Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

 

17 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Haven’t had a proper look as it’s going to be sent to Father Christmas first but the Corvette looks like the old Superfast release from the Seventies? 

Wiki lists the T-top up to 2013. Haven't seen the red flamed version up close to compare

 

[Jon]

13 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Latest completion. I started it as a quick summer holiday project, but the house move tookover and it too longer than planned....

 

 

It's the 1:24 Eunos by Tamiya. No engine detail but the suspension and underside is nicely done. Wheels are Aoshima accessory items.

Nice infinity wall backdrop there, @Spottedlaurel!

[Spottedlaurel]

Just now, Jon said:

Nice infinity wall backdrop there, @Spottedlaurel!

Thanks! Now I don't have the flat roof with its outside view (and we're in the depths of winter), I made use of the light cube thing I got for my birthday. This is how the magic happens:

The backing sheet needs a bit of tape to help hold it in place, but I can change the light colour and brightness as well as choose a different colour sheet. Could maybe knock-up some sort of garage/building frontage to put at the back?

[Jon]

6 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Thanks! Now I don't have the flat roof with its outside view (and we're in the depths of winter), I made use of the light cube thing I got for my birthday. This is how the magic happens:

The backing sheet needs a bit of tape to help hold it in place, but I can change the light colour and brightness as well as choose a different colour sheet. Could maybe knock-up some sort of garage/building frontage to put at the back?

Any nice abandoned garages or such like in your area? If so, take a photo and get it printed off as a backdrop? Matte coating rather than gloss would help with glare and reflection from the lights but that said, it might be tricky to control, even in your fancy new box!

[Spottedlaurel]

Just now, Jon said:

Any nice abandoned garages or such like in your area? If so, take a photo and get it printed off as a backdrop? Matte coating rather than gloss would help with glare and reflection from the lights but that said, it might be tricky to control, even in your fancy new box!

I'm sure I've got a photo or two of something appropriate, I can take some hints and tips from the lovely little scenes you create.

[PhilA]

12 hours ago, TheOtherStu said:

I didn't realise we had people of the US in this parish!

Walgreens sell a similar sized MR2 Spyder which I'd love to get hold of!

I'll keep an eye open when I'm there next.

 

Phil

[Split_Pin]

6 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Like these?

 

That's them. I don't have the Escort though, Just the Panda in red, a green Strada, the Celica in gold and a Renault 5 which I lost many years ago.

[bunglebus]

There's a bit of a story to those two. Ebay seller had 6 different cars listed, i bid on them all but got outbid on all but two. I posted them on a FB page and the guy who bought the other four posted this pic - turns out the seller had the original box too

Why he didn't sell them as boxed i don't know. The Escort still has the maker Kees visible on the base - apparently the original castings were made for Polistil by Kees. 

[bunglebus]

18 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Dinky Porsche 356

Here we go, local collection this morning. Not much of the original red left, repaint or leave alone? 

[Split_Pin]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

There's a bit of a story to those two. Ebay seller had 6 different cars listed, i bid on them all but got outbid on all but two. I posted them on a FB page and the guy who bought the other four posted this pic - turns out the seller had the original box too

Why he didn't sell them as boxed i don't know. The Escort still has the maker Kees visible on the base - apparently the original castings were made for Polistil by Kees. 

I've got a set of those too, mint and boxed. My Granny bought me those as well as the other Polistil-esque set. I posted them up here a few years back. However they're a mixture of Matchbox knock off castings (Mercedes 500 SEC, Datsun concept car and something with a bubble shaped roof) there's also a Testarossa and the Lancia but I don't know where they are copied from. The 6th one I forget what it is, I think it could be a gruesome twosome.

[bunglebus]

13 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I've got a set of those too, mint and boxed. My Granny bought me those as well as the other Polistil-esque set. I posted them up here a few years back. However they're a mixture of Matchbox knock off castings (Mercedes 500 SEC, Datsun concept car and something with a bubble shaped roof) there's also a Testarossa and the Lancia but I don't know where they are copied from. The 6th one I forget what it is, I think it could be a gruesome twosome.

I'd be interested to see those, I rather like Matchbox copies. I don't think they ever sold their moulds to anyone else but I've found a few replicas in various scales. Bidding on a Mira Turbo Fury at the moment

[Jon]

18 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

More recent finds, 

Dinky Cadillac, this was tyreless and been treated to a thick coat of red and black paint,a session in the ultrasonic cleaner softened the paint until it was easy to remove.

Its still chipped and scratched but looks quite good now.

Just catching up on this - do you have any further details on your methodology, or is it simply bung it in and let it whirr away?! Any special solution, etc? And any before photos?

Been thinking about buying an ultrasonic cleaner for quite a while now and this could be the excuse I was looking for!

[junkyarddog]

20 minutes ago, Jon said:

Just catching up on this - do you have any further details on your methodology, or is it simply bung it in and let it whirr away?! Any special solution, etc? And any before photos?

Been thinking about buying an ultrasonic cleaner for quite a while now and this could be the excuse I was looking for!

This was more by luck than judgement,mine is just a cheapie from either Aldi or lidl I can't remember which.

I just bunged it in some tepid water and a squirt of washing up liquid and cycled it on the timer maybe 3 of 4 times and between the heat and the ultrasonic the paint softened and was easy to scrape off.

No before pic I'm afraid as I really didn't expect to get that over paint off.

I also have an Corgi A60 driving school car that had some over paint too,bunged it in,and it softened and took off all the paint,factory included!

I didn't mind on this car,but on something I wanted to preserve in original paint you'd have to be careful. 

Most of the time I don't use it,just use an old toothbrush and warm soapy water.

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Not much of the original red left, repaint or leave alone? 

