Shite in Miniature II

[eddyramrod]

Did nobody tell Lledo that grille went out on the J plate? [/pedant]

[Felly Magic]

It has the base from another Transit, the model originally was 'E' reg'd

[pshome]

inspired by this:

 

a friend of mine did this litte diorama, lovely!

 

[Felly Magic]

Much likes on that diorama

[Split_Pin]

Thats cracking!!😀ðŸ‘Â

[Junkman]

Le Primeur Nouveau est arrivee.

 

 

[Spottedlaurel]

I’ve noticed a few new 1:24 French car kits recently. Are they reissues or new tooling?

 

I bet that Mehari kit is a bit light! Are there even 124 pieces on the real thing?....

[mercrocker]

JUNKMAN HAZ MINION SLIPPAZ!

[Spottedlaurel]

JUNKMAN HAZ MINION SLIPPAZ!

 

Oh no, it’s just like the white shoe eBay ad…….

[Junkman]

I’ve noticed a few new 1:24 French car kits recently. Are they reissues or new tooling?

 

I bet that Mehari kit is a bit light! Are there even 124 pieces on the real thing?....

 

These two are new toolings. The H van is completely new, the Mehari does include the oily bits from the old 2CV tooling.

 

Let's think inside the box...

 

 

There is air. A lot of air:

 

 

A small body:

 

 

Glass:

 

 

This is directly lifted from the 2CV kit, albeit not plated here:

 

 

Basically, only the wipers, the gearshift and the door handles are needed from above sprue.

 

Then there are two more complete sprues directly lifted from the 2CV kit.

A complete interior, bumpers and front disc brakes (which you could pimp your Mehari with):

 

 

And the oily bits:

 

 

Then there are the following two newly tooled sprues:

 

 

 

Note the open cast grille. However, this is slightly offset by having to use the 2CV's front seats, which are in fact "Charleston" seats.

To make them halfways correct, one will have to remove the pleating, either by sanding it flat, or filling it in with putty.

Also note the Mehari two spoke steering wheel. I will definitely use the incorrect single spoke 2CV item instead, because I can.

 

There is a decal sheet:

 

 

Sadly only with those newfangled French numberplates. I should have more period correct ones somewhere.

 

Real men don't read this:

 

 

 

Note how they expect you to cut and paste the 2CV exhaust:

 

 

A similar thing with the gear shift lever:

 

 

It's probably better to replace it with some bent wire right away and just use the knob.

 

 

Entirely btw, the taillights and front indicators of the Mehari were nicked from the H-Van.

 

 

The back of the box shows three of the available paint schemes:

 

[Junkman]

This came today from the Canadian part of America.

 

 

[sierraman]

Charity shop bargain today for 10p!! Seventiestastic roller

[mercrocker]

Lush! 1960 Monarch Richelieu?

[mercrocker]

Charity shop bargain today for 10p!! Seventiestastic roller

I have this in the blue but like the gold better - more cheesy! Think that's quite a late one....

[Junkman]

Lush! 1960 Monarch Richelieu?

 

I wish...

Sadly it's "only" an utterly septic Park Lane.

[RoadworkUK]

Speaking of American Ice Cream Trucks as we weren't.... eBay has just spewed this at me for an embarrassingly small number of quid.

 

 

Bonus Frinton-On-Sea '30s Archishite. Actually there's nothing shite about it.

 

[Split_Pin]

Ive finally seen a Mehari model that I like! That looks grand indeed!

[steve_earwig]

As a complete aside, my sis-in-law's father Harry passed away this year, he had a comprehensive collection of early Matchbox cars, which sadly had to be sold off due to some shamelessly shabby will advice. The reason he had all these was because he was a die maker for Lesney's and they were all the cars he'd worked on.

[mercrocker]

Damn shame that. Never like to think about our own demise but I think its time some pretty specific instructions were given to my own solicitors....

[andrew e]

I spied this on a Calais day trip a few days ago:

 

 

I *think* it was €20ish. I resisted (because wife).

[sierraman]

My local morrisons were selling off their stock recently. It was all patriotic French stuff, Renault, Citroen etc

[captain_70s]

Bonus Frinton-On-Sea '30s Archishite. Actually there's nothing shite about it.

Random fact, my Dolomite 1850HL lived in Frinton-On-Sea for a while, or it was at least serviced there, before moving back to it's original home of London.

 

Another fun fact is that there is a scale model of my very car knocking about somewhere, I've seen a picture of it. It's a modified Vanguards Sprint and features my car's reg no. and infamous tide mark of doom front valance!

[Junkman]

 

Exactly what you'd expect from a €65.00 kit:

 

 

It's fucked.

[RoadworkUK]

Random fact, my Dolomite 1850HL lived in Frinton-On-Sea for a while, or it was at least serviced there, before moving back to it's original home of London.

 

Another fun fact is that there is a scale model of my very car knocking about somewhere, I've seen a picture of it. It's a modified Vanguards Sprint and features my car's reg no. and infamous tide mark of doom front valance!

Frinton's centre of the universe, m9.

 

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[Felly Magic]

Only if you live inside the gates Roadwork, and Junkman I bet you are right royally fucked off

[meshking]

My son has reached an age that I can introduce him to sensible scale cars. First off, is to nurture his tractor interest with Britain's models.

 

 

I *might* let him have a go

 

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[Split_Pin]

Britains models are always excellent.

[Noel Tidybeard]

Britains models are always excellent.

siku are better but i would really like a weise or wiking one

[Junkman]

Junkman I bet you are right royally fucked off

 

That would be an understatement.

[Split_Pin]

Ive still got a big Iveco (badged as Leyland) milk tanker from the 1980s by Britains. Its in the old pale blue Milk Marketing Board livery. You used to get these Britains models in Newsagents for some reason. I always loved looking through the yearly catalogue. The roadworks vehicles were ace.