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<blockquote data-quote="John 1594" data-source="post: 2570252" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>Warts and all finish, as i call it.</p><p></p><p>Tbh i dont mind the occasional blemish in the tinwork, it shows someone has gone to the trouble of trying to save the old tinwork, as opposed to scrapping it and fitting new stuff whats half the thickness and looks "tinny"</p><p></p><p>Same with the chassis, i see one 35 where the whole back axle had been covered in filler and smoothed off to a flat finish, as opposed to the rough casting it should have been when it left coventry</p><p></p><p>This is as close as ive ever got to perfection, it had 3 things letting it down to be a perfect copy of a factory finished model. It needed Dunlop Fieldmaster tyres as opposed to BKT, Dunlop "rubbilo" seat cushions instead of modern synthetic foam ones, and the main battery lead needed to be brown as opposed to red. Other than that, you couldnt fault it anywhere</p><p></p><p>All the tinwork was original, except the front nose cone, which had been replaced at some point, albeit with another genuine one, as a 65 build 770 would have had a flat sided nose, as opposed to the "gilled" one what had been fitted.</p><p></p><p>Cost of the paint for it came to less than £150.[ATTACH=full]343416[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John 1594, post: 2570252, member: 23"] Warts and all finish, as i call it. Tbh i dont mind the occasional blemish in the tinwork, it shows someone has gone to the trouble of trying to save the old tinwork, as opposed to scrapping it and fitting new stuff whats half the thickness and looks "tinny" Same with the chassis, i see one 35 where the whole back axle had been covered in filler and smoothed off to a flat finish, as opposed to the rough casting it should have been when it left coventry This is as close as ive ever got to perfection, it had 3 things letting it down to be a perfect copy of a factory finished model. It needed Dunlop Fieldmaster tyres as opposed to BKT, Dunlop "rubbilo" seat cushions instead of modern synthetic foam ones, and the main battery lead needed to be brown as opposed to red. Other than that, you couldnt fault it anywhere All the tinwork was original, except the front nose cone, which had been replaced at some point, albeit with another genuine one, as a 65 build 770 would have had a flat sided nose, as opposed to the "gilled" one what had been fitted. Cost of the paint for it came to less than £150.[ATTACH=full]343416[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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