Anglia105E

Yes John, I do find drawings and notes very useful to have at the workbench. I usually write down precise measurements, which helps too. David

The ' ROLLS-ROYCE ' plate has been printed out on thin paper, and then PVA glued onto the rocker cover of the engine. This nameplate fits between the front two chrome nuts of the three rocker cover retaining nuts . . . I am working my way through a few aspects of the engine detailing, as now seems the right time to do so . . . David

This evening a hole was carefully and precisely drilled in the centre of the roof at the top edge of the windshield. The steel radio antenna was then inserted into this hole and super glued in place. Liquid Chrome was then applied around the base of the radio antenna mounting point, and also along the top edge of the windshield surround molding . . . There was some liquid chrome remaining on my piece of scrap card, so I touched up the door strips which were in need of some tidying up. I am pleased with the result of this work and the liquid chrome can be allowed 24 hours to dry fully . . . As we go into Friday 14th November, the UK is about to be hit by Storm Claudia . . . This will bring us strong gusty winds and very heavy rain from 12:00 midday through to 12:00 midnight, so basically 12 hours of continuous extreme weather . . . The outside temperature will drop from 14°C to only 6°C for the duration of the storm. David

I seem to remember your good self suggesting that if the radio antenna did fall off later, then it might be a good idea to drill a hole for it . . . I might be mistaken ? David

Last night I test fitted the body, interior seating tub, rolling chassis with engine, and bonnet / hood panels to see how things were looking. In the process of assembling the two bonnet panels with the radiator grille shell, the roof aerial became detached. This was bound to happen, and so I shall drill a small hole in the roof during today and super glue the roof antenna into the hole . . . David

That would not surprise me Jose ! Murphy's Law and Sod's Law too . . . David

Yes Mark . . . The previous sill molding had fallen off and also disappeared, so I had to make a fresh one and chrome it . . . David

Tonight the driver's side sill molding was PVA glued in place onto the lower edge of the body . . . This was following 26 hours drying for the liquid chrome. Now a further 24 hours will allow the PVA glue to set fully overnight . . . David

Sounds good to me John !

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Steam also fogs up my glasses so that I cannot see what I am doing . . .

The sill molding on the driver's side of the car has not only fallen off, but it has also disappeared . . . This evening I cut a 92 mm length of 0.025 inch styrene rod and placed it onto a couple of wooden blocks, with double sided tape to hold it. Using the tip of the CD marker pen, I applied liquid chrome to the styrene rod. This will be allowed to dry overnight for 24 hours before handling . . . David

That fire truck is a good sized build to figure out, and it is surprising how much space the 1:16 scale models need. Funny that you should mention the kitchen table Jose, because my wife actually suggested that I take over half of our kitchen table to build my Rolls-Royce model while the temperature in the loft space has dropped recently. Her suggestion was a welcome surprise. Only downside is that her Chinese cooking produces a lot of flames and steam some of the time. David

That must be really nice Mark . . . To have an understanding wife who understands the positive aspects of this wonderful hobby is great. My wife doesn't seem to get it at all . . . Both my wife and my daughter have no interest in my hobby, sadly, and they would rather I did not do it. This has been compounded by the doctor's recent medical diagnosis, which did not help my case ! I ask myself, what would I be doing during the day if I wasn't building scale model cars and dioramas . . . Most likely wasting time and getting overweight probably. David

Oh dear !

This is how the STASH grows Jose . . . Also, this is how you end up with several boxed kits that are the same. One day in the distant future, one of our family members will sell our stash, and some of the boxed kits might make a profit . . . maybe even good money, but . . . we will be gone. David

Quality over quantity John is without a doubt the way to go . . . All detail is important, within reason of course. David

I know Jose . . . So many projects that we would like to attempt. Only a few of them get to the table usually. My ideas tend to go bigger and more advanced, which is a potentially dangerous thing ! David

We can but try to do our best John . . . No-one is judging us I guess, and it is better to do a good job than to rush the job . . . David

Good luck with your interior mirror Mark . . . They can be fiddly, and i do have trouble with the Silver Cloud mirror, which is mounted on a stalk on the dashboard top. The daily progress on my current build is generally good, but I would like to get more done. Having said that, the build is not too far away from completion really. David

Both picnic tables have been PVA glued in place on the backs of the front seats. Both vanity mirrors have been PVA glued in place on the rear three quarter pillars inside the body . . . I had been toying with the idea of having one picnic table in the open position, but this has not happened. David

At the moment both tables are in the closed position . . . I was toying with the idea of having one table in the open position. David

Well, two things Mark . . . There could be a small piece of clear plastic placed over the top of the liquid chrome, once it has fully dried and then PVA glued. Afterwards, I realised that there are no handles on the ashtrays for this car, so only the lower part of the tables have handles. They are easily removed anyway. Three additional photos below . . . David

Tonight was all about cutting the ends off four paper clips, in order to make the handles that fit onto the picnic tables. These were then carefully super glued onto the styrene parts of the tables. Also, I applied a tiny amount of liquid chrome to the vanity mirrors, while keeping within the frames of each mirror . . . Here are a few photos of tonight's progress, including a couple of photos of a picnic table in the dropped down and open position . . . David

Your picnic tables look fine to me David G. . . . Your dashboard looks really good ! David W.