Jim R's 1/32 Airfix 1904 Darracq - Genevieve

[Tim Marlow]

Outstanding scratchery going on here jim ! Love the steps and the spare tyres . Reminds me of the german car in the film ‘Monte carlo or bust !’ it had ( at least ) four spare tyres stacked on the rear deck all wrapped up like this , driven by the wonderful Gert Frobe .[ATTACH=CONFIG]n1196337[/ATTACH]
keep up the superb work , i love to see an old kit get a proper makeover ! Cheers tony

Which tyre had the stolen diamonds in it?

[Tim Marlow]

Thanks guys.
The last major issue that I'm going to try to correct is the rear mudguard and the side steps. It's clear from this still from the film that they are separate. The step is on a bracket fixed to the chassis and sits just above and to the front of the end of the mudguard
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The kit has the step attached to the mudguard. Makes things simpler I suppose. I cut off the step.
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That meant that the mudguard now needed a new attachment to fix it to the chassis.
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Two new side steps and brackets. The mesh is flooded with CA so hopefully will look a bit like chequer plate when painted..
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Only a few parts left. The wheels will need a fair bit of clean up.

Great work Jim……bringing this old girl on a treat…..

[Jim R]

Not a lot to show really although I have been working on this. Unfortunately I have had to do a lot of painting before assembly, which I don't like.
Wheels needed bolt heads and a fair bit of clean up.




The bonnet has a lift up panel which was missing. (a lot of glue marks!!! :sad


Painted bits.




Started to put it together.


Thanks for your continued encouragement.

[Neil Merryweather]

this really is silk purse territory Jim- it's looking great!

[Mini Me]

"Silk pursery" indeed.......keep it coming! :thumb2:

[papa 695]

Keep up the great work Jim.

[boatman]

YES I ALSO AGGREE very good work Jim
chrisb

[Mickc1440]

Excellent work on this old girl Jim. I love the idea of wrapping the tyres in masking tape, I'm going to wrap all my models up now as it saves so much time :smiling:

[Allen Dewire]

Late in Jim, sorry about that...Didn't even know you were scratch building a car out of plastic. Most excellent job so far Sir!!! Is that you and the grand kids out for a ride in town in the color photo above??? Looks like you're having a good time!!!...

Prost
Allen

[scottie3158]

Jim,
That is out standing work mate, the effort you have put in has certainly paid off.

[Waspie]

It all started with a wee bag of plastic - Wow, what a transformation.
You guys never fail to amaze!!!

[Guest]

It’s always nice when you can see how poorly detailed the kit was by someone improving it to this extent

[Gern]

I vaguely remember buying a couple of the other kits by Airfix in this range. That was about 60 years ago and they were littered with flash even back then! You're doing a cracking job!

[JR]

Just found this , so apologies for turning up late Jim.

Looks like you are having fun with the added detail, your getting like Paul Scott !!:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

Very nice work indeed.

[outrunner]

You are making a cracking job with this.

Andy.