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Zippi, just out of interest a father and son team Rod and Ian Knott used to do the UK Model Shows with their Motor Museum In Miniature. One of them actually converted the Anglia back into a standard factory stock road car. Have a look at their website for the Museum as there may be a picture somewhere in there. The site has lots of useful information on it for car model buildets generally too.

Sonny is right about a version being called the Pop short for Popular here in the UK. My dad had a light green Anglia version that shared the same body. Not sure what the difference was. Engine power maybe? Ford also made a model named the Prefect that appeared to have a pop rear end but different front end styling. The Pop and Anglia both became a great favourite with UK Rodders.

There are so many cheapo airbrushes on the market these days that it is very easy to seduced by the price for what looks like a well finished bargain bit of kit in the box. You only get what you pay for, and airbrushes in particular are no exception to this. Good airbrushes, even the more basic types are not cheap. They are precision made pieces of equipment made by Badger, Paasche, Iwata, Harder and Steenbeck, DeVilbiss who have been making high quality airbrushes for many years now. There are of course one of two newer quality makers on the block, but I have fallen back on the names of those I know. It seems like Alex appears to be fairly new to airbrushi use. There is a learning curve to go through when you first use one so don't be discouraged. It will come together with more practice and familiarity with the airbrush and mediums you will be spraying with it. Also thorough preparation of your surfaces is almost mandatory. The fish eye blemishes are probably some sort of surface contaminant rather than the spraying itself. My preparation method is rub all the main body parts down with a fine grade of Wet N Dry paper used wet. This will dull the surfaces and give them a first stage surface key for the paints. A good wash with a detergent washing up liquid gets rid of the rubbing down residue and also any traces of mould release agent that might still be present. After being left to dry, primer undercoat and finishes can then be applied. Hope this bit of info helps, but it new to airbrush use I would suggest looking out one of two good Books, CD Roms or Modelling Airbrush Tutorials to download.

Charlie . Thanks for coming back about the Argentinian's concept artwork that explains the T number. It's always interesting to see concept cars based on classics of the past. Lindbergh did a plastic kit of the Chrysler Atlantic concept car that had old Bugatti styling influences. Your model is well on the way to completion and it has made very interesting reading following your build. Model engineering in its truest form, and really looking forward to seeing it when completed.

Tim, your build article that you linked brought back memories of building that kit when it was first released. Don't know what colour you sprayed it, but it looks very similar to the AMT lacquer thaI I did mine in all those years ago. I'm sure that I have another build article for it in a folder taken from the old Model Car Science when the kit was current. Will have to look it out as I think it might be one of Don Emmons articles from way back.

Very satisfying work restoring old builds.

Lashing out 550 bucks is crazy just for an old Monogram plastic kit. Having built it first time around many years ago I don't really have the desire to build another. But it is a very good thing that someone has developed 3D printing files for it, as I appreciate that there are many modellers out there who would like to build a model of Steve Scott's old show car. The 3D printed parts that Zippi produced look really good, and probably better defined than the original Monogram kit. The wire wheels in particular. A few years ago there was also a resin kit that someone in Australia produced. Not sure who did it or if still available. I believe that the original full size car has been found after many years of neglect in storage, and is now being restored to go on to the show for circuit again.

Polystyrene plastic goes brittle due to deterioration when it gets old. Guess that's the problem you have. Sometimes, depending on the model, it can be rescued with a bit of scratch building of some parts where it is possible to do so. You may have to bite the bullet and call it a day if you find that are flogging a dead horse with this one ! Some of the older kits also had rubber tyres rather than vinyl that might perish after a number of years.

Like Les (Stitchup) I tend to use automotive acrylics. I have airbrushes that I can use competently but tend there days to go for auto acrylics used straight from an aerosol. Get good results from them plus auto paint suppliers can make up specific auto colour mixes in aerosols for most car types that are long gone. I guess I am just getting a bit too lazy to fiddle about with air brushes for overall spraying !

Sanding around individual rivets on this scale is virtually nigh on impossible if it is already an integral part of a built up old model that you are trying to restore. If there is a way of removing the rivet detailed item from the model I would suggest that immersing the removed part in a paint stripper that will not affect plastic may be the best route to follow to get the thing back to bare plastic without damaging the rivet detailing itself.

A scratch build of the finest order using traditional model engineering techniques. A bit intrigued with the Bugatti T41 assignment though as Bugatti's Royale was their Type 41 ?

Another nice classic taking shape in Matt's collection. That Magnette the is a nice looking motor. If one is into building 1/24th scale Classic MG's the Autokits white metal series would serve MG enthusiasts quite well.

Ok Greg. I misinterpreted what you were attempting to do with the torch. Hope others might find my tip useful as a result.

Nice model T photos Les. I particularly liked Pie Bob's pick up with the wire wheels.

Not sure that Cooper would have had much to do with this one. Lol. Not exactly a Mini any more, but what a concept machine ! Should whet a few model builder's appetites !