Shite in Miniature II

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, bezzabsa said:

do we have a link to Mr Froggies web site for chod toys????

http://www.jumajo.fr/

[eddyramrod]

Here in my front bedroom model room/office, I have a pair of waist-high bookshelves back to back in the middle of the room.  I've lined up some 1/43 cars on top to make two classic-car-show displays.

On the Classics side I have 18 cars, and could double that without too much effort.  They're a bit too closely-packed for the space available though.  The other side is the Autoshite side, and stands at 11; much better spacing.  I really should get some 1/43 people to stand around among the cars!

[flat4alfa]

Something I've not seen many (any?) models of:   the SE5 Scimitar.

[eddyramrod]

Husky/Corgi Junior.  Usually in metallic blue.  Happy hunting!

[flat4alfa]

12 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

Husky/Corgi Junior.  Usually in metallic blue.  Happy hunting!

Isn't that the Ogle prototype though?

[flat4alfa]

MINIC MOTORWAYS

I now nothing of them.  But do have this little Rolls Royce Silver Cloud.  It's a bit short in length, taking the average scaling to be approx 1:69

It came in bits so can I assume it's borked...   the self-tapper doesn't inspire confidence.

Anyone have Minic Motorway experience?

[flat4alfa]

MATCHBOX POWERTRACK

My Police car has been taken under a semi trailer by Buford T Justice.

Anyone have a spare bodyshell amongst their boxes of bits?  Long-shot, I know

Having a bit of trouble identifying the model too.  

[eddyramrod]

28 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Isn't that the Ogle prototype though

Didn't that have side windows that curved over into the roof?  The model has what I would have to describe as a panoramic windscreen but all the rest is Scimitar, the only model of it I've seen.

The copcar might be a 1978-ish Pontiac Bonneville.

[Amishtat]

The roof came off Daddy! 

 

 

 

I'll go now 

 

[bunglebus]

Just for a change, I bought some more Dinkys, mainly for this

 

Also included was one of the last-gasp Dinky trucks

 

 

[flat4alfa]

On 2/10/2021 at 4:12 PM, C1am said:

What are the orange cars with the pink screens at the bottom right and fourth from right?

Good morning!

Matchbox Gruesome Twosome says:

'ROLL OUT YOUR DIECASTS !'

'IT'S !'

'TAT !'

'FRIDAAAAAY !'

[MarvinsMom]

On 2/10/2021 at 7:33 PM, morrisoxide said:

Just picked this up in Tescos. They also had one blue F Type and quite a few of new Taxi cabs and Bini Clubmans.

Also they are £2 now.

even at £2 i'm loving that MGB GT.

shame then that i dunno which if any of the Tescos near here would have some in stock!!

[plasticvandan]

There are a few models of the Scimitar SE5,corgi ogle prototype,Oxford diecast do several,then there are kits by pathfinder and a couple others I think,and there's a few very detailed very nice models of the se6 that appear on eBay from time to time

[bunglebus]

7 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Good morning!

Matchbox Gruesome Twosome says:

'ROLL OUT YOUR DIECASTS !'

'IT'S !'

'TAT !'

'FRIDAAAAAY !'

In the spirit of TGITF, here's some recent job lot tagalongs you didn't see before

 

[Tenmil Socket]

Look at the price of this body shell! 
 

[Bren]

The juniors scimtar has that panoramic windscreen that was never put into production. I bought a loose blue junior but then obtained a carded white one off ebay. Another where £££ have gone daft.

[sierraman]

10 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

MATCHBOX POWERTRACK

My Police car has been taken under a semi trailer by Buford T Justice.

Anyone have a spare bodyshell amongst their boxes of bits?  Long-shot, I know

Having a bit of trouble identifying the model too.  

What scale is it? I’ll have a look in the Sierraman miniature vehicle dismantling yard later.

[flat4alfa]

22 minutes ago, sierraman said:

What scale is it? I’ll have a look in the Sierraman miniature vehicle dismantling yard later.

It's in comedy proportions to fit the base and packaging, at 8.5cm long by 3.5cm

Thanks but it was the identical plastic Matchbox bodyshell I was after, just in case one was floating about wanting a new home

[flat4alfa]

'Ogle-Scimitar'

Many differences to the production car

[bunglebus]

54 minutes ago, Bren said:

The juniors scimtar has that panoramic windscreen that was never put into production. I bought a loose blue junior but then obtained a carded white one off ebay. Another where £££ have gone daft.

