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33 minutes ago, PatW said:
I remember these flying through the forest stages
Oh, yes, likewise!
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Very good indeed.
Footnote: Saw some footage of testing for 2021 Monte and Alpine are running the new A110, so come on, some kit maker, lets have the new A110 - complete the set, so to speak.
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And even the odd wheel (right rear). It's touches like that that make your build so good. Excellent work!
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14 hours ago, Paul H said:
Now that is a modern car kit I would be very excited by - come on Tamiya, it would make a fab combo with the classic A110!
Exactly!!
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Very nice. How long before somebody produces a kit of the new A110, I wonder?
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I like that, I like that a lot.
Now...hmmm...the complete set of Edinburgh Corporation double deckers of the mid '60s - spent a lot of time on them. Not sure of the body builders, but they had Leyland, Guy and Daimler chassis and they all looked different. Very partisan livery as they were painted in Hearts colours!
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Just caught up with this. The full build photos are so realistic, then you get the "Hand of god" just to show the scale.
Excellent work that I will never be able to come close to.
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Damn it! I'm hungry!
That is one magnificent bit of modelling.
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silver911 - thanks. I've used the alternative method of the nail buffing blocks from Poundland with success on genuine raised mould lines, but this feels different. I just cannot feel that line at all, it's as if it's in the plastic, not a mould join. Knowing you've tackled these kits, did yours have lines like that on the screens.
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Hope you don't mind, but I'm posting this here as it's a thread visited by all of the 1/12 934 builders.
Below is an image of the rear screen on mine, taped in place so I could check the fit and position of the engine cover with an eye to plumbing a couple of hoses into the oil cooler.
Suddenly I noticed that very fine line in the moulding, running from top to bottom, it can just be seen next to where the light is reflected.
I've felt it very carefully and I can't detect which surface it's on. It's a bit like a reverse mould line on an aircraft windscreen, but much finer.
I've got the tools to remove such mould lines and have done it on such as an SU-27, but this is different! This isn't a 1/48 canopy, this is a big bit of glazing and I'm seriously worried about creating a massive FU if I try. Front screen is the same, BTW.
Any advice, please?
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10 hours ago, keefr22 said:
Errm - Jimmy?
Errm - YES! Where on earth did I get Malcolm from? I blame Covid, it's getting the better of me. Aha...Malcolm Wilson!
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19 minutes ago, Spiny said:
Hard to believe this is a quarter of a century ago, I feel old now
I am old now, and old enough to remember his dad, the great Malcolm.
WRT to Ladas, back in my day we had the Wartburgs from the East. Very amusing at stage starts as they would switch the two strokes off to stop them oiling, then turn them on when the marshall held up the "five to go" fingers - and off they went, with a sort of slowly increasing ping, ping, ping sound! Such fun. Of course, they managed class wins, mainly because the crew could roll it, get out, lift it back on its wheels and carry on as if nothing had happened.
Mind you, main excitement back then was my first works A110 in the Scottish borders, maybe Cardrona; into hairpins almost backwards, scrabble for grip and away - breathtaking.
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That's an interesting way to scratch a distributor - mental note taken.
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5 hours ago, keefr22 said:
I had a Wardance red Avenger Tiger in amongst all the Mk1 & 2 Escorts back in the 70's. Really liked it until I wrote it off....
There are "shames" and "shames" and that could be classed as a major one!
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5 hours ago, MR2Don said:
Harsh! I had a bright yellow Avenger GT which we took down to the South of France (Tourettes sur Loup) in 1981 to visit my sister. No problems at all except knackering a set of pads heading back up the Route Napoleon. We also went on the Hovercraft (remember that), were what we thought must be last car on but when we went back down to get it there was a Mini parked sideways behind it!
If this works (I'm never sure how to do it with Flickr), here's my Avenger outside my sister's then house up in the hills near Tourette sur Loup, after an "interesting" journey of some 900+ miles in 2 days (no Autoroute). Oh, and BTW, I don't look like that any longer (who said "Hooray!)
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11 hours ago, Rick Brown said:
Twenty odd thousand more than I'd expect !
Harsh! I had a bright yellow Avenger GT which we took down to the South of France (Tourettes sur Loup) in 1981 to visit my sister. No problems at all except knackering a set of pads heading back up the Route Napoleon. We also went on the Hovercraft (remember that), were what we thought must be last car on but when we went back down to get it there was a Mini parked sideways behind it!
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1 hour ago, Martin1962 said:
re-releasing the Datsun 240Z Safari
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13 hours ago, stevehnz said:
Fiat 850 coupe obviously someone's very well kept pride & joy on an outing. I've not seen one for years
Last time I saw one was in Faro two years ago, it lived (with little sign of moving) in the street where we'd rented an apartment. Bright green in colour it looked good from a reasonable distance, but I took a close look one day and - blimey! the rust patches all over it! Shame, really.
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Well! An MR2 Mk2, or should I say another Mk2 as I don't class mine as "spot of the day"!
Hatfield Broad Oak, parked at the side, red, Rev1 as 'J' reg and 14" wheels. Nice to see one at all, I can drive miles and never see one.
More interesting, but I'd need a much longer look than just driving past - a yellow coloured, well past its best something. Lots of bits missing, but sports car style. I thought it might have been a Jensen Healey but looking a Wikipedia photos, I'm not at all sure. I'd need to revisit, it was sitting in somebody's front yard.
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I built one of these back in the day when it was a new kit! Sadly has been lost through various reasons, but it would never have been as good as what you can produce. Crack on, I'll be watching.
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So much good, well considered detailing in there, e.g. the "editied" DDR plate. Excellent job.
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3 hours ago, malpaso said:
Say the blokes with wide body minis bearing mad-tuned engines! Lol
What! My MR2! Not the last time I was out in it.
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50 minutes ago, keefr22 said:
I know it's all personal taste but.....
And me - pass the bucket!
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On 9/27/2020 at 8:56 AM, MR2Don said:
Dimension wise, they were about the same size as my MR2, a bit lower, but half the weight
Well, interesting.
I've got the Fujimi MR2 Mk2 kit and also a trio of A110s. Sitting the Tamiya A110 body shell next to the MR2, it is smaller than I thought; noticeably shorter, narrower and much lower. Maybe a photo to follow to show.
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Alpine A110
in Ready For Inspection - Vehicles
Posted · Edited by MR2Don
If the forum can read it, url from French press of what's coming! Apologies for all the other crap in it and that it's in French.
https://www.rallye-sport.fr/guigou-avec-lalpine-a110-rally-rgt-au-monte-carlo/