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Thank you David M., and I was pleasantly surprised at how well the working lights turned out, as this was my first attempt with that feature . . . You also mentioned the two suitcases inside the luggage compartment, which I made from thin card and then added those identification tags as an afterthought. Your comments are much appreciated ! David W.
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1:16 Gunze Sangyo 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Sports Saloon
Anglia105E replied to Anglia105E's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Thanks for taking a look at the sections of this topic that you may have missed David, and I hope you had an enjoyable holiday . . . There is a YouTube video link in my new topic ' Under Glass ' for this car, and I am working on some final photos also . . . David W. -
Here is a link to the YouTube video that shows the car in a finished state, and there will be further photos appearing here shortly . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gOcKwcgl8Q This video is best viewed full screen, and with audio on, as there is some background music . . . Watch for the changes at 2 minutes and again at 4 minutes ! David
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1:16 Gunze Sangyo 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Sports Saloon
Anglia105E replied to Anglia105E's topic in WIP: Model Cars
I think you have it exactly Bob ! This would be an owner driver, rather than a chauffeur driven motor car . . . Thanks for your positive comments. David -
1:16 Gunze Sangyo 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Sports Saloon
Anglia105E replied to Anglia105E's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Well, the early morning photo shoot did not go quite as well as I would have liked . . . I did manage to get 76 shots of the model car between the hours of 6:00 am and 8:00 am, but this turned out to be too early in the day. The sun did not rise over the treetops by the river, so there was no sunlight on the pathway . . . Despite early shots being too dark, there were some later ones that had the car nicely in focus. Although I did try many different combinations of manual settings on my camera, the background was not in focus, so forced perspective did not happen basically . . . Unfortunately the grey board that I was using was not grey enough, and it didn't blend in with the pathway as I had wanted. On the positive side, I did gather some useful information . . . For those MCM forum members who are keen photographers, the optimum settings for the NIKON D3000 were as follows . . . 1 / 60 shutter speed, and f / 25 aperture, ISO set at 800, and focal length was 34 mm. Here are the best 7 photos from the shoot, but none of these are good enough for what I was seeking to achieve . . . David -
1:16 Gunze Sangyo 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Sports Saloon
Anglia105E replied to Anglia105E's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Two days before the planned photo shoot, and I picked up the Phantom III model, only to notice that the suspension on the front passenger side had become detached from the main body of the car . . . This was repaired today, using super glue, and at the same time I paid some attention to the spokes of the wire wheels. Quite a few of the gloss black spokes were showing chrome from underneath, as well as some small areas of the wheel rims. Using some Vallejo Glossy Black acrylic, the visible chrome was blacked out . . . All ready to go now, with a 5:00 am start on Tuesday morning, when the weather is forecast to be sunny, dry, no wind and 14°C - 16°C temps. David -
1:16 Gunze Sangyo 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Sports Saloon
Anglia105E replied to Anglia105E's topic in WIP: Model Cars
By the middle of next week I shall be producing an outdoor photo shoot of the Rolls-Royce Phantom III, featuring the ' forced perspective ' technique. This will be carried out around sunrise, at a local rural location . . . Here is a small preview at the preparation stage . . . David -
1:16 Gunze Sangyo 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Sports Saloon
Anglia105E replied to Anglia105E's topic in WIP: Model Cars
This topic is almost ready to move over to the ' Under Glass ' section of the forum, and here is a link to the YouTube video that shows the model car at the current stage . . . The video is best viewed full screen, and with audio on, as there is some background music. Even if you don't watch the whole 7 minutes and 52 seconds of this video, have a look at the changes that happen at 2 minutes and 4 minutes into the video . . . Many thanks for following my Phantom III build, and I hope you find the video interesting also . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gOcKwcgl8Q David -
1:16 Gunze Sangyo 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Sports Saloon
Anglia105E replied to Anglia105E's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Mixed feelings really David . . . This might be as good as it is going to get, but I would prefer to achieve a better fit ! David W. -
1:16 Gunze Sangyo 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Sports Saloon
Anglia105E replied to Anglia105E's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Hi Greg . . . Your photo does show a Rolls-Royce Phantom III, but the body is not by Freestone and Webb . . . The part that you have circled in red actually a ' dummy ' hinge, because although there appears to be three door hinges on each side of the car, there are only two in fact. The hinge at the top of the door is not a real hinge, so it just matches the other two lower hinges . . . Also, your photo shows the front and rear doors being ' suicide ' doors, so both are rear hinged,whereas the model that I am building has suicide doors at the front, and conventional front hinged doors at the rear . . . Well spotted ! David -
1:16 Gunze Sangyo 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Sports Saloon
Anglia105E replied to Anglia105E's topic in WIP: Model Cars
The ' walls ' between the square sockets and the underside roof channel have been removed, using a mini drill and grind stone . . . Also, some further material has been removed from the top surfaces of the door posts. Test fitting revealed a slight improvement, but not really anything significant . . . All four doors are closing more satisfactorily, apart from the passenger side rear door, which almost closes. Forcing that door closed results in the rear section of the upper body lifting slightly . . . I would say that the driver's side doors do fit better than those on the passenger side. This might be as far as I can go for now . . . David -
This diorama has been done to your usual high standard Charles . . . One of your photos stands out as the most realistic of your many good ones . . . This would be in my opinion, ' the yard8 ' ( 16 of 28 ) . . . David
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I reckon you have cracked it this time David ! ( not literally ) . . . David W.
