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Hi all I've added some of the pipework to the water tank.

Thanks

Added cranckshaft and the generator making slow progress.

Thanks mate tbh it along with most of the others will probably end up i the shed (lack of space) although I am negotiating shelf room with the boss.

More work going on on this one

Well my missus looked at me like id grown a second head when I bought these in the cheap shop. I said "what, I can see them being useful in modeling" she said "well if you start wearing my underwear we are getting a divorce" Heres the first use I've found for them. This is the regulator the kit supplies It needs painting but I'm sure you'll agree a big improvement

More work done on this (done some weathering on the engine block) started on the water tank, Im glad the 30+ yr old decals seem to be behaving themselves, got some oil staining to do to the engine block im thinking of trying to scratch build the speed regulator (that may be a little ambitious) the kit one just niggles me, we will have to see how difficult that is, I may still end up using the kit supplied one. I must say I don't remember the kit being so blooming awkward the first time I built it (then again Id never heard of filling or sanding bits for a better fit in those days) I'm sure the fit was better then as I didn't have the patience I have now with warped parts, I think if I was struggling then as I am now it would have been bin fodder, strangely, though I'm finding that slightly better as I end up thinking "hey I got that looking ok"( despite the effort it took) Sorry Tom will try to do better in the future.

More work done on this one, I dont want it too shiny as they just weren't (all that heat oil grease and smoke) plus they didn't have 2 pack paint back then (in fact I think most of them were hand painted with a brush) a lot of the pipework is moulded into the body of the kit, I intend to replace that with actual pipework.

Hi all well I've tried the first 30+ yr old decal (in an unobtrusive place incase it was a disaster)it seems to be fine I dont remember this problem when I built there appears to have been some shrinkage, when you try to add the front of the boiler it splits the joint so I had to add a shim to stop it. All seems to fit ok now.

Yes harry did (I'm not going to be getting anywhere near that greatness)

Hi all I built this and the road roller in my 20s(when it was readily available) and have been looking to get it again for years (but not for the silly money it was going for) well I finally got my hands on it for reasonable money. Look at all those lovely models they did round the side of the box. All those models sadly no longer available (probably several others too, I remember building the Rolls Royce balloon car not pictured there) another kit I would love to build again (I've never seen that available even on ebay, so I would imagine if it came up it would be huge amounts of money) Anyway here are the first parts to be assembled. And a bit of priming (after loads of filling and sanding. Oh how I wish Bandia would bring those other models back out.

It had apparently done a fair bit of damage that cant be seen and it had creased the gas tank you couldn't open the rear door and it was 5000 in pounds stirling I'm over here in the uk

I'm guessing a Taurus is the same as a focus here in the uk

Well since a nice kind lady decided to drive into my wife, whilst stationary in a line of traffic at a roundabout and Wright our car off (May not look like to much damage but was 5 grands worth of damage) So now we have a new car. It's a titanium 19 plate close to 13 grand only 7100 on the clock. Pick it up next Sunday.

Thanks guys

Not sure yet but I have a few of these kits maybe a restoration yard.

Hi all made a start on this. It's going to be languishing on a sliding somewhere, gradually rotting away

Well it's done and I must say I prefer it to the blue. Here is the blue version.

Very nice .

Nearly done now.

That's a great start.

Looking great so far.

Airfix and heller kits are the same kits just reboxed. They do build up to nice kits.

More work on the Ducati I must say I do prefer the new colour scheme and the look of the cut down fairing.

Hi all started the paint job, unfortunately it's a bit too subtle (I wanted a slight orange tint to the black paint job so went for alclad clear orange) 6 coats and you can only barely see it (not at all in the photos) so I will have to rethink and try another method.