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On 1/6/2020 at 5:51 PM, Richard Bartrop said:
Yes, I know, this old topic, but with a little different spin.
ICM has been doing some interesting kits from the dawn of the motor age, a genre that's been almost completely ignored up to now, and it's got me thinking about what other subjects from this era would be worth a new kit?
Here's a few I'd like to see in 1/24 or 1/25:
A Mercer Raceabout would make a nice companion piece to MPC's Stutz Bearcat kit
This 1902 Olds was one of the first cars to produced in any kind of quantity.
Ford's 999 racor is pretty significant.
Though this 1905 Premier racer is pretty wild. Yes, that is the whole car.
And since we're talking autmotive pioneers, how about some really early iron, like this 1770 Cugnot?
What auto pioneer would you like to see immortalized in plastic?
Obviously, this subject isn't to everyone's taste, and I respect that, and I'm sure you can find a topic on this forum that is more to your liking.
You probably know that the Stutz and Mercer are available in 1/16. Harry P. did both.
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And Google melts down and cries "Uncle!"
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On 4/11/2020 at 1:19 PM, unclescott58 said:
Just ordered one of these kits on eBay. I'm thinking, when it comes, of painting it a nice light blue with a dark blue interior and top.
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Very, very nice. I've been pondering how to make the glass headlight covers for my 1/16 kit.
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Unbelievable. Congratulations.
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You can see styling similarities in the Fiat Dino coupe.
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Is Donn Yost still taking jobs?
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Cussler in his 1929 Bentley.
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On 2/18/2020 at 6:20 AM, Bugatti Fan said:
I have a copy of Ralph Stein's book The Great Cars that I bought new way back when. It was the first of many reference books I have acquired over the years. A book I have that I would recommend is titled 'Inside 100 Cars'. The whole book is devoted to cutaway drawings by well known technical illustrators.
I have that one, too. Also recommend Classic Cars/36 gatefolds, and the beautiful book on Ralph Lauren's collection, "Speed, Style and Beauty."
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Favorites from my teen years. Still have them about 60 years later.
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On 2/15/2020 at 10:44 AM, Bugatti Fan said:
The word 'players' now reads 'plated' in my post. I have corrected it with the edit function, but it is still incorrect in Skip's post where he copied my first original over with this typo in it.
With regard to the change of registration number. British registration numbers are owned solely by the DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licencing Authority) so UK government owned, and not by any individual such as a Bentley executive. Ralph Lauren's blower retains the UR6571 number plate that I would guess he keeps registered with the DVLA although the car is not in the UK. When a car is either scrapped or becomes unregistered the DVLA can transfer the number to any other vehicle. There is a healthy market in the 'sale' of personal registration numbers in the UK, but the buyer is actually only buying the right to use that number on a particular car and not buying the number itself outright. A Bentley executive may have requested or sponsored Airfix to use another Reg. No. but certainly could not dictate its use.
Airfix as I said before would have better used the change to sort out the glaring error of the position of the flying B radiator badge instead of changing a number plate.
The short chassis blower UR6571 was the car that owner Neil Corner who at that time made tha car available to Airfix to research for the kit back in the 70's. The car was sold on to Anthony Bamford of JCB and subsequently later to Ralph Lauren.
I heard that Airfix were planning to make a 1/12 scale kit of the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost in the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu as a follow on to the Bentley but the project was shelved.
My correspondence:
From: Customer Support <customersupport@hornby.us>
To: sjordan47@comcast.net
Sent: Wed, 29 May 2013 15:28:55 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: RE: 1/12 Airfix Blower Bentley kit
Hello Skip,
We contacted Airfix UK and got an answer to your question.
“Quite simple really. Bentley insisted on the change, due to the new plate being owned by someone in the company.
Everything else is the same.”
Now you can let the others know the reason for change.
Regards,
Steven Lesh
Hornby America Inc.
