Shite in miniature

[Vinylseats]

Funnily enough I've been thinking of buying a white Princess model off of eBay.

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wheelspin>

[Tayne]

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That's not wheelspin, the headgasket has gone.

 

 

some fresh build/car pics

 

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ok a quicker build hopefully it will inspire others to try...

 

 

wow what a mess, looks like pikey's have been

 

 

simple base 32x40cm, sandpaper as road base, cardboard sprayed for fence

 

 

simple moke up of how it should sit together

 

 

THE DOLL IS NOT MINE.... )

 

garage simply a cardboard box covered in white paper and bits out of magazines as posters

 

 

ahhh the stash shelf, lots of cars died for this but what an effect it has as a piece, shelfs made of modelling matchsticks and bits of lego

 

 

im not so good at scratch building only managing to build afew items, one is this tyre machine

 

 

Modded 504 sits its place in the garage with shelf in place

 

504 has datsun 240z wheels and headlights and indicators from a rally 504

 

 

see how quick it fills again...???

 

 

windows will replace my iffy matchstick ones, cutting glass (yes glass not plastic) all part of the fun. (the reason i use glass is one the reflection you get, normally very clear to see through, glass doesnt scratch as easy), epic wheel collection just keeps growing

 

 

something else i built was the tyre rack

 

 

appearance changed alot with simple add-ons

 

 

oh postbox built that too ) bit of lego and a driveshaft done...

 

next installment, rendering the walls, adding more detail to the garage itself...

[morris_ital_lover]

 

Someone's butchered a mercedes tipper truck (for the yellow skip in the back left)...

 

m0rris

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lmao well spotted, ended up with 5 of those trucks, so kept best one and chopped up the others, still have afew cabs flying around

[eddyramrod]

VWP, I've got one thing to say to you: Top work, fella!

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why thank you kind sir

[Tonka]

Despite promising the boss I wouldn't start collecting anything else I couldn't resist these at our local toy fair last week.

 

 

Nissan Cedric which apparently shares many front end parts with my Stagea and a hand made Prince Gloria (part of the Skyline story)

 

 

Celica Supra and liftback.

 

This is the reason why she isn't keen on me collecting stuff, yet she still bought me another new Tonka truck and a Tomica garage (more of that later) for Christmas.........

 

 

and that isn't all of them.....................

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blimey nice collection of tonka's

 

update :

 

coated in thick pva then sand shaken on top... allow to dry

 

 

do all the bits you need to

 

 

will dry like so

 

 

mines painted in gloss which i find is alot harder to damage over emulsion which cracks, sometimes afew coats are needed, first coat onto framework

 

 

sizing it up...

 

 

put pva all along the baseline and cut some moss (yes the stuff down forest like) into fine bits., sprinkle over the area you've glued...repeat till its dense, spray with watered down glue to set it solidish...

 

 

umm walls, cheeky fix lego taped together, then again the same as walls, pva and sand, then whatever colour you require on top...

 

 

the work continues

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some new cars in.. (ordered before christmas lol)

 

 

Fiat 127 - Norev

 

 

Fiat 124 - Norev

 

 

Fiat Panda - Norev

 

 

Ford Escort Mk1 - Cararama

[Mr Lobster]

^ I've been meaning to have a go at modifying some of them Fiats myself - we got loads of 'em and inevitably there are a few damaged ones but that does mean I can get a 127 with some Ritmo Abarth wheels on it or somesuch. Just need to find the time

 

In other news (and if you haven't seen it on our Facebook page) then the new Corgi releases for April - September 2011 were announced last week, probably a few of interest to mini-shiteists -

 

Mk4 Cortina 2.0S, Mk1 Fiesta (1.1L & XR2), Mk2 Granada (2.8 & Police) and Miami Blue Peugeot 309 GTi. Also, the first Mk4 Cortina is FINALLY available at the beginning of next month. At long last.

[binhoker668]

Wow - have never posted in this thread before, but HAD to share tonight's haul from the charity shop skip round the corner. Hey, urban beach combing is the closest I get to a beach these days!!

Thing is, they usual throw out several babies with the bathwater.

My room is FULL of such treasures!

 

Ford Group 6

 

Hairy Hustler!!

 

Ferrari Berlinetta

 

Mercury Cougar (missing passenger door)

 

Plymouth Plaza Taxi

 

De Tomaso Mangusta

 

MG 1100

 

Aston Martin D.B.S.

 

Cortina

 

BMC 1800 Pininfarina x2

 

Porsche 356a

 

Well chuffed!

 

The next two were in the same bag - had to take them. 6p a battery!!

 

Full of someone's prized tiddly winks!

