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Super Job, Super Colour & a Super build, well done Jim!

And another David! Did you buy these all at once back in the day?

Wow fantastic decals! Well done David!

Super builds in super colours, well done David! I've been looking for one of the Monogram kits for years here in the UK! So someone gave me a tip that these were being produced in resin down south in Oztralia. So last week this turned up.... Am I chuffed or what! Candy Apple Spray at the ready!

Nice one Bob, I look forward to the next episode! I did the same on my Aurora Dune Buggy build, washed the kit, added the body decals and gave it two coats of clear gloss.

Two things dropped on my mat this afternoon............ a Heller 1/43rd Citroen 2CV with grooved bonnet design of 1938.. And a resin kit of the Uncertain 'T' from Oz sent on the 16th May to me here by 24th May, very good on economy shipping! Cast by ResinBlob64 or Glenn Polkinghorn.

Thanks Dann, yes the dio is pretty handy being able to take various sizes. I've ordered an early Heller Citroen 2CV kit, with the corrugated bonnet in 1/43rd! We'll see if that's too small for the French Backstreet Garage!

Two of my latest builds, one is a rare 1/32 Dune Buggy, and the other with superb decals....................

Thanks Tom, yes I'm a bit carefull after it happened once, and have scanned all decals when I buy an older kit, just in case.

Thanks for the kit info espo I'll have a look at Round 2.

Cheers Ben, I'm always looking for unusual bech/dune buggies!

Thanks Steve.

Thanks David, yes I like doing decals!

Thanks guys, yes unusual kits and decal work is my speciality. I love it!

A very nice 1/32nd scale kit.................... Realising that it was a reasonably old kit, I scanned the decals to my PC and sized them on a Word page. Although I gave the decals a couple of coats of gloss clear they still collapsed when trying to lay them onto the body. So I printed the Word image onto a new clear decal sheet, then after drying gave them two coats of gloss clear and used those in the build.

Cheers Leslie for your heads-up.

I've seen (no camera with me at the time) quite a few new Jaguar 4X4's and two McLaren 570S supercars, but we are just 5 miles from Silverstone so it's not surprising!

Yes this Subaru Wagon 1:1 seems to be pretty rare in the UK. But plenty of Impreza's as the Prodrive factory is 18 miles away and quite a few rally WRC replica's as well.

Although going against my recent selling spree of all car kits of 1/24 & 1/25 due to lack of space my youngest son has always wanted a 1:1 of these in this colour to carry his mountain bike a gear around in. He does cross country on his bike, wereas the eldest son does more downhill. He was looking for a decent reasonaly priced second-hand one, but he bought a BMW 3 series touring wagon in the same colour!

Superb paint job, well done!

Superb finish, colours and decals. I built one of these a year or so ago, very nice kit. Well done.

Thanks Steve. Yes they are quite nimble as you say on mountain roads, imagine if you had 3 times the power!

Thanks again afx. I will remember to look at the plans/boxtop a little closer next time!

Thanks guys.

Yes Dann we see quite a few testing at the Silverstone Race Circuit just 5 miles from here. Here's a picture of mine that looks at the Minisprint (slight roof chop and all rain gutters removed for greater aerodynamics) that was produced in the '60's. This shows Stirling Moss having a look over it with the designer and product engineer before a one-off drive by Stirling. It was thought to have parts if not most of a Brabham F3 engine in it, albiet only 1300cc. After the test drive Stirling was said to comment on how fast it was for a front wheel drive racer and he enjoyed himself immensely!