Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

Anyway, delivery from @eddyramrod. I'd forgotten he had this put aside for me

with a couple of bonuses 

the Hot Rocker is near mint so I need to track down an engine 

nice.

I have inadvertently accepted @Datsuncog's estate challenge, and as I rather like a shooting brake, I'll find some more. BRB

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, barrett said:

The Corgi* caravan explains why my Rivolta has the remains of a tow bar fitted. Most unbecoming.

Perhaps far better appreciated in a simple Gallic setting with something more realistic*

[AndyW201]

36 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Didn't know Kadett/Astra GTE was available in five door

It was in Europe,

@Datsuncog, it appears that thrupenny bit tipper does indeed, er, tip.

@DatsuncogI hope I haven't spoilt the surprise for you there. I've just got sucked down a rabbit-hole of part work BMC based vans, including a Sava J4 van and got possibly  more  excited than I should when I saw the FG tipping...

[sierraman]

They did a 5 door Mk2 GTE in the U.K., my dad was going to buy one once. 

[bunglebus]

Weekend wagon challenge!

Husky Citroen DS

Wagonaire

Zephyr

Lone Star Austin Westminster

Zodiac

Siku Taunus

Granada

Yatming Ford (Country Squire?)

Zylmex Datsun

57 Chevy Nomad

Hot Wheels Surf N Turf

Volvo 850

Nova Wagon

Nova Wagon Gasser (a slightly different casting)

Datsun Bluebird wagon

8 Crate

Cruise Bruiser

55 Chevy Nomad

Audi RS6

70 Chevelle Wagon

ECTO-1 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor (yeah it's an ambulance really)

I'm including the VW squareback because 99.9% of them were estates, and the extremely rare panel van just had filled in windows 

Brasilia

Sold as a station wagon in the US (and a horrible casting)

Matchbox Mercedes S123

Audi RS6

Jeep Wagoneer

Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser

64 Ford Fairlane

59 Chevy

63 Cadillac (a hearse is just a big estate...)

Siku Passat

Wiking VW type 3

No-name Brasilia

Oxford Humber Super Snipe

Mebetoys Matra

Corgi Citroen DS

Corgi Plymouth

Lone Star Rambler

Does the Corgi Monkeemobile count?

Got to sneak the Corgi Cadillac ambulance in - anyone got a spare Dinky Criterion?

Dinky ovloV

Matchbox 240

Alme 240

No-name Volvo

Tin Toys V70

Unbranded Laguna

Maisto Marea

Summer (?) Ford woody

Corgi Zephyr

Matchbox Merc ambulance

Matchbox K-49

Norev Merc

Matchbox Caper Cart

Matra

Mercury Commuter

Dodge Monaco

Ford Station Wagon

Cadillac ambulance

Studebaker Wagonaire

Merc ambulance

Mercury Commuter

Cougar Villager

Chevy Blazer

Citroen CX

Jeep Cherokee

Corgi Scimitar

Volvo 240

Merc ambulance

Matra

Majorette DS ambulance

Wagoneer Ambulance

Wagoneer

Volvo 240

Hongwell E Class

Dinky Chevy Blazer

Kenner Camaro Z28 wagon thing

Pioneer Blazer (?)

Tai Chong Mercury Commuter

I've included a few that blur the line, like hearses and ambulances, and I'm on the fence about the Matra, Wagoneer etc as they were only available in that type of body - the same reason I excluded Land Rover and Range Rover.

There may well be a part two as I have a huge amount of loose Hot Wheels to look through too

[bunglebus]

Part two:

Hot Wheels Ford woody

Aries wagon

Packin' Pacer

57 Buick

Morris Traveller

Russian partwork that I can never remember the name of

 

And that is all I can find in my collection. I'm sure there must be more out there but after looking through 300 odd pages of pictures, I'm done

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Russian partwork that I can never remember the name of

GAZ 24 'Volga'

[Datsuncog]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Weekend wagon challenge!

