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1:24 Tamiya Toyota Celica LB Turbo Gr.5 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
I think this is the oldest build I still have intact. When first assembled I installed the motor that was common to many Japanese kits back then. Unpainted, which probably prevented me spoiling it! The rear spoiler was missing for many years but happily I found it in the parts box so it got reinstated.
Doyusha 1:24-ish Nissan Cherry X-1R (E10) by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
AMT 1:25 Dodge Monaco by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
Monogram 1:24 Plymouth, Buick and Ford Torino by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
Monogram kits were always my preference of the American makes. Still got a few to do (or which have been WIPs for 25+ years).
1:24 Fujimi Suzuki Alto Twincam - Finished! by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
The remaining photos still bring me a bit of pain, you'll see why......
Tamiya 1:24 Nissan Skyline 2000 Turbo (R30) by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
1:24 Tamiya Skyline (R30) Complete at last! by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
Tamiya 1:24 Nissan Silvia K's (S13) by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
Alloys off the Tamiya BMW M635 on this one.
Tamiya 1:24 Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-Z by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
Tamiya 1:24 Honda City GG by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
I was really pleased with how these all turned out, how I saw them in my head beforehand nicely turned into 1:24 reality. But then....
Model car mishap by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
I discovered that leaving plastic models on a car dashboard on a sunny day at Santa Pod was a stupid thing to do. Since then I've managed to get replacement kits at reasonable price (it took a while in some cases) so they will get rebuilt one day.
1:24 Tamiya Toyota Celica LB Turbo Gr.5 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
I think this is the oldest build I still have intact. When first assembled I installed the motor that was common to many Japanese kits back then. Unpainted, which probably prevented me spoiling it! The rear spoiler was missing for many years but happily I found it in the parts box so it got reinstated.
Doyusha 1:24-ish Nissan Cherry X-1R (E10) by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
AMT 1:25 Dodge Monaco by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
Monogram 1:24 Plymouth, Buick and Ford Torino by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
Monogram kits were always my preference of the American makes. Still got a few to do (or which have been WIPs for 25+ years).
1:24 Fujimi Suzuki Alto Twincam - Finished! by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
The remaining photos still bring me a bit of pain, you'll see why......
Tamiya 1:24 Nissan Skyline 2000 Turbo (R30) by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
1:24 Tamiya Skyline (R30) Complete at last! by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
Tamiya 1:24 Nissan Silvia K's (S13) by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
Alloys off the Tamiya BMW M635 on this one.
Tamiya 1:24 Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-Z by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
Tamiya 1:24 Honda City GG by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
I was really pleased with how these all turned out, how I saw them in my head beforehand nicely turned into 1:24 reality. But then....
Model car mishap by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
I discovered that leaving plastic models on a car dashboard on a sunny day at Santa Pod was a stupid thing to do. Since then I've managed to get replacement kits at reasonable price (it took a while in some cases) so they will get rebuilt one day.
Don't worry, nothing gets thrown away! I spent quite a bit of time on lowering the suspension on some of them, so I hope that can get re-used under the replacement shells. As for the remains, maybe the Silvia needs posing next to a lamp post to represent drifting gone wrong, and the worst ones could end up underneath this thing:
1:24 Monogram Quadzilla Ford Truck kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
1:24 Monogram Quadzilla Ford Truck kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
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Another of those magazine models I seem to be filling the house with; Graham Hill's Brabham BT34 'lobster claw' from 1971.
As far as I know, this is the only model available, at least in 1/43. There was a white metal kit some years back, but it's really difficult to find now - I should know, I've been searching for it for ages!
As far as I know, this is the only model available, at least in 1/43. There was a white metal kit some years back, but it's really difficult to find now - I should know, I've been searching for it for ages!
Evangelion said:
As far as I know, this is the only model available, at least in 1/43. There was a white metal kit some years back, but it's really difficult to find now - I should know, I've been searching for it for ages!
Just drop John Shinton an email and ask him to cast you one - I was at Race Retro chatting to him and said I was after one, he replied “Are you here tomorrow, I’ll get the metal pot heated up tonight and cast you one after dinner” Sadly I was only there that day so he posted it to me. 
allegerita said:
Nice work and looking very realistic to me. I particularily like the shiny metal look of the tracks and the top side of the hull. Can you elaborate on how you achieved this?
