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02/04/2022 11:55 am
A few weeks ago, Nickies asked about availability of 1/43 models. John Quilter mentioned K & R Replicas.
One of my last model builds this Winter was the K & R white metal kit of the Austin Healey 3000 MK III.
This is an old kit, one of several I still have from about 1980. As with most kits of this period, the wheels are the weak link.
I'm relatively pleased with this build although I had a lot of trouble fitting the windscreen. Unlike David Holcombe, I chickened out and stuck to one colour.
02/04/2022 12:02 pm
Nice build David. I built this kit several years ago and also had K&R build models of my two 1956 Healeys. Their work was much better than mine as is yours.
02/04/2022 9:53 pm
Thank you for posting pictures of a nice built model. If I remember, there was also a plastic kit from a MK I about at the same time.
02/04/2022 10:26 pm
Looks like a winner to me! Congratulations on a fine build. Now I'm wondering if I ever built a K & R. Hmmmmmmmmm.......
David Green and David Green reacted
03/04/2022 12:40 am
Anybody remember a late Dinky Toy light blue MK I ? It was about 1/43 scale and was a very nice model with a very smooth casting.
I had 2 of them in the 90s. I think at the time it was the closest I could get to my restored 1:1 MK III.
03/04/2022 9:40 am
Anybody remember a late Dinky Toy light blue MK I ? It was about 1/43 scale and was a very nice model with a very smooth casting....
Dinky made a few Austin Healey's... I bet Harv has them all! The light blue one was a Matchbox "Dinky Collection". I bet. Like this one at hobbyDB:
( https://www.hobbydb.com/marketplaces/hobbydb/catalog_items/austin-healey-100-4-bn2)
03/04/2022 11:06 am
@karl The original Dinky Nos. 103 and 109 were based on the Healey 100 Series BN1 from 1953. So not a 3000.
