Shite in Miniature II

[junkyarddog]

Unfortunately,yes.

Although I didn't pay any more for it than you would have in a shop,it came with the Maserati Bora and the VW concept car.

[big_al_granvia]

1 hour ago, junkyarddog said:

Today's finds are.....

Barry's van,from some programme about builders that I can't spell.

"Who the fuck is Barry M8?"

dont know what you paid for it but that is super rare, was a limited edition and the auf pet geeks are paying silly money, even unboxed it is 20-30 quid

[155V6]

Jealous of what everyone has found at car boots.My local one was on for the 2nd time since lockdown today,& there were at least twice as many stalls as last week.

Hardly any diecast,apart from the usual Chinese rubbish that I would throw away.

All we bought were 3 bushes for the garden ?

[junkyarddog]

42 minutes ago, big_al_granvia said:

dont know what you paid for it but that is super rare, was a limited edition and the auf pet geeks are paying silly money, even unboxed it is 20-30 quid

Really?

That's interesting..............I paid €2.00...........

[bunglebus]

39 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

Jealous of what everyone has found at car boots.My local one was on for the 2nd time since lockdown today,& there were at least twice as many stalls as last week.

Hardly any diecast,apart from the usual Chinese rubbish that I would throw away.

All we bought were 3 bushes for the garden ?

Last week was pants, this week the stalls were almost into the farmer's field next door.

If it makes you feel any better I bought a cantilever toolbox and BMX Bandits on DVD too ?

[big_al_granvia]

37 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Really?

That's interesting..............I paid €2.00...........

i hate you

[sierraman]

Managed to pick up some diecast today at the car boot, nothing special but enough to keep me happy. Biggest bargain was a Blue Point ball pein hammer for £1. But that’s another story for another thread. 

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, 155V6 said:

All we bought were 3 bushes for the garden ?

Check the pot soil.  You might be lucky.  If it was @Datsuncog, he’d find a rare Husky part and keep it 30 years, just in case ? and one day, it would save the day ?

[bunglebus]

4 hours ago, Amishtat said:

 

What's the pink Superfast at the back?

[flat4alfa]

10 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

What's the pink Superfast at the back?

https://matchbox.fandom.com/wiki/Vauxhall_Guildsman

[bunglebus]

Cool. Don't think I have one of those

[flat4alfa]

6 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Cool. Don't think I have one of those

I have two in a stripped state, so will send one over

[Dick Cheeseburger]

5 hours ago, Amishtat said:

A little more rummaging and we've stumbled upon a guilty bag from last year. 

 

What's the blue one front right and the metallic red one back left? 

[flat4alfa]

3 minutes ago, Dick Van Diesel said:

What's the blue one front right and the metallic red one back left? 

SAAB Sonnet III and Hairy Hustler

Both Matchbox 1-75 range

[Dick Cheeseburger]

26 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

SAAB Sonnet III and Hairy Hustler

Both Matchbox 1-75 range

Cheers. I thought I still had the majority of my childhood diecast models, but the more I read this thread, the more I keep on spotting models which have disappeared at some point...

[big_al_granvia]

2 hours ago, big_al_granvia said:

i hate you

Och i dont really @junkyarddog you landed lucky. If you flog it on i hope you make a few quid

[sheffcortinacentre]

Main thing I want the vanguard MK4 Cortina for is the rhd dash for my ixo Mk5 crayford build.

[Spottedlaurel]

Finished the Ford yesterday, although I didn't particularly enjoy the process ad the finished result probably reflects that:

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

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

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

Makes for a good companion to the recently completed Chevelle, but look at the terrible panel fit! I don't think the bodyshell is sitting down on the floorpan as much as it should be, but it's as far as I could get it.

I don't think I'd have been in the right frame of mind to do fiddly work on the Maserati or Corvette after that......

1:24 Aoshima Toyota Ipsum kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

So I did some straightforward but satisfying prep and painting on the Toyota instead, rather more in my comfort zone. Coffee and caramel interior scheme probably not 100% authentic for an Ipsum/Picnic, but it's similar to what I have on the LS400.

[Datsuncog]

14 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Check the pot soil.  You might be lucky.  If it was @Datsuncog, he’d find a rare Husky part and keep it 30 years, just in case ? and one day, it would save the day ?