This one is my only example

 

[flat4alfa]

15 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

The copcar might be a 1978-ish Pontiac Bonneville.

Ah, good call.  That or the Catalina does look closest so far

[flat4alfa]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Yatming wagon is one I'm never had

Do you have a few of those now?

[bunglebus]

9 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Yatming wagon is one I'm never had

Do you have a few of those now?

Two like that and several in other colours. This one has a metal base, that one ^ is plastic

Bases got cheaper over the years

 

[flat4alfa]

4 hours ago, plasticvandan said:

There are a few models of the Scimitar SE5,corgi ogle prototype,Oxford diecast do several,then there are kits by pathfinder and a couple others I think,and there's a few very detailed very nice models of the se6 that appear on eBay from time to time

Thanks.  I was more thinking bigger scales, as to why Matchbox 'Super Kings' or Corgi '1:36'  (or even Dinky) didn't do one.  Just seemed to me to be an odd omission, considering the rarity of the other choices they did produce and the popularity of the Scimitar when new and since.  When I was a boy they weren't exactly scarce cars.

Oxford is tiny 1:76 and looks like a Kinder Surprise Ford Taunus at the front

Pathfinder is stated as 1:43 but looks all over the place too, especially for the £150 they seem to go for

Since last nights' ramblings, I have found a firm named OCAR did a run of resin body shells in 1:32 so that might be a tail to chase

[flat4alfa]

19 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Oh that's a bit special.  I wonder if they did a red with the woodgrain decal

Went off to look and found that Yatming also did a Ford Thunderbird, using what looks to be the same front clip.  New one on me

I bet you've a few of those too!

[barrett]

I've mentioned this before, but I'm sure Ogle Design must have had a tie-up with Corgi in the '70s, hence the Scimitar, Bond Bug and Reliant Ant models, but it is strange they never modelled the production GTE.

I can never understand why so many cars went un-modelled, and others such as the Fiat Ritmo, were available in every single scale from every single manufacturer at once

[flat4alfa]

2 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Look at the price of this body shell! 

That's not a price though, that's a winning bid

The price was £35 as a bare shell.   But... they have been out of stock for while

[flat4alfa]

6 minutes ago, barrett said:

Fiat Ritmo, were available in every single scale from every single manufacturer at once

Because of the Robots.

Robots called Robert.

[Tenmil Socket]

23 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

That's not a price though, that's a winning bid

The price was £35 as a bare shell.   But... they have been out of stock for while

Sorry, yeah you’re right. 

[barrett]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

Because of the Robots.

Robots called Robert.

Just thought I'd tot up the ones I know, because it's always struck me as a weird choice for a casting....

In small scale, you could have the well-known Majorette 5-door

Or a sporty 3-door from Hot Wheels, weirdly

The worst of the lot was this Polistil version which seems to be farily rare

If you fancied a small-scale SEAT version you could have a Guisval

... or a slightly wobbly Guiloy

Or a Mira!

When searching for images of the above, I discovered another Spanish Ritmo in the form of this Dicoy, a short-lived brand with only a handful of cars in their line-up

Moving up in scale to 1:43-ish but sticking in Spain, there was a decent Pilen (which is possiby a recycled casting from Italy, as many of their models were)

There was a nice French Dinky 3-door effort

Solido had a go at a 3-door too. Not the best, not the worst. A long-lived casting which is possibly still available. Despite similar wheels, I don't think this is quite the same as the Dinky casting.

A similar Burago, with wide arches a la Abarth usually bestickered as a rally car

and the best of the bunch, the Mattell-era Mebetoys 5-door which was also sold as a Hot Wheels. I had one of these but I think it's now with Brammy

Mebetoys also did an astonishing 1:25 version with faithfully modelled wheels

And Polistil built a near-identical 1:25 car, too

Polistil were, I think, the only company to make a facelift Ritmo/Strada, which is an excellent model

And finally, a large-scale Burago Abarth

so, you takes ya choice.... Anyone know of any others?

 

If anyone can find me a Polistil or Mebetoys 1:25 car in a funky colour I'd love it!