Shite in Miniature II

[eddyramrod]

  On 21/05/2020 at 22:04, flat4alfa said:

Oh look!  Sitting next to a superbly intact Corgi Ford Thames TV van ! 

Needs dusting down, fondling and photographing for this very thread

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How to confuse a Ramrod.... I had to go back and look at the pic.  Of course we are looking at a Commer, not a Thames!

I too am intrigued by the concept of an "also-ran" bag.  Anything that might make such a bag here is either sold off, or put aside for a restoration.  Anything I deem too good for restoration goes out on display, assuming I can find a space.

Oh and a parcel from Mr Laurel arrived today!  Pics tomorrow sometime.

[Six-cylinder]

  On 21/05/2020 at 22:58, flat4alfa said:

Great!  I went for a search but din't not find, sorry.

I'm intrigued about the also-ran bag of Corgis!

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The bag contained as assortment

I have this photo, but there are a few more. 

Edit - getting these out again is for more fun than sleeping so here are the rest.

[Volksy]

Did an overcoat of moar beaige. With some white mixed in. 

 

[flat4alfa]

  On 22/05/2020 at 00:15, eddyramrod said:

How to confuse a Ramrod.... I had to go back and look at the pic.  Of course we are looking at a Commer, not a Thames!

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Sorry about that. In my defence it was up on a shelf and I was so sure there was a Thames 400E in that colour.  Either way, all that happened before I was born....  was I getting mixed up with the big 1/22-ish Telsalda plastic copies?

[Volksy]

  On 21/05/2020 at 19:18, Christine said:

Tin Renault   just postage anyone?

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Yes. If already not claimed

 

[Six-cylinder]

  On 22/05/2020 at 00:15, eddyramrod said:

How to confuse a Ramrod.... I had to go back and look at the pic.  Of course we are looking at a Commer, not a Thames!

I too am intrigued by the concept of an "also-ran" bag.  Anything that might make such a bag here is either sold off, or put aside for a restoration.  Anything I deem too good for restoration goes out on display, assuming I can find a space.

Oh and a parcel from Mr Laurel arrived today!  Pics tomorrow sometime.

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My collection is the cars I have owned in the past, had as company cars and own now.

I have been strict with myself not to buy random models because of where to put them but as these were a gift they do not count, that's right isn't it!

[Volksy]

  On 22/05/2020 at 01:16, Six-cylinder said:

My collection is the cars I have owned in the past, had as company cars and own now.

I have been strict with myself not to buy random models because of where to put them but as these were a gift they do not count, that's right isn't it!

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Nope..

 

[Volksy]

Slight aversion to hot wheels, but others too. 

 

 

[Six-cylinder]

  On 22/05/2020 at 01:19, Volksy said:

Nope..

 

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Wrong to not buy random models I like or wrong to hold onto gift models that do not fit my collection?

 

[Volksy]

  On 22/05/2020 at 01:28, Six-cylinder said:

Wrong to not buy random models I like or wrong to hold onto gift models that do not fit my collection?

 

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If you like the aesthetics, why not?
 

[DoctorRetro]

I've decided I actually like these little shorty pull back cars, I might start collecting them. ?

So let's do a little quiz eh? Submit your answers by pm, and I'll judge the winner by tomorrow night at 6pm. Winner gets 5 random matchbox size cars posted to them FOC. 

Here goes. 

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Rules. 

Don't answer on this thread! 

Where there is opinion on what the car is, my decision is final. 

Good luck! 

Bonus round - as I have no idea! 

 

[flat4alfa]

It's Friday so at midday I will be doing clap for blokeys

[bunglebus]

I love poor listings. This "Hot Wheels" just arrived. 

 

20200522_115519 by RS, on Flickr

 

I believe this is a US only version

[quicksilver]

  On 22/05/2020 at 00:34, Six-cylinder said:

The bag contained as assortment

I have this photo, but there are a few more. 

Edit - getting these out again is for more fun than sleeping so here are the rest.

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Good to see these again, there's a lot of history to them. The Unimog was mine and I remember taking it to school for show and tell on the letter U. Everyone else had umbrellas and unicorns but I had a Unimog The rest in the first pic were @Slowsilver's childhood toys that he passed on to his older sister for his nephew to play with, then she gave them to me a few years ago. The ones in the second pic weren't mine so they must have come from someone else.

[flat4alfa]

I'm suffering from Tat-Friday DatsunCog Fact-Finding withdrawal

Plus there is a Police helicopter circling the estate.  No doubt the under-25s are flouting lockdown ....again

So I have a request!

Can this be explained please:

[155V6]

One of the Corgi castings that appeared as a Hot Wheels after the Mattel takeover.

See also Ford Sierra,Porsche 911,Transit Breakdown,& a few others.

[DoctorRetro]

I've been having a dig through the pile of 'horrendous approximations of cars' and found these horrors for your pleasure /disgust

Feel free to attempt an identification... 

 

 

 

[quicksilver]

1. BMW CSL Batmobile

2. No idea

3. Mercedes SEC

4 & 5: modern Lamborghinis?

