Shite in Miniature II

[flat4alfa]

3 hours ago, Skizzer said:

I find it hard to imagine (but CBA to check) that Auto Union would have run streamliners at the twisty little Donington circuit, as alleged by Dinky — they were more for the banked ovals at Monza and the Avusring

Funny you should bring up Avusring, that got me fondling a recent homage to the ‘Silver Arrows’ in the form of the 1/32 NewRay Audi Avus concept.  Bought in kit form (die cast, prepainted) as I wanted to motorise it one day

Well, I’d have to do something to fix that dodgy ride height !

 

I think it cost around a fiver so no complaints really

[bunglebus]

I wonder if there's a toy version of this that doesn't require a mortgage to finance?

 

 

Turning to racing of a different nature, the 1978 Hot Wheels Army funny car took a funny turn - I painted it white, but I'd used red primer as it seems to sand better, and the casting was not great.

Even after several coats, it was noticeably pink - so I thought to hell with it, I'll make it completely fabulous

 

20200520_102514 by RS, on Flickr

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20200520_102559 by RS, on Flickr

 

So yeah, three-tone pink and sparkles. I should really paint the 'chute black at some point too

 

[flat4alfa]

Remind me what you use for masking?  That's a really tight edge you've acheived

[Datsuncog]

Bingo bango - a veritable stack of parcelled-up minishite hit the mail chute today, kids - so with a large dollop of luck, some on here may be receiving some bits and pieces in time for the bank holiday weekend...

[bunglebus]

Postie man must be getting the hump with me acquiring cheap tat

 

Boxed, but the blister is half off. Suits me, better for pics

 

20200520_172114 by RS, on Flickr

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20200520_172151 by RS, on Flickr

 

Corgi Polio

 

20200520_172224 by RS, on Flickr

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Hertz version of the ubiquitous Corgi van

 

20200520_172457 by RS, on Flickr

 

Lovely modern Matchbox Caddy

 

20200520_172619 by RS, on Flickr

20200520_172623 by RS, on Flickr

 

Trying to work out the make of this Hong Kong Dodge Charger

 

20200520_172819 by RS, on Flickr

 

Buying job lots means ending up with some substandard die casts. This Porsche isn't too bad

 

20200520_172752 by RS, on Flickr

 

Bit this BMW E30 is laughable

 

20200520_172848 by RS, on Flickr

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Oh and I found a 57 Chevy missing from the earlier lineup 

 

20200520_172711 by RS, on Flickr

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[bunglebus]

8 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Remind me what you use for masking?  That's a really tight edge you've acheived

1mm masking tape off eBay. Drives me bonkers getting it nice and straight but it does leave a clean edge. I did give it a careful flatting with 1200 grit before the clearcoat just to improve things further

[flat4alfa]

On 5/11/2020 at 9:59 PM, flat4alfa said:

Corgi Escort 55 Radio Rentals van

Corgi Escort 55 Royal Mail van

[flat4alfa]

Corgi Rockets release pamphlet, October 1969

 

Can we call them the SWEET SEVEN ?  Who's got them all?

 

[AndyW201]

Nocturnal visit for supplies to Morrisons paid dividends tonight,

 

[flat4alfa]

4 minutes ago, AndyW201 said:

Nocturnal visit for supplies to Morrisons paid dividends tonight

I daren’t ask !

[Spottedlaurel]

I have the Jensen, maybe a slightly later release in a non-Solarbrite finish:

Matchbox and Corgi charity shop purchases by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

No key, but what did I expect for 20p?......

[AndyW201]

What an idiot! Posts without uploading pics...  Tonight's Morrisons finds,

I like this Monte Carlo casting. I haven't seen this release in any of the previews so was a nice find.

The Jaaaag is now in a fetching sparkly version of BRG, which suits it nicely.

The newer Civic Type R in a nice Touring-car style livery. Beats all those 793-odd Bisimoto-liveried  versions of the previous shape one...

And on the subject of Honda, the big find of tonight,

Prelude!!!

A little honey this one, love the pimptastic red interior, and great Tampos front and rear,

Still hunting the gold 944 though!

[junkyarddog]

That Prelude is fantastic!

[155V6]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

Corgi Rockets release pamphlet, October 1969

 

Can we call them the SWEET SEVEN ?  Who's got them all?

 

I've got five of them,the Mercedes is the wrong colour though

[Datsuncog]

3 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Corgi Rockets release pamphlet, October 1969

Mmm, loving that catalogue... in retrospect, the whole Rockets premise was a bit gimmicky, but you can be sure I would have been saving my pennies for them... they look tremendously exciting, and that blurb was exactly the kind of stuff I would have lapped up. Wheels that pop off and a small oil dispenser? Take my money!!!

The only one of the 'Sweet Seven' I had was the Jensen, in red Solarbrite as per the catalogue - and I think that's been rehomed on here?

