belfast boyo

Found a source of Jo-han kits in England,so have several coming my way ps other kits,pics when they come.

Thanks Jeff.

Got the wheel centres fitted to the alloy rims - just a dab of c.a. They are now secured to the chassis. Been working on the air intake for the engine,it is a duct from a Supermarine Spitfire. (1:24) It will take a bit of work but hey-ho!

Anything w123 or a 170

The axles and mudguards have been done in gloss black. The wheels have been redone to match the chassis too.

Finished the skid plate. And got the chassis painted.

Someone mentioned to me wheelie bars,well my take on his is a h-d slide plate. Will probably fit a pair of hydraulic dampers here to keep the plate downwards in use..

Like mine?

Decided on the wheel colour and it is Ford daytona yellow,my dad has a mk3 Cortina in his colour and it was rather nice.

Been thinking about this re colours and am thinking jag puple/ or corvette yellllaghhhhhhhhh or both.. instead.... Lots of zero paint colours to choose from..

Why not,they cam be show vehicles too. Got the checker plate trimmed to suite. Looking more like it! I had to section the floor in order to fit the side skirts,just a case of plating it to refit.

Thanks Marc. Starting on the bodywork as I want it to be streamlined. Going to have a bit of ''whatiffery'' here,so the cab and bodywork are fibreglass and tilt up hotrod style! It is only a mockup here so we shall see..

Thanks Dave. Got the engine sprayed today,a combination of magnesium,light burnt metal,jet exhaust with the turbine blades in stainless steel.Made a tail pipe and added two extra mini motors to it.

Started on the engine mounts/cradle,it is sprayed flat black because it is red plastic and I dont want it to bleed through! Working on the engine too,doing a few electric bits and pipework plus adding a couple of mini thrusters from I think....a DC9. The business end of the engine... The kit that the engines were half inched from,it was a thing from last year that went wrong decal and paintwise...

First of all here are the rest of the engine components. Here are the wheel parts,the wheel centres have been sprayed with black primer. She is on her wheels for the first time,found some checker plate that may be used....

Still looking for mine,a mk3 Ford Escort! learned to drive in one.....

Thanks Tim,will see. It is a Mobius kit repopped by Revell,more on the cab later.. The engine has had it's rear vents cut away and am doing the fronts,but....my arthritis kicked in and my hand was just cramping and dammed useless.... Back to the cab,the sleeper portion had been lopped off and the front glued on - no need for engine access here.... Thinking about styling perhaps the rear axle could come forward a degree? Wheelwise I have a set of genuine alloy rims from Hiroboy,going to see if the kit wheels can be adapted to use them..

Got the basic engine assembled,there is more to add but give it time, The chassis is partly assembled too,I have decided that it is four wheeler and therefore the rear axle has been moved to the very back of the chassis.I might cut the jet down at the red line and have a single large 'exhaust port thingy- very technnical here....' Not sure on the cab yet so this is just a mock up....

Thanks for that.

I am going to start something a little different,a jet powered truck! Using either of these.. Or this,I have about 15 rigs to choose from depending on spec/wheelbase! Using an engine from a Harrier,it will be a slow build so dont hold your breath - comments and tips are more than welcome.

Non roller for me,unless it is roller - Rolls Royce!

Nice save.

Thanks gents.

My first experience with a Jo-han kit and it was mixed...The instruction sheet was like a Haynes manual with drawings 'put it here!'' But overall the kit was fine,it was sprayed black then a chromatic violet with a green stripe with bright orange spoiler and rear window. These pics remind me of a Ford Capri with it's long snout..

Thanks gents.