6. Mercedes SL

They're vaguely recognisable but fit in the category of 'loosely inspired by' rather than accurate replicas.

[flat4alfa]

2. Zakspeed Ford Capri

5. Lamborghini Murcielago

[bunglebus]

I have the Zakspeed Capri, ready for a WDIB lineup. 

 

20200318_172938 by RS, on Flickr

 

Plus a Summer 3.0 CSL - not the same though

 

20200131_122518 by RS, on Flickr

 

Returning to more mainstream makes, how about this Corgi Mazda with camper? Love the way it locks into the rivets on the base

 

20200522_154748 by RS, on Flickr

20200522_154753 by RS, on Flickr

20200522_154800 by RS, on Flickr

20200522_154834 by RS, on Flickr

20200522_154908 by RS, on Flickr

[eddyramrod]

I should try and lay hands on one of those Corgi Mazdas for my 1/36 fleet, shouldn't I?  A beige one would be good, then it could join my film/telly fleet as the one Lovejoy had.  Although if I got one that was a bit rough, I'd have no qualms about painting it myself.

[eddyramrod]

Here's the latest bunch to go under the drill...

I'm going to have to get a tin of Valencia Blue, if I can, for the Herald.  What you see on it now is an unholy mix of Humbrols, made by hand and eye a long time ago.

Inside the back of the Ecurie Ecosse wagon.  I didn't have to drill this one, it's held together by some sort of clip arrangement. 

Front screen is one of my home-made specials, held in by elderly Plasticine.  The original was broken when I got it, used.  Lucky to get the ramps and side door, I suppose.  I haven't decided whether to leave the name cast into the sides, or file/grind it off.  At the moment I haven't got a tub big enough to strip it in, so it's a bit academic.

Now then... a nice parcel arrived from Mr Spottedlaurel of this parish.

As a former Proton owner, what better to have my breakfast coffee in than a Proton mug?

...And a few rather nice models, which are now on my shelves upstairs.

And to finish off, the latest batch of completed restorations.  The driver in the Corgi Austin Healey is Roger Moore, salvaged from the Volvo P1800.  Windscreens on both the sports cars are by me, cut from the moulded plastic that so many things come in these days.

[Split_Pin]

Parcel arrived from @Spottedlaurel yesterday, Cheers!

My friend had the Datsun when we were kids in the 1980s and I used to love it as the bonnet popped up like when you release the mechanism on a real car.

I also had the Sierra as a kid, given to me by a classmate, long gone now. I can't recall if it was part of the BP or a separate Golden Wonder promotion. Corgi seemed to lean heavily on this channel in the 1980s which we've discussed previously.

 

[bunglebus]

  On 23/05/2020 at 08:56, Split_Pin said:

 

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I had this as a kid, decided the bonnet would look much better in (almost) matching Airfix green.

 

20191217_153835 by RS, on Flickr

 

Also got the much less common white base version. 

 

 

[Richard_FM]

I remember scalextric made a Rover SD1 in the same golden wonder livery. 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Just had a sort out of my cabinet combined with an boxing/plinthing of some stuff that was sitting around.

This has left these oddballs surplus to requirements , any good to anyone? Would swap for 1/36 Corgis or any everyday French cars.

The spec lift is almost an AA Transporterbut not quite , came with a V70 I wanted.

The Audi A4 is a funny scale pull back toy, only of interest to an A4 owner, I’d have thought.

Horsebox is 1/43 and came with a Defender( Caraama?)

Ferrari 166was a Shell promotion.

Corgi Charlie Angels van is in good condition, I just don’t like it.

Jeep Grand Cherokee has had is roof mounted dinghy stolen for a Lesney Land Rover.

Hummer and Ice Cream van both Maidstone.

The GS Camargue is Majorette and in VGC- I just don’t like concept cars.

The Red Matchbox thing is pretty good and Rolomatic, thing is it must be the Tdi version as it only has one Rolomatic exhaust.

The 1/24 300 SL has had a stay of execution because MrsN saw it and remembered buying it for my Birthday years ago!.

Anyway made more space 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

  On 23/05/2020 at 10:47, Richard_FM said:

I remember scalextric made a Rover SD1 in the same golden wonder livery. 

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The car that was based on has been rebuilt , complete with Scalextric decals.

[sierraman]

The Eccurie Ecosse Transporter is well worth restoring properly, fairly sure you can buy the replacement glass.

[flat4alfa]

  On 23/05/2020 at 10:53, NorfolkNWeigh said:

This has left these oddballs surplus to requirements , any good to anyone? Would swap for 1/36 Corgis or any everyday French cars.

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Charlies and the Ferraris are welcome here when possible

I have this in my outgoing pile

[eddyramrod]

  On 23/05/2020 at 11:20, sierraman said:

The Eccurie Ecosse Transporter is well worth restoring properly, fairly sure you can buy the replacement glass.

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Yes, probably.  I quite like the challenge of making a new screen that's better than the one it had before though, and having no team cars for it I kind of think I would like to make it different.  We will see.