Shite in Miniature II

2,869 · June 3, 2020

And I have just spent the last hour fucjing up the grill surround...

2,869 · June 3, 2020

60,082 · June 3, 2020

Some nice stuff up there ^^ loving the loft collection, I'll show you mine one day when I don't have kids in the house, not really fair to have loads of toys cars out with nippers about.

That Sunstar Escort is awesome, RHD too. Bet it was a few pennies when it was new.

15,149 · June 3, 2020

7 hours ago, AndyW201 said:

Last instalment, honest!

Sadly by now, it was getting late, and the need to get shit loads of toy cars boxed up and back into the loft was now pressing.

So the American Fords failed to get pictured. Surprisingly there weren't that many. A few standard modern Shelby Mustangs (they do a pretty good job of the 2017 Shelby), a couple of earlier GT350s, a Fox Body Mustang, a couple of Torinos and a few '60s style Cougars represent the Ford's.

A few Chevys got papped though...

I love that '70 Chevelle casting

A couple of 'different' takes on the Bel-Air

And the Rod Squad! Somehow the grey Jerry Rigged wagon avoided getting pictured.

Thanks to Poundland and Home Bargains, I also managed to pick up a few modern Majorette releases at knock down prices. I don't think I paid more than a quid for them, even the premium ones, I like these releases as a lot of them are just ordinary, everyday stuff, even future autoshite in a few cases. I was super chuffed to get the lime green C4 Cactus, then to find the C3 version. The Citroen Nemo is a cute thing and I like the Giulietta and Adam. The early Merc A Class compares well with the later Hot Wheels version.

The 'premium' selection. The G Wagen isn't strictly my bag, but it's an impressive chunk of toy for the money.

So that's it for the mini-shite selection. I'm.sure there are a few more.

No doubt about it, it's easy to get hooked on these little b'stards. At least with the lockdown, I'm not out shopping as much, so little shite purchases have been curtailed a little...

Loving those collections! All three posts are pretty much what my collection would be if I put my mind to it! I do love the Jazz (City), mostly as I used to own one, but I only have 3 variations, didn't know there was that many.

15,149 · June 3, 2020

Not glued back together yet (I've ran out of superglue). But here's the mostly finished BX

From this:

To this:

I'm quite pleased, for an amateur job.

60,082 · June 3, 2020

The collection looks pretty similar to how mine was, then I decided to get rid of all the modern cars. There's still a LOT of cars in boxes, I might have another sort out when the weather's not so nice as it is getting a bit out of hand.

60,082 · June 3, 2020

1 minute ago, TheDoctor said:

To this:

Great work, best one yet

25,882 · June 3, 2020

Darda Volkswagen beetle.

Smoll eddy doesn't like it.

"Can't sell it any fuel M8"

5,492 · June 3, 2020

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

That Sunstar Escort is awesome, RHD too. Bet it was a few pennies when it was new.

It wasn't too bad when I got it, way back when. They had just come out, so were about £25 a throw new. Prices have gone pretty stratospheric now for them, though. I got the Ghia as a Christmas present, along with the 1600 Sports in white and red. That was a good Christmas! The red 1600 Sport has survived pretty well, but needs mirrors. The white one hasn't been so lucky, they used to live on a shelf, and the white one took a tumble one day. So its missing mirrors, a couple of bumper corners and one of the front hub assemblies is superglued on. Won't part with them though!

43,504 · June 3, 2020

16 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I like these big Zylmex toys

Ahhhh.... so it was you that picked it up! I was trying to do a deal with the seller a good few weeks back but I was being tight and he was being ignoring.

IIRC the ad description was sparse and it took a while to get the dimensions/scale off the seller. Oh well too late now.

43,504 · June 3, 2020

1 hour ago, junkyarddog said:

Smoll eddy doesn't like it.

Pssssttt..... SMoll Eddy.... ask him how much he wants for it, thanks

7,972 · June 3, 2020

Somewhere I've got a Darda Peugeot 205. Haven't given it a thought for years but yes, it was the fastest pull-back I ever had. It used to wheelspin like fuck on my grandparents' kitchen floor.

43,504 · June 3, 2020

On 5/29/2020 at 9:47 AM, bunglebus said:

Off to eBay...

Found another to bother us. Anyone got one of these?

25,882 · June 3, 2020

26 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Pssssttt..... SMoll Eddy.... ask him how much he wants for it, thanks

"Ain't 4 sail, part of 'is VW collection innit M8 "

15,149 · June 3, 2020

All this talk of fast pull back cars...

