Bugatti Fan Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 I remember a fellow modeller many years ago showing me a multi piece plastic kit of a British built Ford 100E, a small saloon car with 4 cylinder side valve engine. It was of interest because my dad had one and started to teach me to drive in it. Would be interested to know if anyone else remembers this kit. I believe the kit was American manufactured, but by who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitchdup Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Made by premier but I cant say I've ever seen one. There are resin bodies of it available though but they need a lot of work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plowboy Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Why is this in the Under Glass section? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan barton Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Noel, I have one but can't lay my hands on it at the moment. It is what I call "squintable" - yes, it is a 100E but it has some proportion issues. Its not terrible but its not right either. The most obvious flaw is that the rear quarter panels are obviously longer than they should be. The headlights and taillights are a bit average also. A friend of mine is doing a fantastic job of making one dimensionally correct and but I don't know if he will be resin casting it or not. With your modelling skills, you could fix it too! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Who better to make a kit of an unusual English car* than a company in Brooklyn, New York? ? Thats a cool looking car though - what scale is the kit? *unusual in Brooklyn, I’d assume Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 I've got a couple of built ones. Haven't measured one, but I'd bet it is very close to 1/25 scale. Besides the long quarter panels, the shapes of things like window openings and wheel openings are quite crude. But the overall shape of the body looks close. With builtups, the hood is usually missing (I think I have one hood between the two cars, might have one each front and rear bumpers, and one too-small headlight). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Interesting! Thanks Mark! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 I have a complete kit I got some years ago from a model club auction; as tiny as the thing looks, I was surprised to see it scale out to 1/25 (the wheelbase, at least). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Premier made a few other interesting car kits. Their Studebaker Lark is a two-door sedan, unfortunately it is just a bit under 1/25 scale. I've got an unbuilt one, and have been looking for another one, to piece them together into one that measures out to 1/25 scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 I had one many years ago, a very simple kit that was probably around 1/12 scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 I knew where I had these pix! The big issue to my eyes are that the windows are too small. Mine is missing a headlight and grille Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Among other things, the section with the window openings should be taller. The adjoining area of the roof needs to be opened up, and a new, thinner drip rail made up and sandwiched between the roof and (new) window opening section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan barton Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 It's as if Premier used Plasticene to make the moulds...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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