Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

43 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

it is a load which is for  No.60 Leyland Site office lorry

But do I put it on the regular wheels

or the Superfast

 

[andrew e]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

Me too!

I have two of them missing the building!

Everyone does 😂

[andrew e]

I wonder if those corgi base plates are bare because of the Marks & Spencer Elite?

[andrew e]

In other news I woke up off nights to a surprise diecast shipment earlier:

Ive always fancied a real one (or the GMC Jimmy based Typhoon) cheers to @bunglebus 👍

 

[Split_Pin]

Finally, some movement in the die-cast bowels of my state allocated Tesco.

 

[eddyramrod]

Red Volvo!  You jammy sod!  I was in our Tesco yesterday and there were so few single MBs that their display box had been removed from the shelf!  They were cadging space in among the HWs, where there were no Volvos at all.

[bunglebus]

I've seen dozens of red ovloVs.  Didn't realise they were in demand or I'd have grabbed some 

[stuboy]

Won this off the bay of e..

[Split_Pin]

Those are hard to get.

[RoadworkUK]

Ooh that's quite nice.

I'm a bit sad.  Some time ago I took the wheels off my Minichamps Scorpio Estate to see what they looked like on my Argentinian partwork Sierra Ghia (they looked great... and I didn't get any pics.)

Anyway, the Scorpio wheels were decidedly loose, and over the course of the last few weeks one of them has, inevitably, gone missing – presumably via the Hoover.

So. Anybody breaking a Minichamps Scorpio for spares?

[Datsuncog]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I'm hoping @Datsuncogwill be along shortly to explain about Corgi selling the casting to Linglongtime Toy Inc or somesuch explaining why the name disappeared 

Ah, interesting... and I might have a theory on that...

3 hours ago, andrew e said:

I wonder if those corgi base plates are bare because of the Marks & Spencer Elite?

It's quite true that all the 1/36 Corgis produced for M&S in 1978/79 had the 'Corgi' branding erased from the baseplates through the insertion of plain pads into the moulds, so you're bang on there - though I'm still slightly perplexed, as the M&S Lotus Elites were only supplied as part of the 8001 Wings Flying Team and 8401 Wings Flying Club sets. They were all finished in light metallic green with 'Wings Flying Club' stickers (and I believe someone on here has one?).

So at a guess, the yellow versions without Corgi lettering may have been mainline models using surplus plastic M&S bases left over from when the plug was pulled on that line - sales weren't strong apparently, and production ended quite suddenly; the Van Cleemput book says the M&S range was 'abandoned in mid-1979'.

Another speculation might be that in an attempt to lower unit costs, some M&S boxed stuff was turned over to the same paint and stickers as the mainline Corgi Elite - though there's no evidence I can find of that happening.

Either way, it's still surprising that two of these (potentially) semi-transitional models have shown up on this thread!

[flat4alfa]

2 hours ago, Amishtat said:

That's a coincidence, I unpacked most of my eighties Corgis earlier and there's a COR95P in amongst them. 

THE BALLADE IS SPOTTED OUT OF ITS HIDING PLACE !

Oh, and a Toucan.

[Datsuncog]

39 minutes ago, RoadworkUK said:

Anybody breaking a Minichamps Scorpio for spares?

Not at the minute - but I have struck lucky with unboxed Minichamps Scorpios not once but twice at the tat stall, with a saloon for a quid and an estate for a paltry 50p. So, y'know, as and when things resume...

[Amishtat]

56 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

THE BALLADE IS SPOTTED OUT OF ITS HIDING PLACE !

Oh, and a Toucan.

Two toucans! And a Ballade.. (The boss is away for the night so I don't have to tidy up tonight) 

[RoadworkUK]

25 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

when things resume...

[eddyramrod]

We can dream!

[Datsuncog]

1 hour ago, RoadworkUK said:

Anyway, the Scorpio wheels were decidedly loose, and over the course of the last few weeks one of them has, inevitably, gone missing – presumably via the Hoover.

Also, boo to the Hoover eating diecast bits - that's no fun.

I've lost the rear light from a Fiat 132 and one from the Dinky Galaxie to the predations of the vacuum cleaner - though I've managed to retrieve them on both occasions.

With two cats, you can probably imagine how much fun that was...

