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Thanks for the PM advice moon puppy.

Converting kit moulded wire wheels to using real wire on them is not an easy task. But boy does it make a difference !

Hi Paddy maybe we will get to see each other at one of the UK model shows. Don't know what neck of the woods is your patch. I live in Mid Bedfordshire.

Thanks for the further welcomes and photo posting advice guys ! This looks like a friendly model making site to belong to. Is there a personal message facility enabled on this site ?

Thanks for all the welcomes guys ! Can pictures be posted directly onto this site ?

I reckon the Alabama might be the best bet for a new plastic kit as there is superb reference in Bowcock's reference book CSS Alabama the Anatomy of a Confederate Raider. As Rhino said there is less information about the Florida. Model kits of Alabama that I know of (apart from the Revell...

This thread has generated a lot of interest. Judging by this it would be good if one of the mainstream plastic kit manufacturers did an accurate CSS Alabama, Florida or Shenandoah in something like 1/200th scale. Large enough to make a well detailed showcase model but not too big like that old...

Ditto previous comments. Maybe I will get to build a MFH kit.one day. Model looks so realistic.

UK modeller wishes to dispose of an original Pocher Mercedes kit and some assorted Pocher Rolls parts. The Mercedes kit was acquired second hand about 20 odd years ago. Wire wheels have already been built and the dashboard built up, otherwise the rest unbuilt as far as I can see. The kit may...

From the old Pochers the one I would like to build is the Bugatti that sells for silly money on ebay . I might try a scour of the local UK auction houses like Paddy suggested to see if one turns up. Ideally I would be looking for one that someone inexperienced had just started and found out that...

Those old Rivarossi generation Pochers certainly were not all they were cracked up to be back in the day. Even their later ones with die cast metal bodies, the F40 and Testarossa weren't particularly good either. They also did a Porsche just before the original company's demise, but I do not...

Before taking this kit to task about its shortcomings, one has to remember that this was originally a Monogram kit that first saw light of day back in the sixties when the actual car was in production. Kit technology has moved on in leaps and bounds since those days. There are some errors that...

Paddy, I am very late in both joining this forum and picking up on this Rolls Royce thread. I also have a Pocher Rolls that is a 'bitsa' that to be honest I cannot build up any great enthusiasm to do anything with it. Basically it is a chassis, engine and running gear, firewall and a set of...

Thanks for the feedback about the Revell Alabama. It is a very big model besides being inaccurate, as Revell shared the hull mouldings for their Kearsarge kit also. One ship"s hull is 12 feet longer for a start and the Alabama had a retractable propeller ! The only other Alabama kits I have...

Got it ! Thanks for the 'tin canning' explanation guys. Expansion and contraction of sheet metal on the real thing.