proto metro no finish

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Hey Olivier, that's brilliant!

What did you make the window vents from? Was it a fizzy drinks can carefully cut out and if not, what sis you use?

I think if I was to make the rear vents in the tailgate below the rear window, I would use some modelling clay. What have you used?

I'm liking this very much!!!!  

Cheers, Steve

White plastic(evergreen) sheet 0.25mm,cut with cutter

groupe-b-oli wrote:White plastic(evergreen) sheet 0.25mm,cut with cutter

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with pleasure Hampton Caught

Hi Olivier,

That's great, thank you very much.   Must have taken a while to get right, but the result is superb! I know David (Cowley) and I are making prototype models currently, so this will be VERY helpful indeed.

How about the tailgate vents? What did you use for those, may I ask?

Cheers, Steve

How about the tailgate vents?not understand (google traduction  )

These pictures of the build are excellent. It is really nice to see all the detail put into this build

Cowley wrote:

Hi Olivier,

The 'tailgate' is the name given to the rear door that opens upwards to access the luggage area.  It is also called the 'boot lid', and the luggage area is called the 'boot' or 'trunk' if you are American!  

In your earlier photographs, the small air vents on the boot lid were missing.  After David mentioned them in his earlier post, you have put the vents on the model as shown on David's photograph, above.  I was wondering how you did that?

Many thanks, Steve

same thing 0.25mm plastic sheets (evergreen white) (finely cut + the ends diagonally)
I forget to open the tailgate:oops: 

groupe-b-oli wrote:same thing 0.25mm plastic sheets (evergreen white) (finely cut + the ends diagonally)
I forget to open the tailgate:oops: 

to the bottom edge in black marker

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Thanks Olivier, I understand what you have done. It looks terrific too!

We're all learning something today!!  

Thanks for your explanations, Olivier, they are very helpful indeed.

Cheers, Steve

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STUNNING  

newt5550 wrote:STUNNING  

100% agree with you! Great work, Olivier. Cheers, Steve

Not being a 6r4 Man myself (COUGH) I can still appreciate the workmanship that has gone into this creation!

Being a 6R4 man myself... cough cough! lol ...this is quality work Olivier, well done!

One question : Where did you get the wheels & tyres from?

The wheels and tyres look like Scala 43 to me, but I'm more than happy to be wrong!! Simply means a potential new supplier I haven't previously known about!  

Cheers, Steve

http://www.fpm-modelcars.de/


wheels BBS 1975 9,0 mm scala 43

Cowley wrote:Others might also not reailse it, but the four photos posted by Mark are NOT the real car!  

The car featured was based on a standard front wheel drive Metro road-going saloon that was fitted with the correct bodywork, livery, interior, and roughly the right wheels - purely for 1984/85 promotional duties for Yorkshire TV's 'The Winning Streak' drama that the real car was being filmed for at the time.  

Nerd lol