Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

Yeah it looks great. I forgot to mention the wheels, off some cheap Chinese thing but the rims and tyres come apart making paint easy. Also a lot of Hot Wheels don't suit older cars as they're all wheel and no sidewall to the tyre

 

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Yes it is too, the Corgi one.

Wouldn't say no to that - mine's missing a bit

 

20191212_170243 by RS, on Flickr

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Just realised I also have

 

20190805_161232 by RS, on Flickr

20190805_161251 by RS, on Flickr

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, artdjones said:

Yes,the only possible improvement would have been headlamps.

I wondered if that was down to being wartime, but it first appears in the Dinky catalogue for 1936

Looking at the 'Leyland Limousine Fire Pump' (by Merryweather) it is modelled from, the headlamps weren't particularly large anyway

 

 

[flat4alfa]

27 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Just realised I also have

Cor!   That's worth at least half a Rescue Pacer !  ?

[flat4alfa]

2 hours ago, Amishtat said:

Said Impala

Ok please park that next to the Johnson Road Sweeper please.

Happy to wait for what Tat Wednesday brings

[Tenmil Socket]

Got this for sale. I ruined the paint job but it’s not my thing so won’t be doing it again. The cable tie is holding the shell to the chassis while the rubber glue dries so can be easily disassembled. £3?

[Tenmil Socket]

My next projects are these.

 

[bunglebus]

Nice 'tache 

[Tenmil Socket]

I noticed  that after I posted 
eyebrows too ?

[Tenmil Socket]

In the bath.
Don’t tell mrs socket!

(nail varnish remover)

 

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

The corgi mk3 Cortina was available in several guises

Maize yellow,black roof, red interior,rostyle wheels (dealer promotion) 1970 only, also in LHD.

Brown/bronze,black roof,white interior rostyle wheels,inverted V steering wheel,also blue/green exterior. Available upto circa 74.

Police car white,jam sandwich, red int, roof box with beacon,  with rostyle wheels on first 2 variations,3 rd versions has the black dot wheels.

Also 3 different steering wheels early version has inverted V (as per real car),2nd version has a horizontal spoke with wider centre with an inverted V ,3rd version (with black dot wheels) has a 3 spoke steering wheel remanisant of the RS version.

The police car was available throughout the 70,s singularly or as part of the police gift set.

[Spottedlaurel]

Prompted by my son's recent sifting through the parts boxes, I've been slowly finding the various missing parts for this kit first completed in the very early '90s:

1:24 Monogram 1937 Ford kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

I think it was painted Ford Signal Orange, my hand ended up the same colour when I didn't wear a glove as I sprayed it......

Looks like it should just be a case of sticking it all back together again. I'm surprised at managing to find even the tiniest pieces despite it having been through five house moves. Need to do one more rummage through the boxes to find the bumper brackets, then liberate some wheels from another kit as I used the originals on that recently completed 1966 Chevelle.

Should be a quick and easy weekend project.

[eddyramrod]

I really should get back into my 1/24-5 models.....

[Spottedlaurel]

1 minute ago, eddyramrod said:

I really should get back into my 1/24-5 models.....

You should!

I'd never say I got out of doing them, but I've certainly had periods of several years where I didn't finish any. I've certainly been more active on them this year for various reasons (not just lockdown) and I find it's good to have two or three on the go at different stages. If I get fed up putting foil onto window trims on one kit then I can mindlessly paint seats or suspension components on another, or find things to do while a painted bodyshell is drying out.

I also try and mix up what I'm building, whether it's from alternative kit makers or different eras.

[bunglebus]

8 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

The corgi mk3 Cortina was available in several guises

Just dig mine out (late wheel type)

Think we can rule out the Cortina as the mystery seat back donor

 

[155V6]

I had a of a sort out this morning & found these which might be good for spares or projects.

Mini Traveller & MGC

 

@flat4alfa The MG has got the same door missing as yours,& the grille has gone.Tailgate glass is ok though

@bunglebus The Mini has got some sort of gunge all over it,looks like it might clean off though.The windows are complete & unbroken.I did look for the Mini saloon for the door you need,but no luck yet.

Land Rovers 

The Dinky tow truck is battered,but complete apart from the roof sign & one light,The hook is missing from the crane,& both axles are bent.Didn't @Datsuncog want some parts for one of these?

The Corgi one is complete,just has a broken tow hook

Corgi Beetles

The Driving School car is all there,has just had a bad repaint.The other two have both got collapsed suspension

Corgi Porsches

The Polizei car is complete apart from the flashing light & the siren,the other two are missing a door & engine cover between them,& both have suspension issues.