Did anyone have the twin engined ones, where the blue FWD engine was slow and the red RWD engine was fast? I had a blue vw golf...

32,040 · June 3, 2020

like this 205?

15,149 · June 3, 2020

1 minute ago, loserone said:

like this 205?

OMG! That's the thing I mean! What is it?

Ps. Don't search the Internet for toys with two speed motors.. ??

32,040 · June 3, 2020

I have a few

43,504 · June 3, 2020

Any love for gen-3 Chevrolet Monte Carlos?

Afraid so back here, not least since Denzel Washinton smoked one about in Training Day (20 years ago!) and a tad more recently the Jesse Pinkman car in Breaking Bad

Hot Wheels did an open roof low-rider and a later daft 'hi-rider', both under the model name Montezoomer.

The snazzy paint job yellow one is a re-release and my favourite of the lot.

The stupid wheels black one wants sending off to be rebuilt as the 'camouflage range' paint job is nothing special and looks more hick than hot. Apart from that, I think best to remove the daft undercarriage completely while at it, as it looks more back-ache than bitchin'

32,040 · June 3, 2020

9 minutes ago, TheDoctor said:

What is it?

I have tasked my mother with finding out. Expect potato pictures in a week or two

25,882 · June 3, 2020

39 minutes ago, loserone said:

like this 205?

I have something similar, but it's made by majorette, the front collapses in when it hits something.

43,504 · June 3, 2020

6 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

I'm quite pleased, for an amateur job.

That’s pretty good effort and you were right about matching the wheels

It also looks just like my Dad’s one back in the early 90s so you have buyer here ?

15,149 · June 3, 2020

Tada!

I just remembered them being matchbox, so threw that into my search string.

I think the 'Takara' bit is the size, like a 'Penny Racer' style.

60,082 · June 3, 2020

4 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Ahhhh.... so it was you that picked it up! I was trying to do a deal with the seller a good few weeks back but I was being tight and he was being ignoring.

I've been watching it for a while, sold a few bits so decided to go for it. Looks better than in the listing.

3 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Found another to bother us. Anyone got one of these?

I have one (and I've been watching that one on eBay), mine is missing a wheel centre so I'm pondering getting a better one.

15,149 · June 3, 2020

No matter how well you do, there's always someone who did it better.

Posted on Facebook, apparently this started out as a standard Norev one too

17,923 · June 3, 2020

Don't beat yourself up. That is a Norev, but it's one of the modern castings, which is significantly more detailed than the '80s one! Other than the wheels and transfers that's not so different from how it started out...

60,082 · June 3, 2020

On 5/29/2020 at 4:34 PM, Datsuncog said:

To that end, I'd certainly be interested in a comparison of that Novacar Caprice with Majorette's own offering, as I always wondered if it was a straight copy...

Here ya go

20200603_175135 by RS, on Flickr

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20200603_175144 by RS, on Flickr

20200603_175230 by RS, on Flickr

20200603_175213 by RS, on Flickr

Looks like a direct copy with slight mods to the roof light and no opening doors

60,082 · June 3, 2020

So, big Zylmex. I have posted these before but here's what I have;

K702 Superspeed

20191012_102613 by RS, on Flickr

K703 Super Drag

20200412_171617 by RS, on Flickr

K704 California T with some missing bits

20200428_170144 by RS, on Flickr

K705 Electra

20200602_180817 by RS, on Flickr

K706 Brute

20190925_104340 by RS, on Flickr

K707 Tyrell Ford F1

20200109_122826 by RS, on Flickr

60,082 · June 3, 2020

Had a few odds and sods arrive, not sure whether this Corgi SD1 is meant to have the lights detailed, but it also has no glass except in the tailgate. Hasn't been apart

20200603_175727 by RS, on Flickr

Matchbox jeep is, I think the final version of the earlier one with the split windscreen

20200603_175823 by RS, on Flickr

No-name MK3 cabrio is quite nicely made

20200603_175846 by RS, on Flickr

This is the smaller of the two Husky Monkeemobiles, someone's done a pretty good job of repainting it. I'd like the large one but they go for big bucks

20200603_175918 by RS, on Flickr

20200603_175913 by RS, on Flickr

20200603_175922 by RS, on Flickr

I also got a load of the mini Hot Wheels, these are great as they seem to be in the same colours as 80s blackwall releases, so I can display them with the 1:64 versions. I won't post them all but here's a few

20200603_175939 by RS, on Flickr

20200603_180052 by RS, on Flickr

20200603_180137 by RS, on Flickr

20200603_180350 by RS, on Flickr

20200603_180449 by RS, on Flickr