[Transformers - 1976 Camaro "Bumblebee"]

That is so cool, nice job!

[Lotus 72D, Emerson Fittipaldi, Pocher, 1/8]

Apologies I misheard my wife probably, its 1:8 and 1:12 scale builder - Deagostini Eaglemoss etc.. Definitely someone doing the Lotus 🙂 

[Lotus 72D, Emerson Fittipaldi, Pocher, 1/8]

I have no facebook either, i'm abusing my wifes phone occasionally  😉

There is a group called 1:8 @ 1:12 scale builder - Deagostini Eaglemoss etc... you need to be a member but that contains posts with info and pictures

[Lotus 72D, Emerson Fittipaldi, Pocher, 1/8]

I saw on Facebook that the manual is full of flaws and confusing, which is in line with the other Pocher models but you would ecpect they learned from previous models

Did you start yours?

[Lotus 72D, Emerson Fittipaldi, Pocher, 1/8]

Glad to see its all good, now start building 😉

[Lotus 72D, Emerson Fittipaldi, Pocher, 1/8]

I guess the silver rings with the gold cones should go on the rear rim and the separate silver rings on the front rims

I do think its a great model, I lover the color scheme. Looking forward to your updates 😉

 

[Lotus 72D, Emerson Fittipaldi, Pocher, 1/8]

Wait I think that the part that goes into the tire when its on the rim itself, its not longer visibiel when the tire is mounted

[Lotus 72D, Emerson Fittipaldi, Pocher, 1/8]

On 12/29/2022 at 3:44 PM, Matt Bacon said:

Thanks, Bill...

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Thanks for sharing, why does it look like are dents in the rim edges?

[1/8 Scale Lotus 72c -3d Printed]

Very nice work, love the result.

[New iconic open wheel racer from Pocher (Big Boyz!)]

Hi Erik, the model looks amazing and I believe you straight away that the renders are cool also.
But Im still not convinced LOL

Hope you are right about the fresh start, it's definitely needed. Especially for the quality of their products and the service department, you should not sell such expensive models with so many issues.
With the first Huracan I missed a complete sprue and it took 6 months to get 40% of the missing parts. With the last one I requested spare parts in March, it took 10 emails and 7 phone calls to get the replacement parts on the last day of December.
Let's see if Pocher / Hornby learned anything from all previous issues with the Duc in their newest model.

[New iconic open wheel racer from Pocher (Big Boyz!)]

Looks like a really cool model in a very interesting color scheme.  

Normally I would have pre-ordered but I'm hesitating as the latest models had a lot of quality issues

[Agora Shelby Super Snake]

Love that, good build!

[What are the worst kits you've ever built?]

Without doubt the Pocher Huracan. Horrible quality for such an expensive kit

[DeAgostini 1/8 1967 Shelby GT 500....Update! 2/5/19]

That is a real nice build, like what you did with the wheels!

[Agora 1/8 Shelby Super Snake]

Cool build, looking forward to your updates!

[Ferrari Powered Corvair]

That is the coolest Corvair ever

[DeAgostini 1/8 1967 Shelby GT 500....Update! 2/5/19]

Nice work, progress so far is really good!

 

[Boyd Red ‘32 Ford]

Good progress again

[Boyd Red ‘32 Ford]

Again some very nice progress!!

Some pictures with dimensions in MM

  

How they look under the car.

Also have these, they are Torq Trust II I believe, they look like the wheels on your start picture. With the sleeves you can make bigger and wider wheels with putting a small rim from the left site into the sleeve

 

[Boyd Red ‘32 Ford]

Awesome scratch building and customization.

The wheels do look a little big in the front but I believe the Pegasus wheels are to small in the front, they come with very thin tires.
Should have some, can share the size if you want.

 

[Boyd Red ‘32 Ford]

Nice progress, looking forward to the next update

[Pocher Ducati 1299 Panigale S 1/4]

I skipped the plan to replace all bolts with stainless ones, this is going to be very expensive. And knowing  95% of the bolts will never be seen when the bike is finished. I’m trying to take the black coating of the bolts and put a bit silver paint in the Philips cross.

The both tires are sanded to remove the mold line, decals are on the rims and the valve stems are painted with Alclad. All the grey plastic looked really awful and has been resprayed with silver, also the radiator sides have been closed (screw holes) with putty. Same for the exhaust, this looks really bad with all holes in it. Also most of the black plastic parts have been resprayed in black.

The paint from the lower parts of the front fork and the brake calipers has been removed with brake fluid and these parts have been resprayed with custom mixed color. The dashboard has been repainted with black instead of gold, it had burr formation under the paint unfortunately.

I made one dumb mistake, I dropped the wheel center nuts (3) in the brake fluid and forgotten them for a couple of weeks. They are now more like chewing gum than plastic L Need to find a way to reorder these.

Overall going well, fuel tank and seat have been installed and some small parts. Currently working on the clip-ons with brake cans, trying to simulate some brake fluid.

[Pocher Ducati 1299 Panigale S 1/4]

Starting to look like a bike 

 

[Pocher Ducati 1299 Panigale S 1/4]

God, put a little oil in that thing and it looks like it would fire up!!!

Really sweet work there

Thanks, yeah the oil will be the next step 

 

[Pocher Ducati 1299 Panigale S 1/4]

I had some time the last days so I made a start with the engine.

The metal centers of the discs where full of sinkmarks so I sanded them and repainted them. I also painted the ABS sensor.

Also the tubes between the disc and the center have been cleaned and clearcoated. Out of the box they are black.

And the back end.