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Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« on: May 15, 2020, 08:45:03 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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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2020, 10:03:53 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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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2020, 08:32:26 am »

As long as the child finder general does not get involved it look like a good project, are the wings going to be deployed (I assume its going to be chitty)
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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2020, 11:45:18 am »

That was my original idea but I then decided to do a different version of the blower.
I've had so many people think of Chitty maybe I should go for that.
Or maybe build this one then do Chitty
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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2020, 01:00:44 pm »


If this had been anyone else's thread I would have said what a shame to spoil a lovely old model, but as it is I know it will end up actually better what ever you do with it.  :-))




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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2020, 07:17:30 pm »

Thanks for the compliment Joe
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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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2020, 07:20:19 pm »

The wine glass for scale works for me, nice job so far, (the engine not the wine) :-))
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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2020, 07:54:29 pm »

Nice looking rework of the engine, shame The wine has not been finish off to the same standard %%
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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2020, 09:39:19 pm »

Vote for red boat tail version. I think that will have more class!

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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2020, 10:05:03 pm »

Yes I vote Red Tail.  :-))
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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2020, 06:58:04 am »

I’d vote Bentley :-))
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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2020, 09:27:10 am »

Red tail
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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #12 on: May 18, 2020, 08:32:46 pm »

Boat tail it is
Did some cleaning up of the chassis.








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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #13 on: May 20, 2020, 08:53:13 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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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #14 on: May 25, 2020, 10:19:10 am »

More work done on the boat tail.




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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #15 on: May 25, 2020, 06:57:30 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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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #16 on: May 25, 2020, 07:39:16 pm »


Nice bit of veneering ,that's going to look good, I never realized how many different versions of the Bentley boat tail there was till I looked it up, keep it up Ken.




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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #17 on: May 25, 2020, 07:47:03 pm »

I’ve just bought a Haynes book about the Bentley 4.5litre and wow what a car! I think you are doing this fantastic car a brilliant job. I saw someone near Oxford a few weeks ago driving what looked like one on the M40- I had to follow it- sounded fantastic and the looks- beautiful.
Keep up the good work. :-))
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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #18 on: May 28, 2020, 09:08:26 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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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #19 on: May 31, 2020, 08:26:40 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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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #20 on: May 31, 2020, 10:29:28 pm »


Hi Ken , I've never understood why people find it necessary to use photo hosting sites, why do you not do as I do and upload photos direct from your PC, or is there some reason I'm unaware of, it would be a shame to lose your interesting logs,  {:-{


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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #21 on: May 31, 2020, 10:37:05 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.
Try www.pbase.com for hosting. Can be free or $23 a year. My site is www.pbase.com/tr7v8 dead east to set up even as default, been on there for 15 odd years
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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #22 on: June 01, 2020, 12:26:26 am »

Hi Ken , I've never understood why people find it necessary to use photo hosting sites, why do you not do as I do and upload photos direct from your PC, or is there some reason I'm unaware of, it would be a shame to lose your interesting logs,  {:-{


Joe


I have also never used a hosting site, like Joe I simply upload direct from my PC. after first reducing the size with a free app called Light Image Resizer.


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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #23 on: June 01, 2020, 03:00:02 am »

I am with Joe & Peter........
Remember all of those subscribers to that ''free" hosting service ...only to be black-mailed >>:-( into paying $$$ to make their own images available


Just proves again and again......there is no such thing as that free lunch :-X

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Re: Airfix 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre
« Reply #24 on: June 01, 2020, 08:38:01 pm »

Hi all someone suggested postimage, seems very easy and works.





















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