New van for Xmas

Pressie from MrsH
Pity it's a VW but thought counts....      

I got a lego Aston Martin DB5 from my son, I'm waiting for him to arrive and help me assemble - role reversal from forty years ago!

That looks like a useful tin Ian

It's going to have the camera we only use with the MH in it Tony!
Pic when done.

All you need is the Sargent upgrade Kit.

Micky

Nice thought but that would make it impossible to assemble!!

You will probably fit it with a solar panel and a split charger  

…..but not a lithium battery. 

I wouldn't put it together...future classic VW collectable?
Also keep it in your A/S and those little brackets and screws might come in handy for holding a cupboard or two from falling apart in the future.

With 112 nuts and 100 bolts it's probably got more in it than the real thing!!!

Actually it's somewhere under my bench, where all that falls to the floor disappears forever!!

It is! Lightning engine change was easier than this thing!!!

I had one of those about four years ago Ian.
It was one of the trickiest things I've ever had to assemble.
You certainly need spacial awareness to follow the instruction diagrams to make sure you've used the right bits in the correct place.

I made it slightly more difficult (and longer to assemble) as I had a new camera with the facility to collate the photos into a stop-go video, so was taking a photograph after each stage.
Thankfully, I've still got the video somewhere, so will just look at that rather than try and build it again. 

Have fun.

Did it. Totally agree with nuevoboy, bloody difficult! Had to add the solar panel, as we all know, no MH is complete without one!!
Useful extra tools for assy include angle grinder, tig welder and a magnifying glass!!

Lots of bits but easy to assemble. Not a great resemblance to the original DB5 that I did see 'perform live' sy the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in the '60's:

It’s the year for models because my daughter bought me a Rolife 3D puzzle of a Fokker Tri Plane. She knows I used to make lots of plastic models but this is different being made of wood.
So far it’s going well but it’s a bit delicate for my arthritic fingers. It clips together with care and I have only resorted to superglue once. I doubt it flying but it will make a nice shelf model.
Sorry no pictures, I havnt got to that bit of posting yet.