Shite in Miniature II

[loserone]

My two year old is asking for a citroën.  Does anyone have something suitable with a visible double chevron? It will end up beaten up, so nothing too delicate or rare please.

[flat4alfa]

Posted on the One (shite) picture per post thread

On 6/10/2020 at 7:31 PM, DSdriver said:

Would you be able to produce a scale model replicating that pic using matchbox cars? I had the Victor estate and the Morris Oxford/Austin Cambridge as a kid but what about the rest?

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Will need to widen it out to all brands, I would think

I can just about start it off with this:

[Amishtat]

Pretty sure the FD Victor is the weak link there.. Someone must have done a Fiat 125 surely? 

[eddyramrod]

Siku or Polistil, probably...

[DoctorRetro]

44 minutes ago, loserone said:

My two year old is asking for a citroën.  Does anyone have something suitable with a visible double chevron? It will end up beaten up, so nothing too delicate or rare please.

Either of these any good? 

 

[loserone]

If he pulls the roof will it come off and break?

Happy to swap for one of those AWD things.

[DoctorRetro]

Volvo photoshoot

And my next project, a Majorette Fiero with mangled wheels. 

 

Does anyone have any of these wide Majorette wheels? 

[Jon]

Here's another couple of time-filling buys from my lockdown days:

 

Corgi Jeep did the rounds a couple of times on Trademe and attracted no bidders at £4 start bid - except me. Couple of quid to deliver, so again, cheap thrills. I vaguely remember playing with a version of this with later wheels, though it wasn't a cherry picker one; I think maybe it was a conveyor one. Not sure how many versions there are of these but they don't seem to attract big bucks in this part of the world.

The Beetle is one of those late 80's/early 90's Matchbox Dinky issues and I snagged it, boxed for £1.50! Again, a couple of quid to post. So, thirty years left in a box and it's worth less than the postage it cost to dispatch it! Not sure I'm too bothered to hold onto it, so will add to to my sale/swap pile. Nice to see one again after I remember seeing these sold new. If it'd been the turquoise MGB GT, I reckon I'd keep it!

 

[flat4alfa]

35 minutes ago, Amishtat said:

Pretty sure the FD Victor is the weak link there.. Someone must have done a Fiat 125 surely? 

I should be achievable if the gathering was upscaled to 1:43  ?

I don't have the larger Victor FB Estate unfortunately so can't start off a 1:43 variation

[flat4alfa]

On 6/11/2020 at 5:09 PM, sierraman said:

Bizarrely I have the giraffe type thing that’s sat in the drivers seat, I’ve had it for years in my spares box, never knew what it was from. 

Well if Jon doesn't want it for his Moke

 

I have a spare seat for it !  ?

[Jon]

I'd love to have a giraffe be reunited with 'my' Moke, I'm just not sure of the logistics of making it so!

[sierraman]

Here he is! I’ve absolutely no idea how he came into my possession but I’ll look into postage to Australia...

[Jon]

NZ! I need to sort out a batch of stuff to be sent to me from various UK sources, all of which will be packaged together from a mailing service with an address in the UK.

If a five decade old rendition of a cartoon-ish giraffe could be included, that'd be grand!

[DoctorRetro]

5 hours ago, loserone said:

If he pulls the roof will it come off and break?

Happy to swap for one of those AWD things.

Sorry, didn't see your reply. The roof is just painted black, part of the shell on the Maisto 2cv. 

You're welcome to both of them, drop me a message with your address and I'll sort. 

[egg]

Fur shale, Norev 1960s Porsche, £8 posted in the UK. Aerial missing.

[bunglebus]

Yes please!

[stuboy]

Couple funky ones from tescos..

[plasticvandan]

Anyone know if there was a model rover 400 (45 shape) I haven't come across one 

[Split_Pin]

No there was never one made nor of the similar Civic unfortunately.

