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Post by steviesx on Feb 2, 2024 13:36:31 GMT -5
Hey guys - I've been going through cataloguing my collection (up to 370 or so of about 1,000 now) and the Vanguards 'works rally' Dolomite Sprint is driving me mad as I can't trace the car in the livery it comes with ever competing. I have a couple of others (the Austin Allegro and Ford Consul 3000GT) which I have been able to trace and they look essentially correct but this one seems to be semi-fantasy.  The car with registration MYX 175P most certainly does exist and ran as a rally car, with a similar livery in the 1976 Texaco Tour of Britain as below:  There is a better picture at the link below: www.motorsportimages.com/photo/1012667410-1976-avon-tour-of-britain/1012667410/I've made my own version of the rally logo and Dunlop Worldslater logos (it appeared to be World Slater and not World Slayer), along with grabbing some others from the internet (Autocar, Leyland etc...). It looks like a Champion and possibly a Ferrodo logo at the rear of the car but I'm struggling to work out what else is there. Wondering if anybody has any ideas?    The Dunlop is definitely not perfect but it will look fine when it's shrunk down to 1/43 scale and I'm pretty happy with the rally logo actually. |
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Post by Alfaholic on Feb 2, 2024 20:48:04 GMT -5
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Post by steviesx on Feb 3, 2024 8:53:19 GMT -5
Thanks Martin, I did look that one up as it had the same race number but the livery was quite different. It had Castrol and Unipart along the side and I'm guessing it was in the Castrol colours - the livery does not extend to the bonnet like it does with the more standard Triumph style stripes:  I guess it's possible that it's one of the other Dunlop logos, with the flag. It's somewhat annoying that the guy in the sunglasses happens to be standing right in the way but what can you do. Either way, it will still be possible to make it look a fair bit better than it does as standard. Unfortunately with these older Corgi models, as far as I can tell, they are riveted together rather than being screwed together so taking them apart to get rid of the crappy (too small) wheels and give the thing a better stance probably isn't worth the risk of breaking it. |
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Post by steviesx on Feb 4, 2024 18:21:50 GMT -5
This is probably the first model where I've made all the decals at home and the result is below:  It's not perfect but overall, I'm pretty happy with it and it's closer to a real car now than the original, as far as I'm concerned at least. The custom epoxy resin front splitter worked out okay in the end as well. There's probably not enough space to get all the rear decals in there as it is, so it's not the end of the world that it wasn't possible to determine what some of them were. A little bit of creative license was taken with the placement of some as well, as the whole shape of the model seems a little off, meaning that some logos would have gone over the existing stripes. I still need to do the other side of the model but that's enough eye strain for one night! |
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Post by DeadCanDanceR on Feb 4, 2024 19:02:31 GMT -5
Wow!
Great job!
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Post by Tom on Feb 5, 2024 1:04:08 GMT -5
Much more realistic like this!
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Post by reeft1 on Feb 5, 2024 11:53:35 GMT -5
Nice work
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Post by steviesx on Feb 5, 2024 12:25:08 GMT -5
Thanks everyone! I've now finished the second side and also decided to carry the colours over on to the boot, as I'd seen a number with this style of livery that had that continuation. It's now as done as it will be I think (not the greatest pictures but it will probably get some better pictures in time):   The colour at the rear is a little different but on the shelf it's not really noticeable at all. |
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Post by Tom on Feb 5, 2024 13:22:44 GMT -5
Much better.
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Post by jager on Feb 6, 2024 9:07:58 GMT -5
Great work on the decals. I'm wondering if there is a way to replace the wheels with some appropriate minilites without pulling the model apart? I was thinking if you could pull these wheels off the axles, they would probably slide out and you could put some minilites on new axles.
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Post by steviesx on Feb 6, 2024 15:38:53 GMT -5
Great work on the decals. I'm wondering if there is a way to replace the wheels with some appropriate minilites without pulling the model apart? I was thinking if you could pull these wheels off the axles, they would probably slide out and you could put some minilites on new axles. It's possible - certainly on the newer Vanguards (I did this with the Cleland Astra to change the wheels over), they have screws but these older ones are effectively riveted in place. I might have a go at some point - I've definitely seen that someone else did this, although I would say that the 1976 car did not have Minilites - it had what appeared to be the original wheels (the link in my first post appears that way at least), it's just that the versions on these old Corgis are far too small. I had to guess on the colours of the decals as well due to the photo being black and white but with there being enough pictures of other cars of the time, I think they are most likely correct (it was the Autocar logo for the most part that was a guess, just because most of the magazines had the title in red). |
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Post by reeft1 on Feb 6, 2024 17:13:51 GMT -5
Vanguards wheels can be removed but you also need to remove/replace the spring retained axels as the axels are very small diameter compared to the axels required for pretty much all replacement 1/43 wheels. I did this on my RAC rally version of this car (same colour scheme). Depending on the generation of Vanguards model, some also have the wheels effectively riveted on to the axels. That’s a cut/shut job on the axels to remove/replace.
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Post by steviesx on Feb 7, 2024 15:11:40 GMT -5
I would just cut them off and glue anything new in place to be honest - rolling wheels isn't really a concern personally. Main thing would just be to avoid damage to any other part of the model.
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Post by steviesx on Feb 7, 2024 18:18:37 GMT -5
Vanguards wheels can be removed but you also need to remove/replace the spring retained axels as the axels are very small diameter compared to the axels required for pretty much all replacement 1/43 wheels. I did this on my RAC rally version of this car (same colour scheme). Depending on the generation of Vanguards model, some also have the wheels effectively riveted on to the axels. That’s a cut/shut job on the axels to remove/replace. Is this yours by any chance?  |
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Post by reeft1 on Feb 8, 2024 2:26:47 GMT -5
It is indeed
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