Husky Citroen DS

Wagonaire

Zephyr

Lone Star Austin Westminster

Zodiac

Siku Taunus

Granada

Yatming Ford (Country Squire?)

Zylmex Datsun

57 Chevy Nomad

Hot Wheels Surf N Turf

Volvo 850

Nova Wagon

Nova Wagon Gasser (a slightly different casting)

Datsun Bluebird wagon

8 Crate

Cruise Bruiser

55 Chevy Nomad

Audi RS6

70 Chevelle Wagon

ECTO-1 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor (yeah it's an ambulance really)

I'm including the VW squareback because 99.9% of them were estates, and the extremely rare panel van just had filled in windows 

Brasilia

Sold as a station wagon in the US (and a horrible casting)

Matchbox Mercedes S123

Audi RS6

Jeep Wagoneer

Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser

64 Ford Fairlane

59 Chevy

63 Cadillac (a hearse is just a big estate...)

Siku Passat

Wiking VW type 3

No-name Brasilia

Oxford Humber Super Snipe

Mebetoys Matra

Corgi Citroen DS

Corgi Plymouth

Lone Star Rambler

Does the Corgi Monkeemobile count?

Got to sneak the Corgi Cadillac ambulance in - anyone got a spare Dinky Criterion?

Dinky ovloV

Matchbox 240

Alme 240

No-name Volvo

Tin Toys V70

Unbranded Laguna

Maisto Marea

Summer (?) Ford woody

Corgi Zephyr

Matchbox Merc ambulance

Matchbox K-49

Norev Merc

Matchbox Caper Cart

Matra

Mercury Commuter

Dodge Monaco

Ford Station Wagon

Cadillac ambulance

Studebaker Wagonaire

Merc ambulance

Mercury Commuter

Cougar Villager

Chevy Blazer

Citroen CX

Jeep Cherokee

Corgi Scimitar

Volvo 240

Merc ambulance

Matra

Majorette DS ambulance

Wagoneer Ambulance

Wagoneer

Volvo 240

Hongwell E Class

Dinky Chevy Blazer

Kenner Camaro Z28 wagon thing

Pioneer Blazer (?)

Tai Chong Mercury Commuter

I've included a few that blur the line, like hearses and ambulances, and I'm on the fence about the Matra, Wagoneer etc as they were only available in that type of body - the same reason I excluded Land Rover and Range Rover.

There may well be a part two as I have a huge amount of loose Hot Wheels to look through too

 

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Part two:

Hot Wheels Ford woody

Aries wagon

Packin' Pacer

57 Buick

Morris Traveller

Russian partwork that I can never remember the name of

 

And that is all I can find in my collection. I'm sure there must be more out there but after looking through 300 odd pages of pictures, I'm done

I think you might have swept this weekend's tat challenge!

Good shootin'.

[Datsuncog]

And here's two I just so happen to have handy: Ford Ranch Wagon and VAZ 2102/ Lada 1200.

[eddyramrod]

Another day, another box from ebay...

Yes, more partwork Bond cars, this time three that not only he didn't drive, he never even sat in them.  And each time he was Roger Moore.  They all have their plastic cases, but I was partway through unscrewing the second one (the Dodge) when I remembered to take a pic.  These three actually came with the respective magazines too.

I've got two of Scaramanga's Matador now so this one will be getting stripped and painted, and I'll have two more people to re-home.

Now, dilemma time.  More than once, Bond is chased by two or more matching cars; the 504 being a case in point.  Do I buy the required number?  That would mean one more of each of the 504, the BMW police car and the Chevy Nova police car.  And possibly others I haven't thought of.  Oh first world problems!

[flat4alfa]

8 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

(As an aside, there's a weekend mini-tat challenge for you - toy cars that were modelled as estates rather than saloon/ hatch. Three to start with: Matchbox Superfast Citroen CX, Corgi Juniors Volvo 245DL, and 'that' Siku Mk1 Granada. Over to you!)