Corgi Fiat X1/9

This is complete,& is quite good apart from a couple of random paper stickers which should come off quite easily.Was someone looking for one of these a week or so ago?

Tuf Tots

 

No idea where these came from,thought I'd put them up as a couple of you have shown some recently.I've got a feeling the trailer for the truck may be around somewhere,but no promises.

I don't want anything for anything for any of these,just pay postage please.

I did plans to start doing some cars myself,but never seem to get round to it,so would rather someone else could do something with them.

[flat4alfa]

Great?

If possible, The Mini Traveller and MGB please

Driving School Beetle I never did have and could go to keep the Acclaim and A60 company 

X/19 too is better than mine as bumpers are intact. I want one to repaint anyhow into my old red real one

Dinky Land Rover would be handy, the one I have has metal disease down one flank and has given paint reaction headaches over and over

I’d also like the Tuff Tot Corvette with driver in.  But I might be getting greedy now 

[flat4alfa]

Popped out to Tesco and they’ve more Matchbox stock than I’ve ever seen!   No Honda Civics though

Also in case none of you know, Halfrauds are doing a clearance of rattle cans at £3 each

[flat4alfa]

Sun came out, so a garden bench meet just happened

Organ Donor came in the post this morning, was a BIN at £4 so grabbed it.  Now cleaned, and chatting with its Corgi noisy bastard brethren 

Quartermaster was in a poorly-listed job lot from a couple of weeks back, that reached just £3....  while Commuter was a gift, a while back from the seller of the Adams 

I think all that is missing from this line up now are the Austin Ruby gasser thing (not keen on that) the Capri (Ford Taxed) and perhaps the Monkeemobile?

[Christine]

Tesco today

 

[Datsuncog]

Eddymail always comes through...

...and inside, following my lamentations the other week, were these two - beautifully wrapped, I might add.

Yup, Spot On Triumph TR3 and Big Healey

The Healey is a Ramrod Original (TM), and so will be staying just the way it is.

The TR3 is actually in lovely shape, only lightly playworn, so I think it just needs a  replacement  windscreen and steering wheel to be, well, spot on.

These are the first Spot-On models I've ever handled that haven't been substantially compromised - even the market stall examples at £10/£20 all had bent baseplates or other damage.

All thanks to @eddyramrod- greatly appreciated!

[junkyarddog]

I don't get why spot on models are substantially more expensive than similar era Dinkys?

I've got two,a 105e and a Zodiac,they are quite nice,but no better than the competition.

I didn't pay a fortune for them either.

[eddyramrod]

My pleasure!  But, do go through the packaging again, as the TR definitely had a Ramrod screen.  I took them both off the cars for postage.

[Datsuncog]

2 hours ago, 155V6 said:

The Dinky tow truck is battered,but complete apart from the roof sign & one light,The hook is missing from the crane,& both axles are bent.Didn't @Datsuncog want some parts for one of these?

The Corgi one is complete,just has a broken tow hook

Yeah, the Dinky LR that @Amishtat picked up on my behalf the other week is in need of a pair of wheels - but if this one can be saved in its entirety, then go for it! I'm slowly compiling a list of parts for a Steve Flowers order, so will add rims/tyres. Cheers for the heads-up, though!

[Christine]

Royal mail musta made a few quid  out of eddie this week !  I had this today ?

 

 

 

 

[junkyarddog]

Bought this superfast Mercedes 300se last week.

Decided to have a bit of fun and turn it into a sealed door regular wheels version,using this battered donor car.

Painted using cheap aerosols,a coat of gold first followed by Orange.

Not quite the same as the original,but close enough. 

You like it Smoll Eddy?

"Regular wheels r the best wheels M8"

Will built a superfast opening door version someday.

[Datsuncog]

3 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

My pleasure!  But, do go through the packaging again, as the TR definitely had a Ramrod screen.  I took them both off the cars for postage.

Heh, had another look and found it in the box - thanks for the heads-up!

[bunglebus]

I had some arrivals too; 

First up, 1:43 Norev R4 van, unusual tailgate arrangement on this one

Next, another Norev but a Minijet R18

Onto Lone Star, firstly this couple of buggies, the more square-edged (and kinda ugly) one is the only body style that I hadn't tracked down, these were sold under six different names using three bodies and three roofs, swapping them about to give the different versions

Lastly, another Lone Star, a Road Master Zodiac estate. Thought this might be a repaint but it looks like lemon yellow and nuclear green are the factory colours on this one

[andy18s]

This has popped up on a fbook raffle group,if anyone wants a ticket give me a shout!