Alan R Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Yup that'll be the one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Here's my built Airfix Cortina, customised version. A terrible idea at the time and a deservedly bad seller. Jacking the series right up from the original series one bag was also a complete rip off. Not one of the companies better ideas. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperService Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 5 hours ago, davecov said: Here is a bit of progress on my current "build and weep" kit - the Airfix Ford Zephyr Zodiac Mk.III which has just received a first coat of Alclad 2 Pale Gold: That's already a better finish than most the came out of Dagenham 5 hours ago, davecov said: My father died last year and I was left some money which I have used in part to buy all of the Airfix 1/32 cars and I am intending to build them all. I'm sure he would approve. I imagine the looks on 'collectors' faces is pure gold too. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecov Posted June 13, 2020 Author Share Posted June 13, 2020 In the Sixties/Seventies I was brought up three miles from Fords of Dagenham and my mother still lives in the same house. Nearly every car in the street was a Ford and my father owned many over the years. My dad had a green Zephyr 4 whilst my best friend's father had a gold Zodiac - hence my chosen colour scheme. Unlike Ford, I don't include rust on my car builds! Dave 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan R Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 18 hours ago, Alan R said: Saw one of these on the bay just recently for £450! I was wrong! it was there yesterday £495! Cheers, Alan. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 CLASSIC and rendered so finely. SUPER build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 CLASSIC and rendered so finely. you did an AWESOME job on it. SUPER build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecov Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 On 6/14/2020 at 12:30 PM, Alan R said: I was wrong! it was there yesterday £495! Cheers, Alan. As much as I wanted the Vauxhall 2000 Estate, I was never going to buy that one! However, I bought a built example a while ago and yesterday I started to restore it by pulling it apart: Here it is after 24 hours soaking in oven cleaner: Just a case of painting and putting it back together now. Dave 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhouse Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 13 minutes ago, davecov said: I started to restore it by pulling it apart That driver looks like a scaled down version of the one in the 1/24th James Bond Aston Martin... Although I can't imagine Bond in a Victor Estate... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecov Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 Whatever he is scaled down from, his head looks like the Elephant Man's from the side! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onethritysecond Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Great to see people building the old Airfix modern car range - bit of a specialist area for me back when I used to manufacture resin slot car bodies and have most of the kits built or waiting to be built and have just finished restoring an MG1100 picked up at a car boot sale. I can confirm a few things - the Cortina was modified to be a ready made slot car by Airfix in the 60s by using a new under pan plus the kit body top and a one piece window unit, as was the mini and Vauxhall Viva (plus later some of the Le Mans type cars) and the re-issue of the Viva kit a few years back comes with the slot cars one piece window moulding as well as the original 4 separate windows - building one at the moment! The Cortina and mini were further modified by MMRC, probably in the 70s, to be open (pan-less) bodies with a more modern mabuchi motor (rather than the old Airfix cube motor) with, in the case of the Cortina, front and rear skirts glued to the body top. On the mini the skirts were added to the body mould. Interestingly the mould for the full static mini kit was purchased by MMRC when Airfix went bust in the early 80s and was the only mould be to be sold off - at that time at least. MMRC continued to make the mini static kit (but with the slot cars body with built in skirts) for many years - certainly I was still selling them in the early 2000s. Airfix also marketed 'build your own' slot car kits in the 60s of the Cortina, Viva, mini, Zodiac, MG1100, E type and Sunbeam Rapier consisting of the standard bagged kit plus the necessary parts to convert - very pricey nowadays. Built ones can be told from the ready made versions by the lack of chrome parts. Can't speak for the custom Zodiac but the Cortina and Capri custom car kits can be more or less built as standard (after filling a few holes maybe) apart from they do not have the original wheels (and possibly bumpers) and it doesn't look the the moulds were greatly altered. The Victor estate 'Rebel Rouser' custom kit never made it into production but it can be assumed similar minimal alterations were made. Resin versions of the Dauphine, MG1100, Zodiac, Rapier, Capri, Marina and Herald at least have all been sold as slot car bodies and quite a few are still available I think if you look hard enough. Also some have been converted to other versions - there were Austin and Morris versions made of the 1100, Zephyrs made from the Zodiac (but kept the incorrect larger Zodiac windscreen) and Ital saloon and van made from the Marina - I myself used to do an Austin 1300GT and a Marina 1300 coupe many years ago. Anyway, starting to ramble now! Chris 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyChiken Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 I guess the collectors only do it, because they are rare, in sure they don't mind someone else biluilding their own! It's a classic Ford, I last saw one on Uppity on Netflix, and was shocked to know they sold them in the states, must have looked strange amongst the barges over there. Your build is fantastic! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemodeller Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Hi Dave, How did you dismantle a kit that has been assembled, i.e., how do you get rid of the glued parts? I tried once by applying cement to the joints to melt the plastic but I end up damaging the kit. Thanks Kind regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecov Posted January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 24, 2023 Hi @pemodeller I know some people put stubbornly glued parts into a freezer bag and put it into a freezer for a day or two. That makes the glue brittle and allows the parts to be separated quite easily. I have been lucky enough to being able to dismantle my old builds just by using slight pressure or using a scalpel and not needed to do the freezer treatment. I would never add more glue to an already glued join. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 4 hours ago, davecov said: I would never add more glue to an already glued join. I've used small amounts of Tamiya extra thin to do that and it's melted old tube glue enough to part the joint. Just take care with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 That's a great result 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeff Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Very nicely done. I do like a classic Ford! 👍 Keith 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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