IT / Technical Support / Airfix
Telephone: 253-922-7194 or 877-358-6405 ext 101
FAX: 253 922-7203
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On 2/13/2020 at 5:00 AM, Bugatti Fan said:
Nice model Tomasz. The old Airfix Bentley is not poor but just showing its age compared to modern kits 50 years on. It is still a good basis for doing a lot of extra work and detailing like you have done on it. More fun than building a kit that just falls together out of the box, and for developing modelling skills. The annoying thing about this kit is the flying B emblem is in the wrong place on the radiator shell. I do not know how they got this so wrong as they had access to the original car to work from at the time. Even more annoying is that on a fairly decent re release of this kit they changed the number plate but completely ignored the glaring error on the radiator shell when doing this modification. As it is on a players part of is difficult for a modeller to correct.
I communicated with a person at Hornby/Airfix about what changes there may have been to the reissued kit, and he told me that the only change was to the registration number, dictated by the registration owner who was an executive at Bentley. I don't know if there was any issue with licensing from Ralph Lauren, owner of the original registration number, UR6571.
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Superb. My favorite kit. You obviously did your research.
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17 hours ago, Richard Bartrop said:
A new tool E-Type has my attention, but the headlight covers in that photo look suspiciously like the Aurora version.
I built the 1/12 scale Gullwing many years ago, and if it's going to be that same one, then yes, it is that bad.
I’ve spent a lot of time going over the Renwal/Monogram/Revell 1/12 Gullwing, and it’s not as irredeemable as it seems at first glance (unlike the horrendous trash of the 1/12 Ferrari 275GTB). Overall, the body is reasonably accurate except for doors that aren’t wide enough, but I can live with that, considering that any other large-scale Gullwing is way expensive. The engine bay is another matter and seems to have been designed by the blind men describing a camel, and the ridiculous shift lever, well, it’s ridiculous but easy to get right. I won’t bore you with further details, but I’ll be glad to answer questions
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Wow. Very nice, and great work on the striping between colors.
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On 12/11/2019 at 1:48 PM, primabaleron said:
Thanks
Fight with Bentley Airfix now....
You’re very meticulous, so this comment may be unnecessary, but don’t forget that the body shell is covered with fabric and isn’t as shiny as the bonnet, wings and gas tank. I only mention that since it looks so shiny here.
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I thought you’d find this interesting. Lots of pictures of various versions in the gallery section.
https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/5814/Lotus-47-GT.html
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Just saw Ford v Ferrari yesterday and noticed a nice touch of authenticity — on a shelf in Ken Miles’ son’s room, there was what appears to be the kit box for Aurora’s 1/32 Lola T-70 kit from 1964.
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22 hours ago, MrObsessive said:
I keep looking at this and I keep asking myself........."Should I or shouldn't I?" ?
The bigger problem for me is where to store all the boxes as they come in. My new place has a basement, but I'm loathe to put anything down there as I'm literally right next to the river (I can see it out the rear of the house).
Also Bruce, would you know how long the subscription runs for? I have the site bookmarked where the 300SL is sold but unless I missed it, I don't see where they tell you how long the subscribe run is for.
Their site says 100 issues over 2 years.
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22 hours ago, 69H.O.Firebird said:
You have me beat on the photos! LOL I have seen yellow ones as you say. But I have pics of silver also. These were already on the parts from the factory. I masked them & repainted the parts. I'm sure there are going to be many discrepancies with this kit. I'll address what I can and see I guess. It's been a fun build so far. The next step is finishing the frame and stripping the 4 rims and polishing them. That should be fun.
I posted a link to factory stickers but it does seem to appear here. Did you see it?
What would you like to see? Brass edition
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Posted · Edited by sjordan2
The Cugnot was produced in a 1:32 kit.
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/precisia-le-fardier-cugnot--1011025
I was taken with the Rolls armored cars in the movie Lawrrence of Arabia. Evidently, that was replicated with a Peter O'Toole character in a scale model.
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1788&bih=922&ei=aRK8XtSFPI-8tAbiupLYCg&q=lawrence+arabia+rolls+royce+tank+car&oq=lawrence+arabia+rolls+royce+tank+car&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoCCAA6BQgAEIMBOgYIABAFEB46BggAEAgQHjoECAAQHlDiFlinb2DScmgAcAB4AIABZogBvRWSAQQzNS4xmAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWc&sclient=img&ved=0ahUKEwiU3ub_k7HpAhUPHs0KHWKdBKsQ4dUDCAY&uact=5