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Following a Blatchat plea for a suitably sized car for a wedding cake, I offered to convert a small Hornby kit I had.

So armed with a can of the correct coloured paint, and a handful of pictures, here is the result!

Kevin had helped me out in the past, so it was a pleasure to be able to return the favour!

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The kit is a 1:32 scale of a 2002 race car – about the most modern model of a Caterham/7 I have seen actually.

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It is very basic, but goes together well enough…

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Modified the roll bar to FIA spec!

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I wasn’t going to the levels of detail of the other models for this – after all, it is just for a wedding cake,

but at the same time I wanted to make sure it looked like Kev’s car, so needed to add some headrests!

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Penny shows scale of the fire extinguisher – this is mounted between the front seats, so is pretty prominent.

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Caterham logo on the wheels!

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Another scaling shot – printed off a dashboard and logo. Black surround for windscreen.

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Thought seat belts would be a nice touch – printed on paper. Fire extinguisher mounted!

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Due to the similarity in colour I couldn’t resist showing the car next to the 1:12 version – Kev, your car is on the left – don’t expect the other one!

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Should really have parked our real 7 behind for this shot…

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Have a cracking day Kevin & Jessica, so pleased to have been able to contribute in a very small (1:32) way!