1/72 ACE Models Austin HP8 Tourer

[Roman Schilhart]

Dear fellow Britmodellers,

here's my first contribution to the "Vehicles" gallery - my 1/72 ACE Models Austin HP8 Tourer.

Bought this kit @ GoModelling show in Vienna last year.

It's supposed to sit alongside a Spitfire on a vignette (one day).

Added rear mirror (scrap photo etch from the spares box) & windshield wipers (from stretched sprue).

The kit's convertible hood was too crude for my taste and was replaced by scratch-built item made from rubber gloves.

Hope you like my tiny car!

 

Photographs by Wolfgang Rabel.

 

 

Close-ups in this scale are pretty unforgiving, but to show off my detail work, here's the windscreen wipers ...

 

The rear mirror is a piece of scrap photo etch:

 

And here it is in it's full size …. my smallest model to date!

 

Thanks for your interest, best greetings from Vienna!

Roman

 

 

Edited July 15, 2019 by Roman Schilhart
typo corrected

[Bullbasket]

Roman, that's a cracking little model. Absolutely superb. Well done.

 

John.

[Andy J]

Wow that really is small well done !

[Luis Alfonso]

Hi again My Friend Roman!!!

Is a little surprise to watch this little gem transformed in a wonderful build.

Congratulations for this tiny masterpiece you have added to your always growing collection of vehicles!!!

I liked a huge lot how this one turned, was wondering how difficult would be to build so big vehicles in a smallest scale like this one, for sure soon will look about, as have found some Old Airfix antiques in my stash, leftovers of the time I was thinking in build AFV and others, but for sure, following your nice samples will turn not as wonderful as yours but at least 40% and will be happy with that.

Thank you very much for sharing,

Cheers,

 

Luis Alfonso