[plasticvandan]

One less thing for me to waste money on lol

[flat4alfa]

Rover 400/45  [HH-R] 'equivalents' were:

Honda Domani  [MA4-7]

Honda Civic gen-5  [EG/EH/EJ]

Honda Integra SJ  [EK3]

So the best bet is to look for those and rebadge/adapt

[bunglebus]

I've found a new paint to experiment with. First I needed to polish the roof of the test vehicle

Then a couple of coats of stained glass paint. Bonnet got a coat of silver, rear some chrome effect just to see what would happen.

A coat of lacquer over the top. It's perfect for what I want, even if there are a couple of fish eyes for some reason

[bunglebus]

Tatty Organ grinder is in bits

This dude looks pretty serious about driving his Mustang 

[Mr Laurence]

Just finished working on a 1/24 Fujimi Nissan 180SX kit. I’ve tried to make it look like a left hand drive 240sx with a few modifications that are very typical for these cars. The steering wheel was taken from a Suzuki Cappuccino, the number plates are off a Supra and the exhaust back box is a painted piece of sprue. I had bought a set of wheels to put on it too, but I wasn’t a fan of the way that they looked so I painted the ones that came with the kit gold and used those instead (they’ve come out really nicely, but we’re an absolute bugger to mask) if I were to make this again, I don’t think I’d bother with the pop up lights, since you have to cut into the body for these, which requires a hell of a lot of patience. Definitely my best effort so far though. I’m pretty pleased with how it’s come out.

This was also the first kit I ever made, about 2 years ago. I painted the white one with a brush and whatever paints I could find, so there’s a huge different in quality between the two of them.

[AndyW201]

Put the Corgi Sierra back in the loft. While doing that, I glimpsed a bit of a Corgi box I wasn't familiar with.

Shit the bed, a 190! Definitely one of the 'Bloody hell, I didn't even know I had that' collection.

To boot, in years of browsing on the net among miniature 190s, I've never come across one in this type of box. Apart from the special Mobil freebie, I've seen them in the early black/yellow box, the later blue/yellow box with the road signs and Rancho on the side flaps, and the big window box with useless badge on the plinth, like the Sierra came in. This seems to have been the follow up to that type, again, a way of Corgi shifting a few of their elderly 1/36 castings as collector's pieces. This one dates from 1994, the year after 190 production ended.

At least this packaging seems to have a bit more longevity than the previous type.

For something that's more or less a toy, it captures the shape well, even though, as DC alluded to with the taxi version, the casting itself is as rough as arseholes. Points are awarded to the grille casting (less so the clumsy star at the top), the 16v 'Cosworth' bodykit is well rendered with the jack point covers moulded in, and the mirrors and door handles look good. The old 70s style generic Corgi wheels don't look too bad, the centre holes are filled in on this model, and the design, along with the wide, relatively high profile tyres with small diameter wheels aren't a million miles away from the 15"  'guilledeckel' wheels fitted to the 16v.

However, Corgi, we have a problem with the interior haven't we? The 16v 190 came with heavily bolstered front seats, with a two seater, heavily bolstered rear bench. This has the interior of the previous standard bodied version, which is a shame. Still, at least they did it in black. Otherwise, not bad inside, the handbrake console is done well, the front armrest is present, though it should be mounted halfway up the passenger seat, not on the console. The door card detail is cast into the door and is pretty well detailed.

The 190 dash is also done very well here, even the generic Corgi 4 spoke steering wheel looks a dead ringer for the period AMG version. Manual box too.

While in the loft, I dug this out. I have to say I prefer the Corgi 190 in standard, pre face lift guise, complete with sliding sunroof.

This is another take on the taxi theme. I think this one is from Denmark, although I am still after the cream German taxi version. I still want the first release too, in grey with the old style black and yellow box, also the 'Nurburgring' Swinford Motors version in black with race graphics.

Next up,

 

I remember attending the Ripon classic car show and autojumble around 2008. I was there in my Nutria brown 190e,

I spotted this Burago 190 and thought 'Yay, a brown 190 model!' on a stall that was just packing up. It was priced at £4 but it was a case of 'give us a couple of quid, save me taking it home'. Sold!  However, I got it home and out of the box,

Shit, it's grey! Bloody bronze glazing on the box...

