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  1. Glad you joined us, always a pleasure to see your models. I’ll add Dollhouse Miniatures and Scalextric to the list too ! See you both again soon 👍
  2. Exhibitor List: Morecambe Bay Model Group (Exhibition Organisers) - https://facebook.com/MorecambeBayModelGroup Models For Heroes Lancaster Miniature Real Estate - https://www.facebook.com/rebeccasminiaturerealestate/ (Dollhouses) IPMS Lancashire - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1259812544044707 IPMS Bolton - https://www.facebook.com/groups/BoltonIPMS 144 Scale Special Interest Group - https://sig144.com/index.php South Lakes Sci-Fi & Fantasy Model Club - https://www.facebook.com/SouthLakesSciFiandFantasyModelClub Morecambe & Heysham Model Railway Club - https://www.facebook.com/morecambemrc/ Pendle Powerfest (Model Cars) - https://www.pendlepowerfest.com/ Low Level Rebel Models - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LowLevelRebelModels Lancaster & Morecambe Model Aircraft Club - https://lammac.bmfa.club/ House Lancaster Gaming Group - https://facebook.com/groups/557962824304946 Warhammer & Other Gaming In Morecambe Northwest - https://facebook.com/groups/749787678803773
  3. Glad you can join us Tim. All the best Chris
  4. New little show being organised by Morecambe Bay Model Group. Morecambe Model Exhibition - Free event being held on Saturday 17th February 2024 at Morecambe Library, Central Drive, Morecambe, Lancashire, LA4 5DL from 9am to 5pm. 5 Clubs + Model Railways and more ! No traders expected as we have free use of library but hope to do a more commercial show in future if this is successful Please see / like / follow show FB for more info https://www.facebook.com/MorecambeModelExhibition/
  5. Just finished this one, AMT \ Round2 1970 Ford Galaxie built as homage to ‘Ford Timelord’ - 1968 Ford Galaxie owned by Jimmy Cauty, one half of the 1980s rock\pop\dance\art duo variously known as the KLF, the JAMs and the Timelords. The real car appeared on various record sleeves and videos, probably most well known for Doctorin’ The Tardis - Number 1 hit in the UK back in 1988. History of the 1:1 scale version is very murky, possibly involving 2 cars and swapped body panels; going down the internet rabbit hole of research shows variation of roof lights, wheels and other details as the years passed. For further insight see https://rustyoldrubbish.blogspot.com/2019/12/who-killed-ford-timelord.html, https://rustyoldrubbish.blogspot.com/2020/04/who-really-killed-ford-timelord.html and https://autoshite.com/topic/33877-ford-timelord/ 30+ years ago I tried (and failed - looking back it was awful) to make a ‘replica’ using the AMT 1978 Dodge (Batman Joker Goon Car) and hand drawn decals - have been wanting to have a proper go for a long time. After spotting a super build on FB by Mark Griffiths earlier in the year, I found out that Patto Decals had created a proper set - wahoo! (https://www.pattosplace.com/decalsF.html - scroll to ‘Fd Galaxie - Doctorin The Tardis’) With no 1968 4 door kit available, the 1970 is close enough for me so decals were swiftly ordered along with the kit. I also found 3D files online for the Trancentral speaker stack (as appears on The White Room sleeve) and Pyramid Blaster which a friend kindly printed up for me (there is also a file for the ‘dalek’ that appears in the Doctorin’ The Tardis video …) Kit is very basic but looks the part; I stripped the chrome bumpers etc. I added a representation of blue light to the grill, used a white flashing LED (painted with Tamiya clear blue) for the main beacon and made side windows from clear sheet; other than that it’s as per the bits in the box. As the windows are blacked out I added a siren sounder from Vellman kit, this and the flashing LED roof beacon are connected to magnetic reed switches inside fuel tank - attaching neodymium magnets activates these. Paint is Army Painter white and black primer rattle cans, glossed with Tamiya TS can before decals and then satin varnish (Army Painter again) before weathering with Tamiya panel liners (used more as a wash on main panels) 3D prints were primed then hand painted, base is a Ferrero Rocher chocolate box with wet’n’dry attached using double sided tape. Finishing touch are prints of record sleeves scaled to 1/25. Will put a small MP3 player and speakers in base for next model club meeting!
  6. Thanks! Indycals are very nice, no individual carrier film though so needs careful work on each piece (I have some stencil scissors which are just the job). Mr Softer worked well where needed on non-flat surfaces. The tyre decals worked better than expected too.
  7. Thank Matt, thank you again for kit and kind words on build. Yes, Indycals are great (even allowing for everything needing to be cut exactly from the one piece film), tyre decals worked surprisingly well after careful use of circle cutter to prepare and varnish brushed on tyre before and after application See you at Telford again ?
  8. Looking forward to it, taking lots of things to show with Morecambe Bay Model Group
  9. Finished this one last week, Tamiya Porsche 956. Model of 3rd Place entry from 1983 Le Mans, chassis 956-101. Acquired from an online acquaintance as a part built kit with no decals or instructions (easily found online – Scalemates is your friend!). My build uses decals from Indycals, whilst Tamiya did a boxing with similar markings they are for 1984 and represent a different chassis. The kit includes Speedline rear wheels which were only used on factory cars; resin BBS rears were purchased from The Model Car Channel and an exact fit to tyres. Fronts are kit BBS hidden by the aero-discs. I glued front\rear body parts together as I had issues with separate rear cover on an old build; front of chassis was cut off and attached to underside to allow it to be painted in situ with main parts. Added seat harness from thin self-adhesive vinyl, some Detail Master buckles I had to hand and Sabelt logos from spare decal versions with red felt tip used to colour cut backing paper edges. Paint is Zero TS-23 equivalent with Mr Color GX Gloss with Mr Self Levelling Thinner before and after decals. I was fortunate to see the real one in action back at Goodwood 79MM back in 2022. As the car only raced in this livery once (it was in Boss markings 2 weeks after Le Mans race) the current markings are all recreations (picture below). Interestingly it currently has different bodywork around exhaust area to the original (presumably due to constant evolution) so my model represents the 1983 configuration as supplied in the kit. Chassis doesn’t sit properly under body and not all the wheels touch the ground at same time but pretty please with how things turned out all things considered. Build thread link if anyone is interested: https://www.maxted-page.com/car-for-sale/1983-porsche-956-group-c-956-101 has great pictures and history of this machine. Will dig out the Rothmans version (1983 Derek Bell 2nd place Le Mans car) I built 10 years back and do some group pictures. I’m at Keighley Model Show this Sunday (17th September) with MBMG if anyone else will be there.
  10. Excellent build Coincidentally I was watching this video by a Twitter acquaintance that has real one (in red) earlier and there is white S1 with that registration plate you chose!
  11. Superb build, just started mine and have invested in the Zero paint set for the beige and dark blue. Did yours have weird purple marks in some of the parts (release agent residue?)?
  12. Me too! When I get round to doing the RS based kit I like the idea of replicating the seat panels of the high mileage example in the Twitter pictures from Ian Kuah below (who I used to enjoy reading articles from in car magazines 30+ years ago!)
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