Bugatti Fan

Have a bit of fun when the Halloweeners knock on the door next year. When they say 'Trick or treat? Wait to see the confused look on their faces when you say 'I'll have a treat please!'

I find it a bit crass when a publisher axes a magazine then uses its title years on to produce a 'special'. It was inevitable that when SA was 'absorbed' into FSM the SA content would dwindle. Seen this so many times over the years when one magazine title gets amalgamated into another leading to its demise and eventually gets forgotten.

Ah ! Karens ! An often used pseudonym these days. I often wonder how that expression came into being ? There must be thousands of very nice women out there who happen to be named Karen who get really irritated about their name being used to describe a certain stereotype ! A very good friend of mine has a wife named (wait for it), Karen. Brilliant sense of humour who plays up to that derogatory expression. If someone winds her up I have heard her say 'You do realise that I'm a Karen ' just to see their reaction.

Self Checkouts After going through one ask if you can use the staff canteen. If you get refused say ' Doesn't having to do your job by scanning and putting my own shopping through a checkout qualify me as a member of staff? '

I have been following this build that has taken miniature model engineering to a whole new level. We all know how great the late Gerald Wingrove's models are in 1/15th scale. Having met him a few times in the past, if he were alive today I am absolutely sure that he would be congratulating you on your skills and for working in 1/24th scale ! As for the Maserati Birdcage, it must be about the most challenging car model that anyone could have chosen to scratch build. The late Manuel Olive Sans is the only other model engineer to have made one of these in a similar way as far as I am aware but in a much larger scale.

In Crichton's novel the tour vehicles were Toyota Land Cruisers. Spielberg used Explorers in the JP movie, so correct in depicting the film vehicles

Agora had a stand at IPMS UK Scale Modelworld this year and had a pre production prototype of the Ford Explorer from Jurassic Park on display. I asked whether the Jeep is planned as a follow up and told that it was planned to be done. Agora's car kits are in 1/8th scale so the Jeep from the Jurassic Park movie will be a great model in 1/8th scale.

Lovely veteran classic build. Nice to see some stock old timer Model T' s being built instead of all the rodded versions.

Due to a pending UK law about accessibility of photo sites that may be containing illegal images Imgur has locked access from all UK IP addresses for the time being. Whether this will be permanent or not remains to be seen. Unfortunately this move affects many other different websites too. It will be interesting to see if other hosting sites follow suit or not. If they do it will be chaotic for UK users.

That Rolls looks like the one John Lennon bought and had the psychedelic paint job done on it.

Thanks Helmut. Togi is a name that rings a bell and I think that was the manufacturer. The die cast kit I seem to remember is of the same car that Tamiys has since done in plastic.

Very interesting thread, well worth following. I find the 3D CAD that Francois does for his models is amazing.

Thanks for coming back on the wheels Tom. I have a very old white metal Wills (South Eastern Finecast) Bugatti Type 59 that those wheels would be perfect for so will contact LMM to find out if they sell them as a separate item set. I had another look at your T57 pictures and have to say what a superb paint job you did on it. The kit really looks nice and I am sorely tempted to buy one looking at your result. As I mentioned before that a friend of mine has also built one and speaks very highly of the kit.

I guess Techman was referring to Evergreen plastic rod as 'solid tubing' ?

Taking place this weekend in the Telford International Centre, the largest scale model show in the world. Details on the IPMS UK website.