Never going to get anywhere near that Tolstoy listing, up the page!  But the show's not over until the Fat Bloke posts!  So here goes, any duplicates of the lists above only because they are bit different or was being compulsive:

Brunhilda's Sunnyside VEB Sachsenring Trabant 601 Kombi

Sunnyside's Moskvich 427

Gevo Anker's Wartburg 253 'Knight' Tourist

#

Dinky's FIAT 2300 Familiale

New-Ray's ALFA Romeo 156 Sportwagon

Sunnyside's 1950 Ford Country Squire

Sunnyside's 1941 Ford Super DeLuxe Station Wagon

Injectaplastic's Citroën CX Break

Lesney's Vauxhall Victor FB Estate

Husky's Studebaker Wagonaire 'TV car'

Majorette's Volvo 245 DL 'Touring Club de France'

Airfix's Vauxhall Victor FD Estate

CPL's Spectrum Patrol Car SSV

Vitesse's Renault Laguna Break

Playking's Honda CRV

Corgi's Plymouth Sports Suburban Station Wagon

Corgi's Lotus Elite.  Well, it's more estate than hatch.

[flat4alfa]

12 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

Now, dilemma time.  More than once, Bond is chased by two or more matching cars; the 504 being a case in point.  Do I buy the required number? 

Yes.  This is no.8 in Time magazine's 15 best ever film chase sequences

 

[eddyramrod]

Well I do have the Land Rover....

[bunglebus]

17 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Dinky's FIAT 2300 Familiale

Lesney's Vauxhall Victor FB Estate

Husky's Studebaker Wagonaire 'TV car'

Vitesse's Renault Laguna Break

I like that Dinky Fiat!

Don't know how I haven't acquired a Lesney Victor yet.One day.

Got outbid on the Husky TV car a few days ago

Is the Vitesse the one I posted? Just branded Renault underneath

[flat4alfa]

7 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Is the Vitesse the one I posted? Just branded Renault underneath

That means you have the dealer promo version.  It came in a big mirrored case.

[bunglebus]

Well had. Went on to shiters new on here a while ago

 

[flat4alfa]

45 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

Well I do have the Land Rover....

And I have an example of Hornby's ALFA Romeo 159...

But nope.  Sorry, you can't have it. 

It's a bit of a favourite!  Helps complete my ALFA line-up-of-shonk, in 1:32

[flat4alfa]

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Does the Corgi Monkeemobile count?

I doubt it...   that roof is a ragtop!  Would be rubbish taking loose clippings down the tip, with a side wind coming at you

Both film cars were built from 1966 GTO Convertibles.

[sheffcortinacentre]

Anyone that enjoys the back stories to abandoned cars I would recommend the " in the barn" series of books by Tom cotter.

[Split_Pin]

7 hours ago, AndyW201 said:

It was in Europe,

@Datsuncog, it appears that thrupenny bit tipper does indeed, er, tip.

@DatsuncogI hope I haven't spoilt the surprise for you there. I've just got sucked down a rabbit-hole of part work BMC based vans, including a Sava J4 van and got possibly  more  excited than I should when I saw the FG tipping...

Where did you get the Tipper? Not many models of the FG about, I already have the BT models one, a resin item from Hong Kong Model Co and a 1/50 scale example from the same company (sold a while ago now).

[flat4alfa]

On 2/27/2021 at 8:58 PM, bunglebus said:

Don't know how I haven't acquired a Lesney Victor yet.

I'm after the Dinky Victor FB Estate (1:43ish)

And the Clifford Victor FB Estate (1:24ish)

Also the Frog Victor FB Estate (1:18)

But the latter two are worth more than my house

[andrew e]

Anymore of the M&S Wings Flying Club Lotus Elite ?

[Datsuncog]

49 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Where did you get the Tipper? Not many models of the FG about, I already have the BT models one, a resin item from Hong Kong Model Co and a 1/50 scale example from the same company (sold a while ago now).

