Shite in Miniature II

[C1am]

Can anyone identify this? It will originally have been part of a set. Marked "Hong Kong" on the exhaust.

[big_al_granvia]

Rather splendid haul from the local market, only went into town as i had ran out of multivitamins... 30 quid the lot

 

[RayMK]

53 minutes ago, C1am said:

Can anyone identify this? It will originally have been part of a set. Marked "Hong Kong" on the exhaust.

If it is not a Christmas cracker toy but about 5 inches long, it looks remarkably similar to the link, if not identical.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/683210205953806067/

Edit: Or this one, which has the bracket for stabilising wheels:-

 

[C1am]

That's it, thanks! The one I have is slightly shorter at just under 4 inches long.

[andrew e]

It  looks like the ones my mum put on birthday cakes in the 70’s ?

[Remspoor]

1 hour ago, big_al_granvia said:

Rather splendid haul from the local market, only went into town as i had ran out of multivitamins... 30 quid the lot

 

MMMm Group B.  (mainly) Liking a lot.

[Remspoor]

1 hour ago, C1am said:

That's it, thanks! The one I have is slightly shorter at just under 4 inches long.

[bunglebus]

Well the paint came off

 

[big_al_granvia]

58 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

MMMm Group B.  (mainly) Liking a lot.

lot of group b stuff, saw them and thought hmm, 4 quid a pop, left behind a focus wrc (have a 1/18 model of mcrae's) and a pug 307.... @Flat4 appreciated L555BAT being a scoob nut

not a massive rally fan but with those prices i couldnt pass them

[andrew e]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Well the paint came off

 

What’s the plan? I really like these but never spot a bargain, I’ve often thought they’d make an excellent Haliki Eleanor.  Will keep looking!

[bunglebus]

30 minutes ago, andrew e said:

What’s the plan? I really like these but never spot a bargain, I’ve often thought they’d make an excellent Haliki Eleanor.  Will keep looking!

I'm leaving this one alone - only seen red ones before, think there are 70s originals and later James Bond ones? They always seem to attract bids anyway.

Seen three red versions that I know of, likely different castings

[sierraman]

7 hours ago, andrew e said:

I’ve had one of those Capris in my eBay watchlist a while, it looks better in the flesh (bar those carbuncle headlight washers), I wonder if the alloys might appear on an XR4 (Or Orion Ghia injection!) model in the near future?

Those alloys look more like the steels on the 1.6LS Capris. 

[antony denman]

come off my hols these were waiteing for me 3 more tat cars 2 do,can anyone rember freddie star doing a advert with a bubble car,it was a submarine at the end he said does anyone want buy 2nd hand bubble car 80s,vice i bought for £8 bargain help me do my sad git hobbie lol,

[Noel Tidybeard]

oh noes it's happened again ?

[bunglebus]

That's a tidy one! 

[bunglebus]

21 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Not seen this version on the Majorette Beetle before, two holes in the rear window and glass moulded to make a roof light. The glazing is also warped as if it had a bulb in it at one time

Got to the bottom of this, it's actually a car air freshener/keychain of all things

 

[bunglebus]

Rolls done. Took my time with this one, agonised for days over the paint as I wanted gloss and satin black but knew I'd never hide a masked line. Think what I came up with worked. 

Engine and side pipes from the Matchbox K-50 model T hot rod, lizard from (I think) a 57 Chevy model kit I built as a teenager. Steering wheel out of the spares box, wheels off a pull-back Ferarri 

[Amishtat]

That's come out nicely 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

18 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Rolls done. Took my time with this one, agonised for days over the paint as I wanted gloss and satin black but knew I'd never hide a masked line. Think what I came up with worked. 

Engine and side pipes from the Matchbox K-50 model T hot rod, lizard from (I think) a 57 Chevy model kit I built as a teenager. Steering wheel out of the spares box, wheels off a pull-back Ferarri 

I've still got a childhood mint and boxed Corniche identical to yours. I never expected to see it looking like that - fantastic work!!

[Noel Tidybeard]

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

That's a tidy one! 

that's why it's taken soooooo long to push the button!

if i'm honest i really want the red pink one as well??

[155V6]

Having a couple of nights away,and saw there were a couple of car boots nearby.

The 1st one was quite big,but I only found these two

The next one was smaller,but I found this lot within five minutes of arriving

Most came from one stall,but the ADAC Beetle was in a box marked £1.00.When I went to pay,the woman would only take 20p,as she thought it had come out of a bag of cars for a pound ?

My favourite find for quite a while ?

[bunglebus]

5 Rockets, Custom Eldorado, Charger Dragster and ADAC bug? Niiiice.

[Bren]

I had a bit of a sort out - my tat is jammed together. I thought I would sort the matchbox from the rest. Sometimes you forget what you have hoarded - 

Skybusters. As a mere tot I had more of a thing for these than superfast or juniors.

Days of thunder. The poster offer expired in 1991.

[155V6]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

5 Rockets, Custom Eldorado, Charger Dragster and ADAC bug? Niiiice.

And all for under a fiver ?

[155V6]

 

 

49 minutes ago, Bren said:

I had a bit of a sort out - my tat is jammed together. I thought I would sort the matchbox from the rest. Sometimes you forget what you have hoarded - 

Skybusters. As a mere tot I had more of a thing for these than superfast or juniors.

Days of thunder. The poster offer expired in 1991.

I've got some of those,nice to see them on the cards ?

[Datsuncog]

17 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

And all for under a fiver ?

I should probably use this to inform Market Blokey that the arse has dropped out of Rockets values, but because I'm nice I'll take all his off his hands for £4...

Well found, that's a dream haul!

[Tenmil Socket]

@Datsuncog

The story is that I think the previous owner was an A Team fan...

I’m also kicking myself as I left the car aerial in the hotel ?

[155V6]

18 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

I should probably use this to inform Market Blokey that the arse has dropped out of Rockets values, but because I'm nice I'll take all his off his hands for £4...

Well found, that's a dream haul!

I was tempted by the box of Rockets,but only really wanted the Cougar & Eldorado although the boats were nice ?

[MarvinsMom]

19 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

oh noes it's happened again ?

that one is better than mine! i hate to wonder how much it cost you though....

here is mine.  its a lovely model, well i think so anyway, the jeweled headlamps were a nice touch. i thought it strange however that corgi made it in 1/43 scale, as had been traditional, where as most new castings at the think this was released were been made in the larger 1/36 scale.

 

[Noel Tidybeard]

it was £25 + £4.95p&p so not too horrendous

as for why 1:43 it was released in 1971 so 1:36 was still a few years away

i had one years ago and popped it apart for repaint etc so wanted another

want a tinacorner gxl as well