Hard to say,can you get the black paint off easily?

Will you be happy with a playworn example?

I don't mind playworn in Dinkys,I think its a shame to drill them apart as the rivets are hard to replicate,but if you want a nice one a repaint Is the only way really.

The underneath looks good.

[sierraman]

Never done this but on the Dinkies don’t you glue a false rivet head over where the old one was drilled out?

[Split_Pin]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

I'd be interested to see those

I will look them out 😁

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

can you get the black paint off easily?

Yes! Looks like it's permanent marker

While I was cleaning that, postie man dropped some bits off

SD1 for @eddyramrodto chop up and amalgamate into the back of the Sterling

Hot Wheels Spoiler Sport

Corgi Golden Jacks Stingray - I think I have a set of wheels for this already.

Engine detail and flip up lights are just great. Paint isn't great and I think it should have plastic inserts for the roof

Every man and his dog seems to have one of these, except me until now

Moving on a few decades and to the Eastern side of the planet, another "VOIKOWAGENG" LT in police livery.  Already have a fire dept so why not?

It gets worse I'm afraid. Thailand made 911...

...because it came with a boxed Superior Alfa.

But it's really not superior to anything. It's really bad. Huge gaps between parts, doors feel like they're going to fall off, base is warped...I can confidently say if this had been played with it wouldn't have lasted a day

I don't know if this is an awful copy or what, but at least there's some interesting stuff on the back of the box - whose SD1 do you think they've cribbed?

*edit* just noticed the spoiler is missing from the Alfa on the box art! Speaks volumes for the quality*

[Datsuncog]

4 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Whose SD1 do you think they've cribbed?

Looks rather like DInky's Hong-Kong manufactured effort... I guess the tooling must have gone somewhere - but are these roughly 1/43 scale, or slightly bigger?

I did encounter a Michelotti Lazer a while back, but I can't now remember what size it was...

[bunglebus]

20 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

are these roughly 1/43 scale

Says 1:36 underneath. Matchbox Superkings AMX and Corgi A60 for comparison as they were to hand

[sierraman]

God that LT brings back some memories, as a kid a mate had one, we went though that phase kids go through of wanting to set fire to things so the one he had unfortunately succumbed to some lighter fluid and a oven igniter. 

[Justwatching]

1989 Ford LTD Crown Victoria wagon in 1:64 scale by Greenlight. Nice roof rack and opening tailgate features, but one cracked window, so usual Greenlight quality*. I keep buying them, so I'm the fool. 

[bunglebus]

9 minutes ago, sierraman said:

God that LT brings back some memories, as a kid a mate had one, we went though that phase kids go through of wanting to set fire to things so the one he had unfortunately succumbed to some lighter fluid and a oven igniter. 

For that you will require this one

 

[bunglebus]

3 hours ago, sierraman said:

Never done this but on the Dinkies don’t you glue a false rivet head over where the old one was drilled out?

I think you can - it is a pretty big rivet head. I don't mind seeing a screw there, not trying to fool anyone that it's original.

Think I'll leave it alone for now, there are enough needy diecasts on the bench already

[Split_Pin]

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Yes! Looks like it's permanent marker

While I was cleaning that, postie man dropped some bits off

SD1 for @eddyramrodto chop up and amalgamate into the back of the Sterling

Hot Wheels Spoiler Sport

Corgi Golden Jacks Stingray - I think I have a set of wheels for this already.

Engine detail and flip up lights are just great. Paint isn't great and I think it should have plastic inserts for the roof

Every man and his dog seems to have one of these, except me until now

Moving on a few decades and to the Eastern side of the planet, another "VOIKOWAGENG" LT in police livery.  Already have a fire dept so why not?

It gets worse I'm afraid. Thailand made 911...

...because it came with a boxed Superior Alfa.

But it's really not superior to anything. It's really bad. Huge gaps between parts, doors feel like they're going to fall off, base is warped...I can confidently say if this had been played with it wouldn't have lasted a day

I don't know if this is an awful copy or what, but at least there's some interesting stuff on the back of the box - whose SD1 do you think they've cribbed?

*edit* just noticed the spoiler is missing from the Alfa on the box art! Speaks volumes for the quality*

Crikey I've just remembered my brother had the BMW! Quite a decent toy if I remember.

[bunglebus]

The others I have seem to be but this one seems to be totally different, different code style on the base and obviously inferior quality.

The Porsche pictured on the box is this one

Maybe I'm mixing up Superior and Sunnyside, maybe a Chinese company bought the moulds and used the old images. All those ^ are Hong Kong

[bunglebus]

Chinese made one on eBay in the same box - quality clearly inferior to the HK one

[andrew e]

A little period shite for you, not pictured is the pale pink Renault 20/30 accessing the other side of the train. 

(Incoming thread drift: If your crossing the channel, it’s a ball ache and everything drives in the inspection bay, however terminal staff outnumber travellers and I counted 10 cars in the car park 😳 spot the Arabian G-wagon! )

 

[sierraman]

Is that a Solido Peugeot 505 I see?

[andrew e]

Looks that way, it was bloody awful to photograph!

[bunglebus]

On 07/12/2021 at 18:33, sierraman said:

Corvette looks like the old Superfast release

Well, I let temptation get the better of me and used my clubcard vouchers to buy the last Capri set today, mainly for that, the Beetle and Corvette. 300C is OK for a modern too

Off to the loft to find an original 'vette for comparison 

[TheOtherStu]

My MR2 kindly arrived from @Datsuncogthis morning, having what looks like a full restoration, so thank you!

I was expecting a fairly rough looking MR2 but as it turned out, other than the wing mirrors being missing, it looks in fine condition.