I’m currently in the process of buying this. I’m sure it will get Boots excited…
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Outstanding!
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What is it never seen that before?
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Very nice and great shade of green
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Accurate Armour made a resin kit of it.
I was too slow out of the starting blocks so I missed out …
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Same here….and no plastic kit in 35th scale…yet lol.
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Whilst not something I would personally build, surely this has to be a candidate for a future Airfix release.
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Remind me where you live? I’m coming up this weekend!
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Well, I wouldn’t be too despondent (he says with one in the stash); after all, we never expected ever, really, a 1/35 VW 181 did we, but thanks to Das Werk……….
So I expect the Modelling Gods will shine a little bit further on us - non just yet but soon perhaps.
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I think the tilt needs some weathering…
Uber-cool, do you have a full service history 
? Road legal? (I wouldn’t leave the tools on when you park it at B & Q)
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Yes, it is road legal. Point taken about the tools (and the spare!). The fuel cap has a lug on it that takes a padlock (supplied) to prevent pilferage! The tilt is actually a sort of plasticised canvas, so I don’t think it will weather much, but may fade. Comes complete with rifle clips (4) and machine gun mount!
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If I can arrange it with the organisers, I might consider taking it to Abingdon IPMS show…
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The lad in the back is my nephew; he has a business working on Deloreans. I took him along to provide technical advice and to steady he off if I got carried away. He sat in the drivers seat and said “You’ve just got to buy this!”, so that worked well then…
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Does it have its original 2.8 L Rolls Royce engine? Even so it doesn’t look like it’ll be much use on a motorway (64mph top speed) unless the speed-limiter’s been disabled, and I’d imagine its fuel consumption means it’ll be garaged until the Hormuz straits have been pacified? Whatever I admire your pluck, a rare eye-catching beast.
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Yes it does indeed have the Rolls Royce engine, although I think it has been replaced some time in the past, as it was manufactured in 1955 so should theoretically have the Austin manufactured version. Yeah, I’ll probably avoid motorways. 15mpg not a problem…!
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First drive out on my own. Still getting the hang of double declutching and the brakes are utterly crap and require attention. To be fair, the vendor did point this out. Booked in at the local garage to fix this and complete fluid refresh.
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I can’t even single clutch for crying out loud! Must be fun to drive…
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The theory:
Press the clutch and move gear shift lever/stick to neutral.
Release the clutch, give gas (if shifting down, to increase the rpm and match the new gear,
if the difference in rpm is big and the engine sluggish it may need more gas)
Press the clutch again, shift into the wanted gear
Release the clutch smoothly.
Done.
In practice:
As per the theory but do it quickly, no hesitation …
Edit: The synchronisation rings in a “modern” gearbox do this rpm-matching automatically.
Skilled drivers (gear shifters) can match the rpms and slide the gears in without using the clutch.
This can only be done if the gearbox/shift lever doesn’t have a lock that prevents the gear shift
lever/stick from moving if the clutch hasn’t been pressed. This feature prevents the not so
skilled drivers from destroying the gearbox. Warranties and all that …
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