For a cheap toy, it ain't too bad, apart from the weird blue tinted glass, continuing to the headlights. Again, it's a 2.3/2.5 16v model, so the bodykit is well rendered, including the very slightly extended arches. The grille is pretty good for the time, and the scale apart from, again, a slightly clumsy star.

At least the sports seats feature in this one, with rear headrests, the first aid compartment on the shelf, and the 16v rear wing. Nice to get one in  normal, road going trim too, all the other ones of these I've seen have been in rally trim.

A bit of an oddball next. Obviously a code 3 created as a giveaway for an automotive parts group. It was hanging around on eBay years ago with no takers, so I snagged it for buttons.

The model itself is the Solido rendering of the 190, which is pure mid '80s.

Despite a bit of a lack of detail, e.g no door mirrors and no detail at all on the inside of the doors, it has quite a bit of charm as an '80s model. The shape is captured nicely, and the wheels are quite attractive, in the style of a set of '80s style aftermarket alloys. It does have a bit of an identity crisis though, the front bumper is an unpainted 16v job, it has the side panels from a 16v, colour coded, an unpainted 16v spoiler and a standard rear bumper. Not unlike a lot of 190s that were running about 10-15 years ago in fact...

Surprisingly, that's it for smol 190s, considering I owned 6 of the things and have always been a big fan of the real thing! But there isn't really a lot of choice out there. Minichamps have done a few nice versions, but of course, go for mucho spends, especially the 1/18 scale versions, beautiful though they are.

[egg]

Another ex @eddyramrod before and after. Need a new Sharpie for the grey grille.

Now

[eddyramrod]

Oh that's come up nice!  Well done!

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, Mr Laurence said:

Decent. At a glance that could be a studio shot of the real thing

[AndyW201]

While I had the 1/36 Corgi 190s out, I had to dig these out too, I blame all the Sierra love on here lately. It's made me realise I've got nowhere near enough 1/36 Corgis in my life.

I got these a few years ago at a very reasonable price from a member of this here thread. Apologies but I can't recall exactly who, though I'm still chuffed to bits with these two E30s.

A very good rendering of the 2 door E30 shape. Never seen this version, with the side graphics, I'm sure the iX was only available in four door form though. It was bought unboxed but in very good condition, just how I like them. Only a couple of small paint chips.

What I love about this particular variant is the brilliantly engineered opening bonnet, which opens like the real thing. Up at the front,

Then tip forward to reveal the (chromed!)  engine. The interior is pretty realistic, the seats are the right shape, as is the dash, and it has the same sliding sunroof as fitted to  the 190.

My favourite is the red version though. One of my bosses when I was on the taxis back in the mid '90s, had a 316 2 door almost identical to this, same colour combo, the standard BMW trims looked a bit like the wheels on this model, even the bodykit was the same. Incidentally, the bodykit on this Corgi model was quite rare in real life, being made by the company Pfeba. It seems the side skirts were almost a copy of the period Alpina jobs but the front apron is the difference,

Good for Corgi for modelling the E30 with one of the lesser known aftermarket kits, rather than the usual M Tech or Alpina kits of the time.

Same funky opening bonnet. And for once, being a 2 door, the Corgi tip-up seats are justified...



Two quick Teutonic compact saloons together!

When I got the two Bimmers, , I also fulfilled a childhood ambition and got this,

I had been after one of these for years. Been meaning to do something with it for years, I'm hoping it'll get a nice Zircon blue or Opaline green paint job. I've tested the lights, the rears work, sadly I haven't managed to get the fronts working. I have temporarily painted the front and rear spoilers and rear spats black so far to see how it'll look with them detailled in after a paint job.

 

[Spottedlaurel]

15 hours ago, Mr Laurence said:

Just finished working on a 1/24 Fujimi Nissan 180SX kit.............................

Looks really good!