ThanksProlex-UK said:
The tracks were painted a mix of gunmetal and black approx 70% black
Hull was finished with a matt varnish which must have been not as matt as it should be.
Sold it on ebay to a guy in Switzerland
Evangelion said:
Now you tell me!
I had no idea John Shinton was still producing kits - a search on the GPM website for the BT34 turned up nothing.
He’s slowed down ........ a lot .......... but still pops up on the Facebook 1/43rd groups, it can’t hurt to ask him! I had no idea John Shinton was still producing kits - a search on the GPM website for the BT34 turned up nothing.
http://www.johnshintonmodels.co.uk/
Here is my lockdown project, almost complete.
It’s my grandfather’s WW2 Armed Tree Class Trawler HMS Walnut in 1/72 scale. Built by Smiths in Middlesbrough, she mainly did convoy escorts, mine clearance and anti submarine work out of Portsmouth. She then went on after the war as one of only two Tree Class to survive, to run a humanitarian mission as the SS Walnut taking Estonian refugees from Sweden to new lives in Canada where she is now fondly remembered as part of subsequent generations’ history.
Hull is from an old Matchbox Flower Class corvette kit that was made up in the 80s and in a poor state in my grandfathers attic (since re-released as a kit by Revell), cut down to correct size by about 25% - about 60cm long. Rest of the boat is scratch built from plasticard to photos and a few fittings and fixtures from the corvette kit used, as well as a few ship bits from model boat suppliers. It’s a very different superstructure design to the flower class.
It’s radio controlled, sea trials will commence when the rest of the rigging is on, crew added and I can work out how to eliminate vibration in the prop shaft. Her maiden voyage will be the boating pond in Portsmouth, in memory of my grandfather and his crew.
It’s my grandfather’s WW2 Armed Tree Class Trawler HMS Walnut in 1/72 scale. Built by Smiths in Middlesbrough, she mainly did convoy escorts, mine clearance and anti submarine work out of Portsmouth. She then went on after the war as one of only two Tree Class to survive, to run a humanitarian mission as the SS Walnut taking Estonian refugees from Sweden to new lives in Canada where she is now fondly remembered as part of subsequent generations’ history.
Hull is from an old Matchbox Flower Class corvette kit that was made up in the 80s and in a poor state in my grandfathers attic (since re-released as a kit by Revell), cut down to correct size by about 25% - about 60cm long. Rest of the boat is scratch built from plasticard to photos and a few fittings and fixtures from the corvette kit used, as well as a few ship bits from model boat suppliers. It’s a very different superstructure design to the flower class.
It’s radio controlled, sea trials will commence when the rest of the rigging is on, crew added and I can work out how to eliminate vibration in the prop shaft. Her maiden voyage will be the boating pond in Portsmouth, in memory of my grandfather and his crew.
Edited by tracer.smart on Tuesday 26th May 07:36
tracer.smart said:
Here is my lockdown project, almost complete.
It’s my grandfather’s WW2 Armed Tree Class Trawler HMS Walnut in 1/72 scale. Built by Smiths in Middlesbrough, she mainly did convoy escorts, mine clearance and anti submarine work out of Portsmouth. She then went on after the war as one of only two Tree Class to survive, to run a humanitarian mission as the SS Walnut taking Estonian refugees from Sweden to new lives in Canada.
Hull is from an old Matchbox Flower Class corvette, cut down by 25%. Rest is scratch built from plasticard to photos and and a few fittings and fixtures from the corvette kit used.
It’s radio controlled, sea trials will commence when the rigging is on and I can work out how to eliminate vibration in the prop shaft. Her maiden voyage will be the boating pond in Portsmouth, in memory of my grandfather and his crew.
Excellent It’s my grandfather’s WW2 Armed Tree Class Trawler HMS Walnut in 1/72 scale. Built by Smiths in Middlesbrough, she mainly did convoy escorts, mine clearance and anti submarine work out of Portsmouth. She then went on after the war as one of only two Tree Class to survive, to run a humanitarian mission as the SS Walnut taking Estonian refugees from Sweden to new lives in Canada.
