JB/46628 is a very lucky J type. Phil Knight (the custodian) has been a model maker and model builder in his ‘spare’ time since forever!  You know ‘spare time’,… time as in,  going on holidays with the family, watching ‘uninteresting’ television,  waiting for the kettle to boil or even  the time other folk spend gasping on a ciggy? Phil’s model collection is best calculated by mathematicians but it does cover the walls of his workroom, study and large family lounge room. Comprehensive is a good word.

His latest feat is a JB, 1960 he says but I think he just went outside and measured up JB 46628.  This photograph is of  the ‘master’ body. There are about 36 other parts which go to make up the final kit, even the instrument binnacle is a stand alone piece.

A chap will need to devote a skilled hand to get Phil’s results but he assures me I could do it!  I will need to be a very ‘controlled’ cove indeed.  The detailing is commendable. Remember whilst looking at the van body in this snap everything has been made from scratch. Don’t bother to enquire of the hours spent.  It’s only Phil’s “spare time”! Oh, the production run should start in late August.

Check out  http://www.thepartsbox.com/  Phil has done the master for his chum who owns the Partsbox and the model will be sold only thru them. Members might have some ‘spare time’. Peter Bateman