Shite in Miniature II

[junkyarddog]

1 hour ago, Tenmil Socket said:

I’m interested in this but don’t have either of those to trade 😩

I'm flexible,but I don't think there is a huge queue forming for it,so I'll have it a while longer 

[Tenmil Socket]

I’ll try and do some ‘weeding’ in the coming days and see what I’ve got 👍🏻

[flat4alfa]

On 8/1/2021 at 3:17 PM, junkyarddog said:

Not my bag will trade for something like a Rat Rod Mercury Cougar, or the wildcat mustang in battered but complete condition.

The Fundiplastic Ritmo measures approx 1:27 so I would like that please

Not sure what I have spare as currently touring Cornwall for a fortnight

Definitely do have a Rat Rod and the Mustang without the engine cutout 

[junkyarddog]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

The Fundiplastic Ritmo measures approx 1:27 so I would like that please

Not sure what I have spare as currently touring Cornwall for a fortnight

Definitely do have a Rat Rod and the Mustang without the engine cutout 

Unfortunately Tenmil Socket has put their hand up first.

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 30/07/2021 at 11:38, Amishtat said:

That's rather a nice thing, would certainly consider breaking the fiver barrier for that. 

looks like £35 is the barrier😲

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, junkyarddog said:

Unfortunately Tenmil Socket has put their hand up first.

Didn’t look that there was conversation over the page ☺️

Ah well, if @Tenmil Socket changes mind... it was because it’s the five door and I wanted to make a slot conversion like this Spanish fella did a while back

except in the UK ad campaign bright green

Because... green.

[bunglebus]

Remember this beaten up, rusty and scratched up Tonka Fairlady?

I dunked it in paint stripper

And following @andrew e's suggestion of a metalflake finish, it got a coat of metallic red, followed by a load of red glitter spray and a ton of lacquer

One wheel needed a going over with the Molotow pen, sidewalls were re-done by spraying white onto a card and "printing" each tyre onto it, but the bit I'm proudest of is that front bumper, made from a flat sheet of plastic and heated up then bent to follow the lines of the car, followed by lots of filing and sanding.

 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

10 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Remember this beaten up, rusty and scratched up Tonka Fairlady?

I dunked it in paint stripper

And following @andrew e's suggestion of a metalflake finish, it got a coat of metallic red, followed by a load of red glitter spray and a ton of lacquer

One wheel needed a going over with the Molotow pen, sidewalls were re-done by spraying white onto a card and "printing" each tyre onto it, but the bit I'm proudest of is that front bumper, made from a flat sheet of plastic and heated up then bent to follow the lines of the car, followed by lots of filing and sanding.

 

That's a fantastic transformation. It literally looks better than a new one!

[egg]

On 01/08/2021 at 19:30, Amishtat said:

Some plastic came home with me from the boot sale this morning. Don't think I've had any Norevs before, but curiosity triumphed in the end, the bloke wasn't asking too much for them. The 16 has a bit of warpage to the top of the o/s front wing but isn't too bad otherwise. Lovely swirly marbled  interiors too. How old are they? 

60's. Great finds at a boot sale. Love 'em. I have a 4 (and that's fairly early as on later models the number plate on the rear is body colour and moulded in I think),  but not yet a 16.

[Remspoor]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Remember this beaten up, rusty and scratched up Tonka Fairlady?

I dunked it in paint stripper

And following @andrew e's suggestion of a metalflake finish, it got a coat of metallic red, followed by a load of red glitter spray and a ton of lacquer

One wheel needed a going over with the Molotow pen, sidewalls were re-done by spraying white onto a card and "printing" each tyre onto it, but the bit I'm proudest of is that front bumper, made from a flat sheet of plastic and heated up then bent to follow the lines of the car, followed by lots of filing and sanding.

 

The first image of the car painted I thought you had added fake nails over the headlights. 🙄

[bunglebus]

34 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

The first image of the car painted I thought you had added fake nails over the headlights. 🙄

Nope, used nail varnish and stripes before but not found a use for false nails. Trying to make a point of masking and spraying details like that as I hate looking at pictures of my hand painted efforts. They look OK in real life but enlarged on a screen I can see where I've gone wrong. Takes a bloody age masking stuff up though

[barrett]

Right. We've all seen some Pilen models here before, and the company has been discussed a little bit in the past. As with lots of these smaller European makers it's difficult to find much information about them in English (although there is a pretty good wikipedia page, as it happens) but in summary, the firm's 1:43 range was almost entirely made up of second-hand castings from other European manufacturers, with some crossover with the last of the 'proper' Dinkys built in Spain, which either started as Pilens and became Dinkys, or more likely the other way round. Of the Spanish 'big three', Pilen seemed to have the jump on quality over both Joal and Guisval (and Mira, actually) although most of the recycled models were a drop down from the originals.

