Shite in Miniature II

[Spottedlaurel]

More plastic progress:

Ferrari finished after 12 years, Datsun almost there, Toyota's top half had to be repainted.

[Mr Laurence]

Nice work with the Datsun! I imagine all of those different coloured panels were a masking nightmare. What did you use to get the panel lines so dark and crisp?

[Spottedlaurel]

7 hours ago, Mr Laurence said:

Nice work with the Datsun! I imagine all of those different coloured panels were a masking nightmare. What did you use to get the panel lines so dark and crisp?

Thanks, and yes it was certainly good practice on the masking! It's something I've previously tried to avoid, but it worked OK on the Toyota so I thought I'd try something a bit silly on this Z.

The orange wing and scuttle panel needed doing twice as that peeled off with the tape.

I scribed the panel lines out so they were a bit deeper, then after the various colours were applied I added a dark grey wash.

That particular kit is very basic (it's from the same series as the Ferrari) but with a bit of care it builds up nicely. I had to tweak the rear valance.

[flat4alfa]

[Amishtat]

10 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Yes but very disappointing.. Very little of interest at all and no real bargains. Also I really need to hoover this car out. 

[Bren]

I had a bit of a play with my new purchase. A 9v battery reveals the siren and lights still actually work -

The bulb for the lights is under the cover on the roof. So my £6.50 spend turned out to be a bit of a bargain.

[antony denman]

dont know were got this but been in my loft most basic toy i have seen,make timpo what make god know morris austin mybe lol

[Richard_FM]

21 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Only one arrival today - a much better example of the Cadillac ambulance than my previous one - even has the battery compartment intact

I wonder if any of these have been turned into replicas of Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters.

[flat4alfa]

10 hours ago, antony denman said:

most basic toy i have seen,make timpo

TIMPO was trade name for Toy Importers Ltd.  The Timpo head office was this building :

Your model was made between 1946 - 1951 in London.  In 1946 it cost 3d, originally listed as 'Timpo Saloon' but in later catalogue referred to as a Morris

It does bear some similarity to the Morris 8 Series E...

...but probably to differentiate it from their much better effort some months later on the Austin 10

[flat4alfa]

53 minutes ago, Richard_FM said:

I wonder if any of these have been turned into replicas of Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters.

Yes, there is this one

 

and this fella went a step further, by creating packaging too !

[eddyramrod]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

TIMPO was trade name for Toy Importers Ltd.  The Timpo head office was this building :

Your model was made between 1946 - 1951 in London,  In 1946 it cost 3d, originally listed as 'Timpo Saloon' but in later catalogue referred to as a Morris

It does bear some similarity to the Morris 8 Series E

 

2 hours ago, antony denman said:

dont know were got this but been in my loft most basic toy i have seen,make timpo what make god know morris austin mybe lol

I was immediately reminded of Vulgalour's Lanchester...

[bunglebus]

I had a fairly good day tat hunting. First the new;

[bunglebus]

Then the old;

Found another colour of the Caddy Hot Rodder

Early Majorette E-type

At last, the Matchbox pick up, complete with grille and load cover

Siku Olds Toranado 

A much better Impy Cadillac than I had

Zylmex Lotus Europa minus its glass

Nice big Corgi Caprice

The Bertone Runabouts from the other day led me to this, have to say Wonder Woman looks more like a bloke in drag though

Zylmex dump truck looks very much like a 70s Matchbox

Bought this for a mate - unfortunately I think we both assumed it was a larger casting rather than a Trackside

One of the "benefits" of buying job lots is you end up with things you  don't really want - anyone fancy a Volvo V70 in 1:36 or a Tins Toys 960 with pull back motor? How about a Norev Alfa 159 in similar scale for €1 each?

Lastly, this enormous Sindy Range Rover is up for £20 in the local charity shop 

[DoctorRetro]

48 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Then the old;

Found another colour of the Caddy Hot Rodder

Early Majorette E-type

At last, the Matchbox pick up, complete with grille and load cover

Siku Olds Toranado 

A much better Impy Cadillac than I had

Zylmex Lotus Europa minus its glass

Nice big Corgi Caprice

The Bertone Runabouts from the other day led me to this, have to say Wonder Woman looks more like a bloke in drag though

Zylmex dump truck looks very much like a 70s Matchbox

Bought this for a mate - unfortunately I think we both assumed it was a larger casting rather than a Trackside

One of the "benefits" of buying job lots is you end up with things you  don't really want - anyone fancy a Volvo V70 in 1:36 or a Tins Toys 960 with pull back motor? How about a Norev Alfa 159 in similar scale for €1 each?

Lastly, this enormous Sindy Range Rover is up for £20 in the local charity shop 

Yes please to the surplus volvos and alfa! 

[bunglebus]

No problem - got a couple of Pandas here for you too

[DoctorRetro]

14 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

No problem - got a couple of Pandas here for you too

I'll be passing your way at some point (well, every day) over the next couple of weeks, so let me know when works for you and I'll drop by. 

[Amishtat]

13 minutes ago, TheDoctor said:

I'll be passing your way at some point (well, every day) over the next couple of weeks, so let me know when works for you and I'll drop by. 

