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  2. Being a Grenadier, that would be desert beige, surely. 😉😆 Steve.
  3. Sorry about the house move A nice car and a good start Pat. Chris
  4. Good you are back to the Porsche and nice to see the front decalled up. Like a few of us waiting for that time the weather is right to get out there and start spraying!!! Lovely job so far and look forward to further progress Chris
  5. Just followed a Kia Stinger GT along the A25, probably only the third I've seen. Quite attractive in a deep metallic red, take the badges off it could have passed for somethimg more exotic. Matt
  6. Today
  7. The last win of M.S. Modified the front dampers and added some detail for the engine.
  8. Here what's been done since my last post. The car is now on all 4s and pretty much all mecanical aspects are done. I didn't print the tires in rubber yet and might not do so. The plastic ones look really nice so I might just leave them on. Installed the now finished cam cover . Added the temp probe wire from radiator to temp gage. Did the carburator protection grill. Normaly I should do the body next but I need a break so I decided to work on the presentation aspect of the project. Here's what I'm planning to do. The model will be displayed in a case but not a simple glass bubble. I want the case to look like a shop; steel framed, with roof trusses, shop lights and water piping. Also, I want to display the finished body separate from the car so that all the added details on the car can be seen. The body will be on a trolley that I scratch built based on pictures from the actual trolley used by the bentley continuation team. It will be displayed next to the car. Again, here's the link to my photo album with the latest pictures at the end. https://photos.app.goo.gl/p2DahEAtoFRgju8eA
  9. Halfords clear gloss varnish. Used it on many a truck. Live to Win, Born to Lose!
  10. Yesterday
  11. Until you went off backwards into the hedge on the first 90 right you came too....!! 🤣 (or would that just be me....??!! ) Lovely 'scort Steve, also looking forward to the rfi! Keith
  12. Brilliant, I had chance to speak to Roger and his navigator at Silverstone on the 'Tour of Britain' in 1976 many, many moons ago. He was our youngest son's hero, when Matt was only 6 years old. The only time he was speechless. James Hunt was driving a Camaro! It was a combined rally stage and race circuit competition.
  13. Nice to see this finally progressing again. Good work.
  14. I'm not sure if that's irony or 'we got him in the end!' 🙄 It would have been something to know him I bet. Atb, Steve.
  15. Tamiya Fine Surface Primer for me, for anything that’s not going to be painted with Zero paints. For anything that is, either Halfords or Stynylrez. Since the Zero system doesn’t want the underlying colour coat to be shiny and smooth — that’s all taken care of with the clear coat — then you don’t need the super smooth finish of the Tamiya primer… best, M.
  16. I've always used Halford primer and so far never had any problems with it. I might need to give it a light rub over with 800 or 1000 grit surface if it comes out a little rough, but it's always adhered fine for me. What I would suggest though is to ignore the politicians of all hues (actually, this is generally good advice outside the modelling world too!) and get yourself a stash of plastic spoons, especially if you're planning on mixing brands. That way you can test various paint combinations for reactions and at worst you'll spoil a 2p plastic spoon rather than a £20 bodyshell. (Poundstretcher is a good place for these)
  17. I have to admit that I hadn't noticed this as being excessively shallow, but I had noticed that the floor is quite thick being double skinned (tub plus chassis) so I guess it's that form of construction which shallows things down a bit. What did stand out though was the incredible thickness of the seat cushions as they include both the seat cushion and the base right down to the floor. Fortunately it looks as though that won't be visible once the interior is inside the car.
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