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    Ford Escort MkI Mexico 1/24

    in Ready For Inspection - Vehicles

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    22 hours ago, triumphfan said:

    Thanks Keith. The chassis and engine (this is just the block/head and g'box) was from Richard Griffiths. Richie is not on Britmodeller as far as I know. He can be found on Facebook and he also runs the IPMS F1 & Motorsport SIG, again on Facebook. He does have a lot of resin parts for MkI and MkII Escorts. I used his Pinto engine for the MkII Mexico I built alongside this MkI.

    The decals are from Motobitz.

     

    Atb, Steve.

    Thanks for the info Steve.

     

    Regards,

    Keith.

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    Leyland Retriever (1/35 ICM Models)

    in Work in Progress - Armour

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    10 hours ago, APA said:

    Sorry Keith, I missed this one! Its 125mm x 60mm so you were close. Note that there is a bench the full length on each side but this should be able to be omitted if needs be. Good luck. It's a great kit 👍🏻

     

    Andrew

    No problem Andrew, thank you for the information.

    Best Regards

    Keith.

    Trumpeter 1/32 F-14D with a buttload of resin

    in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft

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    18 hours ago, chrispisme said:

    The cuts made to remove the kit parts are critical and there’s a cast flaw on one of the intakes (which Cris at Zacto owns up to in his instructions) and indicates the easiest way to fill the resultant gap. I made all my cuts with the issue in mind thinking I could alleviate the problem with the foreknowledge in mind, nope it still ends up having a gap (although slight) at the rear edge of one Zacto engine intake where it meets the kit part.

    The instructions aren’t very clear on how to cut the upper wing outflow vents, I cut one of mine (the first one) in the wrong place and had to re-install and fill some kit plastic.

    The open wing Bladders have to be thinned where they join the upper part of the fuselage to lower them or a step will occur. I’m not sure if the closed wing bladders have the same issue.

    if you haven’t got them, definitely go get the Reskit F-14 landing gear with wheels these things are a work of art all on their own. I took the ones I bought to a club meeting for show and tell and the folks there were jaw dropping gob smacked, I did nothing to my landing gear but paint them and glue them on…they even fit the Aires gear bays like a glove.


    thanks for the encouraging feedback/ positive comments!

    Thanks very much for taking the time to write this. it will be very helpful when I put mine together. I will look out for the extra sets you mention.

    Best regards

    Keith.

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