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Friends Romans Countrymen and Graham? I have a Jaguar Mk2 racing on its way ( thanks to ebay) so now I have my base to convert the mk2 into the mk1 Jaguar that Mike Hawthorn raced and tragically died in, basically it`s a totally different interior and windows, so the headaches are due. What I would like to ask is, does anyone have any info on companies producing 1/24 scale parts for detailing, as I think some parts eg; wire wheels etc are probably beyond me. Any help gratefully recieved.

Cheers Gareth.

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Hi Gareth , I`m looking forward to this one mate , as for 1/24 scale bits you could try Hiroboy or Mediamix hobby

hope this helps

Richy

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Thanks Richy, I have looked at Hiroboy but no luck so I will try Mediamix as I have never heard of them. I have looked at Alex Kustov`s website and he has used a couple of sites but unfortunately they are American so could be expensive, but will keep looking.

Cheers Gareth.

ps will post piccies as and when?

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Hi Gareth , don`t worry about if they are abroad mate , I use a small company called Indycals in the US for my F1 aftermarket decals , also got F1 model stuff from eBay based in Hong kong , if they take paypal and you can pay by paypal its not a problem , only draw back it takes a week longer to get your stuff , I`ve never had a problem shopping abroad and if a UK company does not do what I need I`m more than happy to get my stuff from overseas

Richy

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Also, especially with wheel, be prepared to look for something similar to what you want rather than looking for specifics, i.e. the name and make of the real car. I know purists will throw their hands up in horror but wire spoked wheels are very similar on older cars..

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YEH I`m happy I think, the jag has arrived and I have looked in the box! Now the hard work begins. Thanks Richy I have just spent an imaginary hundreds of pounds at mixmedia, what a site! spotted the pe set for the Tamiya Honda RC166, and as I have one in the stash???? wallet is crying again. I agree Graham, a lot of early brit cars 50`s to 60`s had similar w/wheels, all I have found so far is the borrani type which is a nice wheel ( got a set on my Bob Jane`s Mk2 ) unfortunately they have a deepish outside rim, but I will have to look at the Hasegawa set for the Testa Rossa as if I remember rightly they had a smaller rim and of course narrow tyres. I will be doing a photo build over the next decade? so will put up piccies when bored? thanks buddies, Gareth.:woohoo: