Shite in miniature

4,444 · January 29, 2010

Right.

A big truck has unloaded it's contents into Chateau LobsterDiecast, bringing with it the latest in the way of 1/43 Altaya stuff. For those interested this includes

Morris 1100

Renault 4 GTL

Citroen BX

Citroen AX (blue this time)

Renault 9

Renault 11 Turbo (in red)

Renault 25 GTS

Peugeot 309

Fiat 131 Mirafiori

Fiat Ritmo

Fiat 124 Coupe

Austin Healey Sprite

VW Golf mk2 GTi

plus a few others.

With the exception of the Golf, they will all land here!here![/url]

'Shiters discount is available although I'd rather do off ebay for discounted stuff so PM me or something. If you'd rather buy on eBay then you can still have a discount, just not as much obviously and send us a message or something so we can send an invoice.

Additionally, I only have a relatively small number of Golfs and want to take some to the VW shows we do so they won't get on t'bay but there are a few available to 'shiters if required. They look like this anyway >

K. THX. BAI.

2.4k · January 30, 2010

Mad Max set from AutoArt

5k · January 30, 2010

what the damage on those mk2 Golfs lobsta..

was looking at these last night...

4.5k · January 30, 2010

Lobster - I may have to purchase one of those 131s soon!Mash - Have that autoart lot done models of the Falcon police cars from Mad Max?

2.4k · January 30, 2010

Lobster - I may have to purchase one of those 131s soon!Mash - Have that autoart lot done models of the Falcon police cars from Mad Max?

Not sure, I just stumbled across these on a German model store site that I use to keep up with new releases:http://www.modelcarworld.de/relaunch/

4.8k · January 30, 2010

Right. A big truck has unloaded it's contents into Chateau LobsterDiecast, bringing with it the latest in the way of 1/43 Altaya stuff. For those interested this includesMorris 1100Renault 4 GTLCitroen BXCitroen AX (blue this time)Renault 9Renault 11 Turbo (in red)Renault 25 GTSPeugeot 309Fiat 131 MirafioriFiat RitmoFiat 124 CoupeAustin Healey SpriteVW Golf mk2 GTiplus a few others.With the exception of the Golf, they will all land here!here![/url]'Shiters discount is available although I'd rather do off ebay for discounted stuff so PM me or something. If you'd rather buy on eBay then you can still have a discount, just not as much obviously and send us a message or something so we can send an invoice.K. THX. BAI.

Hmmm I definitely need one of those R25s, maybe the 309 too. I still need one of those Fiestas, everytime I check though, the price seems to have changed on them!

4,444 · January 30, 2010

Hmmm I definitely need one of those R25s, maybe the 309 too. I still need one of those Fiestas, everytime I check though, the price seems to have changed on them!

I'm having a few issues with price on them at the moment. We ordered them at Ã‚Â£X but they have actually arrived and have cost less than that which is nice but I'd priced everything from the order. So I need to revise prices on some of them downwards on ebay which I'm doing very shortly. Once I've done that I'll work out a new 'shiters price and let you know!

5k · January 30, 2010

ohhh mister lobsta, your a bad man, misses said order a model for me birthday, so i did that i ordered four plus in-laws (John Howe) will be ordering some tools very soon for me too

4,444 · January 30, 2010

Thanks!Replied to PM btw.

5k · January 30, 2010

thanks mate

5k · January 31, 2010

soo cool nice Golf Mk2 GTI, Seat Fura, Morris Marina and a Trannie Mk1 all wingin' their way to france..

Well afew people asked me about my junkyard cars so here are afew pics, still have afew more to touch up

My Current Sleeper Project

and afew of the yard and cars

1,062 · January 31, 2010

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I have one of these MIB. Bought in Edinburgh in 85 when I had an 18GTS - HDO 476W.

5k · January 31, 2010

working on the red one next to it at the moment ex pompiers, very well looked after

1,062 · January 31, 2010

So you take good ones like the red one and deliberately make them look old and ruined? I thought you just bought them like it at auto jumbles etc for a matter of pennies (cents).

5k · January 31, 2010

the scrappers are generally 10c up to a euro purchased just for the yard, from boot sales etc, decent one's like the red 18 will have new rims and subtle mods to make it look proper job (like the rubber windows seals, windscreen seal, number plates, it wont be trashed just made more realistic looking proper lights etc :)hence why the red 18 has minilites

1,062 · January 31, 2010

Phew - thank goodness for that . Can't disagree with making them more realistic. I also do that by painting the indicators amber, wipers black etc etc etc...

5k · January 31, 2010

doesnt half work well on pikey models like burago's

4,444 · January 31, 2010

Hey VWP, question for you - what do you use for the lighting on your diorama? I'm guessing its model railway lighting stuff?

Reason is I bought a few of these Corgi Mini dioramas a couple of weeks ago

and thought they'd look ok with 1/43 cars in

it does but needs a bit of light inside. Will get around to incorporating it into a little diorama once its got lighting and a few new signs!

5k · January 31, 2010

no laughing now but this..

i had one big 'un million candle watt jobie that the battery packed up on, had an old wire controller from a remote car that i used for a switch and power, et voila.. my little 'un is running 5 LED's and using 4 'AA' batterys have had it on for hours now with no probs..

am now trying some of those solar lights you use in the garden so at night it'll come on automatically and recharge during the day, but suppose the same idea could be doe with a wind up rechargeable too..

other colour LEDs are from old stereos etc that i wont bin (well have ow i've stripped them) i found with dio's its best to collect everything as theres always some use for it somewhere

the big 'un is running about 12 LED's still only using four 'AA's' although this is soon to be rebuilt on one level again as it was origanally

but yes i suppose 0 Gauge train lights would also work hardest thig was making the pole with the satalite dish and cameras what a ballache that was

5k · January 31, 2010

ok the 18 goes from...

to

not my best as my girls have nicked me paintbrushes grrr lol

5k · January 31, 2010

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24796741@N ... 346008881/

this bloke is epic

4,444 · January 31, 2010

Superb Thats a serious amount of talent he has. Spent a very pleasant twenty minutes looking at some of them.

2.5k · January 31, 2010

Heres my newest:

Ive had the Prelude for a while now, the caravan is the new one, thought they paired up pretty well.

I have no idea who made this, its fairly basic but has detail where it counts and the bonnet opens. Any ideas?

The Niva came, and my god, its such a brilliant model. The rear axle is completely seperate from the rest of it, and has suspension. The seats tilt, the bonnet opens, spare tyre, poseable wheels etc etc.....

Made in 1983 too! Imagine if this company was still around.

5k · January 31, 2010

ohhh liking that Niva 8)whos the prelude make by chap :)they all 1/43 like

17,921 · January 31, 2010

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24796741@N05/sets/72157604247242338/show/with/2346008881/this bloke is epic

He was in C&SC last month, good stuff.Has anyone seen the bloke on youtube who makes shockingly realistic junkyard dioramas with plastic AMT kits? I cant for the life of me find his videos anymore.Think that Prelude is a Corgi jobby btw

1.6k · January 31, 2010

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24796741@N05/sets/72157604247242338/show/with/2346008881/this bloke is epic

They're astonishing!! A lot of it is the lighting, which is brilliant, and the backgrounds- can't decide if they're photoshopped, photographic backdrops, or even more amazing modeling skills.