Still reading? Well, Pilen did release a small handful of original models in the early '70s. These are particularly interesting because most of them were subjects that were not modelled in 1:43 scale by any other manufacturers, and they all fit loosely into my self-imposed GT/prototype/coachbuilt theme. And now I have two of them!

Both pretty unfamiliar, huh? The pinkish one is the 1970 Vauxhall SRV concept car, and the green one is an Intermeccanica Indra. Hardly the most obvious choices for diecast toys I'd say.

The Vauxhall is a great little thing, despite the odd colour choice (the real thing was silver, which was also available on this model). Note particularly the accurate wheels and engine area (although, bizarrely, the two banks of dials and switches in the engine bay are reversed from the real thing).

The Indra, too, is really well done, with great proportions and excellent details. The wheels are also accurate to the prototype and unique to this model, and that looks enough like a big Chevy V8 under the bonnet to satisfy me. Both of these are pretty rare, but not incredibly so. The Indra is more often seen in other, less attractive colours, so after months of watching this one I took a deep breath and pulled the trigger.

I think this goes to show the designers in Spain could come up with stuff that was just as nice as their Italian and French counterparts. It's a shame there weren't more 'genuine' Pilens, but at least the small range gives me something to aim for... the other models were a lovely Monteverdi Hai (which, if I ever find one, means I'll have to spalsh out on the Dinky 375 to go with it), a brilliant AMC Javelin (oddly, the even more obscure Spanish Inter-Cars/Narcoral company made an AMC AMX, which would be a great pairing. That one's often described as a copy of the Pilen, but they are clearly representing two different models), a Seat 124 coupe (I don't think this was a re-make but I'm not certain) and a Seat Bocanegra (other companies made these - every Spanish company did, in fact - but the Pilen is by far the nicest). So, er, watch this space

[Split_Pin]

I bought the Pilen Seat at a Swapmeet in January 1996 and was really impressed with its detail and quality. It reminded me of a late 1960s Dinky with full opening features, and jewelled headlights. It has proper Seat wheels and rubber tyres too. It's one of the few 'saleable' models in my collection that I've kept over the years.

[Bren]

The vauxhall has much UFO ness.

[RoadworkUK]

I would pay £, perhaps even ££, if somebody would make a 1:18 Vauxhall SRV. A proper opening diecast one to show it off properly, not a sealed resin one.

Same goes with the Peugeot Quasar concept, which Matchbox had a decent crack at in a smaller scale but has otherwise gone rather underrepresented given how wonderful/mental it was.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Anyone want a free 1970s army Jeep? 

Its a large plastic jeep which has been in the family for many years. Unfortunately my young lad has been over-enthusiastic when pushing it around and it now has major fractures in the structure. Length is around 30cm.

It's potentially repairable to someone who had the time and is a cool old thing.  Just cover postage and it's yours on the condition it's fixed up/doesn't go in the bin. 

[barrett]

2 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

I bought the Pilen Seat at a Swapmeet in January 1996 and was really impressed with its detail and quality. It reminded me of a late 1960s Dinky with full opening features, and jewelled headlights. It has proper Seat wheels and rubber tyres too. It's one of the few 'saleable' models in my collection that I've kept over the years.

If it's the 124, and you'd ever want to let it go, please let me know! They are really lovely but tricky to find in the UK

[bunglebus]

Anyone recognise this MK2 Escort casting?

 

[Split_Pin]

That looks like a Solido.

[Split_Pin]

2 hours ago, barrett said:

If it's the 124, and you'd ever want to let it go, please let me know! They are really lovely but tricky to find in the UK

It's the same as that one but I think I was the first person to take it out of the box! It's one of those ones that's firmly in the 'my cup of tea' pile I'm afraid!

[bunglebus]

30 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

That looks like a Solido.

Yes eBay seller has confirmed too.

Couple of new HW multi packs in Asda

 

[sdkrc]

Norev 1:64 scale GS, my first Norev. I'm a fan of new stuff and I really like the look and feel of this. 

[155V6]

A few more recent car boot/charity shop finds which I haven't shown

The Barbie scooter?,that's for my Pink Panther to sit on 😁

[andy18s]

My ex's first car was a mk1 Astra in that shade of pea green

She drove it hard and soon had perfected lift off oversteer in it

[bunglebus]

My favourite charity shop have restocked, came away with quite a few bits - but I had to have a word with the woman behind the till as she was literally throwing each one into a bag on the counter. I explained I wanted to keep them nice and could she not do that? She had a grumble but did put them in gently afterwards. I don't get it, if I was buying crockery or even books they wouldn't get bashed about. Anyway rant over, here's my haul.

Majorette Pompier complete with extending ladder

The "not a Matchbox" Majorette Model A van

Majo Transit - looks like the creations banger racers parade around on after a race

Corgi ovloV

Not seen the Buick Regal in these colours - a later multipack release?

911

LR

Matchbox AMC

Clean T3 ambulance 

HW Beetle cab - never really liked this casting but I think with decent paint and less sticky-out wheels it could work

This is probably the best score

I grabbed these thinking one of you lot will probably want them?

