kpnuts Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Hi all I got this back from my ex boss as he no longer wanted it. I'm going to strip it and rebuild it as a different version, can you guess which version. It's very rare and was sold for £132,000 (hint there is a lot of wood involved ) Also I had to remove the exhaust as it runs differently. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooper645 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Best of luck, what a nice fellow to return it rather than send it on to its demise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mansfield Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 That looked pretty good before. Even the queen looked to be admiring it 😄. Interested to see what you do with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted May 16, 2020 Author Share Posted May 16, 2020 In the years since I built this kit I like to think I've got better at weathering engines realistically so this ones coming out to have a do over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 In the years since I built this kit I like to think I've got better at weathering engines realistically so this ones coming out to have a do over. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 Reworked some of the engine. When I first got this back I had visions of turning it into Chitty but then thought I would check out the different versions this engine was used in and decided on the boat tail version. What's funny is the first guess a lot of people made on what I was doing with it was Chitty (I thought turning it into Chitty was quite original and no one would think of that) I quite liked the idea so my question is (I dont know how to do a poll) which would you like to see most the red boat tail Bentley or Chitty. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 Did some cleaning up of the chassis. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harveyb258 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 13 hours ago, kpnuts said: which would you like to see most the red boat tail Bentley or Chitty. Red boat-tail Bentley.... all day long. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roginoz Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 As above !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pouln Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Yes, the read boat tail, pls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 Hi all started on the body (that rear end wont be pointed it is cut square on the car) It also flares out over the suspension lots of work on this part just wondering whether I will have to stain the wood red or if the mahogany when varnished will be red enough, I think on the actual car it is stained. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 More work done on the boat tail. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 More work done on the boat tail. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 Couldn't resist trying a bit of varnish, I must as after 2 or three coats I think it might look alright. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco F. Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Wow this looks so lovely, the most best wooden bottom i've ever seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Ooh that's good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mansfield Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 That looks awesome! On the previous post, it looked like a tonne of filler, then all of a sudden it’s become stained & shaped planks. Is that strips of veneer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 (edited) Yep 1x8 mm mahogany Edited May 27, 2020 by kpnuts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harveyb258 Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 On 5/25/2020 at 6:53 PM, kpnuts said: I think it might look alright. It looks more than alright. Crackin' job there, Mr Nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 Well I've spent most of tonight working on the exhaust (it goes down and under the car on the original version) it has to come out through the side panel on this version and on the actual car would have nuts to undo in order to move the exhaust and open the side panel. On this I obviously cant glue the exhaust to the manifold as I wont be able to put the side panel on and I cant put the side I've managed to figure a way to do it similar to the way it would have been done on the real car (will post pics when I've painted it all) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 Hi all regrettably I will no longer be able to post updates on my builds as imgbb (who I've been using ) no longer allows me to upload pics (this just after a week of them asking me to upgrade at £9.00 a month) just as well I didn't. All other free hosting sites seem to want you to create your own website to host pics (I'm not interested in spending hours setting up a website just to host some pics) so with regret this will be my last entry here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorby Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 11 hours ago, kpnuts said: Hi all regrettably I will no longer be able to post updates on my builds as imgbb (who I've been using ) no longer allows me to upload pics (this just after a week of them asking me to upgrade at £9.00 a month) just as well I didn't. All other free hosting sites seem to want you to create your own website to host pics (I'm not interested in spending hours setting up a website just to host some pics) so with regret this will be my last entry here. There are loads of other free ones out there, just have a look at this: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 I believe you could apply for a free (limited) account on Flickr, which allows you to host a max of 1000 pictures, that is worth considering, no ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted June 1, 2020 Author Share Posted June 1, 2020 Hi all someone suggested post image as a site so I'm giving it a go, seems easy enough. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 @kpnuts You might want to use the Direct Link which gives us the full size pictures to admire Interesting conversion, the boat tail is looking good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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