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In Crichton's novel the tour vehicles were Toyota Land Cruisers. Spielberg used Explorers in the JP movie, so correct in depicting the film vehicles

Agora had a stand at IPMS UK Scale Modelworld this year and had a pre production prototype of the Ford Explorer from Jurassic Park on display. I asked whether the Jeep is planned as a follow up and told that it was planned to be done. Agora's car kits are in 1/8th scale so the Jeep from the Jurassic Park movie will be a great model in 1/8th scale.

Lovely veteran classic build. Nice to see some stock old timer Model T' s being built instead of all the rodded versions.

Due to a pending UK law about accessibility of photo sites that may be containing illegal images Imgur has locked access from all UK IP addresses for the time being. Whether this will be permanent or not remains to be seen. Unfortunately this move affects many other different websites too. It will be interesting to see if other hosting sites follow suit or not. If they do it will be chaotic for UK users.

That Rolls looks like the one John Lennon bought and had the psychedelic paint job done on it.

Thanks Helmut. Togi is a name that rings a bell and I think that was the manufacturer. The die cast kit I seem to remember is of the same car that Tamiys has since done in plastic.

Very interesting thread, well worth following. I find the 3D CAD that Francois does for his models is amazing.

Thanks for coming back on the wheels Tom. I have a very old white metal Wills (South Eastern Finecast) Bugatti Type 59 that those wheels would be perfect for so will contact LMM to find out if they sell them as a separate item set. I had another look at your T57 pictures and have to say what a superb paint job you did on it. The kit really looks nice and I am sorely tempted to buy one looking at your result. As I mentioned before that a friend of mine has also built one and speaks very highly of the kit.

I guess Techman was referring to Evergreen plastic rod as 'solid tubing' ?

Taking place this weekend in the Telford International Centre, the largest scale model show in the world. Details on the IPMS UK website.

This will be a really cool off the wall conversion being attempted here.

Thanks for the info Frank. A pity about the pillars. Back in the 70's my boss owned one of them so I was quite interested to see a kit of one after all this time.

The reason that styrene with a metal core splits on a bend when styrene cement is used is because although the metal core prevents the tube from kinking, it will not prevent the plastic tubing from stretching (and therefore thinning) where it is bent. As the wall of the plastic tube becomes much thinner as a result the application of styrene cement will go straight through it causing the plastic to split. An earlier poster mentioned that the inside diameter of plastic tube can vary. I disagree with that as the tube is made by the extrusion process through very high precision tooling. Daniel mentioned using Plastruct's non polystyrene tubing that he thought to be ABS. it is. Incidentslly, normal polystyrene cement does not work well with ABS. Plastruct's own Plastic Weld liquid cement works better on this stuff. In fact it works on a variety of different plastics and I tend to use it as an all rounder on my models.

Had to revisit this thread and admire this model. Particularly as the Jeeps made a reappearance in one of the later Juraxssic World films

Very nice model car build. Those 50's Studes body styles were way ahead of their time and dare I say it, looked more European. And of course, in later years their Avanti styling was something to behold !

Nice model Frank. Unfortunate!y you forgot to mention what manufacturer's kit it is based on though.

Very nicely built and finished classic Bugatti. Lovely radially spoked wheels as found also on a T59 really compliment this model. Do they have to be built up ?

Well, It it can still seat 4 and has a useable rear luggage space I guess it could be termed practical?

The power to weight ratio seems reasonably good on this car. Understatement of the year !

Gorgeous looking car, but I wouldn't be wanting to go over any speed bumps or hit any potholes in it !

The model maker aimed tools and sundries market in many cases is often just a stack overpriced items that can be bought elsewhere at a fraction of the price. Previous posters have already outlined many good alternatives to model maker aimed products so I won't be repeating any of it here.. There are special model making tools that are of course worth their weight in gold as far a model making goes. But with a bit of lateral thinking in many instances there are alternatives to be had that are just as good and a lot less expensive.

Further to my last post, after coming back onto the forum after a number of hours, found that Jurgen already has the Convoy Micro Bus covered as a work in progress.

Brilliant project Jurgen. Watched the Convoy film on TV recently. The chartreuse micro bus. Looks like an old school bus. Does anyone make a kit of one of those buses in 1/25th scale. Or will some enterprising 3D printer design and make it?

Perry, have you thought about contacting Marsha!l Buck himself at CMA? Although the models were built many years ago he might still have a few odds and ends tucked away that might just be some of the bits missing from your acquisition. For what you picked it up for must have been the bargain of a lifetime, so restored it will become a valuable asset to you. It intrigues me why when one buys such an expensive model it is not mounted permanently in a display case to avoid damage.

Thanks for putting the GT 40 box art pictures up Ace. . A good memory jogger for me. It was the kit from the top left hand box top shown that was the one I built. I quite liked the IMC box art with the subject shown against that creamy coloured background.