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Thanks bob. I tend to be surprised how soon after the death of the generation that knew for sure the facts on things like colour and detail are questioned by people that were not there or even born. New generations are now presented with colourized pictures' and digital screens that show...

The only thing i agree with is the seat was resin bonded paper not Bakelite :-) As for the rest i am keeping out as its the reason i got banned before on Several sites :-) its one of those occasions where no one will ever prove you wrong if you went black or green but people would always...

i am quite curious about the aluminium in the cockpit as well. Its not something i have ever seen in my 60 years ? What specifically was left in a natural finish ?

A Seen here with optional;, not to scale , finger prints :-) bit off topic but this is a great example of...if you like a clean car never buy a black car 😂

It just shows how different people see things differently :) I thought the 1/48 Airfix Lightning was a superb kit and did a review of it about 20 years ago https://modelingmadness.com/review/viet/gb/barratlite.htm

Cliff Richards backing band in the late 50s to about 1975 :-) i supose it was a bit obscure ...lol

Hank Marvin used to spend a lot of his time in the shadows as well. :)

so this where i am now . So far its all gone well with no problems. The difference between this build and my last of this model where i used the screws to fix it together is chalk and cheese. Moral, dont use the provided plastic expanding self tap screws :)

You are right Bob but these were cheap so i am going to leave the order open and when the wheels eventually turn up i will put them into stock as they will be useful for other builds. Meanwhile if i need wheels before they arrive i will go with the kit ones on this build.

When the going get tough, Tim smashes it out the park. Looks spot on to me .

I ordered a set of 3D Print wheels for a 1/12 Airfix Bentley back in the middle of December but unfortunately the supplier is messing me about with messages like "ready for despatch", then "despatched by UPS" delivery expected 11th..which was a Sunday and i know UPS dont work Sunday. I contacted...

I am definitely being steered by a higher Spirit here 😂 it seems the Proxxon 250E is now discontinued...Someone is trying to tell be something so i will shelve this idea and revisit it at a later date :-)

We sort of got that.... for the most part :)

Well this will be interesting, basically a pre war Spit or baby Spit as they are sometimes called.. I always thought Tamiya missed a trick by not making their super spit an early Mk I ,II or V

On a lighter or brighter note the Innocraftsman micro drill is excellent, especially if you want to drill a 1mm hole up a 2mm screw...and lets face it, who doesnt want to do that :-)

so this is my post from the FIAT 806 thread which i have re posted here to keep this thread up to date ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Well i fired up the micro lathe and no joy. TBH its pretty useless for what i need. no adjustment to centre the tail...

I have to say i have a badger Krome Renegade which i really like but the caveat would be i only use MRP and Alclad for 99% of my work and both are very thin and pre thinned and dont have a tendency to dry on the tip. I doubt it would be much use for something like Tamiya thinned with rubbing...

All that of course still means i dont have any instruments for the car 😂

Well i fired up the micro lathe and no joy. TBH its pretty useless for what i need. no adjustment to centre the tail stock to the chuck except via the gibs but you need to use the gibs to lock the tail stock so even if you set it up it wont stay there if you keep tightening and slackening the...

quick update......i might need to fire up the micro lathe tomorrow as i dont have any clocks for the dash...