1949 Talbot-Lago F1

[bbowser]

Very basic kit, low parts count, perfect slump buster.  I think this is a repop of the old Airfix kit?  Styrene tires, wonky wheels, I think it turned out OK.  Comments welcome.

[afx]

Nice work Bruce.

[PappyD340]

Super nice build!

[Gramps46]

You really captured the feel of this beast.  Well done and thanks for sharing it.

[1959scudetto]

Looks good, Bruce - this is a re-pop of the old Merit kit from the 50's, which has been reissued several times by Smer (Czech Republic) and actually from Mistercraft(Poland) - it represents the 1947 GP Belgium winner, driven by Louis Chiron - here is a link:  https://mistercraft.eu/en/23-racing

 

[Bainford]

Nicely done. The colour looks pretty close to the real thing. I recently bought one of these, and have seen a few show up on the board lately. For a very basic kit, they look great on the shelf.

[slusher]

very nicely done..

[ChrisR]

Nice!

[papajohn97]

Amazing job on those one-piece clear wire wheels. How did you paint the spokes? Free-hand? Dry-brush? Beautiful job overall.

[bbowser]

6 hours ago, papajohn97 said:

Amazing job on those one-piece clear wire wheels. How did you paint the spokes? Free-hand? Dry-brush? Beautiful job overall.

The wheels came out much better than I expected.  I just dry brushed the spokes with Testors Chrome silver, nothing fancy.  Thanks to all for the compliments!

[Dave B]

Nice building Bruce, looks the part. The old Merit kits do build nicely, especially with Herb Deeks wire wheels.

Dave B

[Jasper018]

Just seeing this now ,,,, looks great best example of a only in box parts kit I have seen Great stuff ,can. I ask what color and brand you used for the body ? 

Edited November 21, 2021 by Jasper018

[bbowser]

It's been a while, but I think its Rustoleum Sky Blue spray bomb.

[Rich Chernosky]

Bruce...we all get in slumps from time to time.  This one was a great way to break out.   Nice job.

[Jasper018]

Thanks for the info 

[Hans1971]

Nice ! 1:32 ??

 

[bbowser]

4 hours ago, Hans1971 said:

Nice ! 1:32 ??

 

No, the Smer kit is 1/24

[Bugatti Fan]

Very nice build and well worth the effort. There are not many kits in 1/24th scale of racing cars from the 50's.  That old Merit Talbot Lago kit has certainly been around a bit via different manufacturers over the years.

Back in the day this kit and the Alfetta that Merit made were described as superkits  as they had  rudimentary engine detailing included. The little Cooper was the only other Merit kit that I can remember having engine detail.

The others in the series were as far as I can remember were kerb side models. They used to supply the clear plastic inserts for the wire wheels with a decal with the spoke pattern on them.

Heller also did a Talbot Lago from about the same era that was from their own tooling, so probably a bit more detailed as a kit.

[Racersonly]

I just completed one of these.