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1:16 Gunze Sangyo 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Sports Saloon
Anglia105E replied to Anglia105E's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Well Matt, just like you have noticed this, I keep coming back to the central division and the way it fits into the roof channel . . . All of what you say is very observant, and 99% correct. The one aspect of the structure that I must explain is this . . . At the top of the outer door posts there were originally two lugs, and I ended up cutting them off. These were only half lugs, that were intended to slot into half of the square socket . . . The Gunze Sangyo idea was for the top edge of the division window glass frame to be inserted into the channel on the underside of the roof, and then the two half lugs would be inserted into the square sockets . . . I am hoping that the following photos explain this better than I can . . . ! Based upon your excellent suggestion Matt, I think I shall have a go at removing those ' walls ' between the outer square sockets and the central slot, and then see what difference that makes . . . It would be wonderful if that actually worked, and I would be very happy ! David -
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Anglia105E replied to David G.'s topic in WIP: Model Cars
I think your figures look just right David, and any further detail might have comprised their period correct features . . . Well done Sir ! David W. -
1:16 Gunze Sangyo 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Sports Saloon
Anglia105E replied to Anglia105E's topic in WIP: Model Cars
The rear seat was glued back in place, having become detached during the problematic body fitting. Then styrene glue was applied to the location slots for the front forks of the upper body, as well as the undersides of the wheel arches at the rear . . . Very carefully, the upper body was lowered into place, while keeping all four doors in the open position, also both bonnet panels were in the open position, and the boot lid was in the fully closed position . . . Following a period of nearly two hours to allow the glue to set, each of the four doors were carefully closed. Both of the front doors closed well, and there was hardly any gap between the top edge of those doors and the roof . . . However, the rear doors are only almost closed, and they have a slightly larger gap visible, I had avoided using excessive force up to this point, but when I attempted to close the rear doors more fully, the glue joints on both sides of the upper body broke away from the lower body at the arches . . . Several of the component parts of the body are in tension, so they are springing apart, even after glue is applied. I don't think that I can improve the fit of this Phantom III body any further . . . This is a most unfortunate conclusion to reach, at 25 weeks into the build. David -
1:16 Gunze Sangyo 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Sports Saloon
Anglia105E replied to Anglia105E's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Having detached the front forks of the upper body, by breaking the super glue bond where the forks join the lower body, I sat down to examine the rear of the car where the luggage compartment bay meets the rear seat parcel shelf . . . The only option for removing plastic was the two upper corners of the luggage bay itself. This was done using the mini drill and grind stone attachment, and I then proceeded to test fit the upper body . . . While I have noticed a slight improvement with the closing of the four doors, the overall fit of the body is still not satisfactory . . . The rear arches of the upper body are almost making contact with the rear wings, but the gaps above the doors remain clearly visible. The boot lid is now closing fully, after I had cut off a small amount of the steel rod that forms one of the two boot lid hinges . . . I am absolutely certain that the division at the centre of the car, along with the precise positioning of the inner and outer door posts, is perfectly correct . . . Of course, if these were too high they would account for the rear end of the upper body not being to lower sufficiently. I can only assume that the roof panel might be warped in some way, and it would only need to be out by one millimetre in order to create this problem. I find myself almost there, but there doesn't seem to be much more that can be done . . . I may be forced to throw in the towel, which goes against my natural inclination ! David -
I forgot to mention Noel . . . the maroon Anglia is a resin cast body, whereas the blue Anglia is a 3D resin printed body . . . The problem with the 3D resin printed version was that there is a nasty circular swirl mark in the centre of the roof. Despite a great deal of sanding and priming, the swirl mark still showed through the Imperial Maroon paint after it was applied in two coats . . . This might have been why I put the build to one side and did not get it completed ! David
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Those flaws on the hood scoop and at the front of the hood are giving you a hard time David . . . If the Purple Pond can't sort it, nothing can ! David W.
