Mini Restoration

It was a few years ago, but seems ages, that I went to a toyfair at Doncaster Racecourse with Scoop and Woodsy. It was a massive venue with stalls laden with cars, trains, spaceships and planes. In amongst the junk boxes of cheap toys was this little Corgi Minissima. Made from 1975 to 1979, Model 288 was a 1/36 scale model with Whizzwheels and an opening door. The one I found had clearly not been owned by a careful driver, as two of the windows were shattered and the paintwork was roughed up.

So, today I finally got round to doing something with it. After drilling out 6 rivets holding it together, I stripped it back abd resprayed it. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of leaving it in the garage to dry and besides picking up some dust, it didn't cure well and needed to be touched up.

The windows were replaced with some sheet polythene from a toy package.

A nice little model which would sit well with a Corgi Bond Bug and the Heinkel Bubble Car.
 

The Pig Questions

Just watchin the film Charlotte's Web about the barn spider and the piglet.

My Grandson's asked me if the Pig Wilbur is related to the pig in the movie Babe?

Anyone know?

Dolly Hospital

The Grandkids are over.

The trucks are lined up.

The dolls in the infirmary.

The home-made garden drink has been bottled and labeled!

Phew! I need a coffee!

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THERE'S MERIT IN BEING A SPECIAL AGENT

 I'm fond of the old Merit Special Agent set. I didn't have it as a kid but later as a collector I found an incomplete one at a car boot sale. I spent a good few years trying to complete it but with only a little success, replacing the retractable knife only.

So it's always a thrill to see complete sets still around and here's one I clocked on eBay so I kept the pics.  Doesn't look like there's anything missing!

I discovered that Merit released the toy sprung knife separately on an Army header card. I never found anything else released separately.

 The last picture shoes this set appearing in the Argos catalogue in 1974. It was for sale at £2.25. Wow! Did you have one?

Did you have a set like this?

First Among Equals: Explorer 12: The Holy Grail

Check out Mr. Jay's amazing new find on his Explorer 12 website. It's the motherlode!

https://explorer12.co.uk/2022-haul/

What do you think?

Doodle Strudel

 Down-time messin' on Paint at work so far this year!

New Jersey Monster Garden

Hi Woodsy.Spring has Sprung here in New Jersey and I'm doing my part to make things bright and cheerful.

I noticed the decorations in the back yard flower bed were looking pretty haggard,and I was thinking of throwing them away.

Then,I thought of all the great restoration projects I see on Moonbase Central and decided to rescue this eclectic lot of Frogs and Crayfish.After all,I had all the materials I needed,so I dove right in!

I used clay to form any missing limbs,and coated them with Epoxy to make them tough and weatherproof.

A coating of paint for all,and here they are,in all their glory!-

BrianF NJ USA