Bugatti Fan

You could write a book on building 1/12th scale MFH kits Chris ! Joking apart. Another time build in progress.

Nice concept of yours taking shape here Les.I Incidentally, no one makes Skoda jokes any more !

Really showing the potential of those old Matchbox car mix !

Very nice model of this show rod. Skeleton looks good too !

Not a lot !

Not a lot !

Coming on nicely this build. Those old Hubley kits are a bit clunky so a bit of a building challenge to whoever takes them on.

Pure nostalgia. It's how us folks here in England saw the US of that era. I England absolutely dull by comparison , until the Beatles that is.

My late father served in WW2. Try as I may I could not get him to talk about any of his experiences. All he would ever say was that God willing I would never be dragged into being called up like he was.

Great progress. What woods did you use on your model Charlie ?

There appears to be a bit of confusion in this thread about machine origins The Unimat was made in Austria originally and I believe the later Unimat 4 was made under licence in Taiwan before being discontinued. My machine is one of the Taiwanese built Unimats and built quite well. I do not know why the parent company decided to discontinue production of those very nice little machine tools. The Sherline was built in Australia originally, but the rights were acquired and bought out by Joe Martin and production moved to the USA. The Sherlines are currently in production and able to take advantage of the market space now that the Unimats are no longer in production. The Sherline range is an excellent high quality package available for miniature machinists.

If you like geo political techno thrillers have a look at the series of books by Frank Gardiner who still works for the BBC. He was shot whilst on an assignment in the Middle East a few years back and paralysed from the waist dosn. His books due to his personal experiences and being still very much hands on as a studio researcher reporter give him a very good insight into the political, espionage and military things happening in the world today.

Why is it that as you get older the years seen to have got into top gear !

The Sherline miniature machine tools look like quality pieces of machinery and available. They do have a UK outlet. I have a Unimat 4 that is an equivalent that I have had for many years and use it regularly. Unfortunately the Unimats were discontinued a few years back. The Proxxon machine is the nearest equivalent now in Europe. To anyone starting out with a miniature lathe and/or milling machine no matter what make, I would thoroughly recommend Joe Martin's book by Sherline that will give a very good general grounding about using miniature machine tools.

I guess there are people out there willing to pay silly money on eBay for kits that are often indifferent quality wise. I would love to get hold of a Pocher Bugatti T50 even a started one, but not at the crazy prices being asked. Well over 1000 UK pounds generally for what is basically a big old plastic kit of 1970's quality.