I did find a Saint-stickered Volvo P1800 in the market tat box a few months back, but although the wheels and chassis were still present, the roof and glazing were missing... shoulda gone for it, even so!

So just how much would these cars have cost, comparing today's prices with 3s 11d back in the day?

Yikes, pricey enough... I'd certainly be sucking my teeth today at £3.49 for a toy car, even if it did come with that all-important tune-up key...

The basic 'Action Speedset' at 14s 11d works out as £13.06 in modern money, while the 'Autobatic Speedset' and 'Racing Speedset' - a cool 30s each - equate to £26.26 today.

[Datsuncog]

7 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

I did find a Saint-stickered Volvo P1800 in the market tat box a few months back, but although the wheels and chassis were still present, the roof and glazing were missing... shoulda gone for it, even so!

Found the pics:

Seems that even stuff like this could still be worth picking up, as spares if nothing else.

Daaah...  hindsight, hey?

I also turned these down last year, on one of the old giffer stalls - at a fiver each I thought they were a little salty, but maybe I was wrong there too...

Are Corgi Rockets the new Bitcoin? Discuss.

[Volksy]

So, I'm trying to build the Renault 4 from the film 'Romancing the Stone' 

Here is a first draft.. 

 

 

[Datsuncog]

"Gene Wilder??"

[Datsuncog]

^^^ I must have watched that film about thirty times on VHS before I was 12 or so, and I still have no idea what it was about.

Still, any hot R4 action's fine by me.

Just don't model the crashed plane with the skeletal pilot that they find in the jungle, cos that gave me nightmares... ???

[Volksy]

4 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

^^^ I must have watched that film about thirty times on VHS before I was 12 or so, and I still have no idea what it was about.

Still, any hot R4 action's fine by me.

Just don't model the crashed plane with the skeletal pilot that they find in the jungle, cos that gave me nightmares... ???

That's my next project...

[Spottedlaurel]

5 hours ago, Volksy said:

So, I'm trying to build the Renault 4 from the film 'Romancing the Stone' 

Here is a first draft..

Looks like a good start. What make and scale is that one?

[bunglebus]

8 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Can we call them the SWEET SEVEN ?  Who's got them all?

I have the Caddy, the Volvo, the Merc and the Jag, plus the Porsche but in white

[Sudsprint]

I have got 10 of these boxed sets up in the roof somewhere - doubt they are worth anything...

 

[eddyramrod]

22 hours ago, Sudsprint said:

I have got 10 of these boxed sets up in the roof somewhere - doubt they are worth anything...

 

In that case, when you find them, could you send me one please?

[Split_Pin]

Those rockets look ace. Totally gimmicky as you could achieve the same result with some beard oil and an ordinary diecast but I would have been all over them at birthday or Christmas time.

Just when I think there are no more HW to collect, up pops that Prelude. It looks great, unfortunately all my usual sources of these are either shit or 6 months behind. My local Tesco has only just got the first-issue 850s in.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I had quite a bit of Corgi Rockets track and accessories, but as far as I remember only a couple of Corgi Rockets cars, probably ones that came with some of the track. The DB6, Jensen and maybe a non-Saint P1800. Me and my brother quickly realise that they weren’t any faster than normal Superfast  or Whizzwheels . The keys were lost almost immediately and the chassis soon became separated from the bodies, rendering the whole thing pointless. We played with the track for years and I remember bits of it still around after I’d left home in the 80’s, the SuperBooster also made a useful shoulder mounted RPG for firing things into siblings eyes. 
I remember getting in trouble for using all the Mr Sheen in an effort to make both the cars and track faster, the worse things were the few Majorettes we somehow acquired , they were desperately slow, especially the Cafe Hag VW van, that thing could be soaked in Mr Sheen ,WD 40 , 3 in 1 Anything and it could be beaten by Matchbox lorries that barely fitted between the edges.

[RoadworkUK]

Bunglebus: I have that same Hong Kong Charger and have long been baffled by who it's by. I actually really rate it. Lovely proportions to it and not at all badly made.

[Christine]

I've got Derek Fiske but no axles ?

[Datsuncog]

The first Rockets I ever encountered was a Mercury Cougar XR7 that I must have picked up at a jumble sale (or possibly just found in the street somewhere) - the chassis and axles were missing and the glazing was busted out, but it still had the remains of the browny-copper Solarbrite finish.

It was trashed, but its lack of wheels made it an excellent candidate for my diecast scrapyard diorama; it sat well on the Matchbox Sambron Jacklift with the addition of a dot of Blu-Tac, as a ruined hulk.

I'd never heard of the Rockets range, but assumed it was some sort of short-lived thing like the Growlers range - I had a few of those, and couldn't really see the point of them.

I also had a non-Rockets Fiske stock car - missing its axles also.

May have pics somewhere of these knackers...

[Christine]

And a chopper less engine ....and unknown champ