Little and Large - Printable Version

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Little and Large - merkit the grof - 15th-May-24

No, not the 2 useless British "comedians", just the 2 cars I am taking on my annual pilgrimage to the fair city of Bordeaux.
The theme for this year's race is Le Mans 1923 to 1973.
In 1/24th I built this little baby. Bought the body many years ago, I think it's a "promo" toy made in Mexico of all places.
1950 Cadillac (which is a town near Bordeaux as it happens) Coupe de Ville.
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For 1/32nd, I did a totally obscure little French car called a Hrubon, it failed to qualify in 1967 and 1968, but I do love a beautiful loser.
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And just for fun, here is a family snapshot
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Joel

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RE: Little and Large - Top Down - 15th-May-24

Love the Caddy - and the French did make some eccentric little cars back in the day.

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RE: Little and Large - chappyman66 - 15th-May-24

Love the little Hrubon.   Is that a resin?

You should do a LeMonstre to have the full Cunningham family.

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RE: Little and Large - merkit the grof - 15th-May-24

The Hrubon was built using a 60s plastic model as a starting point, it is by far the most complex scratch I have ever done
I'll leave you guys to guess which kit was used, but to help I can confirm it's not based on the Airfix mini 


Joel

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RE: Little and Large - Kevan - 15th-May-24

2 fabulous cars there

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RE: Little and Large - Anthony B - 16th-May-24

Wonderful wonderful builds Joel!! Just outstanding!

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RE: Little and Large - merkit the grof - 28th-May-24

Just a few more pictures to show how the Hrubon was made.
It started life as a Lola GT plastic kit made by Premier? (just a copy of the Monogram body).
What it looked like before the butchery started
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Cutting the unwanted bits
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New rear deck and raising the roof
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New flat roof
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The roof is getting there
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Air intakes and door details added
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More to follow


Joel

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RE: Little and Large - chappyman66 - 30th-May-24

Goodness.....
You did that with a Lola GT?

Here's the thing.  I don't mind pushing pixels for hours to get a printable file.   
Yet somehow the idea of doing all of this is just amazing to me.

Amazing work, sir.   Simply amazing.

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RE: Little and Large - Tibbs - 30th-May-24

Cracking work, they both look brilliant.

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RE: Little and Large - merkit the grof - 30th-May-24

Thanks guys
Well, at a guess I could get used to pushing pixels, but the temptation to get it just perfect would be enormous, and I would tinker with the shape until...
This way, the body is a one off, it is what it is, I am aware of all it's flaws, but it will never be "corrected". And after a day at the keyboard, doing it this way is quite relaxing (most of the time). 
Here are a few more pictures of the work in progress.
Rear spoiler and roof doodah, this is the first version, I did a second one which is a little better.
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I tried to cut the rear slats but the plastic is very brittle and just collapsed.
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I instead cut out the whole area and inserted a plasticard piece.
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This is what it looks like from the inside (the blue bits are what is left of the original roof.
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As I said earlier, very complex model, every surface has added detail, intakes, winglets and bits (and I left some out).
I also had to shorten the wheelbase and the tail of the car but the nose had to be lengthened!
I just need to glue the driver in there and find a suitable windscreen wiper.

Still, the "Gulf like" colour scheme is really nice, I just hope is goes reasonably well.

Joel

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