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Happens all the time, I really should have put my stash onto a computer database, as I've got 2/3rds of my stash here in Solihull, and the rest down in London, I haven't a clue what I have down there.

Well I was hoping for a better start to 2021, but tonight it was announced that the UK has had to go into lockdown until possible the end of February, I'm just glad I've got money coming in from investments and the furlough payments from the government, but I'd still rather be out working, hopefully the vaccine will be available by the spring, so many of my trips overseas have been put on hold, but there's many out there worse off than myself.

Thanks for the heads up, with the projects I've got on the go and on the back-burner, it will be sometime before I get to start one, unless I get asked by Revell to build one for a magazine. Most of the photos I've seen of the original Westfalia campers had plain interiors, not patterned like those decals supplied, so I'm not sure which way I'll be going.

Very nice build Charlie, sometimes life can get in the way, I'm hoping 2021 will be more productive work wise than 2020, which wasn't great for a travel photographer, I love my modelling, but it doesn't pay the bills.

Very nice builds Mike, I only wish there were models available of the cars I've owned or grown up with.

That's been released as a limited edition, so get it while you can

Here's another way MCM could be sold in the UK https://www.magazine.co.uk/publishers

I first started writing for magazines back in 1994, back then it was just a two page article on the history of the Ertl factory, the security checks i had to go through just to get access to the factory in Dyersville Iowa was like trying to gain access to the pentagon. it wasn't easy to get the okay to get the permission to take photographs inside, but I did. After that I wrote for a few Radio controlled model magazines, then plastic model magazines, it really isn't as hard as it sounds, although I've always found writing easy, although photography is my main business and income.

Hopefully Revell will supply me with a copy for a magazine review, they usually do.

The joint between the body and lower rear panel is well engineered, and will be totally hidden by the quarter bumpers.

Managed to get a few more parts prepared for primer and paint, the inner structure for the bonnet is just dry fitted, I'll pajnt it before fitting it all together, the fit of the parts are superb.

It is Carl, and so far I'm very impressed with the quality, I just wish they hadn't moulded it in red, but I'm planning on painting it in opalescent silver, hopefully the red won't bleed through

Yes they did, but the joint will be hidden by the bumper, plus the joint is so good it will be pretty much invisible once glued together

I've only got shares in Menzies Distribution, which only distribute the stock for W.H Smiths, sadly i have no influence in anything W.H Smiths sell in their stores.otherwise I'd be on the phone trying to get them to stock MCM.

No, the prototype mk2 was produced in the early 1980's, the Corrado wasn't released until 1988, the mk1 cabriolet received a slight face-lift in the mid 80's, so the Corrado wasn't even on the scene, but I'm sure it was more than likely down to cost that the mk2 cabriolet wasn't produced. The reason why the Corrado wasn't a great seller was price, it was priced in the Audi price range, and it felt more like an Audi product than a Volkswagen, I had one for a short time as a company car, j found it very claustrophobic, although the 1.8 supercharged was a pretty quick car, the Corrado cabriolet prototype was produced in 1993.

Correct Jim, they we're all built by Karmann, I was working at Volkswagen-Audi when they produced a Mk2 prototype, I forget the reason it didn't go into production, the Mk1 was kept into production until the mk3 came along, the mk1 hatchback was produced in South Africa until 2009. Here's the mk2 prototype

Very nice build

If you're lucky, you can buy one of the limited edition one's that just been re-released

Absolutely superb build....

Welcome aboard, looking forward to seeing some of your work

John Menzies have been owned by W H Smiths since the late 1980, this meant Menzies could concentrate on it's distribution business, this is the side that delivers all W H Smiths stock in it's shops. As a shareholder I'm pleased that the stock price increased by 2.75% today.

The wheels are supplied on the chrome sprue, there nothing like the ones supplied by Tamiya in the MK2 Jaguar and Morgan 4/4, but with a little black wash, they don't look too bad.

Started this this morning, it was supplied by Revell UK for a magazine review, I haven't 100% decided on the colour yet, but I'm thinking of Opalescent silver grey with a red interior. The body had a few very minor mould lines to remove, but nothing too bad, the cylinder head and cam covers came on the chrome parts tree, I stripped the chrome and will be painted gold for the heads, the camcovers might get picked out using Aluminium BMF. All parts at the moment are just dry fitted as the majority of parts need painting before fitting.

Superb clean build....

Probably because a lot of British Leyland cars or BMC as it would have been back then, were designed in Italy, by Pininfarina or Michelotti, some British cars like the Mini and the 1100/1300 were also produced in Italy by Innocenti, using Italian components, they were always slightly different from the British products.