Shite in Miniature II

59,812 · November 18, 2020

1 hour ago, junkyarddog said:

Today arrival is this Matchbox Emm Gee Bee!

What do you reckon Smoll Eddy?

"If you've got to have an MGB,this is the best one to have as real ones are shit M8"

Me too - well technically yesterday but I only opened it today after getting my multi-buy deals sorted out at Tesco.

I came away with rather a lot:

All bar the Coffee Cruisers one have been ripped open so I can photograph the ones I want and bung the rest on eBay. Luckily for me they only had the yellow/loaded and red/unloaded VW T3 crew cabs or I'd have ended up with more, as each colour is available with and without junk in the ~~trunk~~ bed

59,812 · November 18, 2020

56 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

A bid was bidded

A win was won

What am I?

Looks like both a Hillman Imp and a MK2 Escort. I R confused

59,812 · November 18, 2020

Aha!

12,228 · November 18, 2020

Finally finished the Jeremy Dickinson tribute

Life imitating art...

More pics here...

https://autoshite.com/topic/20735-doesnt-fit-anywhere-else-shite-thread/page/4/ scroll to bottom of page...

43,446 · November 18, 2020

57 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Aha!

You cheated! 😁 Looking at my eBay profile history indeed!

Yes and was surprised to get it. Was expecting a run on it - not get it for under £8.

Will have the missing jewel somewhere. New decals are a couple of quid. So if I can get the lot in for under £10, as have a similar colour rattle can already, I might be able to sleep at night again.

59,812 · November 18, 2020

1 minute ago, flat4alfa said:

You cheated! 😁 Looking at my eBay profile history indeed!

Nope, I don't know it - just searched sold Imps. Got my year of birth on the door too

59,812 · November 18, 2020

12 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

Finally finished the Jeremy Dickinson tribute

Life imitating art...

More pics here...

https://autoshite.com/topic/20735-doesnt-fit-anywhere-else-shite-thread/page/4/ scroll to bottom of page...

Like one of those perpetual images, needs a postcard sized pic to the left, then stamp sized etc

43,446 · November 18, 2020

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Got my year of birth on the door too

In that case I shall call it 'Richard' 😄

7,972 · November 18, 2020

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Yerrshhh I am too.. I definitely* wasn't thinking about that this morning whilst looking out at the rain..

59,812 · November 18, 2020

8 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

In that case I shall call it 'Richard' 😄

Ugh. That's what my mother calls me

59,812 · November 18, 2020

So there I am, idly wandering around the shops waiting for mrs and kids to finish in the opticians, looking at the stuff in the 10 packs we haven't seen as single cars yet...

...saw this Maisto, is it the old Corgi casting still going?

Then I realise they've re-stocked the Hot Wheels

New colour of the Baja is nice, the last two were based on the Sand Scorcher and Monster Beetle, not sure if this one is from anything significant

Really like the colour scheme on the Porsche

Not sure about the UNO 32 but I love the slot mag wheels

This one's a real oddball, Hot Wheels have been doing car shows and choosing vehicles to make castings of. This one is called Nashole, obviously Mattel had to tone that down for kids

It looks really strange with the wheels outside the body so I might have a go at returning it to something a bit more stock looking

33,723 · November 18, 2020

Some modern shite acquired last night.

43,446 · November 18, 2020

32 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Nashole

https://www.carscoops.com/2019/11/meet-the-nashole-this-years-winner-of-the-hot-wheels-legends-tour/

Of course had to go off and have a look

59,812 · November 18, 2020

59 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I got that Police one in the multi pack and bought the taxi as a single - not sure about that one yet!

There are some great ones among the moderns I don't like

43,446 · November 18, 2020

On 11/17/2020 at 12:24 PM, bunglebus said:

Dashboard comparison

Who did it worse? Dinky ^ or Corgi:

59,812 · November 18, 2020

The Dinky is better. The rest of the casting is 100% worse than the Corgi

Got these off Mr. Alfa today, I know we've looked at these a bit recently but there are some interesting bits we haven't seen

First up, Vanatic. I hadn't seen this one before, love the 70's custom vibe

Lovely bit of wood paneling inside, and the round rear windows

Next up, Charlie's Angels, one I've really wanted to track down. Unfortunately no Drew Barrymore included (the original series was before my time).

Same interior - is that a shag pile rug or a chocolate digestive?

Next up, the Mystery Machine - another new one on me. Missing its roof bars

No rear interior detail, different wheels and a much more basic base on this one

Circus van is the last of the bunch, with my Sunday name on the side

The rear step arrangement on this is genius

Here's how the base usually looks on one of these

59,812 · November 18, 2020

On 11/17/2020 at 4:55 PM, eddyramrod said:

I sold one of those MB Station Wagons in my Diecast Sale... What I failed to remember was that I still need one to paint green for my James Bond Code 3 sub-collection; when Goldfinger approaches Fort Knox, his convoy passes Felix Leiter in exactly this car, in a ditch at the roadside. So if anyone finds a tatty one, please think about me!

I spy, with my eBay eye

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174523786516

28,736 · November 18, 2020

That's a handsome collection tbh. I may keep an eye on it. Shame one of the Commer milk floats isn't a Bedford; I sold one of those too, completely failing to think of the original Casino Royale.

42,529 · November 18, 2020

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

No rear interior detail, different wheels and a much more basic base on this one

Hmmm, that's interesting to see the base of the more modern Mystery Machine, compared to an original van.

Looks much more like the Corgitronics version - I wonder if the original detailed base moulds were lost, and the Radio Van was all they had to modify?

But - the Mystery Machine does feature door handles and door shut lines, unlike the other panel vans, both solid roof and window roof types.

EDIT: what's the other side like? Does it have a sliding door picked out, like the ambulance version - or just as smooth?

More Corgi arrivals at Casa Datsuncog, too...

A later 1980s/90s Corgi Mercedes 207D van in TNT Overnite colours, and quite a bit smaller in scale than 1/36 - I'd guess it's somewhere around the 1/40 mark.

Opening side door is very well executed, mind - smooth opening action and snug fit when closed. Pity their Mk3 Transit didn't have a sliding side door; I always felt like it could have done with something a little more... fun.

I sold on a ropey one of these a while back, and I wasn't all that fussed about getting another but then this appeared, as new and alluringly cheap...

Last Corgi off t'net for a while. It has to be.

33,723 · November 18, 2020

I had the Pepsi version of that as a kid and I thought the subject choice was marvellously relevant and the side door action was almost perfect as you say!

That one is long gone but I still have the Parceline one my Granny brought me 'all the way from Bridlington'. I remember she gave me it at her house when I was about 8 and giving her a hug because I was so pleased with it. I also got the TNT one there from a shiter on here a few years ago.

It's great that they released them in some liveries that you could see every day but were more interesting than Royal Mail or AA.

On that note, did Corgi ever make a White Arrow MK3 Transit? They used to be omnipresent around my way in the 1980s, driven really, really fast and have the driver's sliding door seemingly permanently open.

43,446 · November 19, 2020

On 11/16/2020 at 12:40 PM, flat4alfa said:

5 different castings

2 different modifications to one of the castings

3 different bases

3 types of doors

EFA