Dave B

Great build Matt, tks for showing ☺ Dave B

Jurgen, you are an artiste ☺ Dave B

Once again tks all☺ Richard, only a box mounted under the body housing a resin intake and Weber's from the Corvette Grand Sport. Tks for your comments. Dave B

Tks all for the kind words. Alan, The rear engined Scarab first raced in Sept '62 and last raced in Nov '65. It was powered by the BPO alloy V8 (Oldsmobile in this case) and ran quad 48mm DCO sidedraft webers. The decals are courtesy of a mate of mine and the wheels and tyres are from my parts box. They are both resin, I'm pretty sure the wheels are minilites, not exactly correct but look OK and the tyres are as you commented Indy Firestones. Once again they look OK, even if not strictly correct. Dave B

I don't seem to be able to build a quick 'box stock' kit any more!! This was going to be it but I preferred the version as raced at Bridgehampton in Sept '64 so this is my take on it. Many tks to my mate Phil for once again supplying the decals I needed to make it look the part. Now back to my slush cast Maserati Birdcage. Tks for looking. Dave B

Tks for sharing Matt, neat build of an unusual kit. Some decent tyres from the parts box would help it immensely Dave B

Tks folks, appreciate the comments. Dave B

Always wanted to build a spyder and when my mate offered to swap his Fujimi Coupe for my Heller I decided to go for it. Had a few issues with the conversion, the least being I lost all the glass!! Luckily I still had the Heller glass from my 350 Can-Am conversion so I managed to vacform over the screen and headlight covers and utilise those. I also painted it based on a review of the Daytona '67 winning car by Road & Track back in a 1981 mag. I was rather disappointed to find when looking on the net that the roundel placing was not reflective of the race winning car. Win a few, lose a few. Anyway I'm relatively happy with it and the flaws are not that visible in the showcase. The last pic includes my 350 conversion based on the Heller P4. Tks for looking Dave B

Nice build Dan, looks really good. Dave B

Tks Dave, just found out about this problem. Was about to post saying "thanks for the good times and comments as I won't be posting any more". Looks like MCM has solved that problem. Tks again. Dave B

Fabrizio, haven't been up here for a while and just found this. Fantastic Dave B

Look great George, nice period racers Dave B

I don't know about you guys but I have only ever posted new builds up here and that leaves an awful lot of built models that I have not, and probably won't, post. The main reason is I am building somewhat better than 30+ years ago and would rather keep some of my failures to myself!!! While having a break from building I decided to restore one of my favourite Cobra's (and I have a lot!!). This 1/16 MPC Cobra was built around 40 years ago and was languishing in the back cupboard with a broken bonnet. As I could not match the blue I decided to paint the bonnet anti glare black. When originally built I did a number of changes from standard: front & rear wheels are original Halibrand centres with rims and slick from 1/12 Tamiya F1 cars; additional reversed scoops in the bonnet (1/25 AMT Cobra scoops); vents in the rear guards; scratchbuilt quick fill fuel cap; header tank in right guard with access through cap in guard; sports windscreen; right hand drive conversion and associated leather covered seats, as you did back then!!, seat belts, etc. After a gently cut & polish I finally decided to post one of my old hackers. Tks for looking Dave B

Nice build Atin, looks good. Dave B

Tks guys, appreciate the kind words. Dave B

Have just finished my Bob Jane Elfin. I cast this from an old slot car mould and made up the unique wheels to go with it. Nothing fancy here, the complete model comprises either aluminium, plastruct or cast resin pieces. It's only taken me around 10 years to complete, kept loosing enthusiasm!! It now completes my Aussie sports cars which comprise the Matich SR3, Elfin Traco Olds and Ferrari 350. Tks for looking Dave B

Tks for the kind words guys. Dave B

Have just finished my resin slush mould of Mini Exotics 2H. A mate managed to pic up a unbuilt version and offered it to me so, being lazy, I took a quick silicon of the body and a one piece mould of a front and rear wheel/tyre assembly and a resin of the windscreen. I've never tried a 2 piece mould, maybe I should one day!! Anyway, after scratch building the rear wing and supports, front spoilers, interior, body deflectors and deepening the side NASA vents I have finally finished it. I used MCG Dzus fasteners and luckily had a set of Fred Cady Chaparral decals spare in the decal box. It's not perfect and doesn't reflect any particular event however it's nice to complete my Chappie collection. Tks for looking Dave B

Great build Phil, congratulations!! Have a few of the Tamiya sports car bodies to build, if my T70 turns out half as well I'll be rapt Dave B

Jurgen, a phenomenal build of one of my favourite cars. Regards Dave B

Excellent build Larry. Inside the exhausts could be a matt dark grey perhaps? Dave B

Hi Jack, It's a slush resin taken off the Mini Exotics kit. Regards Dave B

Tks all. I will post all my Chappy's when I finish the 2H Dave B

Just a few pics of my latest Chaparral build. This brings it too a total of 5 Chappy's with 1 more to go, excluding my slot car versions. Not bad for a Ford guy!! Thanks for looking Dave B

Nice build Steve Dave B