Shite in Miniature II

[Spottedlaurel]

Photos from a climb up onto the flat roof:

1:24 Fujimi Datsun Fairlady Roadster kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1:24 Fujimi Datsun Fairlady Roadster kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1:24 Fujimi Datsun Fairlady Roadster kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Colour is Ford Bermuda Blue, as I believe usually seen on Escort Mk2 and Cortina Mk4.

[Amishtat]

That's absolutely lovely. Nice job! 

[flat4alfa]

10 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

Yes please, I have an SM but it's rough with bent axles. 

I was going to suggest...

But the 200 mph Bonneville car and transport has already been done 

Damn.

So how about the Tissier transporter?

But no, done as well !

[Tenmil Socket]

11 hours ago, Amishtat said:

Now I'm home so we can have a look at the rest while dinner is cooking.. I was trying to exercise some restraint today, believe it or not. And like last week time was pressing, hence no live report from the field. But once the above were secured a few other things came into my "too nice to leave behind for the price" category. Firstly this, I've seen it before but didn't appreciate how clean it is until today. Must surely have been boxed until recently to have survived this well. Two quid seemed reasonable, happy to put it aside if someone fancies it. 

@Amishtat is the glass tinted on this? I'm sure mine are all clear windows.

[Amishtat]

Definitely yellow/gold tint. Coincidentally I was just getting round to the last few Tat Wednesday items out on the patio. 

[Tenmil Socket]

4 minutes ago, Amishtat said:

Definitely yellow/gold tint. Coincidentally I was just getting round to the last few Tat Wednesday items out on the patio. 

£2 did you say. If so I'll take it please.

[Amishtat]

First up, quite a reasonable Corgi Land Rover in need of a couple of tyres. Another which fell into the nice enough for two quid end of the market. 

[Amishtat]

I'd call it a Thames, but according to Dinky it's an Atlas Copco.. It's been trodden on it seems, there's quite a pronounced bow to the baseplate, the side glass is cracked and it runs second to the Doctor's Caddy ambulance in the filth stakes. Nonetheless, at a quid I wasn't leaving it behind. Three Corgi tyres too, now I've looked at it properly. 

[flat4alfa]

Atlas too please

I knew it wasn’t a Corgi Commer - been wondering since the furtive bag photo!

The baseplate model name is possibly down to an agreement with Atlas to allow a model reproduction.  Perhaps they supplied the compressor vehicles as completed units.  I suppose not unlike Tandberg who used Unimog platforms- but badged as their own

 

@Amishtat

[Amishtat]

Didn't someone post some photos of this up a few days ago? Apart from a savage crack to the dome, this is quite charming and still holding on to all its doors and horns. Would it have had horses? 

[flat4alfa]

four of them

reproductions available

[155V6]

 

Or you could remove the partitions in the trailer,& use it to carry racing cars like I did ?

 

 

[Amishtat]

And lastly (for this week anyway) these two. The Alpine is about as rough as it could be but for whatever reason I almost never come across Spot-on stuff during my weekly tat bothering so for a quid it was worth taking home out of morbid curiosity and a strangely satisfied feel which has mostly evaporated overnight, as these things sometimes do. 

The Chevrolet is the donor for the middle slice so I can finally reassemble the taxi from Datsuncog which has only been sitting for two years.. I got a new one from Steve Flowers but it just wouldn't quite fit, whilst getting annoyed with that I chipped the fresh paint and so the whole thing got canned in a huff. All the others I've found since have either been missing bits of the grille and headlights or too good to break up so it's nice to have one intact but yellowing, and in a form I won't feel guilty for splitting up. The wheels might be useful for the Suburban too, now I think about it. 

[Amishtat]

So that's all until next week, weather permitting. Hopefully that should keep us going until Tat Friday rolls around.. 

[junkyarddog]

A spot-on for a quid must be the bargain of the day?

[flat4alfa]

3 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

A spot-on for a quid must be the bargain of the day?

If you don’t want it, I would

[bunglebus]

That Spot On is still a bargain.

I've been rummaging un the loft so here's a few impromptu HWDIBs. 

First up, Corgi, Dinky and Majorette Range Rovers. The Dinky is far and away the best, only let down by a flat slab of a dashboard and that the bonnet and upper tailgate don't stay raised.

Next up, Corgi and Dinky SD1s. The Corgi is obviously better but fair play to Dinky for having a good stab at the dash and a set of wheels close to the real thing. Not sure the tailgate is meant to go up that far though.

Lastly I grouped all my Mazda pickups together, think there's at least one I don't have but I didn't really set out to collect them all in the first place, I just had a tatty jumble sale pair as I kid that I thought were cool. You can see on a couple where the hole for the cherry picker was filled, I really like how Corgi fitted the camper body without modifying the casting,  it locks into the gun rack and towbar holes - clever stuff.

[flat4alfa]

Did The Hulk just clip home as well then?

[junkyarddog]

19 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

If you don’t want it, I would

I'm not interested in it, beyond it being a bargain.

So if it's for sale,be my guest.

I think you should show him a profit though!

?

[bunglebus]

55 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Did The Hulk just clip home as well then?

