Junkman

Heller: (I include the late 20s cars) Alfa Romeo 1750 Zagato Bentley 4.5 Litre Blower BMW Dixi BMW 328 Bugatti T50 Citroen 5CV Citroen B14 Torpedo De Luxe Citroen B14 Landaulet (included a Taxi version) Citroen B14 'Normande' Citroen 15 Six Delage D8 SS Delahaye 135 Hispano-Suiza K6 Mercedes-Benz 500K Special roadster Mercedes-Benz 170V Mercedes-Benz 170V Delivery Van Renault Vivastella PG7 As well as the following commercial vehicles: Citroen C4 'Hotel Taxi' Citroen C4 'Pompiers' Citroen C4 'Waterman' van Delahaye Type 103 'Bonneville' fire engine Renault TN6C 'Bus Parisien' Italeri: 1933 Cadillac V16 Town Car (Joan Crawford's car) 1933 Cadillac V16 Phaeton (Al Jolson's car) Mercedes-Benz 540K Cabriolet B Bugatti T41 La Royale 41.150 'Berline de Voyage' (first sold to Briggs Cunningham) Bugatti T41 La Royale 'Coupe Napoleon' (Ettore Bugatti's car) Rolls Royce Phantom II #188PY All-Weather Cabriolet by Thrupp & Maberly (The Thakore Saheb Bahadur of Rajkot's car)

You know, Matt, sometimes I don't really like you that much. Naw, seriously. Congrats for the catch of the millenium!

You are absolutely right. I knew I had forgotten one. I think, now we have them all together in this thread.

Got the foil work finalized: and installed the windows: For those who have not built the kit yet, don't worry about the photoetched moldings. They are easy to apply compared with the hassle the windows will give you.

It's this kit: My guess is they wanted to do this car: Judge for yourself.

Hmmm, I only know of two Packards, a Boattail Speedster and a Phaeton. What was the third one? The Rolls Royce, a "1931" Phantom II, came in two versions, both left hand drive: A so-called 'Henley Roadster' and a 'Phaeton'. Both have Brewster-style wings. The real Henley Roadster the model was based on is still with us and belongs to a gentleman in Georgia. The Cadillac was a 1932 V16 Dual Cowl Phaeton. It is labelled new in my 1980 catalog and was indeed the last addition to the lineup so far. I know of three Duesenbergs, all SJs: A Roadster, a Dual Cowl Phaeton and a Town Car. There were two Mercedes 540K : A Cabriolet B and a 'Coupe', which imo has no real prototype. Then there was the Cord Convertible. There was also an MG TC, if you want to call it a 1930s luxury car. All these kits were excellent for their day and hold up very well even today.

It's actually part 37 that attaches to the body. This is where you can shift it up and down. With the stock engine in place, there is not much leeway to clear the bonnet. Bertoni (not Bertone) was determined to make the car as low as possible hence there is little clearance between the rocker cover and the bonnet to begin with. If you want to retain the stock engine, you may 'U' parts 23, 71 and 37 more, which will enable you to raise the entire axle unit vs. the body, while keeping the engine/gearbox unit in the stock position. The driveshafts will then simply have a different angle, but this is compensated by the joints. It would work, even on a real car.

You can bet your bloody wellies, m8! I'm in.

You know, you CAN buy and build two kits. It has been done. Honestly now.

"Well I'm back Didja miss me................?" Errrr... No.

Yep. And mint boxed today would be the downpayment on a house.

He still didn't show me how to make real leather interiors though.

I couldn't agree more.

See.

I'm 45 and made a 1/4 mile pass @ 4.93/312 last Sunday. Does this make me a drag racing legend?

There is no rule. There is the fact.

You will need to convert an excellent Tamiya kit. Prepare to pay a considerable chunk of money for it. This is an excellent base: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-12-Tamiya-Datsun-240Z-SAFARI-CAR-/300425180801?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45f2bc7681

May I remind you, gentlemen, that it didn't happen as long as there are no pics?

I wouldn't say there isn't much interest. I would say the model makers are not responding to the widespread interest. Considering the tooling costs, I can see to it to an extend. It is a crying shame though.

I use toilet cleaner, i.e. thick bleach, which contains sodium hypochloride. You must use an air-tight container though, because the stuff is gassing out quite quickly if you don't and therefore loses its 'bite'. It's available everywhere and dirt cheap.

The answer to your question is in this sheet, provided you don't use the stock engine. The entire front axle assembly, i.e. parts 23, 71, 37 and all the drive train parts that go with it, are attached to the front of the body. On the real car, this assembly was attached with a mere four bolts so the entire unit, including the engine and gearbox, could be pulled forward from the car for servicing. Now, on the model, there are no locator pins whatsoever, so you can attach this assembly at any level you like. Whooshbonk, the front is lowered. Since the original Engine would travel up with the suspension assy, it wouldn't fit underneath the bonnet (hood) anymore. You hence need an engine, which is overall lower than the upright I-6 and can be lowered into the car behind the front axle assy, so it can sit low enough to clear the bonnet. For this, imho only a V8 will do, which you mount backwards, i.e. with the bellhousing to the front of the car. To this you mate either the gearbox/differential unit of the Cit, or you adapt a Toronado/Eldorado transmission/diff unit. Or a Gurney-Weslake from a GT40. Or even a VW Beetle Bug. Why I know this? Because it HAS been done on real cars! To lower the car in the rear is easy. You attach the trailing links at an angle, like the torsion bars would be turned two-three notches in their anchors. Actually, if you mount the rear axle assy and let the car rest on its wheels before the glue sets, it will lower itself.

I truly appreciate this smooth transition from modelling to art every time I see it.

Oh, I definately second that. I found a few images on the net which may be helpful in establishing the correct location of the fenders: I think they illustrate nicely, how low slung the car really is. Here is a pic of the engine, if you want to build it stock: The body of the cars was actually developped by Ambi Budd in America and it was indeed very advanced for its time, like the rest of the car. The real weakness of these Citroens has always been the gearbox. Initially they were supposed to have an automatic transmission, but the prototypes turned out to be a disaster. Hence they rushed the development of a manual gearbox and cut corners in the process. This wasn't really rectified throughout the production run of these cars, which lasted - believe it or not - until 1957!

It's going to wake up pretty soon. I'm currently working on my Jag MKII, which is nearing completion. All things considered, there should be an update here next weekend. If you build your Heller 15/6, make sure you attach the front wings in the correct position. There is nothing to aid locating them, nothing at all, so it's entirely up to you eyeballing it. Most I have seen are mounted too low.

I have a stack of these lying around: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MONOGRAM-LINCOLN-CONTINENTAL-VINTAGE-/350256844084?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item518cef4d34 And this one, too: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Monogram-1940-Ford-PICKUP-4in1-ORIGINAL-64-Vintage-KIT-/190389433328?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c541833f0