Next up, Matchbox Specials Mustang

And a Corgi Jag

This one I haven't ID'd yet - anyone?

Lastly - bloody hell, it's a Buddy L!

There were a few of the larger MC Toys efforts in there but they don't do much for me generally 

[andrew e]

Want to do a swap on the Vitara?

[bunglebus]

Sure! 😁

[Tenmil Socket]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

My favourite charity shop have restocked, came away with quite a few bits - but I had to have a word with the woman behind the till as she was literally throwing each one into a bag on the counter. I explained I wanted to keep them nice and could she not do that? She had a grumble but did put them in gently afterwards. I don't get it, if I was buying crockery or even books they wouldn't get bashed about. Anyway rant over, here's my haul.

Majorette Pompier complete with extending ladder

The "not a Matchbox" Majorette Model A van

Majo Transit - looks like the creations banger racers parade around on after a race

Corgi ovloV

Not seen the Buick Regal in these colours - a later multipack release?

911

LR

Matchbox AMC

Clean T3 ambulance 

HW Beetle cab - never really liked this casting but I think with decent paint and less sticky-out wheels it could work

This is probably the best score

I grabbed these thinking one of you lot will probably want them?

Next up, Matchbox Specials Mustang

And a Corgi Jag

This one I haven't ID'd yet - anyone?

Lastly - bloody hell, it's a Buddy L!

There were a few of the larger MC Toys efforts in there but they don't do much for me generally 

I visited 6 charity shops on Saturday and didn’t find one flipping due-cast 😞

[Remspoor]

21 hours ago, barrett said:

Right. We've all seen some Pilen models here before, and the company has been discussed a little bit in the past. As with lots of these smaller European makers it's difficult to find much information about them in English (although there is a pretty good wikipedia page, as it happens) but in summary, the firm's 1:43 range was almost entirely made up of second-hand castings from other European manufacturers, with some crossover with the last of the 'proper' Dinkys built in Spain, which either started as Pilens and became Dinkys, or more likely the other way round. Of the Spanish 'big three', Pilen seemed to have the jump on quality over both Joal and Guisval (and Mira, actually) although most of the recycled models were a drop down from the originals.

Still reading? Well, Pilen did release a small handful of original models in the early '70s. These are particularly interesting because most of them were subjects that were not modelled in 1:43 scale by any other manufacturers, and they all fit loosely into my self-imposed GT/prototype/coachbuilt theme. And now I have two of them!

Both pretty unfamiliar, huh? The pinkish one is the 1970 Vauxhall SRV concept car, and the green one is an Intermeccanica Indra. Hardly the most obvious choices for diecast toys I'd say.

The Vauxhall is a great little thing, despite the odd colour choice (the real thing was silver, which was also available on this model). Note particularly the accurate wheels and engine area (although, bizarrely, the two banks of dials and switches in the engine bay are reversed from the real thing).

The Indra, too, is really well done, with great proportions and excellent details. The wheels are also accurate to the prototype and unique to this model, and that looks enough like a big Chevy V8 under the bonnet to satisfy me. Both of these are pretty rare, but not incredibly so. The Indra is more often seen in other, less attractive colours, so after months of watching this one I took a deep breath and pulled the trigger.

I think this goes to show the designers in Spain could come up with stuff that was just as nice as their Italian and French counterparts. It's a shame there weren't more 'genuine' Pilens, but at least the small range gives me something to aim for... the other models were a lovely Monteverdi Hai (which, if I ever find one, means I'll have to spalsh out on the Dinky 375 to go with it), a brilliant AMC Javelin (oddly, the even more obscure Spanish Inter-Cars/Narcoral company made an AMC AMX, which would be a great pairing. That one's often described as a copy of the Pilen, but they are clearly representing two different models), a Seat 124 coupe (I don't think this was a re-make but I'm not certain) and a Seat Bocanegra (other companies made these - every Spanish company did, in fact - but the Pilen is by far the nicest). So, er, watch this space

If you are interested there is this concept made by Pilen.

Very little money, maybe P&P to be added.

https://en.todocoleccion.net/model-cars-scale-1-43-pilen/pilen-ref-315-chevrolet-astro-i-1-43~x193169983

 

[bunglebus]

37 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

I visited 6 charity shops on Saturday and didn’t find one flipping due-cast 😞

Most don't seem to, one I used to frequent literally chucked them all away. I wonder if there's some 'elf and safety thing meaning they don't put them out. They must all get given them, I might ask in some of the other shops and hopefully save some from the bin.

34 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

If you are interested there is this concept made by Pilen.

Very little money, maybe P&P to be added.

https://en.todocoleccion.net/model-cars-scale-1-43-pilen/pilen-ref-315-chevrolet-astro-i-1-43~x193169983

 

That's lovely, as is the Probe 16 the site suggested too. Anyone going to Spain?