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WoW! Gives me inspiration

Some great memories here, thanks. Thought I may have a go and scratch build something out of balsa one day, though it would have to be something simple like a 1960s slab sided family car. Maybe something I could use a kit as a base such as an AMT 66 Galaxy? Oh well, something to ponder J

If you have a man cave they are ideal. I was always after a bakers/pattisiers display case myself. Saw one last week but nowhere to put it

From the earliest times before styrene some kits were basic shaped Balsa with metal/plastic parts. I just wondered if anyone had ever finished a model from those days. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CARS-VINTAGE-GENERAL-MOTORS-LE-SABRE-WOODEN-MODEL-KIT-BY-BERKELEY-MLFP-/201151530834?hash=item2ed590c752:g:FwIAAOSwbqpT7-Fs

A Bit 'SteamPunk' if I may say so Sir. Love it

One of the things that spoils the 'Mint' die casts is the think windshield glass. These things don't really get played with so would not vac formed look better?

So it has surfaced again? I read this car was stashed away in a private collection. The Cloud is one of my favourite Rolls Royce's It looks so majestic transporting whoever is riding in it.

Hi Skip, I posted some pics on the previous page. Not trying to hijack the post, just a related thing really. The Lennon car was a Rolls Royce Phantom V limousine painted in a traditional Romany gypsy style rather than Psychedelic. We should not describe this vehicle as a 'Stretched Limo' as would be a Hummer or something dragging Kim Kardashian or Paris Hilton around on their latest ego trip. Rather a Limousine as befits the cars credentials and quality. Oh, and it is always Rolls Royce, never a Roller(you could be dismissed for referring the car to this as a showroom employee) and the designation is always a Phantom V and not a 5. As they say, Quality, never goes out of style. So ends this sermon A great model and love the paint.

A great model, not seen many of these built and this one is different. I built one in boring maroon and black. You may be interested in this Dann. It is a replica of the original Phantom 5 that John Lennon commissioned. it is not as some describe 'Psychedelic' but rather in the style of Gypsy caravans and canal barge decoration. The original was sold by Lennon to pay off some debts but disappeared from view a few years ago in Canada(?) I read someplace and has not been seen for years, this version of the car was built with the help of the painters of the original vehicle with the same patterns etc so people today could enjoy it. Well, sort of One of the original builders of John Lennons car told me that at Park Royal coachworks, when they heard who this was for the management told them to just get on and build it with no special emphasis on who it was for etc. To Rolls he was just a pop star, nobody really special such as Her majesty I am certainly no expert on this car but those are the basics. I spotted this vehicle at a Rolls Royce(NEVER a Roller) specialist near Southend on Sea in Essex UK and was going to add it to the topic "What did you see today?" but thought you may like it here. poor pics as I took these with a mobile phone through the windows(as the workshop was closed and they did not like walk in non customers) J

Cheers, wish I had bought a couple now . Did see the Gunze kit a while back at a car show but it was a built up glue bomb so left it.

A great model I remember these being sold off cheap at a hobby chain in the UK, the standard kit without the trick parts was around double price. Was a Toyota convertible also produced? Just wondered if anyone has built the 1/8 model. I recently saw a built up for sale, It came in about 100 weekly parts but also looked too tall.

Thanks, missed that....or did I? Sometime back I had a lot of kits and took a few built ups to a US car show here in the UK, the idea being to show buyers what they looked like finished. That was the usual pick up area as I got them from the storage box so guess the tiny spot of paint wore off.. Reckon i'll give em a touch up, thanks Harry

Nice to see and a great model. Where did you get the LaSalle grill? Building a Westergaard style 36 myself. I like the padded roof, a bit like the Rod &Custom never ending project 36. Cheers for showing, J

Not seen any of these recently Built this a while back from an SSP. Added the 'glass' by cutting the dash from the cowl piece then making the dash hold it in place. same for rear glass. Paint is rattle can auto acrylic cut back with polish, shines up without a clear coat. BMF, didn't notice some has come adrift at the drip rail. In my opinion this is the prettiest of Revell's 1/32s. Would be real nice in 1/25 What may look like scratches are simply reflections in pic 3 Cheers, J

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Great model, and nice to see one WITHOUT the vinyl roof

Many thanks for that quick tutorial But yes the pic steps would also be a great help. These big scale funny cars and dragsters were great back then(still are now) but here in the UK we saw so few of them.

A great model from probably the most colourful Funny car era. Who would be your favourite, a driver or a make of car? Would it be the Hawaiian If dad drove a Charger or Chevy because mum drove a Vega, despite both running Chrysler based engines with the occasional Ford thrown in Homemade decals wow, these look as good to me as originals, probably better in close up. How about a tutorial?

I didn't know there was a new release, a better kit overall it seem by the posts, do you know the main differences? The wheels are real neat It was the yellow engine stand that threw me as mine is a 1970s issue in yellow styrene.

Great model and a nice little green flatty. Was this the old 3 in 1 kit? Mine came with an un chopped roof, don't remember a whacked top in the box as I have an in progress chopped one(as yet unfinished). Building mine Westergard style.

Thanks , I always thought Nitti's roadster was one of the purest and cleanest designs. I did once have the lights but never put a windshield on mine. My white interior was just Duplicolour primer and is as white today as when I first sprayed it.

Personally I think his movie contributions were the last great vehicles he had a hand in.

I think I followed your posts on the red one. Saw the film many years ago, probably 45 plus as I remember seeing Batman on TV then 'Kiss' one Saturday or Sunday afternoon. Somehow even as a kid I knew it was the same car. The DVD is not available over here and it has not popped up on the TV to my knowledge. I may have another go at it if a kit comes along cheap enough. I bought a lot of these when Tom Carter was selling them for around $5, guess it was not that popular. and I think I may even have an original in my stash. Seeya, J.

Here's an idea I used. The vents from the side of a JoHan Turbine are dead ringers for the vents on the top of the fenders. Just cut, file and fit. Sorry, I can't enlarge anymore but they have a slatted effect just like the correct vents.

Cheers, its got or had the kit Flatty, but the hoods glued on and I can't see an engine underneath, I probably robbed it for another project.