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Kurt The most exciting thing about F1 that happened in the UK this year was that their engineers took a break from making racing cars to reverse engineering and producing much needed ventilation machines for Corona Virus patients in hospitals. Their fast design turn around skills enabled them to react very rapidly to this situation and help save lives so credit where it is due. As a retired engineer I can appreciate what work was entailed in doing this, getting 3D computer aided designs prepared for each component and getting them translated into machine code for their CNC machines, sourcing electronic and other bought out components and then getting the machines built in record time!

I find F1 a bit of a procession most times, and appears more down to the engineering and reliability of any given car. The British Touring Car Championship is much more exciting to watch on TV. Your NASCAR racing is really hairy! A good view from all around the oval. Close racing without safety runout areas as in F1 if someone gets it wrong on a bend, just a concrete wall to hit all the way around!

Back in the Sixties over here in the UK there was a company named Burns who made really nice solid guitars. Most of the rock groups at the time started abandoning them for Fenders and Gibsons from the USA as they were perceived to be more trendy at the time. I played drums at the time, and stuck to my Premier set that I just loved, but the 2 guitarists in my group exchanged their Hofner Verithin and Framus Bass for a Gibson Les Paul and an Epiphone Bass. Oddly enough I was flicking TV channels one evening recently to see 50 to 60 years on a Burns Vibra Tone being played by a lead guitarist in a current pop group.

Really well finished models. The two tone maroon and cream really suits the convertible.

Hi Larry, will the relaunched magazine he distributed for over the counter sales in the UK? W.H.Smith is I think the UK equivalent to the Barnes and Noble stores in the US. Smith's have their own distribution set-up in the UK.

Andrew, scales are as follows, ....Bugatti Type 59 1/16th. Hispano Suiza. 1/12th. Napier Railton. 1/18th Thanks for the compliments Daniel and Ray.

Roman, your painting skills are excellent. Just out of curiosity, do you model figures as well as cars? The way you detail paint suggests that you have brought over some figure painting techniques and used them to advantage on this model. I am following this build with interest. This will be a really outstanding model when completed.

Interesting thread! The mention of Alclad Chrome over Rustoleum Gloss Black jogged my memory about Alclad. Unless I missed any other poster's mention of it in an earlier post on this thread, Alclad make grey and white primers that have to be air brushed. I have used them and found them to be an excellent product. As the company is devoted to a model makers product there should be no issues with it an any kit polystyrene plastic. Naturally it can be used on other materials like resin,, metal and wood, so it is really a good all round primer.

I have jut the one, a Fujimi Enthusiast series Ferrari Daytona Coupe from a model shop closing down sale many years ago. It looks a fantastic kit with plenty of well moulded parts. I also have some Robustelli photo etched windscreen wipers for it and some other detail photo etched logos etc. Another thing I came across was a set of self adhesive scale car badges that were actually made in relief and look very realistic. Keep looking in the box every now and again but getting no further as I have been doing some scratch builds over the last few years. Maybe one day I will get around to building it. I have a Fisher Bugatti Racing Aeroplane kit on the go at present. Very detailed resin kit.

Search functions no matter what website or forum you are on usually throw up a lot of dross to wade through. It is just the nature of the beast. I think that we will just have to say goodbye to Modelhaus for good as I cannot see anyone taking what would be a very big commitment on!

3 of mine, complete scratch builds. Bugatti Type 59 Hispano Suiza H6C Brooklands Napier Railton

I like Eddie's Mk1 Ford Classic Capri WIP model. .My brother's first car way back in the 60's was a Classic saloon. There was another guy that used to cruise around Reading UK, my home town, in a white Capri GT like the one Eddie is modelling.

Pat, the picture of Purdey's TR7 brought back a few memories. A mate of mine had a yellow one. Joanna, a national treasure. I have been watching the travelogue programmes she has been presenting on TV recently, that included some of the filming cock ups. What I like about her is although she has a very posh upper class English accent, she is very down to earth, and does not take herself too seriously whilst being very professional. Her role in Absolutely Fabulous as the over the top older retired model is a classic in self deprecation where she really takes the mickey out of herself and her previous profession as a model back in the 60's 70's era. She is one of the very few celebrities that I would actually like to meet.

I have a feeling that a TR7 may have been done by Revell as Purdey's TR7 from the Avengers TV series. Joanna Lumley was playing the part of Purdey I believe. Not sure about the Airfix one being an own tool, or it they used someone else's under licence at the time. Airfix have issued a number of different car kits under licence down the years in 1/25 and 1/24 scales.

As Atlantis have acquired the Renwall moulds, I wonder if the Virgil Exner 1960,s design versions of the Packard, Bugatti, Duesenberg, Mercer Cobra, and the rest of that small series of moulds still exist? It would be nice to see these reissued it Atlantis have them. As far as I can remember they were only issued once.

I would guess that this was done to streamline this website a bit as larger scale models do not tend to feature a lot compared to the majority interest in the usual 1/25 and 1/24 majority scales on here. The Scalemotorcars website appears to be much more orientated to the larger scale builder however.

Hopefully, as Scale Auto has announced it is ceasing in October 2020, if MCM can get itself sorted out big time, there will be a gap to fill. Besides yourself, who is the new team getting the magazine back on track? Model Car Builder appears to be the only dedicated car modelling magazine to compete with when SA goes.

Could be right Jim. I expect DeAgostini have offices all over. Did a quick calculation of the cost of the Jag E Type in the UK built from the part series.............Approximately £900.00 Sterling.

DeAgostini is a UK company that specialises in large scale model kits either complete or as a part series. There is an equivalent company Eaglemoss in the USA I believe doing much the same thing.

Good link. Many of the drawings are from the old British Model Cars magazine from the sixties. Other drawings were MAP drawings sold individually at the time. I think that a company in the UK named Trapped Publications now has them.

Used to be one parked up regularly a few streets away. Will be interested in seeing the progress on this model. It must be the car equivalent of putting the multi camouflage paint job on a Saab Viggen Aircraft only much brighter!

Orange Hauler. That was the one Steve. Thanks for the feedback! Surprising what extra information about a subject that fellow modeller have also shared on this thread about the real car.

Thought it was Tom. Thanks for your feedback!

Patience appears to be the key as suggested as each mist coat he allowed to dry out thoroughly before the next layer goes on. Sound advice by a number of posters on this thread.

This thread is very interesting, but appears to concentrate only on the effects of various primers on polystyrene plastic. I would surmise that some of the so called hot primers would probably be perfectly ok on other materials like resins, metal and wood for example.