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Bentley 4.5 litre (altered version) by kpnuts 1/12 Airfix
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I think it was the designer of alfa romeo who called the Bentley the fastest lorry in the world -
Bentley 4.5 litre (altered version) by kpnuts 1/12 Airfix
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Yes I'm building the boat tail version (of which there were loads) -
Bentley 4.5 litre (altered version) by kpnuts 1/12 Airfix
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Hi all started on the body (that rear end wont be pointed it is cut square on the car) It also flares out over the suspension lots of work on this part just wondering whether I will have to stain the wood red or if the mahogany when varnished will be red enough, I think on the actual car it is stained. -
HONDA CB750 Four K0 by yvesvidal - TAMIYA 1/6 and MPC 1/8
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Superb work on these. Yes I really love these Tamiya 1/6 bike kits they are amazing. -
Bentley 4.5 litre (altered version) by kpnuts 1/12 Airfix
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Ducati 1299 Panigale S by kpnuts 1/4
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Hi all I love these Tamiya 1/6 bike kits but I realised that a lot of that wonderful detail is lost when you put it all together ( I would have loved to do this with the Yamaha 1100 midnight special which I built in my youth as a bike I dreamt of owning but as it was no longer in production i couldn't afford the stupid prices it was going for on ebay) So money being tight at the time i went for the Honda. Of course what seemed like a simple idea at the time quickly turned into a nightmare, a kit intended to be displayed complete opened up a whole bag of worms when you decide to put it in a garage totally dismantled ready for restoration.
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Suzuki GSX 1100 S Mad to the max by kpnuts 1/6 Tamiya
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Ducati 1299 Panigale S by kpnuts 1/4
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Heres another update, this engine is huge, and heavy I needed to ware back support whilst working on it. Another size comparison the brake equalizer is a small part of the bike but when put on a 1/24 American lorry engine it makes the engine look tiny. Incidentally all those banjo connectors had to be made as the things supplied in the kit are awful. -
Bentley 4.5 litre (altered version) by kpnuts 1/12 Airfix
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Reworked some of the engine. When I first got this back I had visions of turning it into Chitty but then thought I would check out the different versions this engine was used in and decided on the boat tail version. What's funny is the first guess a lot of people made on what I was doing with it was Chitty (I thought turning it into Chitty was quite original and no one would think of that) I quite liked the idea so my question is (I dont know how to do a poll) which would you like to see most the red boat tail Bentley or Chitty. -
Bentley 4.5 litre (altered version) by kpnuts 1/12 Airfix
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In the years since I built this kit I like to think I've got better at weathering engines realistically so this ones coming out to have a do over. -
Ducati 1299 Panigale S by kpnuts 1/4
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Pastels are great at turning plastic into wood, I think I posted a tutorial on my Soleil build as I had so many people asking how I did it.
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Bentley 4.5 litre supercharged by kpnuts airfix 1/12
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Very. The original was also motorised (moulding for that and the gears are still in the new one) (when I built the motorised one in my youth it only worked for about 10 feet then stripped the gears) I think that's why it's not motorised now. Accuracy is pretty poor as is the detail but then again it's the only 1/12 version out there. -
Bentley 4.5 litre supercharged by kpnuts airfix 1/12
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I corrected loads of faults on this kit and added loads of extra detail (I also respoked the wheels) -
American wrecker truck by kpnuts italari 1/24
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Ducati 1299 Panigale S by kpnuts 1/4
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More work on the engine. The banjo connectors dont come with the kit you have to manufacture those yourself in my case with a bead some pipe and a bolt. Also any wiring you have to make yourself. -
Suzuki GSX 1100 S Mad to the max by kpnuts 1/6 Tamiya
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Hi all here is a dio with a twist hope you like it. The idea is poor old Joe blogs business is struggling till he gets a strange callout, his poor old truck is on its last legs can this new client change his life.
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Suzuki GSX 1100 S Mad to the max by kpnuts 1/6 Tamiya
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Ducati 1299 Panigale S by kpnuts 1/4
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Nice. -
Ducati 1299 Panigale S by kpnuts 1/4
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Added the expansion springs to the exhaust and made a start on the engine. That's a large 1/24 car next to it to give an idea of size -
Ducati 1299 Panigale S by kpnuts 1/4
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Including all the extra bits just over 800 quid
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