Neddy
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You mean somebody actually designed the Morris Marina? Blimey, you learn something new every day...
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Welcome to the forum! Your models are amazing, I've never seen an Me163 Komet model before.
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No idea on the commercial vehicles but the blunt rounded nose on the car in the far right would indicate that it's a Humber. Not enough visible detail to identify which Humber or the year of manufacture though.
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Well, for all your troubles the model is really starting to look good. The door fit looks excellent, window glass ditto - well worth the amount of time and patience you've put into it. I absolutely love the body colour and the interior is looking great too. Lovely bit of crafting all round, but you have to admit that kit's taken a proper dislike to you!
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@Navy Bird Fascinating! Good find Bill.
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@CrazyCrank ...and five very scary minutes with a Dremel and a drum sander bit has halved the thickness and shaped them a little more. Using a full-size mains-driven Dremel on something that small is a bit like trying to trim your fingernails with an angle grinder.
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You're dead right, I only noticed it in the close-up photos. I reckon I can take a file or an emery board to the blades before I go any further. Thanks!
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Having successfully completed the wiring I realised I'd left some retaining threads visible and failed to tighten and tidy the plug leads leaving a functional but distinctly scruffy appearance. I've now tidied everything up a bit, hence the refreshed images above.
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Beautifully built model, sumptuous paintwork and interior. Apart from the wonderfully deep paint finish I also love the two-tone upholstery.
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I hope you don't mind me posting this, I was just so impressed by it I thought you good people might be interested...
I have two brothers who are also into modelling, the younger one tending to occasionally build in big-scale and the older one concentrating entirely on building and renovating diecast models, mainly 1:43rd scale. The younger one sent this photo to us both...
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The donor vehicles were a Vanguard VW Beetle and a Lledo Morris Minor Traveller, both 1:43rd scale.
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From one returning modeller to another,
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I'm a bit late to the party here but this is a kit I completed early last year, the first since deciding to take up the hobby again after nearly half a century away from it. The result was good enough to persuade me to keep at it but not good enough to display here I don't think.
If I may be so bold as to pass on one tip - getting the exhaust systems to line up with the manifolds is a pig. Several dry runs were needed before fitting the body to the chassis and installing the engine as I'm not sure they ever will connect and align correctly without significant surgery. I discovered the hard way that it is impossible if you stick to the build order in the instructions.
Otherwise it's a pretty reasonable kit IMHO and I enjoyed building it.
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I like the idea of the waistline, clever and well executed.
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I use Imgbox which I've found to be fine. I haven't tried Imgur but no doubt it's OK too.
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Fred, that's precisely the reason I joined this community. They are always encouraging, any criticisms are always couched in the most helpful and positive terms, as a result of which I've not only had the nerve to display some of my comparatively modest efforts but learned a lot from the comments and advice received. Dogsbody's right too - some of my efforts result in some VERY quiet periods...
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I stand happily corrected! It's a beautifully conceived and executed custom job by the Foose team in that case, everything just looks "right".
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Beautifully built and detailed model. As others have remarked, the paintwork is amazing and must have taken a LOT of work. Stance is good, engine detail is awesome!
Great subject for a model, I love mild custom jobs like this one. Everything just looks right, as you'd expect from a Foose project.
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I wholeheartedly agree with the general consensus - doors one open (drivers) and one closed and the hinges look great as they are. On a semi-mythical vehicle like this the hingery could easily be that size bearing in mind possible power-assisted opening mechanisms would need to be of a certain size. I love the colour, the cig foil speaker works well and your detail painting is better than mine by a mile! Bear in mind that close-up photography makes everything look worse than with the naked eye, I reckon the dash will look fine once installed. Keep going buddy, I think you've got it on the run now.
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I have to admit that when I saw the start of this build I thought you were crazy. Now, having seen the end result....
...I have no reason to change my opinion! It's batsh*t crazy but gloriously executed, the more I look at it the more there is to both admire and grin at. The world needs more people like you to give us a break from appalling reality - I love it!
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Engine now complete apart from exhaust manifolds, plumbing etc.
EDIT: I've tidied up the wiring and posted new pics as the first attempt was a tad scrofulous.
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Great news! I'll order more popcorn and settle down to await developments.
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Although I really feel your frustration I'm loving what you're achieving with what is in essence a bloody awful kit.
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As others have said, that would be one heck of an achievement in 1/24th scale, let alone 1/43! Superb piece of work.
Tell me, the trained gnome you get to do the engine bay and interior detailing - do you hire him out?
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Ferrari 550 Maranello
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Agreed!