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1:16 Gunze Sangyo 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Sports Saloon
Anglia105E replied to Anglia105E's topic in WIP: Model Cars
The more that I think about your ' size distortion cascade ' effect, the more it does actually make sense to me . . . Given that this Phantom III kit is 40 years old, it is quite conceivable that several areas of those parts under the rear window of the upper body could be oversized by as much as one mm. Then, as you say David, these errors in size when stacked up will be enough to put everything out, resulting in serious misalignment . . . Having removed some material from the package shelf using a mini drill and grind stone attachment, I would probably do well to examine othe parts in that same area . . . This is just a little more difficult, now that I have super glued those front forks of the upper body in place, and also the division glass frame at the top edge has to slot into the channel of the roof underside, although I haven't glued that in place yet . . . This will be a process of trial and error, so taking a small amount of plastic off here and there, until hopefully something drops into a better fit . . . Thanks for your helpful suggestions, and this has inspired me to investigate further. Certainly, your VW Love Bug build appears to be a similar set of problems. David W. -
Yes Noel, the maroon resin bodied Anglia is the 1:24 scale one, and sorry about the misleading photo, which makes it look as though the blue resin bodied one at the front is larger than the maroon version . . . In fact the two resin bodied ones are the same dimensions. I purchased the blue resin body Anglia 105E from an Ebay seller, ' sparkyfxdx ' who is based in Gravesend, and it was £30.00 plus postage. As you can see in the following photo, the blue resin body fits onto my scratch built chassis that was made for the maroon resin body . . . The Harry Potter diecast version is indeed a good model, and I purchased this one from an Ebay seller, ' buygoneworldlimited ' at £29.95, free postage. David
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Thank you Noel, and I do have the diecast version of the Ford Anglia 105E, as well as two resin cast bodies for this car . . . The Harry Potter diecast is actually quite a nice model, but the scale is incorrect. The manufacturer states that their model is 1:24 scale and I seem to remember the diecast car being too large, by quite a lot . . . It is more like 1:22 or 1:20 scale, although I would have to measure the car to be sure . . . Here are a couple of photos, showing the comparison . . . I never did get the second Anglia built for some reason, which would have been the blue one, so only the maroon red one got built. David
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1:16 Gunze Sangyo 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Sports Saloon
Anglia105E replied to Anglia105E's topic in WIP: Model Cars
The remaining two bonnet panel chrome handles have now been fitted on the passenger side . . . During further investigation into the body fitting issues, it was noticed that the width of the rear parcel shelf appears to be wider than the space into which the parcel shelf has to fit. Some of the following photos show the width of the parcel shelf, as indicated by the piece of string, and the string was laid across the space just above the luggage compartment bay. I proceeded to remove 4 mm of material from both sides of the parcel shelf, and then test fitted the upper body . . . Although there appeared to be a significant improvement, we are not there yet . . . It was decided to super glue the two front forks of the upper body in place, once they were correctly aligned with their slots in the sides of the lower body, and clicked into those slots. Then I made sure that the top edge of the division glass frame was properly inserted into the underside of the roof channel, and this enabled me to deal with the rear end of the upper body . . . By applying some pressure to the upper edge of the luggage compartment bay, and also squeezing together the upper body and the lower body at the point where the upper body makes contact with the rear wing (fender), a reasonably good fit was arrived at. All four doors close, but the passenger side rear door springs open when released . . . There might be some distortion going on, that is not obvious to the naked eye. More fine tuning is required ! The pair of chrome horns have been fitted under the headlamps at the front of the car, and these turned out to be extremely difficult to glue in place. This was due to the fragile attachment points . . . To overcome the problem I cut out two small squares of card, and using these as spacers, the horns were super glued to the mountings . . . David -
Absolutely David, and I try to keep busy on a daily basis . . . because basically we don't know for sure how many days we have remaining. Since I retired five years ago, I would say that the hobby of scale model car building has been my favourite daytime pastime by far. My wife does not see things that way, sadly . . . ( understandably though I must admit ). David W.
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Your flat black steel wheel for the spare in the trunk is much better than the spare wheel supplied in the kit box David . . . I hadn't noticed that you were building this 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 . . . You are certainly a busy builder ! David W.