Hull is from an old Matchbox Flower Class corvette, cut down by 25%. Rest is scratch built from plasticard to photos and and a few fittings and fixtures from the corvette kit used.
It’s radio controlled, sea trials will commence when the rigging is on and I can work out how to eliminate vibration in the prop shaft. Her maiden voyage will be the boating pond in Portsmouth, in memory of my grandfather and his crew.
Prolex-UK said:
Excellent
Thanks Prolex.I have to say a big thanks to Leo Whisstock at the Royal Navy Patrol Service museum in Lowestoft for supplying pictures of their model of HMS Pine, the twin of the Walnut, during lockdown. No plans exist and I wouldn’t have had access to the detail I needed to build a scaled version. Neither could I have visited the museum whilst lockdown is on. The Pine was sadly lost with ten crew when an E-Boat or ‘Schnellboot’ out of Calais attacked at night as they were rounding the point on the Isle of White whilst escorting a convoy. Ships like these ran the gauntlet every time they left port.
Edited by tracer.smart on Tuesday 26th May 10:39
Re the HMS Walnut:
Interesting story! And nicely built.
How do you assure water tightness and correct ballast? And why do you expect vibrations on the prop shaft? It doesn't seem that long. You put in an electric motor?
Interesting story! And nicely built.
How do you assure water tightness and correct ballast? And why do you expect vibrations on the prop shaft? It doesn't seem that long. You put in an electric motor?
Edited by allegerita on Tuesday 26th May 11:19
Edited by allegerita on Tuesday 26th May 11:20
allegerita said:
Re the HMS Walnut:
Interesting story! And nicely built.
How do you assure water tightness and correct ballast? And why do you expect vibrations on the prop shaft? It doesn't seem that long. You put in an electric motor?
Thanks. Before the build got underway I placed all rc components in the hull, put in the bath and moved around the weight until the hull sat in the water as it should. Then built the components in.Interesting story! And nicely built.
How do you assure water tightness and correct ballast? And why do you expect vibrations on the prop shaft? It doesn't seem that long. You put in an electric motor?
To achieve water tightness, I made sure the hull was stuck together well, added thin plasticard skins over seams and sealed with an epoxy. For strength I added bulkheads and fixed a wide ledge for the deck to sit on.
The vibrations are because the dc motor is directly coupled to the prop shaft via a solid brass coupling and something is slightly out of alignment in that arrangement. I have a flexible coupling on its way which will hopefully deal with it. All part of the fun!
Sorting out and tidying up my loft and found some models I built as a teenager (or just before my teens), some I made fifteen years ago and some that I bought at about the same time and started but never finished.
It's mostly 1:24/25 cars.
These are the real oldies:
A Hasegawa Buick Wildcat, Tamiya Porsche 911 Turbo Flatnose and Mercedes-Benz SL AMG 6.0
The more recent ones:
Tamiya Morris Cooper S, Tamiya Volkswagen Beetle and unknown Honda Prelude but possibly the same kit as someone posted a few posts earlier.
I'm quite pleased with the weathering job I did on the VW.
Current production line.
AMT/ERTL 1969 Plymouth GTX, Tamiya Honda Prelude XX and Tamiya Alpine A110 SC
Another older one, a 1:18 Bburago Ferrari Testa Rossa.
I'm glad I put the effort into applying some paint even if there are lots of other areas on it that could be improved.
It's mostly 1:24/25 cars.
These are the real oldies:
A Hasegawa Buick Wildcat, Tamiya Porsche 911 Turbo Flatnose and Mercedes-Benz SL AMG 6.0
The more recent ones:
Tamiya Morris Cooper S, Tamiya Volkswagen Beetle and unknown Honda Prelude but possibly the same kit as someone posted a few posts earlier.
I'm quite pleased with the weathering job I did on the VW.
Current production line.
AMT/ERTL 1969 Plymouth GTX, Tamiya Honda Prelude XX and Tamiya Alpine A110 SC
Another older one, a 1:18 Bburago Ferrari Testa Rossa.
I'm glad I put the effort into applying some paint even if there are lots of other areas on it that could be improved.
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