[Negative Creep]

I think I can see the reason they threw those batteries out!

[binhoker668]

Totally, but they're way cool too!

[barrett]

I'm well jealous of that lot! That Mangusta is pretty unusual, not sure if it's worth loads though. I can't believe someone in a charity shop would chuck these in the bin, what an idiot!

[fotorabia]

Ive got the Ferrari..the BMC 1800..the Group 6 Ford..

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plymouth fury

[Lord Sterling]

I've got the exact same Green MG 1100, slightly better condition and I think I bought in Bridgnorth a few years ago. There is a small toy shop there that apart from selling very expensive teddy bears also sells model cars, he has a bargain basket of cars from which I've bought a Corgi Triumph Acclaim, Ford Escort Van. Volvo 740, and a some boxed Gama Vauxhalls to name a few.

[binhoker668]

plymouth fury

It does say Plymouth Plaza on the underside tho...

 

Shame the Dinky Porsche wasnae in the box and mint - some chancer's got one on ebay fer 180 clams!

Hard not to be a bit of a skip diver round where I live - charity shops (especially with old ladies in charge) in good areas throw out a mad amount of proper good/collectable stuff.

Always enjoyed the 'bran tub' at school....

[RedSparrow]

I'm no expert but I would assume that those BMC Triumph concept models must be worth a few quid!

[Skizzer]

I'm lovin' that Aston DBS Monster Truck

[binhoker668]

I'm no expert but I would assume that those BMC Triumph concept models must be worth a few quid!

Nope, don't think so...

My fave is the MG I think.

If I'm not careful this could be the start of collecting. And I'm already teetering on the brink of geek-dom!

[barrett]

I'm no expert but I would assume that those BMC Triumph concept models must be worth a few quid!

Nope, don't think so...

My fave is the MG I think.

If I'm not careful this could be the start of collecting. And I'm already teetering on the brink of geek-dom!

 

Nowt wrong with that! I teetered over the edge and fell head-first into a life of nerdism many years ago. You're right about those BMC concepts not being worth much, despite being a super unusual subject they were produced just as much as any other matchbox car of the era. The MG 1100 would be worth a bit if it was mint as it's on the early style wheels which it lost quite quickly, the DBS also I think is probably worth a few bob, as is the Cortina if only because it looks like it's in very good condition. We're still only talking a few quid a pop, but it's GR9 that you got them all free. Round here they'd all be for sale at £15 or something stupid

[eddyramrod]

Many years ago Airfix made 1/32 scale "modern cars" some of which were better than others. Some have been resurrected in recent years: you can still buy the MGB, Mk1 Escort and DB5 IIRC. I remember having one (count 'em: one!) FD Victor Estate, which seemed to have an even shorter production run than the full-size car as I never saw it in the shops again. It made up into a lovely model too, but being 10 years old I wrecked it over time... I would love to find a stock of the real old Airfix cars now! Sunbeam Rapier, Renault Dauphine, Frogeye Sprite, HA Viva, FD of course, Mk3 Zodiac... There must be some lying around somewhere.

[barrett]

Some of those old airfix kits have a near-mythical status. The Capri they did is worth megabucks I know, and I'm sure if you found any of the other ones unbuilt you'd have to pay through the nose for them. They did rerelease the Frogeye, MGB, Aston DB6, Triumph TR4A, E-Type, Ferrari 250LM and possibly the Escort, but the moulds for most of the other ones don't exist anymore and the ones that do are not 'popular' enough to put back into production (can you imagine many kids wanting to build a kit of a Viva?).

The reason the moulds are gone is because in the 70s a lot of the range was turned into a 'Street Machine'-style custom car range and they had to alter the original tooling to make the new models. Real shame that.

[morris_ital_lover]

Tis a shame, but some of them are as rare as rocking horse doo doo.

I've been trying to get hold of the Marina/Maxi and I haven't got anywhere, and any that I havefound have gone for nearly £150 clams (some nearly £200!), as a result I have resorted to tracking down uilt ones and rebuilding them.

 

The sports cars are ten a penny as they keep on being reproduced every ten years or so, along with the Herald, Viva, Escort and Beetle, anything else is rocking horse!

 

m0rris

[Mr Lobster]

So there I am, having a bit of a preview of Neo Scale Models plans for 2011.

 

In their catalogue they use photos of actual cars if they haven't got a prototype yet. So I'm leafing through the catalogue and come across a car I've seen before, the actual Dan_Hirst_Galant. Apparently the model should be pretty much the exact car!

 

Also, they have a 1:18 scale Mk5 Cortina Ghia which looks absolutely superb. Gonna cost about £120 though...

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some of my new un's (thanks brammy)