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The two Renault Dauphines look interesting Les. Are they 1/24 th scale ? I remember Airfix doing one in 1/32nd scale way back

The consensus on here is that Palmer kits were poor to say the least. Their box art was quite impressive whoever the artist was. I had forgotten what the Palmer logo with the micrometer looked like until it was posted up in this thread. It was a well designed logo, credit where it is due, it only the kits lived up to the logo's suggestion of accuracy using the micrometer for the capital 'P'. I guess that the kits get bought as collectables or out of curiosity these days. There was a kit of American origin that I can remember a friend of mine owning. It was of a small English Ford 100E saloon car. Was it a Palmer kit ? Maybe someone reading this knows ? Interested to know about it as my Dad owned one way back and started to teach me to drive in it. Very basic car. Side valve engine, three forward gears only, manual clutch operated car.

Sad when any top notch after market supplier decides to call it a day. Unless the business can be sold on it is inevitable unfortunately.

Probably right on there about my tablet's AI Les ! Lol.I ref Ace's post. if You Tube had an Internet Forum certificate for a certified Bulls......r we could have real fun with that one !

One black one, one white one and all made with sponsor ads on. They're all made out of carbon fibre and they all look just the same !

I pity the idiot going for a job at Lockheed Martin with that qualification? and watch them fall off their chairs in laughter ! Lol I have enough problems with stone age AI altering words on my tablet to be going on with !

Nice model Pat ! Reminds me I will have to get Tamiya's standard Fiat 500 kit and build a model of one I used to own in the early eighties now it has been re released.

Nice model build. Looks really good to me. This kit seems to have a few less Hellerisms about it than others I have experienced, but none the less has its own idiosyncrasies to overcome judging by the comments posted on this thread. As for subject matter, Heller do come up with some more unusual things, this Renault Gordini being one. Maybe one day we might get a Facel Vega Excellence from them. Who knows?

ACME. Reminds me of the company that all the devices and things that the Wiley Coyote sourced from in the Road Runner cartoons. Lol.

Neat ideas! If you don't have access to stainless welding rod one could use a piece of metal wire from a clothes hanger. Another way is to use a small spring bow compass with a metal point inserted where the graphite insert would go.

Slusher. Thanks for your response, but I don't personally have any. Didn't mean to confuse. It was just to say that I think Italeri make some of you are looking for further items. Hope this helps. Noel

If you need more barrels, there is a diorama accessories set maybe by Italeri or someone similar with barrels included.

Look forward to seeing them Matt.

Will you be taking them to Telford Matt?

A Jaguar E type would be nice in 1/12th scale. Surprised it has not been done in this size already by someone like Tamiya who would really do it justice.

Baffled as to why Tamiya never did one in 1/24th scale. But wouldn't Tamiya make a great job of one in 1/12th scale ! No 1/12th scale E Type from anyone as far as I know, not even from MFH. Maybe Italeri might consider one now that they are making 1/12th scale car kits.

You are dead right there Richard. It's a bit crude to say the least. I came across a build of it by a German guy named Jurgen who spent (wait for it) 900 hrs on his model. It's over on the Britmodeller Forum. I won't be going to that much trouble with mine however. Life's too short ! Lol. A pity Monogram did not do it along with their Cord kit say back.

Good model in progress here. Those 3D printed wheels of the correct width will look far better than the kit offerings. Often wondered why the E Type is referred to as an XKE in the United States. Perhaps a follow on to XK140 and XK150 I guess.

Wespe Models in Romania have announced that they will be discontinuing their range of 1/8th scale classic car kits at the end of this year 2024. They have quite an interesting range of classics in this big scale. The kits are mainly in resin. How I read their announcement is that they are looking to sell off the tooling, moulds etc. Perhaps a good opportunity to obtain the core items for a start up resin kit business using ready to run tooling.

A nice little model. Was unaware of a 3D printed scooter model. This one really looks good when finished. I have a motor scooter kit that is tucked away within and part of the Tamiya Campus Friends figure set in 1/24th scale. Not sure if it is a Vespa or a Lambretta though.

Picking up on Richard Bartrop's post during August. He mentioned that he would like to see an Auburn Speedster kitted. I picked up the old 1/25th scale Pyro kit at a local model show just recently. Underneath it says the kit was released way back in 1955. I can remember building one of these before, back in the 70's. There are no plated parts on the kit and no transparencies either. The parts look a bit on the heavy side in places. But the kit does have potential. It does have engine detail but the chassis, underside and sump are all moulded as one large flat moulding. So I will be building it as a kerb side model. The engine parts will find themselves in the spares box for now. The headlamps have lenses that have to be painted, but I am sure that I will find replacements in the spares box. As for the windscreen, as it is a split frame design, a couple of flat pieces of clear acetate will do the trick. As far as I know Pyro was the only company to make a plastic kit of this car in 1/25th scale. It would possibly compliment the 1/24th scale Cord that Monogram made despite the small difference in scale.

Really nice car. Really nice model nearly there !

I quite like to see those old Renwal Revival models that have seen better days ( I won't say a glue ....! It will probably set off a lot of computers at Langley. LOL ) being brought back to life using up to date materials and sympathetic parts from spares boxes.I I will be following this restoration with interest, having seen what modellers have already done with the Renwal Duesenberg and Packard models that needed restoring. On a personal note I have been looking for a Renwal Exner Bugatti that is in a dire condition to restore and give to the Bugattii Trust Museum here in the UK. If anyone out there can help, please get in contact.

Large engineering projects. The Industrial Revolution started in Victorian Gt Britain and the industrial might of the USA followed on shortly after. Now it is the Chinese who are an industrial manufacturing force to be reckoned with with an expanding military to go with it. Just heard that the Chinese have a train that is capable of 300mph coming into service between Beijing and Shanghai. Over here in jolly old England we are building another high speed train line between London an the North of the country, with people still arguing the toss about will it terminate at London Euston or a few miles out, and some of the more northerly projected part of it past Birmingham postponed due to rising costs and delays. What a farce ! Postponement only means that it will be ludicrously more expensive when it is decided to do the northern sections again. It beggars belief !

Thanks for the Indy Decal suggestion Pierre.