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Thanks for your reply Francois. I think you already know of John Teresi's Bentley build that I have also followed, and I will now also be following your build. Also I will be looking at what Nick is developing to sell for the Bentley. One of the things he has been working on is a replacement radiator shell where Airfix got the position of the Bentley badge hopelessly wrong. It is one of those things that has been criticised many times down the years. The funny thing is that Airfix changed the number plate a few years back but did not correct the radiator shell at the time.

An in house cultural anthropologist? Now there's a thing! Is that a fancy name for a poll results collector collator?

Francois, I guessed somehow that you were a mechanical design engineer. There is something I agree about making small parts in metal, wood and plastics by hand and using conventional small machines that is very satisfying. My own background is mechanical engineering having started as a a craft apprentice way back in the 1960's. There was a great engineer model maker the late Gerald A. Wingrove who wrote 2 really good books, The Complete Car Modeller 1 and 2. They have been out of print for some time now and if you have not got them already I think that they will make very interesting reading if you can get hold of them. Gerald describes all his scratch building techniques in the 2 books. I certainly learnt a lot from reading them. Just out of interest, what 3D Cad program do you use? I know that Nick uses Fusion that I think is an Autodesk Product.

This is really taking shape well Francois. Have a look on the Britmodeller website to see what Nick has just been doing with the Bentley dashboard. You two guys are certainly doing a lot to bring that tired old Bentley kit up to a much higher build standard.

Some innovative suggestions already made on this thread. May I add that cutting square of rectangular apertures takes patience and concentration to ensure squareness and definition when using drills and miniature files, and the preliminary marking out has to be accurate, particularly when cutting equally spaced rows of holes. No easy quick way around this, and it will be time consuming when attempted.

Just a fact of life that advertising media will try anything to circumvent stumbling blocks placed in their way. Also, unrelated advertising is generated by general browsing habits looking at other stuff so don't be surprised if ads for gardening items, clothes, cameras and so on keep appearing. I think enough has been said already on this thread before a moderator locks it as it is going nowhere now!

Depends on the finished sizes required. There are miniature broach tools for making square holes from pre drilled round holes. A jewellery tool supplier will probably hold them. Not sure about places like Micro Mark, but worth a look.

Bill, you have a perfect right to financially support whatever sites you wish as you can afford it having mentioned that you pay for certain access to several sites. Two posts back I was pointing out that many simply don't have such disposable income to be able to do so even if they wish. Dan Clark's post has succinctly made it clear about MCM policy about keeping the site free to use for everyone. OK. So we have to put up with a few ads to keep it free. I'm quite happy with that so that everyone has full access regardless of their own financial status. Let's not become an Elysium.

I think that we are losing sight of the fact that the admin of this site is done probably by unpaid volunteers. The programming to change it to pay and non pay would probably be a bit onerous to expect an unpaid volunteer to do and set up a payment system. It might be a popular option for many online services, but one has to remember that they are generally large commercial operations for example like free to view TV stations charging for an ad free service.

Guys, I think we all understand that things cost money. However, some have much more in the way.of disposable income than others, and the cost of regular necessities like utilities, food, clothes, running a car have risen sharply. Whilst some can afford to buy MFH kits for example do not feel the effects so much, one has to remember that others have to watch the pennies and struggle to afford an inexpensive kit or two occasionally yet still enjoy our shared hobby. I would not like this forum to go the way to becoming a two tier system where only paying subscribers who can afford it have access to all features and others who cannot afford it do not, creating an 'US and THEM' environment.

Donato, It was Ettore Bugatti that made that remark about Bentley making the fastest trucks back when both raced each other.

I can remember building the Monogram one many, many years ago. I think it had an option to have it on sleds, and included a little dog pulled sledge too.

Very nice model. Did you build it from the 1/72 scale Airfix kit or the Monogram one that I think might had been a bit smaller? A French company displayed a resin kit in 1/48th scale at one of the IPMS Telford SMW Shows a way back, but that was all I saw of it. I think that Williams did a kit of the single seat Ford Flivver in 1/48 scale that was constructed of corrugated panels fitted like the old Stout Aircraft Company Tri Motor that Ford bought out.

