kpnuts Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share #31 Posted May 31, 2020 Hi all here is the next update yvesvidal, Landlubber Mike, Papa and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvesvidal Posted June 1, 2020 Share #32 Posted June 1, 2020 Superb KPNuts. What a resurrection... I am happy that you could get your model back and turn it into this very unique piece of art. Yves popeye the sailor, mtaylor, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted June 1, 2020 Share #33 Posted June 1, 2020 I didn't realize that the whole back-end of the car would turn in mahogany, I thought it would be the upper side only. And with respect to the wheels: as the respoked ones are so much better than the originals, I don't beleive you when you say you are never goibng to do that again. You will be doing it, as it is worth the time and nasty words. Jan Canute, Egilman, lmagna and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted June 1, 2020 Share #34 Posted June 1, 2020 Wow, that's looking amazing - very nicely done! popeye the sailor, Old Collingwood, lmagna and 2 others 5 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipman Posted June 1, 2020 Share #35 Posted June 1, 2020 Not Ducati Blue? And now a RED Bentley! I must say you're doing a fine job. Is it a replica of a real car or a little whimsy? The wheel rims would look cool in chrome/nickel with the centres red and black spokes. Wonder what Airfix will want for the re-release?. Here I am, driving a proper car! Canute, mtaylor, Landlubber Mike and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted June 1, 2020 Author Share #36 Posted June 1, 2020 Thanks guys, yes it's based on and actual car. shipman, Canute, mtaylor and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted June 3, 2020 Author Share #37 Posted June 3, 2020 Another update Landlubber Mike, lmagna, mtaylor and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted June 4, 2020 Share #38 Posted June 4, 2020 Wow the juxtaposition of the wood against the painted parts is really striking. That must have been a cool car to see in person. Nice job! popeye the sailor, Old Collingwood, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipman Posted June 4, 2020 Share #39 Posted June 4, 2020 KP, your model looks fabulous. You have a bit of Wingrove in you. So, do you have pictures of the real car? Or where can we find it? Have you seen the Youtube video from 'Plazmo'? He wired up a set of these wheels in a jiffy, using monofilament fishing line; worth checking it out. popeye the sailor, lmagna, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted June 5, 2020 Author Share #40 Posted June 5, 2020 Hi all well I've made a big decision (I thought there was too much back end on it) so I've decided theres enough room for rear seats. There were lots of coach builders in those days and you could have it built anyway you liked if you had the money, so whose to say it wasnt like this. The only thing now I've bitten the bullet is should I stick with a single seat or go with a double and have I gone back far enough. popeye the sailor, yvesvidal, Egilman and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipman Posted June 5, 2020 Share #41 Posted June 5, 2020 Care of Ixo models: not the best model of this car, but you get the idea? popeye the sailor, tarbrush, Egilman and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipman Posted June 5, 2020 Share #42 Posted June 5, 2020 'ixomodels' version of this car; not the best, but you get the idea? (continuous compound curves always look best. Like any hull. mtaylor, popeye the sailor, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted June 5, 2020 Author Share #43 Posted June 5, 2020 Yes that does look better. Old Collingwood, Canute, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted June 6, 2020 Author Share #44 Posted June 6, 2020 Started on the seats (I will be adding padding to the edges where the red paint is when I find something suitable) I didn't do too much weathering to the seats as its supposed to be well looked after. Egilman, popeye the sailor, Old Collingwood and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted June 11, 2020 Share #45 Posted June 11, 2020 looking really good KP...the scratch building is amazing Old Collingwood, Egilman, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted June 11, 2020 Author Share #46 Posted June 11, 2020 Mock up of the rear fenders. popeye the sailor, Egilman, mtaylor and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipman Posted June 11, 2020 Share #47 Posted June 11, 2020 He He. I'm sure they are still called mudguards in Essex. popeye the sailor, Old Collingwood, Egilman and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted June 14, 2020 Author Share #48 Posted June 14, 2020 Hi all, done a lot of work on it over the weekend. I've got big ambitions to make the throttle linkages up (we will see how far the ambition gets compared to how much skill and patience I have) I must say I'm quite pleased with how shes looking at the moment. Ps look what I just ordered (cant wait for it to get here) marktiedens, lmagna, fnick and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted June 16, 2020 Share #49 Posted June 16, 2020 Looks amazing - fantastic work! Looking forward to your upcoming project too Canute, mtaylor, Egilman and 3 others 6 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvesvidal Posted June 16, 2020 Share #50 Posted June 16, 2020 Fantastic work KPNuts. What a departure from the original model that you got back from your friend. I have to say, I like your latest version a hundred times more that the original kit. Is the 1976 Porsche your next model? Yves Egilman, Old Collingwood, lmagna and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share #51 Posted June 16, 2020 As soon as it arrives mate mtaylor, yvesvidal, Canute and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share #52 Posted June 16, 2020 Hi all done the advance and retard mechanism and started on the throttle linkages Canute, yvesvidal, marktiedens and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share #53 Posted June 17, 2020 The throttle linkage. mtaylor, Landlubber Mike, popeye the sailor and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share #54 Posted June 18, 2020 Well that's the throttle and advance and retard mechanism done on one side(the easy side) marktiedens, Old Collingwood, lmagna and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted June 21, 2020 Share #55 Posted June 21, 2020 nicely done.....looks great! Egilman, mtaylor, Old Collingwood and 3 others 6 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted June 21, 2020 Author Share #56 Posted June 21, 2020 Nearing completion now. Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor, marktiedens and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egilman Posted June 21, 2020 Share #57 Posted June 21, 2020 Absolutely fricken unbelievable!!!! Well done my friend!!! Nice rebuild! popeye the sailor, Old Collingwood, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted June 24, 2020 Share #58 Posted June 24, 2020 superb transformation! really nice job KP Canute, mtaylor and Egilman 3 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share #59 Posted June 24, 2020 Well its finally done and now ready for the spares drawer till I think of something else to do with it. marktiedens, Canute, Jack12477 and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmagna Posted June 24, 2020 Share #60 Posted June 24, 2020 What a great build this turned out to be. Congratulations. mtaylor, Egilman, Jack12477 and 2 others 5 Quote Lou Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence Currant builds: Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold) Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral) 1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin) Currant research/scratchbuild: Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes Non ship build log: 1/35th UH-1H Huey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.