Neddy
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Just like that...
Great workmanship, very neatly done.
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Heaven! I count four Dino 246GTs there. I've never seen that many in one place before. Beautiful, beautiful cars.
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That's what I'm going to do, I just wondered if there was much of a car modelling presence there - and indeed here.
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Cars I sorely miss...
1) My first ever car, a Hienkel/Trojan bubblecar that I had at 16 for a year and drove on a full motorcycle licence back in the '60s. That little car would only do 45mph flat out but had the biggest grin factor of any car I've ever had since. It also attracted the attentions of more females than any car since for some strange reason.
2) The first of two SAABs I owned back around the turn of the Century. It was a 9000 2.3SE Turbo Automatic, 200bhp of full-pressure unrestrained ooomph which tried to kill me on a few occasions due to a combination of turbo-lag and transmission-lag. Drive it gently and it was limousine-like, all wood and leather, quiet refined luxury. Floor it however and there was a pause of 2-3 seconds as everything wound up followed by a massive punch in the back as everything came on song at once. I positively loved that car and did just under 200,000 miles in it before reluctantly using the Scrappage Scheme to turn it into a new Audi.
Cars I wish I'd never bought...
1) A knackered Mk 2 Vauxhall Cavalier in nauseous beige with a 💩-coloured interior that I bought as a stop-gap and thankfully someone T-boned it after less than six months.
2) A Mazda 626GT that was just...boring. Nothing actually wrong with it, just bland, characterless and utterly boring. Bought new, sold three years later to buy the SAAB.
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Hi DB, welcome along from just over the Channel!
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This is the sort of project I love following and the work so far is amazing. Lovely bit of plastic surgery - clean, accurate and with huge attention to detail. Top work!
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Beautifully built, detailed and finished. Great body colour too!
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Great start and a great idea. This is going to be fun to follow... 🙂
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To hell with the purists, who doesn't like a Jag IRS? I say again, that's a beautifully crafted conversion - it looks like it grew there.
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VERY neatly executed! I don't think I'd attempt that in 1/12 scale, let alone 1/24. Lovely job.
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That is a great result and a tribute to both your skills and determination. The IRS conversion was an inspired piece of innovation and skillfully carried out. The finished article is a feast for the eyes and the WIP was really enjoyable to follow - although I felt your pain on the odd occasion! Beautiful job.
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It's at Wonderworks, the somewhat optimistically renamed Hornby Visitor Centre in Margate, near the Westwood Cross complex. Full details here...
Maybe see you there!
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If this is in the wrong place, please let me know and I'll remove it.
I've heard mention of East Kent Scale Modellers a few times and note that they're holding their annual Showcase event later this month. Are there any car modellers therein or is it mainly aircraft & AFVs? I'll be going along anyway but wondered if there are many there that share an interest in car models.
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If you go full convertible it might end up looking a bit like a Kubelwagen - now there's a thought...
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from another returner to modelling post-retirement. Here's hoping your mojo will return with full force, you're amongst friends here. 
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Oooh! This is starting to look interesting...
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Brilliant! Can't wait for the RFI thread.
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Innovative solution, brilliantly executed. I love it!
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Likewise welcome from a car modeller at the opposite end of the Kingdom, about 12 miles before you fall off the edge into the English Channel. 🙂
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Oh my. They look amazing, ditto the body - you've really captured the AC 289 look and the wheels suit the car perfectly. I've spent a lot of time looking at Hawk 289s (about the closest replica to the original you can get) and IMHO you've got it exactly right.
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Those decals are really effective, especially the small logos. I built this kit last year (see my signature) and remember what a tricky job it was even painting them, you've made them look really good though.
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Yeah right...
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Welcome from a fellow inmate of the bottom righthand corner of Merrie Englande. Abiding in the same city as your architect in fact! You'll find a whole host of talented and knowledgeable modellers here - and then there's me...
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My youngest brother - a pronounced petrolhead (spelled P-E-T-R-O-L-H-E-A-D, pronounced "petrolhead") and chronic serial owner of Yank tanks - once owned a Torino and treated me to a ride in it. I've never been quite so disappointed in a car in my life! So crudely built, underpowered and basic.
This one's looking good so far - really neat work on the engine.
Heller Citroen 2CV.
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You might want to consider an engine upgrade to haul that lot around. And a suspension upgrade! 😁