DonW

Really nice, love the colour, but one question - how do the exhaust gases escape?

That's an insult to us fish!

Fabulous. I see what you mean on the funnel, I've never seen anything like that design on a battleship. But I never knew a lot about French ships. Thanks for sharing this.

Thanks Leslie, it's a good idea but I haven't got any! I do have lots of bits of wood, so something will turn up. The centre cone is still there, it's just the blades I need. Cheers, -Don.

Thanks. I'll have a shot at the prop blades, I have to use wood of course, to match the rest of the model. How hard can it be? Very, I suspect.

Great build, Tony. Not what I expected from the date in the Subject line! I knew Panhard stopped building cars in the 'sixties. Cheers, -Don.

I love the heat shields on the pipes. Well actually i love it all!

Sorry this got posted twice, not sure what I did! Please can one of the Mods delete one of them? Thanks, -Don.

This 1/72 scale model was made from wood during WW2 by a friend of the family (named Eric Bates for what it's worth) who was an Air Raid Precautions Warden in the second world war (too young to join the RAF proper). He gave it to me when I was a teenager and somewhere along the way it's lost its propellor blades and one of the elevators. So I finally had a bit of time to at least do something about the elevator - I'm still thinking about the prop... So I found a suitable piece of workable and close-grained wood and got carving (with my Swiss Army knife), filing and sanding. Now to get on with priming and final sanding then finding some matching paint. Hopefully I can get this Under Glass once done - with or without the prop! I love this model for it's brush-painted craft work and it's fantastic accuracy in terms of the shape and the hand fettled details. And it is around eighty years old. The black and white coulor scheme on the underside was in use from 1936 to 1940 as an aid to aircraft recognition (friend or foe) from the ground. Here's the result so far:

Apologies if there is already a thread on this - I have a feeling there is but I can't find it. But an old friend (we were at school together in the seventies) sent this photo from those days recently so I thought I'd share it. It's a bunch of us, mainly 6th formers at our school. We decided to dress as gangsters and took a few photos on the driveway of one of our homes. The car is my 1953 RME Riley, all leather and wood inside. The Riley and a Ford Corsair where our chief transport in those days and we had many happy times in the old Riley. 1500cc twin cam (operating the valves via short pushrods). Handled like a dream, often sideways! and good for 80 mph with the help of polished inlet manfolding and a free-flow air filter. I passed my driving test in that car, and kept it for several years before getting into BMWs. I sold it for more than I'd paid, and got the same amount again by selling the number plate (MEW11) seperately to a guy called Dave Mew! This shot captures something of the essence of it all. I'm top left. Thankfully I adopted a centre parting shortly afterwards. Here's a couple of pictures of the RME (these aren't mine):

It may well be. It is mentioned in May's Classic & Sportscar, in a sidebar to an article about an H.R.G.

That's good to know, I don't know why! Thanks -Don.

I agree that some of the last Countach versions with the horrible bodykits missed the mark, and a few recent Ferraris but the 917? Nooo. Here's an obscure Palmerism that manages to look better from some angles (at least from the side) than the car that inspired it. A guy back in the seventies wanted a Lamborghini Espada but didn't have the money so commissioned this vehicle, later christened the Esporando, on a CV-8 Jensen chassis with Chrysler V8: The original:

Hi Glenn This was one of my first contenders in the original post, but the one you posted is slightly different and actually manages to be worse! From my original post: Porsche 917 replica anyone? Here's a real one: And here's a slightly better one by JW Automotive: Still missing that essential menace! Cheers, -Don.

You have to admire the way they got every aspect of it just that bit wrong. Wonder what's happening under that funny squareish hump betwwen the headlights? And my favourite faux par that's not uncommon on vehicles of this ilk, the 'scoops' that don't actaully let air in or out.

Same rep this side of the pond. Cheers, -Don.

Woolf Barnato's 1930 Speed Six Bentley with Gurney Nutting coachwork (the 'Blue Train' car): Almost acceptable replica by Racing Green Engineering, based on 1950s Bentley running gear: Close but no cigar...

Very Palmer, they couldn't even get the right number of exhaust downpipes (I have a feeling there are 4 on the other side as well)! Nothing wrong with it as a fun car - I don't dislike them either - but just look at the original! Insanely brutal, no frills and utterly fabulous! Quite possibly faster than an Excalibur too, for as long as the blower was engaged...

You mean it's not a '32 Ford so it must be rubbish!☺️

Might be a good idea to start a new thread for all these posts that way off topic! ?

Spellcheck is such a joy sometimes!I just noticed a typo in my own comment, above! 'tough' instead of 'though'! Cheers, -Don.

What an interesting subject, even though it sadly can't be made to run. At least there's no danger of wearing out those notorious rotor tip seals. May I respectfully suggest you correct the typo in the Subject heading? Cheers, -Don.

Yes they were fun to look at, no offence meant, Jesse,

Fair comment! Also the GT70, thought that was a lot less successful. And the handling benefits generally speak for themselves. Just call me old-fashioned!

It's a fake. Not a genuine survivor - but in fairness, pretty well put together.