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That's great! Brian James is our local trailer maker!

Fantastic finish, yet another C7, well done!

Great looker, superb contrast on the paint colours, even shocking, just right!

Nice and swoopy! Well done, great job!

Wow the Corvette, my eyes have gone funny. Looks great, great camo style decalling! I was just going to buy this kit having seen corvettes at close quarters at Le Mans. What other problems did you have please?

What a good idea Tom, very good so far!

Looking at this reminds me of my first car that I bought 1966! Keep up the good work!

Looks a bit worse for wear!

You are so right, 'Don't take model building so seriously, it's all about our creative juices, do something different every month or so, just chill. What does it really matter if the colour is not factory stock, or the wheels are different or the engine. Or if it's turned into a woody or something, that the factory didn't build. I personally don't like factory stock because the cars, no matter where they come from are boring because they throw out thousands, think, (excuse the pun) outside the box! I can't remember when I did 'a box stock' without adding/changing something!

Wow really small and powerfull, what a wheel stander!

Well real cool and really groovy!

Wow I remember that engine. My wife had the Ford 100E Popular when we got married in 1968, with that beast under the bonnet. Yes it was as said all 1172cc, three speed manual box with exhaust intake powered windscreen wipers, the faster you went (up to the maximum of 45 miles per hour) the slower they went! Heres a pic of one in the same colour..........

Very good looking woody work, well done!

Great build, I'm interested to see builds like this to inspire me!

The wheels are all 2 piece plastic and quite a bit smaller than the 1/24-1/25 wheels/tyres, definitely 1/32nd!

Yes we had heard that McLaren were thinking of talking to Mercedes about going back to them for reliable, faster engines. We live just 6 miles from Mercedes F1, 12 from Red Bull, 10 from Renault and 5 from Force India, in the F1 triangle.

Well it's opening time as my birthday is here as are both the kits I was after! Th first one as previously mentioned was this................. made in 1976 and in perfect condition, Tomorrow I will scan the decals and spray them in 2 coats of clear gloss, to stop them falling apart when dipped into warm water, but if they do fall apart I have a copy to print onto clear decal paper. All of the plastics will be given a soapy warm water wash and clear water rinse and natural dry. The second kit is one that I've been seeking for a few years. Recently seen on ebay.com at $174 down from $!99! I found this on a website here in the UK that specialises in pre-owned kits, for just £30 plus £6 postage and packing! Again as the other kit I have already scanned and given the decals 2 coats of gloss clear. The plastics will go through the wash process tomorrow. A few interesting months ahead!

No quite the opposite that's why it's interesting!

Yes it's the first one I've ever seen too, and it 's a large scale 1/32nd which is even more interesting!

My wife bought me this for my birthday on Friday. It came from Model Car Mountain to the UK today. But I'm not allowed to open the postal pack until Friday!

Thanks Dan.

Thanks guys, yes a very nice kit fenders or not.

Another of my ebay, part started 'Woody' selection. I've not been able to use the wing/fender running board piece in this build as it was badly distorted, the kit may have been stored somewhere warm as it was also very brittle. This may have been why the first owner was put off building it. Anyway otherwise the build went well. I've added internal rear tubs to fill the gap and added woodgrain decal to those and the inside of the drop down tailgate. I also added alloy exhaust ends. I also noticed in my research that people used to carry surfboards around in them...............................

Thanks for the info John