MR2Don
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Just found this thread and the box photo is interesting; that's "Sally B" the Duxford B-17 in the background - black and yellow checker pattern on the inner starboard engine cowling.
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6 hours ago, keefr22 said:
it was actually a bit lighter than standard as the passenger floor had rusted away and a piece of plywood and a couple of Daily Mirrors had been fibreglassed in it's place....!!!
Aah, the good old days!
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Those are my most favourite "wish I had the money for one" cars, ever since seeing a works one hurtling through a Scottish forest, round an uphill hairpin near on backwards way back then.
I've got both kits, the road one and the Monte version with the proper 6 spoke wheels. I stopped work on the road one ages ago as the wheels are wrong; wrong pattern, even for a standard car, and moulded with 4 studs - Alpines only have three.
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10 hours ago, rs2man said:
I was out for a walk to the local shop this evening and spotted this Vanden Plas Princess 1100
I learnt to drive in the Morris version and my dad bought one for a while. I always liked it.
BTW, the BSM one had a drawing pin stuck into the rear window rubber in exactly the right place for lining up to the pavement for the reversing requirement.
That VDP looks very neat.
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12 hours ago, Stu_davros said:
As it was built more than 40 years ago it's now exempt from MOT. July 2019 would have been the last it needed.
Aah, I'd forgotten that.
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Emmm...this is interesting. I can't help it, always do it, just through curiosity, but that reg number belongs to a Ferrari 308 Dino (GT4) and it's MoT expired last July...unless it has very recently got one! Mind you, it's never had a failure recorded.
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Curiosity on my part. What is the smaller bore "exhaust" that sits next to the main one, I've noticed it on a lot of 934 photos and I've got the Tamiya 1/12 934RSR to set about at some point.
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Lawn Lane, Chelmsford today. Only a brief glance as I was on my bike, trying to avoid potholes and with my glasses slipping down a bit (should I be allowed out?!?), but what I think must have been a very nice black Healey 100. Had the narrow almost "V" shaped grill, which I believe means it's not a 100/6, but it sounded like a six!
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This Youtube is 9 minutes of an attempt to start one after 30 years. I find it fascinating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU0r99fyD0U
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"Fairly Happy"!!!!
Ye, gods, just look at it, just look at that tax disc. Absolutely brilliant!
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1 hour ago, Windy37 said:
Good result again . Nice to see a Stratos not in Alitalia colours .
Echo that!
If you want to see Stratos in alternative liveries, check out historic rally videos on Youtube - they're still out there in all sorts of colours!
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There are times you click on a post and just go "WOW!" - this is one of them.
RESPECT!!
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Where Mr T started to get it right with sports car, and the best possible start. Gorgeous car that I'd swap mine for anytime, but I haven't got the additional £300,000 or more. Shame!
Well built model, though, might look for one to sit beside my Fujimi MR2 when I get it done.
In fact, thinking about it, I might do some Googling and try to find out how many Toyota sports cars have 1/24 kits and build a collection!
10 hours ago, Spiny said:I would have to agree with Schwartzbrot above about the headlights and wheels.
Reference the headlights...easy answer, only drive it in daylight!
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Having just been outside to mine, I can confirm that, with a standard ride height, the distance from the top of the trim line to the ground, immediately where it intersects the rear of the front wheel arch, is 540mm. Similarly, at the front edge of the rear arch, it is 610mm.
I've dry assembled my kit and measured it and the ride height matches these figures scaled down by 1/24, i.e. 22.5mm front, 24mm rear, so it appears no need to lower the kit.
If the OP had achieved the dimension in a similar way, maybe his subject car had been lowered - many have been. The other thing that might cause confusion is the wheels scale wrong, should be 15", scale to 17", although the rolling diameter is right at 24". Tyre width is wrong for standard, should be 195 front, 225 rear, with 17" wheels, typical is 215 and 245, model scales to 250mm all round (and that's a shame). Nothing wrong with 17" on a Mk2, (many people do, as 225/50x15" tyres are very rare now), it's just Mr T never produced them to the MR2 pattern.
Can't have everything, though!
Ehmm...is this turning into an MR2 forum?
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I got this hint from this site in a post about removing mould lines from return curve canopies, e.g. SU27. If they still market them and if you've got one and if it's actually open (debateable just now) Poundland do (did, you can never be sure) a set of three manicure blocks. Square foam base block with four surfaces - file, buff, smooth, shine. These will polish out just about anything.
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5 minutes ago, klubman01 said:
It should really have the Silk Cut logos on the side.
"Poetic licence" from Hasegawa in order to not promote tobacco?
Or maybe not, I've found an image on Google of one in livery without Silk Cut, but with "Jaguar" displayed as "Jaguar Finance". You can find details here:
https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/chassis/8/Jaguar-XJR-9-LM-J12-C-688.html
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1 hour ago, Natter said:
The best looking BMW ever. (IMHO)
Fully concur. Good model, too!
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Just caught up with this; that dashboard is magnificent!
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Terrific model of a brute of a car. Well done!
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7 minutes ago, keefr22 said:
I do wish you lot would stop posting pics of such great bike builds - I've never really been into bikes but the more I see posted on here, the worse the itch is getting!
Me too!
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That I like! And the street background is very well done. I didn't know you had huge giants in Canada.
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Oops! What I should have said, in amongst all that, is that the OP's representation is very good. Like the light coloured dash - very tempting, you get terrible reflections off the black one.
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Just stumbled over this while looking for MR2 info on undertrays (to save me crawling under mine looking!)
I've recently acquired one of these and am facing a task or two.
It's based on a Jap/US spec Rev 3 tin top, mine is a UK spec T-Bar, so lots to do.
Looking over the kit, I've so far noticed:
The wheels are over scale, they scale to 17", Mr T only ever fitted 15", but the rolling dia is correct (low profile tyres).
The underside detail is poor. Exhaust is wrong, cat moulding is awful and I think there's a few undertrays missing (see above).
Little things to change are side indicator repeaters off from the trim line and mounted on the upper wing.
Rectangular number plates, which will entail digging out the rear valance recess - tricky.
I thought I would have trouble with the Rev 2 rear spoiler wraparound, but the pieces are there in the box (?)
Modify rear lights to be smooth rectangle (prefer them anyway on the real thing)
and then...T-Bar roof - not at all sure how I'll do that.
I may post the build if it looks to be going OK!!
Re. above posts on MR2s.
On 4/14/2018 at 8:52 PM, Redshift said:Does the kit include leaky door seals and an odd smell in the cockpit?
Mine doesn't do that - hooray.
On 4/28/2018 at 9:21 AM, Cooper645 said:I owned a red T-Bar who's spoiler needed a monthly T cut to stop it being pink
Very typical of the reds. I nearly bought an entire pink car before I got my white one.
On 4/28/2018 at 9:21 AM, Cooper645 said:A really fun car, who's value is currently going up and up
Fun, yes, increasing value - still debatable. Would help if people like Heritage would recognise it as a classic, like they do the MX5.
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Aha, I thought I saw that lurking in the background of your MGB post.
Beautiful build of a beautiful car, before Lambo went all "wedge like".
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Tamiya Alpine A110 1:24
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Engine is quite nicely detailed, so visibility is well worth while.