Dear colleagues,
Some time ago I started ambitious project. Fascinated with Triumph Tiger 80 I took a closer look on British motorisation of the thirties. I chose to scratch build a Bentley racing car. The particular car belonged to Dorothy Paget and won the Le Mans 24 hours endurance race. I also plan to build Sir Birkin's single seater and a boat tail Gurney Nutting coach. That is why I cast the parts with resin. Plus a couple of friends from polish model forum asked me to cast some more copies so they could have a Braille scale Bentley too.
But have a look on what I made so far:
Frame masters:
Some turned pieces:
Dry fitted frame parts:
First castings:
Assembly of the test resin parts:
Later used for dry fitting with other parts:
The engine master is ready:
So i the "blower":
Nice tight fit without any glue:
The shock absorbers initially were to be etched like on this photo, but then I decided to cast them (even Airfix's 1:12 Bentley has each absorber as one piece)
Some more details:
The fit is constantly tested:
I thermoformed the grill frame and the hood:
The grill master is ready:
Same as petrol tank:
Head light master (I made only one as both lamps are the same):
The battery rack:
I painted some parts to choose proper colour:
Finally it is time to scratch build the coach:
I started working on mudguards:
Meanwhile ordered decals arrived:
As you see this is rather unusual project and it consumes my zeal in huge rate. So I need your encourragement to finish it 9_9
Some time ago I started ambitious project. Fascinated with Triumph Tiger 80 I took a closer look on British motorisation of the thirties. I chose to scratch build a Bentley racing car. The particular car belonged to Dorothy Paget and won the Le Mans 24 hours endurance race. I also plan to build Sir Birkin's single seater and a boat tail Gurney Nutting coach. That is why I cast the parts with resin. Plus a couple of friends from polish model forum asked me to cast some more copies so they could have a Braille scale Bentley too.
But have a look on what I made so far:
Frame masters:
Some turned pieces:
Dry fitted frame parts:
First castings:
Assembly of the test resin parts:
Later used for dry fitting with other parts:
The engine master is ready:
So i the "blower":
Nice tight fit without any glue:
The shock absorbers initially were to be etched like on this photo, but then I decided to cast them (even Airfix's 1:12 Bentley has each absorber as one piece)
Some more details:
The fit is constantly tested:
I thermoformed the grill frame and the hood:
The grill master is ready:
Same as petrol tank:
Head light master (I made only one as both lamps are the same):
The battery rack:
I painted some parts to choose proper colour:
Finally it is time to scratch build the coach:
I started working on mudguards:
Meanwhile ordered decals arrived:
As you see this is rather unusual project and it consumes my zeal in huge rate. So I need your encourragement to finish it 9_9
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