majel Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Amazing scratchbuilding skills, incredibly clean build, beautiful detail and paint which all adds up to one phenomenal model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterhamnut Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 I lucked in to finding this thread, and I am very glad I did. I have seen this model on FB Mark, but obviously only a few photos - and have always admired it greatly. But this thread shows all the phenomenal engineering craftwork that has gone in to the detail...simply stunning. I am lucky enough to own the 'real thing' - us Caterham lot are usually rather dismissive of any body modifications, but I have to say that what you have done looks amazing in terms of 'styling' (not a word usually applied to 'caterham' lol) - I think the rear wings look waaaay better than the effort caterham made with their CSR model, and the fairing on the bonnet looks beautiful - even the nose looks fantastic! I have got heavily into the 3D printing side of doing this, and it revolutionizes the hobby - but what I admire hugely is the metal work and machining you achieve on this scale - staggering. Off to look for more of your work! cheers, angus (caterhamnut) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted November 13, 2019 Author Share Posted November 13, 2019 On 11/1/2019 at 6:04 AM, caterhamnut said: I lucked in to finding this thread, and I am very glad I did. I have seen this model on FB Mark, but obviously only a few photos - and have always admired it greatly. But this thread shows all the phenomenal engineering craftwork that has gone in to the detail...simply stunning. I am lucky enough to own the 'real thing' - us Caterham lot are usually rather dismissive of any body modifications, but I have to say that what you have done looks amazing in terms of 'styling' (not a word usually applied to 'caterham' lol) - I think the rear wings look waaaay better than the effort caterham made with their CSR model, and the fairing on the bonnet looks beautiful - even the nose looks fantastic! I have got heavily into the 3D printing side of doing this, and it revolutionizes the hobby - but what I admire hugely is the metal work and machining you achieve on this scale - staggering. Off to look for more of your work! cheers, angus (caterhamnut) Thank you Angus! Very kind words indeed! I readily admit that I do things to Seven models I don't think I would do on real ones, ( and I have firsthand experience with 1:1s). While I try to stay in a realistic realm, I also enjoy building them in "very wrong" ways to the purists. I'll admit I was inspired by the S4 rear fenders, but wanted something softer and tied into a traditional Seven. The nose was inspired by the early 60's Gurney Eagles and the fairing on the hood (bonnet) just seemed appropriate. I too am deep into the 3D aspect of the hobby, but still enjoy old school metal working and machining. (As you may have noticed on my Lola T-70 project...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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