1960 Ford Anglia 105E

[Anglia105E]

Here on my workbench at the moment is a scratch built, resin body Anglia 105E in 1:24 scale, which as you can see from the original photo of the real 1:1 car, this was the very first car that I ever owned..... way back in 1970..... This is a curbside model, so no engine, and the chassis is of very simple sheet styrene construction with fixed axles that are made from cocktail sticks. The resin body is accurate and quite good I would say, although there has been a lot of cutting away excess flash and further modification, such as removing the bumpers and radiator grille, which I did on the car I owned. The front air intake has been cut out using a drill, followed by grinding stones and needle file. Paint finish is Halfords Grey Primer from rattle can and cellulose Autopaints of Brighton - Ford Imperial Maroon, also from rattle can directly. The paint finish came out bad, so I have rubbed down the body shell with 600 grit wet & dry, ready for a second attempt on the Imperial Maroon. The wheels are from a Tamiya donor kit, which is the Lotus Super 7, and these look way better than the resin wheels supplied with the body kit. I have cut the window glass to size from clear acetate. The wheels are painted matt black or satin black centres with aluminium silver rims, and they will have chrome wheel nuts just like the real car. Thanks for looking, guys and any comments are welcome. This resin body kit was purchased one year and five months ago now, so it has taken a while to get to the work bench, due to bigger and more important Rolls-Royce projects !

David

[afx]

Wish a 1/24 scale Anglia plastic could would be produced, I'll be following

[Anglia105E]

I agree totally, JC...... the Ford Anglia is widely available in diecast, and in several different scales too, and there are a few but difficult to find resin bodies but I think it is very unlikely that any of the big model car kit manufacturers will produce this one in plastic. If they were going to do it, my guess is that it would have happened at the height of the Harry Potter films and books.

David

[afx]

I'm holding out hope Beemax might surprise us David.  They have been doing some interesting old school race/rally cars.

[Anglia105E]

21 minutes ago, afx said:

I'm holding out hope Beemax might surprise us David.  They have been doing some interesting old school race/rally cars.

Well I hope so too, JC...... go for it Beemax !!!  Sometimes a company will come up with something surprising, so never say never.

David

[dublin boy]

Is the Airtrax resin kit still around JC?http://www.rocketfin.com/resin_product.cfm?id=4714

 

 

 

 

[Anglia105E]

Yes, Shay..... I believe the Airtrax resin kit is still available from the producer in Finland, and the only reason I didn't order one from those guys was because it is a bit pricey..... something like £80.00 plus shipping if I remember correctly. The small company in Yorkshire seems to supply a similar kit, albeit not the same quality, at probably half the price. Not sure if they still produce the Anglia,  but I think they do. Donor kit for the Airtrax version is the Lotus Super 7 by Tamiya, which was mainly for the wheels.

David

[DonW]

David - I love the Angular. I was at school in the late seventies with a guy who had a 1300 Escort set up for rallying - but his older brother had a metallic green Anglia with Classic front struts and a hot 1500. Remember flying around Warwickshire roads near the redline in 3rd in the Escort (Guy never really used top gear) but the Anglia was a lot quicker.

My mum used to carry a bag of sand in the boot to control the back end in hers, but she still managed to spin it at least once.

Cheers,

-Don.

Edited August 23, 2019 by DonW
typo

[Anglia105E]

Hello Donald..... Great to hear from a fellow Anglia enthusiast...... the second car I owned, following the maroon Anglia was also a 105E which was a 1959, and although it had a 997 cc engine it was heavily modified so that I could be competitive in rally driving. This Anglia was a black Hammerite paint finish ( brush painted by hand ) with green tinted windows, wheels from a Lotus Cortina MK I and four powerful spot lamps across the front ( Cibies ). The car had a Cortina 1600E gearbox, as fitted to Lotus Cortina's, and also the leather rim alloy steering wheel from the 1600E.  Various mods to the engine included cylinder head from 1500 cc Cortina GT, twin Weber carbs, four branch exhaust manifold, high performance camshaft and a short exhaust system that came out at the side of the car and  did not have a silencer. As you mentioned, it was wise to have some heavy object in the boot in order to keep the back end manageable . I was really proud of that Ford Anglia and I enjoyed driving it at insane speeds..... with lots of noise! Used to go to Mallory Park motor racing circuit regularly on Sundays and watch some highly tuned Anglias that were considerably faster than mine. Those were the days, eh?

David

[Anglia105E]

I was not happy with the paint finish after what I thought was the final coat, so I have now applied what will be the final coat of Ford Imperial Maroon. The seats and interior floor pan are from a Revell 1968 Volkswagen Beetle and these seem to fit the Anglia, both cars being of the same size and both from the '60's. There was some cutting to do, in order to make the floor pan fit. While starting to detail the dashboard / instrument panel, I noticed this is actually a LHD dashboard, which is very surprising because the resin caster supplied this body kit from Halifax in Yorkshire, U.K. Changing it from LHD to RHD will be quite easy, and I usually have to do this for Minicraft Rolls-Royce Silver Clouds, which are also LHD setup.

Once the body shell is ready, I can apply yacht varnish to the areas that will be chromed, and then apply Molotow Liquid Chrome Pen over the yacht varnish, which is a high gloss surface.

