Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

23 minutes ago, barrett said:

Or a sporty 3-door from Hot Wheels, weirdly

That has to be a re-used casting from someone else surely? Wiki doesn't say anything 

[flat4alfa]

Otto Models 1/18 Fiat Ritmo Abarth Gr.2 

[flat4alfa]

Norev 1:43 FIAT RITMO 125 TC 1981 

[flat4alfa]

Laudoracing-Model 1:18 Fiat Ritmo Abarth 130 TC

[flat4alfa]

Kess 1:43 Fiat Ritmo Supercabrio Bertone 

 

[flat4alfa]

Kess 1:43 Fiat Ritmo 130 TC Abarth

[flat4alfa]

Norev 1:43  Fiat Ritmo 60 1978

[flat4alfa]

Norev Mini Jet 1:64 Fiat Ritmo 

[flat4alfa]

Schuco 1:43 FIAT Ritmo 75CL 1979

IXO 1:43 SEAT Ritmo.  Looking very similar

[Frogchod]

More Buicks to bore you with.

First is a '36 Buick model 90:

Next is a Riviera :

Which looks awfully like my Electra with two doors missing...

I lied about the model 90.

It's a Zis 101a, a Ruskie copy of a Buick.

 

[flat4alfa]

Also look at:

Arena

Carrara

Edicola

Albacete Plast

Beebop

Edison Giocatolli

Glamour

Marchesini Plast

Mercury-Italy

Progetto-K

Tel Model

Tron

and not forgetting this superb 3D model to throw through your 3D printer:

https://www.turbosquid.com/3D-Models/c4d-fiat-ritmo/649157

[barrett]

I'm only counting toys made in period with the car (because everything has been modelled these days), but I'll add that Norev Minijet to the list! I wonder if Norev did a 1:43 too, but I don't recall seeing one...?

[flat4alfa]

Sure, I was getting a bit over-enthusiastic.

But look at that OTTO !!

[flat4alfa]

I only have the one.  It will have to stay that way.

[eddyramrod]

2 hours ago, barrett said:

 (because everything has been modelled these days)

That's a brave claim!  Hunter estate, anyone?

[AndyW201]

17 hours ago, MarvinsMom said:

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!!

I got one from Tesco on the Trunk Road in Eston. They had a couple more in there.

[bunglebus]

I was in two minds whether to pop into The World's Shittest Tesco earlier as I was passing. Had these but I only liked the MGB and I have one already

They also had about a thousand identical 5 packs. I did grab a couple of £1.25 cars...

[flat4alfa]

This Trabant Travesty arrived in the post today!  The nice Post Lady didn't know what to make of it either.

It was made by Sunnyside and measures to approx 1:29 scale.

While it looks to be authentically* reproduced in the style of a night-time curfew repaint, while the Stasi were patrolling the streets; I feel this image of the fall of the DDR shows a more fitting colour scheme for a proper Rennpappe Universal :

With thanks to @jon.k for supplying the model 😎

[bunglebus]

They seem to do a faithful version as well as your comedy one

[bunglebus]

Here's today's Matchbox haul

 

[sierraman]

Apparently they restock on a Sunday at my local Tesco. But according to the staff some wanker comes in and buys the lot? I don’t understand. eBay I guess but can’t see how it’s worth the messing about to make £1 or whatever?

[bunglebus]

I've been talking about this via PM, but it's too good not to share. The story as told to me is that after a Corgi warehouse fire in 1969, lots of stock was sent to a metal recycling plant to be melted down. My contact saved them from the furnace and so has one or two...

I hate to think what else he has tucked away

[andrew e]

Christ on a bike! What else is he sitting on?

[andrew e]

Room for one more Ritmo?

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?2677194-Thinking-about-a-1-10-scale-rally-car/page2

[Spottedlaurel]

6 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Schuco 1:43 FIAT Ritmo 75CL 1979

IXO 1:43 SEAT Ritmo.  Looking very similar

I've got the Policia Nacional version of that one.

 

[Datsuncog]

20 hours ago, barrett said:

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

Arf, that's the only contemporary Ritmo I happen to still have... no idea where it came from, probably a jumble sale in the mid 1980s.

I can confirm the proportions are absolutely heinous, but it's so wonky I kinda love it.

Front end is maybe a tad long...

And it's bizarrely wide.

While the nose is... well.

Like whoever modelled it had to do so from a description down the phone.

I didn't even know this one was by Polistil, as there's no maker's name on the base. Hong Kong manufacture too, not Italy. Unless the tooling ended up in the far east, eventually?

Interesting that they chose to model the rare rwd version... 🤔

Appreciating all the Ritmo love on here today! (I've the blue IXO version in 1/43, but it's not nearly so amusing.)

Also, while searching in my toybox for the shonky Fiat...

OMG red Corgi Juniors Refuse Truck.

A colour variant that's not mentioned in the books, so obviously worth eleventy squillion Bitcoin any day of the week.

I seem to recall having this from new, from one of those Bumper Gift Sets around 1985 or so - which is interesting, as supposedly only the 1970s issues came with clear glazing, although this one lacks an interior.

Sounds like a bitsa from those tumultuous days when the newly formed Corgi Toys Ltd was trying to get anything even vaguely sellable out the door.

I thought I'd flogged this as part of a smol Corgi job lot a few years back, so it was a nice surprise to turn up.

Of course, the Ritmo was right at the bottom of the box...

Ah well. Not the worst kind of Friday night...

[Split_Pin]

18 hours ago, barrett said:

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!

SWOON. I have the Bburago 1/43 version, a Majorette and a knock-off Polistil one from the 1980s.

I'd love any of the bigger scale ones or indeed any of the Spanish  ones too.

On a related note I also have a 1/43 Bburago Regata which I got from @eddyramrod and a very lovely 1/24 Bburago version which I got from @mk2_craig. 

[Frogchod]

15 hours ago, barrett said:

because everything has been modelled these days

I'll add the reliant Regal to Eddie's list

And Mercury breezeways 

 

[mk2_craig]

46 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

On a related note I also have a 1/43 Bburago Regata which I got from @eddyramrod and a very lovely 1/24 Bburago version which I got from @mk2_craig. 

I came across a 1/24 or 1/25 Polistil Regata once, in a small shop in Denmark. Didn’t buy it, but I remember the boot lid opened, unlike the Bburago version I already owned by then. 

[eddyramrod]

Also... just because a car has been modelled at all, doesn't mean it's easily accessible, especially to those of us on restricted means.  Americans can get a diecast Dodge Diplomat, which is identical to the Plymouth Gran Fury I had, but can I get one over here?

This is the 1/24 version, the biggest available (so far).  It's also in 1/43 and I'm beginning to see it in 1/64 too, but never, ever, at a price I can justify.  I wouldn't care what livery; the "blank" black-and-white above would be ideal but I'd take anything, preferably a few.