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  2. 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
  3. Halfords clear gloss varnish. Used it on many a truck. Live to Win, Born to Lose!
  4. Yesterday
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. Nice to see this finally progressing again. Good work.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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)
  11. 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.
  12. I said it would be a long wait... and with the awful weather we've had so far this year it was nearly six months before I made any progress. Checking this again, it's the rear clamshell which is going to need most paintwork. While I had finished the floor piece of the clamshell, the main part was just in white primer. Finally we got some sprayable weather and I'm pleased to say that I got the inside of the clamshell painted in Halfords Flat Black (which is pretty shiny for a supposedly matt finish). Masking-wise this was the easy step as I only had to put masking tape over the outside. It didn't even matter if some paint came through the various vents as the outside will be painted black anyway. Probably of far more interest though was that this week I attacked the decals in earnest, and the front half of the body is now fully decalled up. I said earlier that I was struggling to match the decals with the kit instructions and they seemed different somehow - I was definitely doing Indycals a disservice with that comment as it turns out the reason for the decals not matching is that the Tamiya kit is for the '84 car, but I had an attack of numptiness and ordered the decals for the '85 car. Fortunately that's not a big problem, I'll just make the '85 car instead. The only problem seems to be that I've painted the front white stripe a bit narrow - it looks ok but if you put it next to a picture of the real thing you'll be able to tell it's not right. And that's all I have to show for nearly half a year since the last update. Thanks for looking.
  13. It is a beauty and goes very well too. I have been getting the bits together to build it, using spares from other VW kits and two Revell kits and had the wheels cast too. Chris
  14. That's taking shape very nicely indeed. As you say, always good to see the paintwork coming together. Trevor
  15. They all look very nice, but the VW Splitty takes top spot IMHO. Would be great to see you make good on your wish to do a model. Trevor
  16. Thanks Davi . If you look closely you can see the cuts and adjustments I made to make the decals go around the bubble arches . I don't use Microsol , only Mrs Windy37 's hairdryer on a warm setting to help the decals conform . Gary.
  17. Thanks for the recommendation, I'm very eager to add one of these Escorts to my own collection. Yours turned out really nice, such a good looking model! The decals on these wide wheel arches must have been quite a challenge but turned out very nice as well!
  18. What a great looking Escort! Really cool looks and you've got to love the engine swap. Beautiful result!
  19. Ooooooo yeah, looks flippin awesome, just imagine that wonderful V8 sound and power in this light veh, fantastic, what fun you could have. The engine bay looks fab. Chris
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