Any good automotive aerosol white acrylic primer should work just fine. Make sure that the model is washed in a detergent solution to remove any traces of oily residue first like preparing any other model parts for paint.

This thread is starting to go around in circles now that arguments for and against pop ups have been made. I think respective points of view have been aired enough now, and it is down to individual choice.

I have a Swedish made Vernier Caliper that I have used constantly from when I was an apprentice say back in the 60's. Good quality tools last if looked after. My little vernier wasn't cheap, but I never had to replace it. A micrometer like Joe said is a different measuring tool altogether. It has a bow shaped frame with engraved inner and outer barrels. It works by placing what you want to measure between the frame and screwing gently to bring the fixed and moving parts against the workpiece. In inch measurements a number of separate micrometers need to be used for different ranges. 0 to 1 inch, 1 to 2 inch and so forth for example.

Nice model build Mario! Jim The Heller kit is 1/24th scale. It was also reissued under the Revell banner.

Last reply to this post was in November 22. So what were the results? Have they been posted on the forum? If so where? It will make interesting reading.

Francois, your Bentley developments look interesting. That old Airfix Bentley kit is showing its age but a good basis to extra detail. Take a look at Nick Edwards website Unobtainium. He has been developing quite a lot of 3D printed items for the Airfix Bentley kit. His engine and wire wheels for the Bentley look really good and might save you a lot of work. As you have 3D printed extra things for the Alfa you might be able to collaborate with Nick on some 3D project things. Nick is doing a lot of upgrade items for the Italeri Bugatti 35B that you might well be interested in looking at. He has pictures posted up on the Britmodeller forum too.

A very nice, beautifully detailed build Francois. Did you use the Unobtainium wire wheels set or re spoke the kit ones? Those pre war classic racers make lovely models in 1/12th scale and hopefully we will see a few more kits come onto the market like Italeri's Bugatti. Maybe they will make a Bentley Blower as that old Airfix kit is now looking a bit dated and someone needs to replace it with a better more detailed kit. But there are plenty of other lovely classic racers.

This site is quite user friendly, particularly for loading photos as you do not have to use a third party photo retention site who's policies might change at any time. I have seen too many different forums content ruined by hosting sites suddenly having a change of policy. I particularly dislike the site that watermarks every photo, thus rendering them next to useless to view properly. I also use the Scalemotorcars forum and although good it can be a bit clunky compared to this one.

That's a pity that the C1 polishing powder is discontinued as it really is good stuff. It was sold in a generous sized tub so mine will last for ages stlll. Perhaps they were simply not selling enough of it to keep it in production. It came in a box with a lint mask, latex gloves, little swab applicators and polishing pads. I don't know if the American product S&I Aluminium polishing powder is still available or not that is used in a similar fashion.

Really nice model taking shape there Andrew. Those old Barchettas are very attractive looking cars. I think that quite a number of years back Marshall Buck of CMA (Creative Miniature Associates) made a resin kit in a larger scale of either 1/16th or 1/12th scale. I went to a model car trade show that was held at the National Motorcycle Museum at Birmingham over here in the UK that must have been about 25 years ago. CMA had some products in a display and their Barchetta model was then current.

This will be one fantastic build, and the Tamiya kit has to be the very best starting point.

Ads can be irritating I know, but if they are funding this forum then I am prepared to let them be. If every user decided to use an ad blocker then where would we be? On pay to use forums that's where! A UK forum named Scale Models Forum used to be free to post and reply on. Not any more. Their newly introduced annual fee is reasonable at £10 per annum. But if every model making forum went over to pay to use, then the users will be forced to make choices about what ones are really important to them. If this were to happen there would be many forums that would fall by the wayside. So yes, I am prepared to put up with the adverts if it means keeping forums like this one solvent. Incidentally, on many other forums you cannot upload pictures directly as you can on this one without having to use a third party hosting site. We all know about the Tinypics and Photobucket debacles in the past.