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  1. Probably more like "Illogical, Captain" I know I would!
  2. Believe it or not, it's true. I've built a few classic Pochers (two Alfas, a Rolls and a Bugatti) and I spent a lot of time, after breaking the screws in the plastic, looking for a tap - which is when I found the thread size, Taps at the time were very rare and about $1000 each! The screws break because the are brass which has been chrome plated. The plating process embrittles the brass. Regarding the other screws, they are indeed M2, as is the threaded rod. You may want to replace the rod with stainless steel (not too hard to get) as the mild steel rod will rust eventually. (Edit) I can't find the English reference for the 1/16" Whitworth screws, but here's an extract from the official Pocher Factory Supplemental Instructions for the Alfa kit It's in Italian, but you should get the gist....
  3. Actually they can. I've seen one. Can't say where it is, though, I'd have to kill you! The NDA I signed was worse than the Official Secrets Act.
  4. It looks absolutely magic. Is there any Airfix left?
  5. The threads on those screws are 1/16" Whitworth. Good luck finding a tap! I soft soldered one of the longer screws (minus head) into a length of brass tubing and filed three slots along the length to make a tap, of sorts.
  6. The dashboards arrived from Nick, and I have to say that the engraving is brilliant! Unfortunately they have suffered in the post... I'm not sure what did it, but they are curved in two directions - pretty difficult to do luckily, with some gentle flattening in a vice, and then a rubber hammer and surface plate, they can be recovered. I flattened the worst one first I drew the plate intentionally 5mm larger all round, so I'd got some fiddle room to get it in the right place on the dash hoop Looking good! I was looking through my photos for more detail when I came across this Notice how the dash hoop goes down the side of the chassis? I'd never noticed it before, and made the hoop to sit on top of the chassis. Bugger. So next is to build a new dash hoop out of laminated strips of wood. I still have the jig that I used to make the first one, so a slight modification will correct it. I'm off to my LMS tomorrow to get thin strip hardwood. Luckily he supplies boat modellers so always has a good selection... - and then I can use the second dash plate....
  7. If I think very hard I might remember some SMTS kits, otherwise I’d need to look at Four Small Wheels. Western Models made a Maserati 250f piccolo and Nick Masons Ferrari 250 gto as kits, and the Brabham BT 52 and contemporary Williams as built only. Brain fade setting in in, can’t remember any others.
  8. Starter also made the Benetton B188. Still got mine!
  9. Coincidentally I also drew up the Rev counter for the Birkin Bentley Time to have another look at it. Bigger script and wider lines...
  10. Awesome, Nick! In the meantime I had better finish the bits for the dash... The only part to do is the fuel gauge (Incidentally I love the fixings. Two hex head, one countersunk slotted and a hole...) I drew up the gauge face in fusion 360 and cut it to show the lettering And looked at lots of fancy programs to recolour and add detail. Most of them are so complex they would take weeks to learn (e.g. GIMP) (I'm still looking for a simple photo editor to replace Picasa 3....) Guess where I ended up? Microsoft Paint.... So the finished dial looks like The outlining that has appeared isn't present when it's printed. Also this is 6mm across in 1/8 scale so only readable with a magnifying glass. I've also drawn the gauge holder Which fits behind the panel I've printed the gauge onto photo paper through Word (you can size the image in mm so it prints correctly). Now for the gauge itself...
  11. You beat me to it! But we’re still right!!!
  12. The prize has to go to the Citroen BX 4TC Rallye (there's a model by Profil 24). Oversized, overweight, you name it, it was wrong.
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