lmagna

Where these cross-Channel steamers ? Or, being in a Lancaster museum, they were crossing the Irish Sea ?

glad your back!    she's still look'in super!

The kit had an indentation in the firewall as a type of partial shelf for the battery.  My immediate thought was that there must have been more to keep things in place!

The battery was sitting on a small shelf or bracket and retained by a couple of threaded rods. I remember this well, because one day I got it back from service and while I was checking the oil (it happened that they forgot to put oil back ...) I noticed that the rods were not fixed - a sharp braking and the battery would have slipped onto the drive-shafts and into the steering, which could have spellt disaster ...

I thought about the battery wires.  As much as I love cars, I know nothing about the interior parts and I hate the thought of adding extra detail and getting it all wrong.  Personally, I would just display my cars as curbside anyway given that the interior parts on these older cars aren't particularly crisp and don't look very realistic.  I've seen some guys replace a lot of that stuff with resin and other aftermarket, but for me, I like to focus on the body styles.  Plus, adding all that aftermarket to deck out the engine bay can get expensive quickly.
 
I do have a few Pocher and Revival kits in the stash, so for them, I'll think about displaying things open.  There at least I have good parts, good diagrams and instructions, etc.

I forgot to show what's under the hood.  I didn't completely deck it out as one of my daughters wanted it.  My guess is that it will come back in pieces by  the end of the week. 🤨  
 
I think I would have a lot easier of a time building a beat up, worn car.  I haven't quite figured out the level of shading and highlighting, etc. that is appropriate.  On the body, I used a tiny bit of grey to accent some of the panels (the door jams I used black as that's how the car looks in the various pictures I found).  The engine though doesn't quite have the look I want to get to.  Maybe next time I'll go lighter on the shading for the engine parts. 
 
 

Superb model. So realistic.... It takes me back to my childhood....
 
Yves

Ah those bygone days in the late 1970s/early 1980s cruising open top around southern France ...
At some stage I had to replace the front wings with a good pair from the breakers, but had to match the colour - was able to do quite a decent paint job with a mohair brush ... yes, car model builders spend quite a bit of effort on their paint jobs.

Decided to dust this one off and finish it.  The Tamiya kit is a lot nicer of a kit than the Airfix kit, that's for sure - fit, parts, options, etc.  I have to say, I have the utmost respect for people that do model cars.  The kits may be a lot simpler in terms of parts, etc. that things like planes and ships, but if you want a flawless paint job and that showroom new finish, it's not easy.  I think it's actually harder than with planes and ships where you can get away with weathering and other techniques because the paint job isn't critical.
 
Fun little build, and I learned a lot.  At least this time unlike with the Airfix kit, I managed to build it with all four wheels touching the ground.  I'm slowly getting better  
 

 
 

are those clutch bands...the circular parts with the gears?  been a long time since I've seen a model that uses screws  ..... I did a few car models in my day.  the body must not weigh a lot.........imagine throwing a small block in there  

It was an air-cooled boxer-engine, like on BMW-motorcycles.

two squirrels on a treadmill..........unique looking engine       the interior looks really good with those colors.........should look super in blue.  you'll have to add some of that 'new car smell'  

Very nice model, Mike.
 
Yves

Mike, 
I went to HobbyTown the other day, and looked into Tamyia models and Trumpeter. 
My oh my, has Tamyia changed their quality to much better.

I'm moving along fairly quickly on the Tamiya Citroen 2CV kit, and am more than halfway through the instructions at this point.  The fit and design are better than the Airfix kit, and you can tell that Tamiya set up the kit in a way to make construction more solid, easier to paint, etc.  One other thing that's nice about Tamiya is that the bumpers have a black band running in the middle of them.  I had a hard time painting a crisp line on the Airfix kit given that the plastic wasn't perfectly smooth.  Tamiya gives you black decals which make things much easier.  Tamiya also gives you the option of presenting the model with an open or closed roof, and I believe you can flip the windows to an open position.
 