There's a few things here with your name on too! 

[Amishtat]

A rather disappointing Tat Wednesday this week I'm afraid. The boot sale was both quieter and smaller than expected given how warm a morning it was here today. Very little diecast at all, the only Corgis I saw were a fairly worn Kojak Buick which has been eight quid since the dawn of time and a police SD1 which just wasn't ringing my bell (kinked windscreen pillars, damaged screen but otherwise all there) for a couple of pounds. Quite why I then blew three quid on this marvellous example of the effects of ultraviolet light versus Matchbox paint I don't now recall, perhaps it was the sun getting to me. Grille and rear window absent, glazing might well polish up if you were to bother. 

[flat4alfa]

On 10/1/2019 at 7:32 PM, flat4alfa said:

Yes, I know Wonder Woman’s Bertone Runabout concept is the imposter. She’s also been at the pies.

I said something equally unfair about Wonder Woman a while back ?

[Amishtat]

This was at a stall a little further along. I know nothing of the prototype, but thought it a curiosity worth picking up all the same. It seems complete, you'd think the louvres over the rear window might have succumbed but no. The hinge is a little floppy but for its age, yeah, it's nice enough. Three quid prevented an overweight sunburned gentleman from (literally) throwing it into a box in his Transit, the process actually occurring as I deliberated because he wanted a fiver. 

[flat4alfa]

20 minutes ago, Amishtat said:

I know nothing of the prototype, but thought it a curiosity worth picking up all the same.

The Porsche 917 Langheck (long-tail) was a real thing, not a prototype

Here are a few outside the factory

Not only that, they made a right racket...

Which has just reminded me to get booking for Goodwood FoS next year

[Dick Cheeseburger]

13 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

The Porsche 917 Langheck (long-tail) was a real thing, not a prototype

Here are a few outside the factory

Not only that, they make a right racket...

Which has just reminded me to get booking for Goodwood FoS next year

Have you been previously? I spent a few days there with a mate and his lad a couple of years ago and it was brilliant from start to finish. I loved the way most drivers hammered their cars around regardless of the eye-watering value of 99% of them. And the smell... and the sound...

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Thinking back to childhood toys... 

My brother and I each had a plastic bike (BMX iirc) with something which vaguely resembled a zip tie from what I remember. The idea was you inserted said zip tie contraption into a mechanism on the bike, pull it out sharpish and watch as the bike flies off into the distance. 

Can anyone visualise what I'm talking about? 

[flat4alfa]

34 minutes ago, Dick Van Diesel said:

Can anyone visualise what I'm talking about? 

Yes, rip cord turning a flywheel, much like the Dinky Pink Panther car

Talking of which, where did I put mine.  I took it to bits a year ago to put a slot car motor in, but it got parked

[flat4alfa]

38 minutes ago, Dick Van Diesel said:

Have you been previously? I spent a few days there with a mate and his lad a couple of years ago and it was brilliant from start to finish. I loved the way most drivers hammered their cars around regardless of the eye-watering value of 99% of them. And the smell... and the sound...

I had been going every year without fail since mid-nineties.  But in recent years, not happened.  This year was meant to be the year I went and camped there, but as we know, cancelled by covid

The Festival 'hill climb' is very different to the Revival 'track' weekend - which I might be going to - if it does go ahead as planned over September 11th-13th.  Revival very recommended too, if not been

[flat4alfa]

Damn

Quote

Sadly, we have had to take the decision not to hold the Festival of Speed and Revival this year. All ticket holders have the option to rollover their tickets or request a refund.

https://www.goodwood.com/motorsport/goodwood-revival/

[flat4alfa]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Early Majorette E-type

Anyone breaking one of these?

I painted mine up, then promptly melted the glazing in paint stripper.  The previous owner had painted over the windows you see.

[Christine]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Then the old;

Found another colour of the Caddy Hot Rodder

Early Majorette E-type

At last, the Matchbox pick up, complete with grille and load cover

Siku Olds Toranado 

A much better Impy Cadillac than I had

Zylmex Lotus Europa minus its glass

Nice big Corgi Caprice

The Bertone Runabouts from the other day led me to this, have to say Wonder Woman looks more like a bloke in drag though

Zylmex dump truck looks very much like a 70s Matchbox

Bought this for a mate - unfortunately I think we both assumed it was a larger casting rather than a Trackside

One of the "benefits" of buying job lots is you end up with things you  don't really want - anyone fancy a Volvo V70 in 1:36 or a Tins Toys 960 with pull back motor? How about a Norev Alfa 159 in similar scale for €1 each?

Lastly, this enormous Sindy Range Rover is up for £20 in the local charity shop 

Silver v 70 ! Much want please!!!!

Edit..sadly..

Bollox  doctor got in first ,gutted...? Edit again ..Doc, i must have something to exchange for that V70 ??

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, Amishtat said:

I'd be interested if you're not keeping it - mine has a rather important bit missing

 

20191212_170257 by RS, on Flickr

[flat4alfa]

9 minutes ago, Christine said:

Bollox  doctor

I thought he was the Back Door Doctor?  Nobody told me he had changed jobs.