Shite in Miniature II

[Datsuncog]

Probably should sort the Corgi Cabinet out in the next wee while... I've had the new glass shelves cut for months, just haven't managed to rummage through the shed to find suitable brackets yet. It should DOUBLE my display capacity!

Currently showing off these...

...and these.

(The Kojak Buick is being held over for @bunglebus, but it's in here for now)

And three additional shelves should allow me to add in these...

Oh, and these too.

Plus a few others that are still in a box somewhere, including the two-tone Toyota Supra.

Of course, my eyes keep straying to eBay...

[flat4alfa]

36 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

@flat4alfa That Mini Models/Startex Jag is pretty cool, is that in your collection or on your wish list? Never would have guessed that one

All in (or were) in my collection

[flat4alfa]

Dolly loved the STARTEX Jaguar

Good old Fred Francis, RIP

[Sudsprint]

Scrubbers!

32 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

 

 

[bunglebus]

Got a new catalogue, Guisval 1977. It's a long fold out strip, so I scanned it in sections

 

 

 

[flat4alfa]

Cor!  Escorpions!  Yet to fondle one of those.

[Cord Fourteener]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

Is OTTO's 1:18 too large?

 

Omg I love it! No not too large in principle!

[flat4alfa]

On 8/22/2019 at 12:59 PM, flat4alfa said:

Waited until the wife went to bed and took advantage of the kitchen floor

You can see I have developed a Corgitronics collecting problem over the last few months.  I am still twitching.

Except.  In these pictures there is an imposter.  Which one is it?

The Corgitronics Leyland Landtrain.  

The motor inside the load turns one rear wheel.  Forwards and backwards are available, switching between the two when operating the sonic 'clicker'.  Notice the canted front axle, so when reversing, it steers to the right.  This was sealed new-in-box for 35 years or so, until opened by one person.  Me.

[Amishtat]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

Is OTTO's 1:18 too large?

 

Major want.. Right up until I saw the price. I'm not (that much of) a cheapskate but my 1:1 example seems excellent value by comparison. 

[bunglebus]

@flat4alfa When was the Yorkie/Gulf lorry produced roughly?

[flat4alfa]

4 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

@flat4alfa When was the Yorkie/Gulf lorry produced roughly?

Rear of box states 1981

[sierraman]

You need the Edward Force Corgi book, it’s a fantastic resource, albeit not as good as the Marcel Van Cleemput tome.

[bunglebus]

Ah OK. Got an 84 catalogue going through the scanner now

[flat4alfa]

5 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Brand    PIKO ANKER    (East Germany)
Model of    FIAT 242 PICK UP    
Approximate scale    1:25    
Special ability     The good old friction flywheel motor mechanism!

  

More photos of the Fiat 242 by Piko

It's all plastic and missing its deck canopy

Made in the former DDR

PIKO marketed the range as 'Anker', which translated to 'anchor'

Being 1:25, it was a big bigger than what I had intended for it

Despite that, oiling the friction flywheel motor made all the difference.

[bunglebus]

And here it is. I get the impression this was aimed more at dealers than kids as it lacks the excitement of others I have. Still some good stuff inside

 

[bunglebus]

1985's was much brighter and all based on road signs

 

And yet another Mazda pickup I need to find. Is there no end to them?

[flat4alfa]

46 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I get the impression this was aimed more at dealers than kids as it lacks the excitement of others I have. Still some good stuff inside

I thought it was a trade catalogue, until I saw the Stockist stamp box!

Quite a few in there that were never released.  Also some obvious pre-production set-ups - example being C1180 using the Corgitronics tractor unit (look at the axle)

[Split_Pin]

I had quite a few Corgis right from that era but there must not have been many from 1984. The ones I see which I have are the Dunlop Escort van and the blue juniors MK3 Escort. The others there are in different colours to mine.

 

[flat4alfa]

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Never seen that Escort before.  Were many of those on that page released?  

I have the BASF BMW and the ELF Renault but in yellow/red.

On 10/22/2020 at 1:42 AM, flat4alfa said:

Dusted this off, earlier:

Corgi BMW M1 in BASF livery.  Assumed 1/36, not measured it but it does look neatly done

Not really looked closely until now.  Generic wheels aside, it does look very smart in this livery (well ok, to moi) and tampo print is very good.  Seats are painted too.  ‘MADE IN GT BRITAIN’, it states proudly underneath

Deck lid lifts to show chromed injectors.  About the only distraction is the unpainted shut, but perhaps that could be blacked-in to stop the OCD shakes.  Maybe detail the lights both ends too, while out with the paint pens.