I have no idea, he was AWOL when I got the truck. Doesn't look any different to the others apart from the wheels.

I dug out some more for WDIBs, here are SD1s, here represented by Corgi, Matchbox and the awful no name one. Much as the Matchbox feels nicer and has sharper detail, I think Corgi captured the shape and stance better. I still prefer the standard Matchbox though

[Datsuncog]

2 hours ago, Amishtat said:

First up, quite a reasonable Corgi Land Rover in need of a couple of tyres. Another which fell into the nice enough for two quid end of the market. 

Would be most interested in this one, if not already claimed...

Is it just the Dinky Land Rover and boxed Matchbox Dinky Porsche 356 I have on layaway with you - or are there more that've slipped my mind already?

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, junkyarddog said:

I think you should show him a profit though!

?

I think most folks know I round up on tat boxes and throw a drink in ?

I’m out of stock of this sweetener at the moment though

[eddyramrod]

2 hours ago, Amishtat said:

I'd call it a Thames, but according to Dinky it's an Atlas Copco.. It's been trodden on it seems, there's quite a pronounced bow to the baseplate, the side glass is cracked and it runs second to the Doctor's Caddy ambulance in the filth stakes. Nonetheless, at a quid I wasn't leaving it behind. Three Corgi tyres too, now I've looked at it properly. 

 

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Atlas too please

I knew it wasn’t a Corgi Commer - been wondering since the furtive bag photo!

The baseplate model name is possibly down to an agreement with Atlas to allow a model reproduction.  Perhaps they supplied the compressor vehicles as completed units.  I suppose not unlike Tandberg who used Unimog platforms- but badged as their own

 

@Amishtat

Oh bugger, not quick enough!  Never mind.

[Amishtat]

20 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Would be most interested in this one, if not already claimed...

Is it just the Dinky Land Rover and boxed Matchbox Dinky Porsche 356 I have on layaway with you - or are there more that've slipped my mind already?

By all means, it'll keep the Dinky one company!  No, I think that's all I have in your stash here. 

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

Did The Hulk just clip home as well then?

Looks like his cage clips in and he just sits inside

[Amishtat]

26 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

I think most folks know I round up on tat boxes and throw a drink in ?

I’m out of stock of this sweetener at the moment though

No need for that (thanks all the same though) but I do need to sort out your stash at some point and get it together. Should be a fairly good haul! 

[bunglebus]

I think I'm going to save the earlier Mini, the castings are the same other than the badging and rear lights, although oddly the bonnets have different letters cast inside. 

I like the red interior but don't think it'll work with a blue car. Do I leave it as an old Mini with an odd door or give it a lick of paint though?

[Tenmil Socket]

4 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I think I'm going to save the earlier Mini, the castings are the same other than the badging and rear lights, although oddly the bonnets have different letters cast inside. 

I like the red interior but don't think it'll work with a blue car. Do I leave it as an old Mini with an odd door or give it a lick of paint though?

Paint and red interior.

[Datsuncog]

14 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Lastly I grouped all my Mazda pickups together, think there's at least one I don't have but I didn't really set out to collect them all in the first place

Think there's also a blue off-road version with jacked suspension and chunkier wheels (same as on the Range Rover 5dr)... but hey, it's not like you're collecting them... ?

I had the plain red version (missing its camper back) and stupidly let it go a few years back. Nicely done model, and an unusual subject too. It's back on my list...

 

Also in Corgi news: another new arrival, this time courtesy of @andrew e

Yup, it's the Corgi 'Cars of the 50s' Bentley R Series drophead coupé... in AS racing colours of beige and brown, and with appropriately centre-hinged bonnet revealing a nicely detailed lump:

Plus an opening boot, with an intriguing feature-

Rather unexpectedly, the rear seat flips down, allowing a longer rear load area.

It's kinda hard to photograph on the hood-up version...

...but accurately reflects the full-size R Series, which no doubt Bentley were anxious to appeal to their core customer base of plumbers, carpenters and anyone else carrying long loads...

It's nicely chunky, and heavy too, with a metal base (the Jaguar's is plastic, though better detailed).

Just lovely.

Plus there was another surprise inside the package -

Yup, a Matchbox King Size K-6 Allis Chalmers Motor Scraper - another treasure for the box of these 1960s 'big Lesneys', and one I've never had before.

These toys are fascinating from a social history point of view - reflecting the massive road building and other civil engineering programmes of the time across the nation, it seemed only sensible that kids would want replicas of the massive earthmoving equipment to be seen chewing across fields near to them, bringing bypasses and motorways and other promises of a future built for speed and connectivity... part of the appeal of the old diecast catalogues is the artwork that accompanies them. Different world.

Amazingly, this model has the tightest wheel hubs I've ever seen on a King Size of this vintage. The early versions of this model (1961 on) came with bright metal hubs, with later versions like this one using the shrinkage-prone red plastic ones until it was discontinued in 1967.

It also means I'll be able to get the driveway levelled and resurfaced all by myself now.

Cheers, Andrew!!

[flat4alfa]

I’ve got the Silver Dawn, boxed as new, in same AS colours as the Bentley, so would be *ideal to do a live virtual comparison over Zoom or some such fuss