Shite in Miniature II

[flat4alfa]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Bloody hell, it's a Buddy L!

The Shitesporter competition has been won.

10:4 Rubber Ducky.

[bunglebus]

New Matchbox 5 pack in Tesco

[Tenmil Socket]

I've only just got round to fitting batteries in the Corgi Maestro I got off @Amishtata while back. Even though I had one as a child I did forget how to operate the lights as I was looking for an on/off switch but I quickly figured out you simply press down on the front or rear axle. Anyway I thought it would be best to check the headlight alignment 😆 *Pics taken after alignment done*

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

New Matchbox 5 pack in Tesco

Ahh...  saw that the other day and did wonder.

Well they'd better get selling, as the film itself will be two years late!

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Top Gun: Maverick is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on July 2, 2021, by Paramount Pictures. It was originally scheduled for release on July 12, 2019 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and scheduling conflicts

 

 

BTW, RIP Goose

[bunglebus]

It does stuff!

[flat4alfa]

Oh wow 🤩 

[flat4alfa]

Hours of fun!

[flat4alfa]

Winding the wife up 

[flat4alfa]

She’ll be so thankful*

[Out Run]

This thread has inspired me. So I went in the parents loft today and got out what remains of my childhood toy cars. A full rubble sack has yielded some good memories.

I wrecked loads, with permanent marker, what do you all use to clean it off? I have tried baby wipes and Flash floor wipes.

Even the Graphic Traffic ink won’t shift lol.

I would like to clean some up and display them, so any advice is welcome!

[bunglebus]

Surgical spirit or meths. Hard to get it out of corners and lines though.

Guessing you have 70s/80s cars if you have Graffic Traffics

[Out Run]

Yeah, some 70s. Mostly 80s for me. I did have older stuff, but my parents had to give a lot away, when we emigrated in 1988.

I’ll try the meths clean up method. Cheers.

Surprisingly, the pens still work (dunno why I wrote ‘Graphic!’).

[sierraman]

22 hours ago, bunglebus said:

New Matchbox 5 pack in Tesco

Is that a reissue of the Swept Wing Jet from the 80’s in there? 

[Split_Pin]

Cotton buds and nail polish remover is GR9 for taking off tampo printing, might work for permanent marker?

[flat4alfa]

22 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Is that a reissue of the Swept Wing Jet from the 80’s in there? 

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The casting was retooled for the 2020 Top Gun Maverick 5-Packs. The base is now plastic and the wheel configuration has been altered.

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

[flat4alfa]

22 hours ago, bunglebus said:

New Matchbox 5 pack in Tesco

This one to find too

[flat4alfa]

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The line will consist of 5 packs, the new Sky Slammers line of stomp rockets, 13 new Skybusters vehicles with new and old castings & 4 packs, and the Aircraft Carrier playset

Just reading that made me feel 9 years old again !

 

[barrett]

I've still got a fully-functioning Graffic Traffic pen! I wonder if any child managed to 'colour in' one of those cars and not make it look absolutely shit?

[Out Run]

2 minutes ago, barrett said:

I've still got a fully-functioning Graffic Traffic pen! I wonder if any child managed to 'colour in' one of those cars and not make it look absolutely shit?

Errr

[barrett]

Ha! That looks about on par with my own efforts on the Astra police car (no pic, sadly)

[Out Run]

1 minute ago, barrett said:

Ha! That looks about on par with my own efforts on the Astra police car (no pic, sadly)

Nice lol. I don’t remember having the Astra police car in that set. My mate does, though.

I have a normal one.

I spent ages, ‘sorting’ these last night.

[flat4alfa]

2 minutes ago, Out Run said:

I spent ages, ‘sorting’ these last night.

Majorette Renault 25 !   Not a lot of those about

[Out Run]

2 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Majorette Renault 25 !   Not a lot of those about

The caravan didn’t fair so well!

[Out Run]

It’s a weird feeling, looking back at all of these.

Must be why I spent a while, examining them.

I still have loads of Superkings cars and truck and trailer sets. They were my favourites.

[Out Run]

22 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

I've only just got round to fitting batteries in the Corgi Maestro I got off @Amishtata while back. Even though I had one as a child I did forget how to operate the lights as I was looking for an on/off switch but I quickly figured out you simply press down on the front or rear axle. Anyway I thought it would be best to check the headlight alignment 😆 *Pics taken after alignment done*

I wonder if this is like the 911 I have. Takes two little old style car fob batteries and has a button on the steering wheel?

Mine burst* into life when I tipped the bag out, yesterday. 
I’d rather have the Maestro, mind!

[155V6]

I've got a Volvo 740 from a Graffic Traffic set,doesn't look like it's ever been painted

There's a VW T25 Ambulance too,but I've never seen a real one.

[Out Run]

6 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

I've got a Volvo 740 from a Graffic Traffic set,doesn't look like it's ever been painted

There's a VW T25 Ambulance too,but I've never seen a real one.

Nice. I’d be tempted to remove the wheels etc and make it look like an unused shell.

I found a T25 ambulance in my lot, totally coloured in black. Maybe that was a GT.

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, Out Run said:

Ha!  Terminator II livery!

The model is really of a Ford CL-Series, which I have a thing about

That Hot Wheels Rig Wrecker dates from the early eighties.  They resurrected the casting for Semi Fast II, which I might dig out to bore you some more

[155V6]

A word of warning.

Don't fall asleep while looking at diecast on eBay,you might wake up to find out that you've managed to hit the buy now & pay for something you didn't really want 🙄.It wasn't even the item I was looking at,but one of their other items.

Anyone want to buy a 1/43 scale Pegaso fuel tanker?😂

[flat4alfa]

Just now, 155V6 said:

A word of warning.

Don't fall asleep while looking at diecast on eBay,you might wake up to find out that you've managed to hit the buy now & pay for something you didn't really want 🙄.It wasn't even the item I was looking at,but one of their other items.

Anyone want to buy a 1/43 scale Pegaso fuel tanker?😂

No I have six of those being delivered Friday.  It's a disease, that eBay trigger-fingeritis.