Harpo Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 I'm recently retired, and haven't built a car model since I was 14 years old. I decided to try my hand again, here is the result. It's a Gunze 1:24 kit, modified to left hand drive so it would match the real one I owned in 1974 (shown in last pic). Great fun, and I look forward to building more cars!
unclescott58 Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 Welcome back to model building. You did a pretty great job for not building in 49 years!
Top.Secret Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 Looks great and it's an interesting subject as I've never seen a model kit of this before. Welcome back to the hobby!
#1 model citizen Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 Good looking Triumph. I really like the burled wood dash! Welcome back! I'm sure you will find that the hobby has grown & become far more sophisticated and thereby rewarding during your 49 year break. Are you any where near my neck of the woods here in S.E. Ia?
PARTSMARTY Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 That looks great !!!-welcome back to building.
landman Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 6 hours ago, unclescott58 said: Welcome back to model building. You did a pretty great job for not building in 49 years! X2
bbowser Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 Very well done, especially for a 49 year lay-off! My uncle had the same car back in the '60s, thanks for the memory jog.
TooOld Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 Nicely done Garry and welcome back to the hobby !
espo Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 Welcome back to the hobby. Your going to enjoy it now even more than before. From the looks of your model you haven't lost any skills. I never owned a TR but I had friends that owned them and they would always take me for a ride and see if the could scare the you know what out of me. These were remarkable performers and was like driving a two seat Go Cart.
JDGREEN Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 Very nice build and you certainly have not lost your modeling skills, welcome back to the hobby.
Anglia105E Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 Nice looking build there Garry, and like you, I started building scale model cars again at the age of 63 when I had not built one since I was 13 years of age ( 50 years ). There is a Minicraft Triumph TR3A, also 1:24 scale but more basic than the Gunze Sangyo version. ( I thought the Gunze Sangyo was a TR2 ? ) David
peekay Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 Great looking model! Did you know that the TR2 version has steel wheels and hubcaps like your real one? Wheels and hubcaps are both chromed but with a coat of semi-gloss clear the wheels look right. Hosted on Fotki
ChrisBcritter Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 (edited) Beautiful work, Garry! Might as well add the license plates (save, reduce and print): Edited February 5, 2018 by ChrisBcritter
Harpo Posted February 5, 2018 Author Posted February 5, 2018 Chris: Great license plates, and I hate to be fussy but can you do those in black with no sticker? That would be correct for my car! Peter: Thank you for the tip on the wheels, I was hoping discs were available. John: I'm in Ankeny IA, just North of Des Moines. David J: Gunze makes a TR2, TR3, and TR3A! I also have the Minicraft version of the TR3A, I'll be making a slot car out of it for my home track. To all: Thank you very much for the kind words, I'm having lots of fun!
ChrisBcritter Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 50 minutes ago, Harpo said: Chris: Great license plates, and I hate to be fussy but can you do those in black with no sticker? That would be correct for my car! Garry, three numbers/three letters would be blue plates in CA; three letters/three numbers would be black (I lived in SoCal for 32 years and had many of each!) I removed the sticker. Your car probably got those plates around the time you bought it judging by the letter combo; it might have had out-of-state plates before that because black plates (issued '63-'70) weren't usually replaced unless lost or stolen.
Harpo Posted February 5, 2018 Author Posted February 5, 2018 15 minutes ago, ChrisBcritter said: Garry, three numbers/three letters would be blue plates in CA; three letters/three numbers would be black (I lived in SoCal for 32 years and had many of each!) I removed the sticker. Your car probably got those plates around the time you bought it judging by the letter combo; it might have had out-of-state plates before that because black plates (issued '63-'70) weren't usually replaced unless lost or stolen. My apologies, you are absolutely correct! I knew one of my cars from that era was black-plate CA, and I thought it was the Triumph. I dug out my old pics and found the right one - my 1952 Nash Rambler Country Club. Wish they made a kit for that!
#1 model citizen Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 I lived in Ankeny for about a year then moved to Des Moines. Moved here in '98 & would love to move back to Des Moines. The Nash is so cool! Modlhaus made a resin kit. They are out of business now, but you may find one on Ebay or by posting a Want ad on this forum. There may be other resin casters out there making them, too.
Foxer Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 Nice job on the TR3 ... you never lose it, building that is. I took a long break at 16 and started up again after 30 odd years. The cool part is there are kits pretty close to all the cars I owned in that time and it has been fun trying to build them all. Notable here is a TR4A that uses the TR3 as a base for the resin body. Here's a link to the build (not finished yet) if you're interested.
Ro3bert Posted March 22, 2018 Posted March 22, 2018 While I was in England with the USAF I had a friend who bought a TR-3. He let me drive it once (which was enough for me). It drove like a truck, heavy steering and rough riding. At the time I had a Bug Eyed Sprite which handled much lighter. I also had the chance to drive a Austin Healy sports car (can't remember the model) but it was an early one. It was a pleasure to drive.
Bainford Posted March 22, 2018 Posted March 22, 2018 Excellent job on the Triumph. I have wondered what the Gunze kits were like. I have seen the Minicraft, et al kit and as mentioned, it is pretty basic, The Gunze kit looks nice. Does this kit have the soft rubber seats, etc? You have done some great work on this kit. Welcome back to the hobby.
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