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Post by kpnuts Fri 15 May 2020, 9:25 pm

Hi all I got this back from my ex boss as he no longer wanted it.

I'm going to strip it and rebuild it as a different version, can you guess which version.

It's very rare and was sold for £132,000 (hint there is a lot of wood involved )

Also I had to remove the exhaust as it runs differently.

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Post by webby Sat 16 May 2020, 3:23 am

John Steed's (The Avengers)? Lots of work and potential here.
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Post by kpnuts Sat 16 May 2020, 10:20 pm

In the years since I built this kit I like to think I've got better at weathering engines realistically so this ones coming out to have a do over.

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Post by kpnuts Sun 17 May 2020, 7:32 pm

Reworked some of the engine.

When I first got this back I had visions of turning it into Chitty but then thought I would check out the different versions this engine was used in and decided on the boat tail version.

What's funny is the first guess a lot of people made on what I was doing with it was Chitty (I thought turning it into Chitty was quite original and no one would think of that) 

I quite liked the idea so my question is (I dont know how to do a poll) which would you like to see most the red boat tail Bentley or Chitty.

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Post by kpnuts Mon 18 May 2020, 8:50 pm

Did some cleaning up of the chassis.

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Post by kpnuts Wed 20 May 2020, 9:17 pm

Hi all started on the body (that rear end wont be pointed it is cut square on the car)

It also flares out over the suspension lots of work on this part just wondering whether I will have to stain the wood red or if the mahogany when varnished will be red enough, I think on the actual car it is stained.

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Post by RetiredMike Fri 22 May 2020, 2:17 pm

A very ambitious endeavor. Good luck with that. Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre  1705482731
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Post by kpnuts Mon 25 May 2020, 11:14 am

More work done on the boat tail.

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Post by kpnuts Mon 25 May 2020, 7:45 pm

Couldn't resist trying a bit of varnish, I must as after 2 or three coats I think it might look alright.

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Post by kpnuts Thu 28 May 2020, 9:27 pm

Well I've spent most of tonight working on the exhaust (it goes down and under the car on the original version) it has to come out through the side panel on this version and on the actual car would have nuts to undo in order to move the exhaust and open the side panel. On this I obviously cant glue the exhaust to the manifold as I wont be able to put the side panel on and I cant put the side I've managed to figure a way to do it similar to the way it would have been done on the real car (will post pics when I've painted it all) 

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Post by kpnuts Sun 31 May 2020, 8:48 pm

Hi all regrettably I will no longer be able to post updates on my builds as imgbb (who I've been using ) no longer allows me to upload pics (this just after a week of them asking me to upgrade at £9.00 a month) just as well I didn't. 

All other free hosting sites seem to want you to create your own website to host pics (I'm not interested in spending hours setting up a website just to host some pics) so with regret this will be my last entry here.

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Post by kpnuts Mon 01 Jun 2020, 8:58 pm

Hi all someone suggested postimage it's easy and seems to work.
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Post by kpnuts Thu 11 Jun 2020, 8:56 pm

Hey imgbb is working again.

Here is a mockup of the rear fenders.

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Post by kpnuts Sun 14 Jun 2020, 4:16 pm

Hi all, done a lot of work on it over the weekend.

I've got big ambitions to make the throttle linkages up (we will see how far the ambition gets compared to how much skill and patience I have) I must say I'm quite pleased with how shes looking at the moment.

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Ps look what I just ordered (cant wait for it to get here)

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Post by kpnuts Tue 16 Jun 2020, 9:03 pm

Hi all made the advance and retard mechanism and started the throttle linkages.

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Post by kpnuts Wed 17 Jun 2020, 8:57 pm

One side of the throttle linkage 

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Post by kpnuts Thu 18 Jun 2020, 9:19 pm

Well that's the throttle and advance and retard mechanism done on one side(the easy side)
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Post by kpnuts Sun 21 Jun 2020, 3:45 pm

Nearing completion now.

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