Shite in Miniature II

[flat4alfa]

Excellent upside-down rear lights.

[bunglebus]

This was a job lot, from the era when Matell were releasing old Corgi castings as their own;

Still branded Corgi underneath...

It came with several unboxed 1:64 versions, this one was obviously sold as a Hot Wheels...

...but were the others, including this mini-me?

Also in the box was this minty Buttons Matchbox Porsche

A Corgi 356 (I have one of these in the half-finished project box somewhere)

And lastly a Hongwell Merc SL

 

[flat4alfa]

You just know you're going to have to do a video clip of the Hema Gauge beeping away

It's a shame I sold my Scirocco on recently, as had my time with it 

You should race your Scirocco against the Beetle and film the din.  Might have to lock the front wheels straight though!

[Amishtat]

The Matchbox 800 was one of my lost  favourites too. Picked up this replacement last year, along with a Mercedes playing a similar role. 

[egg]

Talking of majorette, working on their castings is normally a joy, yes not all French tat is fragile!

[warch]

42 minutes ago, egg said:

Talking of majorette, working on their castings is normally a joy, yes not all French tat is fragile!

Isn't that made of thicker metal than an actual Dyane van?

[andrew e]

A particular childhood favourite of mine - had a lye and an orange one, all procured from Pitsea market as a kid!

[flat4alfa]

I've never seen any of those XJR-9 before, big or small. 

I only have this one, seems to be the most common.  It's one of the Castrol Jaguar Racing XJR-9 Daytona 24-hour winning pair.  Looks to be 1:43 scale.  Do you have that one in your collection as well?

Behind it is a Scalextric SRS 1:32 slot car (discoloured with age) in the Le Mans 24-hour Silk Cut livery that also took the win.  Doris quite fancies the driver, might be Johnny Dumfries (the Marquess of Bute), as she heard he was loaded.

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

I have one of these in the half-finished project box somewhere

Ah yes, I remember where I was going with this one

 

[bunglebus]

19 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Do you have that one in your collection as well?

I thought I might have but can't find a pic...

[flat4alfa]

Arrived today....

Yet more spending ...but this one was a tick-box and a half.  It's the Jimson (Hong Kong) Vauxhall Victor FC 101.  Danny Zulu couldn't believe it and popped straight over for a nose.

It has an opening thing :

AND A DAG !

Usually these go for silly money but saw this last week missing the rear bumper and has a hinge broken.  The Victor 101 has not been modelled by many firms, and having a screwed-home base with all-plastic construction means this could* go chasing about the slot track if it so wishes.

A Who Did it Worse roadshow with the Dinky Victor 101 :

Jimson even did a best-effort copy of the way-too-wide valve cover from the Dinky 

The Dinky Victor measures to 1:43 scale.  The Jimson Victor measures to 1:30 scale

What was the point of all the fuss?  This was my old Victor Estate, owned 2005-09 :

[flat4alfa]

The vendor of the Victor threw this in the box as a freebee 😎

It's brill!   10½ inches of battery-powered Hong Kong effort, from the early 1970s I assume.  Not been able to determine what it is modelled after (any ideas?), but it has shades of International Harvester.  Will see if it can be coaxed back to life.

[155V6]

31 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

The vendor of the Victor threw this in the box as a freebee 😎

It's brill!   10½ inches of battery-powered Hong Kong effort, from the early 1970s I assume.  Not been able to determine what it is modelled after (any ideas?), but it has shades of International Harvester.  Will see if it can be coaxed back to life.

I've got one of those too.I've still got the box somewhere,I think it was made by Tomy?

[155V6]

5 hours ago, WillCarter said:

We used to get Majorettes at our local chemists strangely. I used to get Tonsillitis a lot until they whipped them out and one of the perks of going to get the prescription was that I used to get treated to a Majorette model.

When I had my tonsils out,I got a Corgi Green Hornet car which I managed to leave at the hospital.My Dad couldn't find another one,so I got a Corgi Capri Dragster instead.I managed to get another Green Hornet a few years back,& a replacement for the replacement 😁

[bunglebus]

3 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

You just know you're going to have to do a video clip of the Hema Gauge beeping away

I don't think the Scirocco works, but...

I didn't capture the pitiful noise emitted as it runs out of steam

[WillCarter]

19 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

When I had my tonsils out,I got a Corgi Green Hornet car which I managed to leave at the hospital.My Dad couldn't find another one,so I got a Corgi Capri Dragster instead.I managed to get another Green Hornet a few years back,& a replacement for the replacement 😁

I've just been reunited with my Capri Dragster, one of the best models they ever did I think. 