Got this out with a few others, with view to selling.  But no, decided to keep it as too tidy to throw to the wolves

I mean, what will it achieve?  A pint of Euro fizz?  At least that’s what I’ll tell the wife tomorrow when she spots it in the lounge on display and climbs the walls again.

Anyhow, the livery is as reproduction of the 1980 Hans-Georg Bürger (RIP) ProCar BASF-sponsored car, driven through 1981 by Hans-Joachim Stuck (#80) after Bürger's death in F2.

 

[155V6]

28 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Never seen that Escort before.  Were many of those on that page released?  

I have the BASF BMW and the ELF Renault but in yellow/red.

 

I've got the Rover & the Mustang

 

 

 

 

[flat4alfa]

41 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

I've got the Matchbox Volvo Ambulance but never seen the Corgi Volvo 740 in Danish Police colours before.

The Ambulance came in handy recently when Dolly had a bit of a turn

Next time it returns to the Station, the paint chips will be attended to.  Along with the flacid horn.

[sheffcortinacentre]

20 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

IIRC he still had the Deuce but his rail was towed by a pickup, most likely driven by another team member.  I think it had a camper back on it, like Clint's in Any Which Way You Can.

 

Incidentally the little purple HW that hasn't been identified yet is stamped underneath "32 Ford Vicky", the body style being known as a Victoria originally.

Now you mention it it rings a bell white/pale stepside as well as his coupe.  think Terry the toad was part of the team/crew chief.

Before his callup to Vietnam. 

 

[flat4alfa]

1958 Chevrolet Apache Fleetside

@eddyramrod @sheffcortinacentre

[Spottedlaurel]

5 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Probably should sort the Corgi Cabinet out in the next wee while... I've had the new glass shelves cut for months, just haven't managed to rummage through the shed to find suitable brackets yet. It should DOUBLE my display capacity!

I bought clear plastic brackets at Screwfix, they were well under a fiver for a pack that's got far more than you'll ever need.

Hope you didn't skimp on the thickness of the glass - I found that the originals in my cabinet were bowing somewhat under the weight of 1:36 Corgis, so when I got some additional ones cut I got them a bit thicker. The originals then went higher up with the Juniors, Majorettes etc.

[flat4alfa]

21 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

I think it had a camper back on it, like Clint's in Any Which Way You Can.

I think you're thinking of Every Which Way But Loose

In 'But Loose', Philo Beddoe ran a 1956 Chevrolet 3100 with the camper attachment

In 'You Can', he ran a 1966 GMC Fenderside, with no sleeping quarters.

Manual steering on both.  So a bit heavy for right and left turns, Clyde.

[flat4alfa]

While on the subject, Logan ran a 1989 Ford F-250 fitted with a camper attachment

But there were no punching Orangutans or rail dragsters in X-Men though

I'll go now.

[DoctorRetro]

Littlun wanted to change the wheels on the bodged escort estate. I think they look OK. 

[bunglebus]

That does look good. I want to estateify a MK1 but not sure what to use as a roof donor

[bunglebus]

Picked up this Corgi Adams Probe 16, it's missing a wheel but I have some spares 

 

I've been on the lookout for the rare white release of the Gus's Gulper, drawn a blank so far so decided to create my own. I've seen replacement decals for sale so need to track them down, of course I sold the tatty one I had so had to purchase another

https://blacksquaredecals.co.uk/index.php?_route_=Matchbox-K38a-Gus-Gulper

Just a bit chipped but all there so shouldn't be too hard. Both were from the same seller, as was...

I've been having strange visions of building a camper body - I also need to find a method of repairing or replacing the glass section as it's cracked. Those of you who also have one - does yours have a shelf behind the cab? This does

While my other two do not

I don't know if that's an addition by a previous owner or just another bit that goes missing like the crane

[Datsuncog]

17 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Hope you didn't skimp on the thickness of the glass - I found that the originals in my cabinet were bowing somewhat under the weight of 1:36 Corgis, so when I got some additional ones cut I got them a bit thicker.

No skimpage, and no bowing either, thankfully - I got 8mm toughened glass shelves cut for the beefy Corgis, as opposed to the thinner 6mm shelves cut for the smaller box frames (which are fine, as they only ever hold three 1/43s at a maximum).

The three shelves currently fitted on the existing brackets seem happy enough, anyway!

I'd planned to just fit lengths of stout dowel to the sides of the cabinet to act as supports for the others, but those Screwfix supports look pretty good for a mere £3.99 - better weight distribution on a flat bearing area, anyway.

 A spot of measurement and a bit of drilly-drilly should hopefully see them all up, thanks!