Another one from the Jumajo international tat haul...

[Lord Sterling]

Today I rescued some of the model shite that has been living up at Ma's house in the loft.

Firstly the 1.24 section. I actually have more than this but couldn't be bothered to photo the others as memory on my phone is running out. Phone is long overdue a clean out.

I've had all of these cars for absolutley yonks. Probably over 15 years.

The Black 1.24 7-series was nabbed off eBay whilst I was looking for a reasonably-priced James Bond 1.24 scale 7-series and happened upon the Black one. Its a tad damaged in places sadly and the BMW badges have long since disappeared but it is very rare. I've not seen another one like it.

The 1.24 Plymouth/Chrysler Voyager was possibly an eBay purchase (?) I used to have a white one many years ago bought from a Brussels toy shop but I broke the axles by mistake and it got lost with a load of other things of mine over the mists of time so had to buy a replacement.  Looking on eBay these days, its rare to impossible to find, there is one right now but for stupid money.

1.18 stuff. Again, I've got a few more cars than this, but these two are pretty special:

Made by Minichamps. These again were bought many years ago. I can't remember which I bought first, but the Black e34 535i was bought quite cheaply due to lack of bids. The 7-series made up for the cheapness of the 5-series costing something like £80 including postage.

They are absolutely excellent models. Highly detailed. I gave the 5-series a polish as the 7-series was already gleaming and clean. They both still have thier original boxes. 

I also have 1.43 Vitesse models of the Mitsubishi Carisma, Mk1 Renault Megane saloon, Renault Kangoo and a Mitsubishi Pajero.

[flat4alfa]

3 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

But the show's not over until the Fat Bloke posts

How did I forget this one

Dinky's Range Rover

Hey get out of there!

Had one of these as a child

Same colour, engrained in memory

Long gone, must've smashed it up

What a shame, I think it's a bit special what Dinky did

So bought this at Hitchin market last year to try and make amends.

[bunglebus]

I wasn't sure whether to include them as it's not like you could buy a Range Rover saloon. But the same could be said about the Matra Rancho and Wagoneer, Cherokee, Chevy Blazer etc too

 

[flat4alfa]

Shown also on this page, but not in emergency service variation

Matchbox's Volvo 245 Ambulance

Looks quite tidy

Despite his demeanour, Unhygienix thinks so too

It has extra opening things, that make up for the inappropriate wheels

[flat4alfa]

Likewise, Dinky's Volvo 265 DL

It's quite different in a number of places when compared to the Matchbox effort

Anticlimax finds it 'agreeable'

Just the one extra opening thing.  But the wheels are much more realistic

[flat4alfa]

24 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I wasn't sure whether to include them as it's not like you could buy a Range Rover saloon. But the same could be said about the Matra Rancho and Wagoneer, Cherokee, Chevy Blazer etc too

True, which is why I didn't go with:

Matchbox's Toyota 4Runner

Or Matchbox's Range Rover with added 'Rolamatic' feature

Or even followed-up with Majorette's Jeep Cherokee, Matchbox's 1986 or 1996 Jeep Cherokees

Oh well.

[Datsuncog]

11 hours ago, AndyW201 said:

@DatsuncogI hope I haven't spoilt the surprise for you there. I've just got sucked down a rabbit-hole of part work BMC based vans, including a Sava J4 van and got possibly  more  excited than I should when I saw the FG tipping...

Heh, no surprise spoiled - I was 99% sure it did have a proper tipping function, going by the hinges and whatnot; only I've had one or two items before though that look like they should function but don't, and so I didn't want to dash my hopes too soon... But it's cool, since it does tip!

Which means it'll be super-useful when we receive the three tons of topsoil MrsDC's just ordered. Alongside the Matchbox King Size tippers, I should have it all moved within two months, three tops.

And she says I'm wasting money on stupid toys, hey?