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A one-eight (approx) scale model of my first car. Colour scheme and number plates are correct!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My car had a sun roof so the Meccano version had to have one too. One of the (very) few non-Meccano parts used.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Under the bonnet. I did have a tiny electric moor housed inside the ‘engine’ , not big enough to drive the car but OK to turn the wheels if supported off the surface. Battery needs rebuilding with six cells in series somehow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rear of chassis, based on the actual plans for the real thing. The chassis was built 3 years before the body. Then I had to move the rear wheels forward because original dimensions had the wheelbase too long. \u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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More chassis details.. The chassis was largely copied from Roland Jaggard’s model (viewable on NZMeccano.com) which was in turn based on a photo in a 1959 MM. Roland didn’t build a grille, bonnet or main body though.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Front grille etc. The colour scheme was a common one for Triumph Heralds and matched the car I actually had (in 1973, a 21st birthday present!). Now I can see, from the photo, that the triangular plates around the wheel arch need adjusting.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Body section separated from the chassis. It’s much too heavy! In fact the complete model , scaled up in 3 dimensions, weighs more than the original. So the suspension is suffering somewhat.\u00a0Behind is the box from the Airfix model which helped the scaling. \u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rear view of body section before mounting on chassis. Rear wings need adjusting. The boot opens, but nothing inside as yet. The number plate is the same as the car I actually had in 1973-76. Dare I say what the tail-lights are made of? \u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Exploring the great outdoors. No rear seat, sorry. There isn’t a big gap in front of the door; but the bonnet is raise dup a little in this photo (Herald bonnets, unusually, hinged from the front)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A one-eight (approx) scale model of my first car. Colour scheme and number plates are correct!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quilkin.co.uk\/meccano\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quilkin.co.uk\/meccano\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quilkin.co.uk\/meccano\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quilkin.co.uk\/meccano\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quilkin.co.uk\/meccano\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/quilkin.co.uk\/meccano\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75,"href":"https:\/\/quilkin.co.uk\/meccano\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quilkin.co.uk\/meccano\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}