I decided to go with a french blue exterior/gray interior (like Tom's cousin's car pictured above, but without the white hood).  For the exterior, I once again went with Tamiya - french blue in the rattle can - but this time decanted the paint and sprayed through my airbrush.  Much cleaner spray than spraying directly from the can.  For whatever reason, the Tamiya cans seem to like to spit, which is a pain because then you have to sand or otherwise remove blemishes and then try to repaint.  Decanted, it sprayed super smoothly in pretty much one coat.  On the Airfix, I spent a ton of time going back and cleaning up the spit and other issues, respraying, and repeating multiple times.  The rest of the car I'm using Vallejo acrylics.  I like the ease of use and clean up of Vallejo a lot.  For a car exterior, however, I like the harder finish of the Tamiya synthetic lacquer, which probably holds up better to my brute handling of the model during assembly.  Vallejo also can be weird about peeling when being taped at times.
 

 
Tub:
 

 
Chassis - nice that all four tires are sitting evenly on the ground unlike my Airfix kit  
 

 
Behold!  The mighty 29 horsepower engine! 😆
 
 
 
With the chassis and tub done, really all that's next is to add all the details to the body (and a fewer remaining details to the engine compartment).  Tamiya has you add the body to the chassis, then add the details.  I think I'm going to first add most of the details aside from things like the windows, then spray the clear coat, then assemble.  I figure I might as well have a consistent clear coat on the model without worrying about getting clear coat on areas it shouldn't go like the tires, and the clear coat can generally cover up any extra glue marks.  
 
Thanks for looking in!

Had to follow each link one at a time but I can't believe how crisp everything is even in super zoom. Makes me feel like I'm walking the 5.9" gundeck while they are being installed. Very clean and crisp work. Looking forward to even more.  

If you duplicated that car chase I think it would be an opportunity of building the car upside down or right side up. I think it spent as much time in one position as the other.  Got a little "weathered" in the process as well I think.
 
 

I have also seen models of LeMans cars modeled in the way they looked at the END of the race. Pretty interesting models sometimes.
 

You may have accidently discovered something Chris. In  my humble opinion the upside down railings look just like the real thing with the top rail being made of a thicker polished wood railing instead of the metal of the lower sections.

 
For not having any top notch skill, experience with resin, and patience combined with good eyesight you are sure turning out a miniature masterpiece. It is frightening what you could possibly do if you had all of those attributes!

As long as you only urinate on the bushes and clean up your poop I suppose it is OK.

I usually take my dog for his walk................ I don't do it for him. 

There is this one as well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7pheKy5apk
 

There is this one as well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7pheKy5apk
 

As long as you only urinate on the bushes and clean up your poop I suppose it is OK.

I usually take my dog for his walk................ I don't do it for him. 

Dear colleagues and friends,
 
Thank you all very much for your comments, kind words and support. It means a lot to me and I am pleased that you like the Royal Katherine model in my rendition.
It was a really great challenge when I decided four years ago whether to go for it or not, but despite many difficulties during the building, I do not regret this decision. At the same time, I fulfilled another modeling dream, which I was able to share with you and almost to the end with my husband George. The realisation of this project brought me not only the joy of the hobby itself, but also learning and possibility of expanding the knowledge horizons about real ships, their construction and history.
My main intention was to strive for the most realistic model reconstruction of the real appearance of the Royal Katherine and to point out the various shortcomings and inaccuracies that we often encounter in documents and plans of sailboat models. In addition, I tried to create my model without the use of special tools and from the most available materials as an example of the fact that even a very modest background is not an obstacle to creating a nice and quality model, which makes this hobby available to almost everyone.
 
None of us can know what the future will bring, but I definitely do not want to give up my hobbies and when I find enthusiasm for a new and interesting project again, I will share it with you. 
 

 
Kind regards and all the best, 

Doris