Y'know, it's funny you should say that...

...on Saturday I was moving a substantial amount of old soil, which used to be the weed-choked lawn at the back, into 1-tonne bags for lifting...

I fumbled one spadeful, and hit the side of the bag with it. When I was sweeping up after, I found this...

Which fits ok onto this...

I'm nearly sure it's a Matchbox item, albeit from a set of 1/72 model soldiers and accessories rather than from a diecast. But it makes the Majorette Range Rover look a whole heap better!

So yeah, check that pot soil...

[warch]

I have finished restoring my little Massey Ferguson. Behold!

The linkage was a bit bent and I was slightly scared about trying to straighten it, this sort of white metal is quite brittle but I managed to get it to bend back enough to fit a test implement, an old disc mower. The farm implements, most of which look ludicrously small on the much larger 80s and later tractors look absolutely perfect on this.  

[NorfolkNWeigh]

A Massey Ferguson 135 was the first modern* tractor I ever drove , did a few hours turning hay on one when I was 14. Although my favourite part of haymaking was driving the Ford D Series collecting bales, as I was a kid I couldn’t get the bales higher than the first layer so got to drive the coal lorry ( the Coalman owned the fields)  all for 50 p an hour and a few crafty ciders. I remember being in awe of my Dad and Ceredig The  Coal as they chucked bales to each other 15/20 feet up.

Off to look at Britains on eBay.

1 hour ago, warch said:

I have finished restoring my little Massey Ferguson. Behold!

The linkage was a bit bent and I was slightly scared about trying to straighten it, this sort of white metal is quite brittle but I managed to get it to bend back enough to fit a test implement, an old disc mower. The farm implements, most of which look ludicrously small on the much larger 80s and later tractors look absolutely perfect on this.  

 

[bunglebus]

Found my Matchbox car transporter, so I can do a comparison with the Playmobil one

 

20200713_161504 by RS, on Flickr

20200713_161512 by RS, on Flickr

20200713_161523 by RS, on Flickr

20200713_161535 by RS, on Flickr

20200713_161558 by RS, on Flickr

 

I hadn't noticed until now that the cars on the Playmobil aren't identical.

The two transporters are almost the same, but at the back especially the copy lets itself down in detail and construction

[bunglebus]

Having finally secured a Majorette Renault 5, I can do a WDIB? - bet there's a Siku one too but it'll have to wait. Left to right, Matchbox, Majorette, Corgi, Majorette.

 

20200713_161743 by RS, on Flickr

20200713_161817 by RS, on Flickr

20200713_161835 by RS, on Flickr

20200713_161859 by RS, on Flickr

 

Looking at them as two pairs, it's really quite hard to chose between the standard ones and the Turbos. While it's nice to find the mirrors intact on the Majorette and Corgi, they are a bit out of scale and an odd shape, especially on the Turbo Corgi. I do like the 80's "flashback" TURBO script on the Majorette. I think the standard Majorette is the nicest, and gets an accidental bonus point of having appropriate wheels for a three-bolt car

 

[Mr Laurence]

Tamiya Skyline progress - the interior is pretty much done now.

[bunglebus]

Oh and I put the Saint sticker on the P1800 I restored a while back

 

20200713_155422 by RS, on Flickr

[155V6]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Having finally secured a Majorette Renault 5, I can do a WDIB? - bet there's a Siku one too but it'll have to wait. 

 

[bunglebus]

One day...

[flat4alfa]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

finally secured a Majorette Renault 5

I did not know you were after one

Here's a question poser:  When did Majorette adopt the wheel style change?

[flat4alfa]

On 7/12/2020 at 4:17 PM, Amishtat said:

the distinct lack of bumper corners on the Jaguars. 

I read what you said yesterday

Today I had a rummage 

Unfortunately, it seems the bumper fairies attacked all of these too

[flat4alfa]

On 3/19/2020 at 8:57 PM, flat4alfa said:

HUSKY JAGUAR MK10 COMPARISON

^ Comparison done earlier this year.  Scales work out to be 1:78 and 1:81

So you see, I am devoid of off-side front bumper corners for the first series!  It's looking like I'll have to cut and shut a nearside corner after turning it upside down.