[bunglebus]

Chatting about Corgis being rebranded Hot Wheels on FB, guy posts this up

And here's my set

 

[Bear]

On 5/21/2021 at 10:54 PM, eddyramrod said:

This is my haul from Tesco this week.

Two of the MR2s are unclaimed as yet, shout up if you want one.

Is that a Matchbox CLA Shooting Brake? I may need one of those, wonder if they did it in appliance white...

[Isopon]

I never had any matchbox cars before reading this tread- anyway, here's my haul from yesterday

I also installed a towbar on my Dodge Coronet..

(Won't let me add picture, just imagine a bent paperclip glued into a hole)

... So that it can tow the matching trailer!

[FakeConcern]

In my continuing quest to aquire every model of Volvo C30 ever produced I got this Saico 1/43 for the amazingly cheap £5.99!

Here it is with a couple of the superior Cararama models in the same scale...

Looks ok from the front, but the door mirrors look far too small...

Sunroof is slightly too square too...

From the back, the bumper doesn't stick out far enough from the hatch...

You can notice it more here...

Cararama are really very good.

I nearly managed to buy a Cararama 1/24 which I'm pretty sure the Welly is a (good) copy of on Italian ebay. It was very annoying as it had been relisted several times with no bids and due to extra Brexit tax and very costly postage as well as a hefty starting price, I'd held off, then when I did bid on it I was outbid by a Euro haha...

 

Lastly if anyone sees any Matchbox C30s for cheap (less than £10) I would be interested as even though they are not a really accurate model, I really like them and need some more...

[junkyarddog]

1 hour ago, Isopon said:

I never had any matchbox cars before reading this tread

It's a slippery slope 🤣

[eddyramrod]

On 5/24/2021 at 8:54 PM, RichardK said:

Is that a Matchbox CLA Shooting Brake? I may need one of those, wonder if they did it in appliance white...

It is indeed; that one was spoken for, and in fact has now been posted, but there may be some left.  I've only seen them in black, which of course doesn't preclude a future issue in white.  Or you could have a black one and paint it.

[Isopon]

4 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

It's a slippery slope 🤣

 

 It is lol- I've bought about 30 in the last 2 or so months- I daren't look at more models in fear of buying them 😅

[sheffcortinacentre]

4 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

The vendor of the Victor threw this in the box as a freebee 😎

It's brill!   10½ inches of battery-powered Hong Kong effort, from the early 1970s I assume.  Not been able to determine what it is modelled after (any ideas?), but it has shades of International Harvester.  Will see if it can be coaxed back to life.

Still got mine

[bunglebus]

5 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

I've never seen any of those XJR-9 before, big or small. 

Found on eBay

 

[WillCarter]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Chatting about Corgis being rebranded Hot Wheels on FB, guy posts this up

And here's my set

 

Holy shit, I had these as a kid. Pretty sure they were Hot Wheels branded.

[155V6]

1 hour ago, FakeConcern said:

In my continuing quest to aquire every model of Volvo C30 ever produced I got this Saico 1/43 for the amazingly cheap £5.99!

Here it is with a couple of the superior Cararama models in the same scale...

Looks ok from the front, but the door mirrors look far too small...

Sunroof is slightly too square too...

From the back, the bumper doesn't stick out far enough from the hatch...

You can notice it more here...

Cararama are really very good.

I nearly managed to buy a Cararama 1/24 which I'm pretty sure the Welly is a (good) copy of on Italian ebay. It was very annoying as it had been relisted several times with no bids and due to extra Brexit tax and very costly postage as well as a hefty starting price, I'd held off, then when I did bid on it I was outbid by a Euro haha...

 

Lastly if anyone sees any Matchbox C30s for cheap (less than £10) I would be interested as even though they are not a really accurate model, I really like them and need some more...

Have you got this one?

[FakeConcern]

2 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

Have you got this one?

I don't have one that colour.

I have the seven Matchbox shown here and another gold one which is part of a Christmas decoration...

Mrs Concern has moved all my toys models from where i could easily play with look at them into a cabinet which also houses some of her collections.

1/43

1/24 and 1/18

[flat4alfa]

15 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

I spot Clockwork Robots !!

A video of them wobbling about would be great to see 😎

[flat4alfa]

Talking of videos

Resurrecting this, is what kept me out the pub this evening

Resurrected - after a tickle from the soldering iron, new wiring, motor and gearing unseized and lubricated.  Now makes a right din.  First delivery was a shipment of FAB1.

Wife was impressed for all of five minutes.