David

[Eric Macleod]

4 hours ago, Anglia105E said:

I was not happy with the paint finish after what I thought was the final coat, so I have now applied what will be the final coat of Ford Imperial Maroon. The seats and interior floor pan are from a Revell 1968 Volkswagen Beetle and these seem to fit the Anglia, both cars being of the same size and both from the '60's. There was some cutting to do, in order to make the floor pan fit. While starting to detail the dashboard / instrument panel, I noticed this is actually a LHD dashboard, which is very surprising because the resin caster supplied this body kit from Halifax in Yorkshire, U.K. Changing it from LHD to RHD will be quite easy, and I usually have to do this for Minicraft Rolls-Royce Silver Clouds, which are also LHD setup.

Once the body shell is ready, I can apply yacht varnish to the areas that will be chromed, and then apply Molotow Liquid Chrome Pen over the yacht varnish, which is a high gloss surface.

David

David,  you never fail to impress me with your models. This will be interesting to see as you progress. 

[Anglia105E]

The Ford Anglia build is entering what I would call, the final phase....... so this includes liquid chrome pen work later today, also aligning the body with the chassis, dashboard fitting and steering wheel, registration number plates, window glass all round, chassis trimming at the edges and Meguiars Carnauba wax polishing. Usually, I leave the polishing until four or five days have passed since the final coat of paint. There will be some further cutting of the rear seats at the top corners, to allow the body to fit correctly. Then there are the headlamps, tail lights and front side/indicator lamps to detail. I shall give the front air intake a coat of matt black paint, and fit a black panel behind this , to simulate where the cooling radiator would be located. Might need an exhaust tailpipe at the rear end, and maybe the bottom half of the petrol / gas tank also.

David

[Anglia105E]

Windscreen is fitted, and also the headlamps. The dashboard is test fitted onto some Blu-Tak, with both speedometer and steering wheel in place. Some liquid chrome pen work done but needs tidying. Currently thinking about the order in which the remaining tasks need to be completed..... particularly the window glass, body alignment and polishing.

David

[Anglia105E]

Managed to get the body aligned with the chassis, and as expected this was a tricky procedure. Removed the rear section of the chassis, and the front end of the chassis will be cut to follow the curve of the lower edge of the body shell. Dashboard assembly still needs to be fitted. This Ford Anglia 105E is almost entirely scratch built, with only the body being resin cast.

David

[Dann Tier]

Such a cool little car!!!

[Anglia105E]

Thanks, Dann........ hoping to complete the build this weekend, but the quality of this model is not good enough to go into the ' Under Glass ' section, because I believe this is not my best work. There are many issues that I can see with my critical eye, and there are all sorts of areas where I could have done much better. This one is a sort of in between build while two other projects are evolving. The paint job on this car is certainly not good enough and I know this is no Rolls-Royce, but even so it is not up to my standard, as I see it. Having said all that, this is an entirely scratch built resin body kit and next to the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud the Ford Anglia 105E is my all time favourite car. ( if it's good enough for Harry Potter...... it's good enough for me ! )

David

[dublin boy]

Nice to see a good effort with a 105e.

[Anglia105E]

16 minutes ago, dublin boy said:

Nice to see a good effort with a 105e.

Thank you, Shay....... your comment is much appreciated.

David

[dublin boy]

I'd love one with a bored out 1700 Crossflow with 130 bhp.

Should be fast!

[Anglia105E]

2 hours ago, dublin boy said:

I'd love one with a bored out 1700 Crossflow with 130 bhp.

Should be fast!

Wow,  130 bhp !......... that's a bit more than the 39 bhp for the standard 997 cc engine

David

[Eric Macleod]

I see no reason to apologize for this model,  particularly one with so much scratch building involved.  I would be very happy with this one on my shelf!

[Anglia105E]

Thanks a lot, Eric..... this is my second scratch built model car, with the first being the Morris Minor Traveller which I gave to my cousin, as it was a replica of his late father's car. It was nice to build a model car by fabricating the parts, rather than following the instructions that come with a boxed kit.

David

[geetee66]

Excellent work David!

 I'm especially pleased to see this build, as my first car was a 105E and the same colour as yours.

 I recently saw a battered barn find at Brooklands, awaiting auction...

[Anglia105E]

Thanks, Guy...... and what a surprising coincidence...... not only was your first car an Anglia 105E but it was also Imperial Maroon ! The car in your photo looks in reasonable shape, and apart from the paintwork on the nearside front wing the body is pretty good. It has an original tax disc also, I notice.

Here are a couple more photos of the build, which is nearing completion. The dashboard is ready to be fitted, complete with steering wheel and speedometer. The front air intake which would normally be hidden by the chrome grille, is now painted satin black and the front registration plate is in place. Behind the air intake there is now a black backing panel that represents where the cooling radiator would have been. Windscreen glass, side windows and rear window are all fitted.

David

 

[Anglia105E]

Further work this weekend on the Anglia 105E, which saw the dashboard fitted, also the exhaust tailpipe and fuel filler cap, as well as some work on the front sidelights and road tax disc. The back end of the car seems to be too high off the ground, and both the front and rear track of the wheels might not be quite wide enough.

David