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I appreciate scratch building is a 'minority sport' among many modellers, but I started on the Lister Jaguar over a year ago when I arranged and bought a 3D printed shell of the car, using data provided by Lister cars themselves. The resulting mentally expensive shell was, to put it mildly, utter crap. After 8 months of work, I managed to get the 3D 'brick' into a state where it could be used as a buck for vac forming. Now, 2 months later, here's where I'm at... Roy. roymattblack attached the following image(s):
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looks awesome so far. I really appreciate those that scratch build. Its an art form I will never be good at.
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Looks like another beauty in the making Roy.  Al
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Looks really nice Roy. Although scratch building is a minority sport there is a lot of skill and imagination needed, I find it fascinating to watch a scratch built model come together
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Thanks guys. I've made up the floor panel and now constructed the chassis using ally and brass tube and section. It's in primer at present and will be gloss grey as per the actual cars. My factory visit last week was incredibly worthwhile - 100 photo's of just about every bit of the cars and umpteen measurements. Roy. roymattblack attached the following image(s):
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Sorry for the delay in updates chaps but I've been up to my ears with a wife with a broken foot - all getting better now. The Lister has moved on to a painted body and the floor/chassis installed along with the dash/firewall. PLEASE - Any questions - just ask! Roy. roymattblack attached the following image(s):
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A bit of chassis detail. As before - PLEASE ask. If I can help, I will. Roy. roymattblack attached the following image(s):
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 Stunning just stunning  . Hope your wife's foot gets better soon Roy Rgd Martyn Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
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Very nice work Roy, love the choice of colour and some cool modelling going on here. Hoping your wife's foot gets better soon. 
Kev 
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Absolutely stunning work, really love the extra detailing with the wires for all the dials. I hope you don't mind me asking but it appears that the speedometer is a bit wonky, is that intentional.
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Thanks chaps... The large gauges are skewed on the real cars. I asked the guys at Lister if they were meant to be like that and apparently, yes. It supposedly makes them easier to read at speed, by the driver. I had a free run in the factory with my camera about a month ago and took around 100 detailed ref pictures. The staff were extremely welcoming and helpful and the MD himself made me a coffee! Roy. roymattblack attached the following image(s):
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Some great pics and another stunning build in progress Al
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Roy Your scratch build skills never cease to amaze. Another stunning model taking shape Happy Modelling
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SUBSCRIPTION COMPLETE (Awaiting building): USS Constitution, Sovereign of the Seas, 1:200 Bismarck (Hachette)
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I know what you mean Tony, Roy's THE man for scratch built cars in my eye. He's the scarlet belt of modelers. Ken's the name modeling's the game.
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I can only apologise that updates have been slow. Now, the body has the obligatory yellow stripe, the dashboard is in, the firewall is sorted and some of the electrical gubbins is in place. PLEASE - If anyone has any questions, just ask. Roy roymattblack attached the following image(s):
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looks amazing Roy
hope your wife foot is mending well ouch!
casp
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Many thanks Mr C.
I know scratch stuff isn't everyone's cup of tea but I just wish a few others would jump in, do some Googling for help, and have a go.
2 yrs ago I wouldn't have dreamed of trying anything like this.
Model making is a journey.
We all just need to try taking a left or right turn now and then.
Roy.
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Nice work as always Roy. I for one enjoy your scratchbuilding and though I don't always comment I do appreciate the effort it involves and know that what you are doing takes considerable skill as a modeller, so well done you and keep posting please?!
Just a small point if I may, and a constructive one. I love the fact that you are adding all of the individual wires for the various circuits and it really enhances the build, but I think you could enhance it even further by making some scale cable ties and clipping them all together instead of just being loose like spaghetti? Maybe also use some small bore 'shrink tube' to simulate the covering on a full size wiring loom? A simple piece of stretched sprue from black plastic with a blob of superglue gel painted black would look very convincing as a cable tie and make the whole wiring system look much neater?
Just a suggestion to help you Roy, not a criticism in anyway, and hope that helps?
Kev
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No worries. All suggestions most welcome. There is still a fair bit of wiring to go, much of it in 'wiring loom' form. I make my loom stuff from several wires twisted together, then wrapped in surgical tape, finally painted black/brown. The pics below show my wiring on the large Heller Citroen Traction I built last year. I tried to weather the model to look a bit more realistic. Roy. roymattblack attached the following image(s):
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Some more stunning work Roy, I really love watching this
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