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The wood grain on the T3 kitchen units is a bit over done and the detailing could be better Harald. I see that you are getting a replacement sink from Etsy. Some doll house suppliers do things in 1/24th scale. Another source of scale furniture and fittings are suppliers to the architectural model market if you are looking for other things to use on the diorama.

Thanks for coming back on this subject Harald. I have the AK book with Doozy's VW Cafe in it and will have to take another look at it. You are right that projects like this one should be more about having fun and having a go at something different without the rivet counting! Looking forward to seeing more of your build as it progresses. I have the Revell T3 Westfalia camper van and am looking to do something similar with that one to the Doozy diorama. It already has kitchen units in the kit so that side of things will be made easier. The T3 does not quite have the character of the original VW Minibus but has similar diorama potential.

Intrigued by the nice scratch built wooden units to fit out the interior. A bit puzzled about one of the units as it appears to block the main side access to the vehicle as you have fitted shelving to the side door interiors? I guess that maybe it is in a mock up stage whilst deciding what units to fit and where? That Windy Books Cafe VW you referred to as an inspiration is a superb model. The full build is explained in one of the AK Extreme Weathering books and takes you through every step of the buiild.

Saw a pair of these built up at IPMS Scale Modelworld in November. Quite impressive little models. Lewis Hamilton started racing on karts. It will be interesting to see if any of his get kitted. I guess that many F1 drivers started out their racing careers by kart raciing.

Sometimes a very short 'Nice Model' or 'Really like your build' reply is nice to get. Some people are more wordy than others with their replies, others not, whilst many just use the 'like' just for speed. Just people's different reply styles.

Very nice car. Looks like it was painted in BL Pageant Blue like a Dolomite I used to own way back. A real stand out colour. The TR7 was designed with rubber bumpers being an integral part of the design as it was sold first in the USA long before going into UK showrooms. The poor old MGB had its looks completely ruined by having to have rubber bumpers fitted and the ride height altered to comply with USA regulations that were brought in at the time.

Nice custom car based on a TR4..but

My wife was at her hairdressers a couple of months ago and overheard a conversation between another woman and her hairdresser. Lady in question said she worked from home and took a couple of hours out to get her hair done. In the conversation it came out that she worked for the taxpayer funded Citizens Advice Bureau. So taking her travelling time to the hairdressers into account citizens lost 3 hours of access time for advice. Self centred or what? Most of our government offices suffer the plague of WFH people not going in to the office any more as do many other large organisations since covid. Knock on effect is that mamy small shops and street vendors suffered a major foot fal! Loss. If I was a boss of any of those organisations I would be giving my employees a date to get back into the office so the business could run normally. WFH is not efficient in many instances where workers would normally commute.

I think that black photographic background would suit many other models too.

Nice model taking shape here. Jo Han made a nice little range of classics along with Monogram back in the day.

Superb paint job and detailing really lifts this model. The way it was photographed accentuats the model really well.

Absolutely right Bill!

Hi Jim. Thanks for the tip off about my Joplin Porsche featuring in the SMW report in Airfix mag and thanks for the compliment about the paint job. I will see if I can get a copy of that mag asap. What you are proposing to put in the case with your daughter's Fiat 500 model sounds like just the job. Cheers Noel

Hi Jim That's a really nice little 500 that you built for your daughter of her own car. I'm sure that she will be over the moon when she opens the package at Christmas. Have you placed it on its base in a nice little display case for her? It was nice to catch up with you briefly at Telford on the Sunday. All the best. Noel

Good old PVA. Doesn't matter who makes this general wood glue, it's all much the same but some manufacturers product viscosity is a bit thicker than others. Ideal for mock ups in plastic or resin as it can be peeled off cleanly afterwards when set, unlike wood that it is designed to penetrate. PVA adhesive was originally developed for the book printing industry. 'Not a lot of people know that!' As Michae! Cane would say.

This thread has been a fascinating read. What with other threads on 3D parts programming and printing, as well as various others on adhesives, paints and properties of different materials one could almost gain enough information from this forum to take a degree in materials technology! LOL

I built a Duel Rig many years ago (back in the 80's) and unfortunately got the front wheels wrong by using the kit ones. Read somewhere that one of the AMT Fire Engine kits has the correct ones but cannot be sure if this info is correct.

The work at home mentality becoming more of an expectancy by many who are able to since Covid. Argument being that they can work just as efficiently? I think not due to the many distractions in a home environment where their peers cannot see them. All too easy to often get wrapped up in doing other stuff unrelated to the job. There is a discipline in getting up in the morning, having a shower, getting dressed and actually going to work. Unfortunately this ethic seems to be getting eroded, but those work at homes expect someone else who actually gets up and goes to work to assist them at a supermarket, get seen to in a hospital, or a mechanic being actually available at work to fix their car.

James Bond's latest iteration of his Aston Martin DB5. Enjoyable fantasy car with a coup!e of impossible gadgets. An extendable spinner/shredder coming out from the front wheels would be an impossibility. How would you steer the car? Also the two gatling type machine guns in the front wings. Where would you fit the ammo feeds for them in the car? I have to say that I enjoy a Bond movie just as much as anyone else before any keyboard warriors start! And hey! A Brit actually gets to be the good guy instead of the usual villain in them!

Really interesting thread to follow Les. Pictures much better now you appear to have ditched Photobucket.

Funnily enough, recently I came across an article about weathering this model. It was something I saved out of an old Model Car Science from way back and kept in a folder.

Welcome from across the English Channel Olivier. Look forward to seeing your work.

The Amalgam models one has to remember are sold as fully built models, and probably when you consider their price more highly detailed than the Agora kits aimed at a different market altogether.

Santa's Bentley Sleigh. Now there's a thought for a scratch build or 3D printed model

Nice to see a model being fashioned in metal throughout using traditional engineering techniques.