[barrett]

Check out this absolutely mega 1:18 Twingoid! If I had money I'd buy this, despite not owning a Twingo, or having space to display it and a myriad of other reasons not to

https://www.lobsterdiecast.co.uk/shop/1993-renault-twingo-mk1-open-air-indian-yellow-118-scale-model-solido/

[Spottedlaurel]

4 hours ago, Amishtat said:

No it doesn't. Something I've managed never to notice in the last 35+ years.. I do have another in black somewhere from the Wednesday boot sale last year but annoyingly I can't find it at the moment.

Ditto, for 40+ years in my case. Yellow nameless, black "Team Car" and plain red version both have the Corgi name.

 

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

But do I put it on the regular wheels............................

For completeness on the Site Hut Truck you also need a green elastic band - I thought I had one with my MIB Superfast version, but couldn't find it in the box. Panic over when I found it in the little shed (not the real one, that would be a hopeless task).

[Amishtat]

9 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Ditto, for 40+ years in my case. Yellow nameless, black "Team Car" and plain red version both have the Corgi name.

 

For completeness on the Site Hut Truck you also need a green elastic band - I thought I had one with my MIB Superfast version, but couldn't find it in the box. Panic over when I found it in the little shed (not the real one, that would be a hopeless task).

I think the Tat Wednesday one I have here somewhere must be the "Team Car" you mention so that's saved me the bother of trying to find it to confirm. Annoying, I only saw it last week.. 

[flat4alfa]

34 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

I've lost the rear light from a Fiat 132 and one from the Dinky Galaxie to the predations of the vacuum cleaner - though I've managed to retrieve them on both occasions.

With two cats, you can probably imagine how much fun that was...

The trained the cats to retrieve?

Excellent! 

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, Amishtat said:

Two toucans! And a Ballade.

...and a Grundig?

[Amishtat]

12 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

...and a Grundig?

Philips Jupiter 

 

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Either way, it's still surprising that two of these (potentially) semi-transitional models have shown up on this thread

I spotted some others with no name on ebay recently. I'll see if I can find them

[flat4alfa]

2 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

It's quite true that all the 1/36 Corgis produced for M&S in 1978/79 had the 'Corgi' branding erased from the baseplates through the insertion of plain pads into the moulds, so you're bang on there - though I'm still slightly perplexed, as the M&S Lotus Elites were only supplied as part of the 8001 Wings Flying Team and 8401 Wings Flying Club sets. They were all finished in light metallic green with 'Wings Flying Club' stickers (and I believe someone on here has one?).

So at a guess, the yellow versions without Corgi lettering may have been mainline models using surplus plastic M&S bases left over from when the plug was pulled on that line - sales weren't strong apparently, and production ended quite suddenly; the Van Cleemput book says the M&S range was 'abandoned in mid-1979'.

Another speculation might be that in an attempt to lower unit costs, some M&S boxed stuff was turned over to the same paint and stickers as the mainline Corgi Elite - though there's no evidence I can find of that happening.

Either way, it's still surprising that two of these (potentially) semi-transitional models have shown up on this thread!

Ok look some Corgi Lotus Elites have shown up together just now.  I hope they are from the same household.

A freak GUST OF WIND blew them onto their sides!

And eventually onto their roofs!

What's this!  The green MS 1979 has a blanking plate ; the black JPS 7P has Corgi branding ; the yellow COR 95P has ...nothing.

[bunglebus]

All the red ones and JPS ones have Corgi on the base - except this one I just found online

 

[bunglebus]

And a blue without

[bunglebus]

And yellow with. Curiouser and curiouser

 

[flat4alfa]

18 hours ago, Amishtat said:

Philips Jupiter 

Cor!  Did you mention this in shite-fi thread?  Probably did, must catch-up...

Had a 1955 Bush VHF54 over ten years now.  But no Toucans.  Only a sloshed Parrot. 

However, the antics of the parrot caused the larking-about Wings Lotus to clout an Acclaim.  There was a bit of overkill on the emergency services call-out, but they soon left to attend another scene.

Must sort that dry-joint in the Bush to get the dial display illuminated again.  Currently listening to Trevor Nelson's Rhythm Nation on 2

[Amishtat]

No, never even looked at that thread. Currently listening to the Byrds on the mighty Cordova. Probably ought to go to bed or photograph some more small tat though.