for one.

[Felly Magic]

More 1/43 scale chod purchased today from Hedingham Models in Braintree. Vanguards Mk2 facelift Grandad in 2.8i flavour, Cortinalindsline 2000E in Kermit green, Greenlight new shape Transvestite LWB, which was only a tenner, and a Kermit green partwork Fiat 127 mk1

 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I invested50p in a Metro at a car boot sale on Sunday.

It came with a Corgi collector sticker that I'm not allowed to put on the fridge,apparently