Some favourite Healeys in a smaller scale,

The 1/25th scale 'Revell' Austin Healey kit was first released back in the 60's and has been re-released several times over the decades with various different box arts:

Straight from the box: the Revell kit depicts an early 'Longbridge built' 100/6 BN4:

I decided to paint my BN4 model in the classic Healey Blue over White, with the rare Teal blue interior found only on cars built in '56/57:

The next model I built using the same Revell kit, was this 2 seat 100/6 BN6:

As you can see, I had to fill in and restructure the rear seat area to make it a 2 seater...
- I also made some interior and engine detail improvements like the later armrest, and lots of added piping and wiring details...

I painted it in my favourite colour for a BN6, Florida green over white with the factory 'grey' interior....

The next model I tackled using the same old Revell 100/6 kit, was the famous Healey 100/S, NOJ393:

I already had loads of great pics of this famous LeMans racer, including the 3 part articles covering the real cars detailed restoration...

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As before, I had to fill and restructure the kits rear seat area to make it a 2 seater,
- I also chopped and modified the kit engine to make it into a 4 cylinder, and moved the carbs and ancillaries to the opposite sides as on a 100S engine...
- I made a new RHD dash and changed lots of details to the interior and seats...

Just like the real car, I first painted the body and chassis in the lighter Lustreen green metallic (as it was painted in 1953), then I over sprayed the outer body only in the darker spruce green (as it was re-painted in 1955).
This gave accuracy and vibrancy to the details having the lighter green on all the under areas and in the engine bay

I had a lot of fun finishing it off with a new set of decals that I found on e-bay, and making all the little details like fog lamps, the S style grill, and all the belts and buckles...

With the success I had in making my first 4 cylinder car from the old Revell kit, I decided to make another one of a standard early BN1 in Healey Blue:

I made the same modifications, filling in making a 2 seater out of the Revell 4 seater kit, and making the 6 cylinder engine into a 4 cylinder...

Lastly I added the 100/4's distinctive keystone shaped grill and folding windscreen:
 - This model is just like what my own BN1 will someday look like!

Recently as my addiction to these Healey models has progressed, I found a set of decals online for the famous 100/S racer that Carrol Shelby raced and crashed at the 1954 Panamericana in Mexico.
This is one of the few 100/S's that never survived and was supposedly destroyed after the wreck instead of rebuilt, so inevitably I found another old Revell kit on e-bay and got to work modifying it to be a 100/S...

Before and after pics of Shelby's car on race day...

As with all of my Healey models, I finished this one off with some new etched metal wire wheels to improve on the kit details...

I proudly display my models in several display cabinets around my trim shop, this one featuring the Healey models greets customers as the come in the front door...

Until next time,...