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Nice work!

Older cast iron, and cast steel, can be extremely dense and strong. I've got an interest in old machining equipment, some manufacturers would cast the bases and parts and let them "season" or normalize for a while before finishing the lathe,mill ect. I wonder if that boiler "work hardened" over the years of service. As for the diamond wheel,cast iron has tons of carbon in it,that dulls most regular blades. Machinists cover the ways of their lathes to prevent wear and damage.

The ole 53 Ford pickup is looking pretty kewl Jim with that flatty setting in the business end. Great looking print.

Welcome to the MCM forum Arien. Look forward to seeing some of your builds.

Welcome to the forum, Arlen. Bunch of knowledgeable, good people here.

The other day, I finished cutting up some quality cast iron. Parts from a roughly 80 year old gravity feed furnace that finally gave up the ghost in December. No parts or upgrades available, so it had to go. The heating company doesn't remove the old stuff, so I was on my own. After a few different approaches (Sawzall, then drilling holes close together and wailing on it with a sledgehammer-messing my shoulder up for a while in the process) I finally hit on the solution. 4-1/2" name brand angle grinder (no Harbor Freight stuff, thank you), diamond edge cutting blade...done. I had to cut the bigger pieces up as they were too big, odd-shaped, and unbalanced (extremely heavy on one side) to maneuver up the basement stairs. Once outside, some pieces were cut up some more, to ease lifting them into a pickup bed for hauling to scrap. I really hated cutting some of those up, they were neat looking castings. But well-done, they lasted that long and probably could have done another hundred years had other parts been available. I wonder how long it would take for that diamond blade to zip through that axle.

I bored out all of the holes on the wheels with a drill bit. Super satisfying, easy detail points. I mocked up two wheels to a piece of balsa and made a first attempt to simulate tension with two different tapes to see which one I liked best. The black was nice to work with, more durable and worked better with the scale. Fun little process to work out the ideas and issues, helps build confidence for the later stages. I’ll do a nicer job with the tape when it’s the final.

Nice.

Many thanks Helmut. The task for this was to lay the decals down smoothly in the right shape, but without creating the „gaps“ from the louvers. I used lots of decal softener and a brush to „massage“ the right shape into it. After that I sealed it with Future/Pledge prior to applying the clear coat as I was afraid the clear would burn those gaps into the decal anyway. I‘ve had this happen with other kits before.

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Classic and the best color!

Very nice!

Looks great!

Hi Francois, First of all, I have to say that I am amazed by your incredible work on the Bentley: I can only join the others in complimenting you. I am working on the same kit and I do not pretend to reach your result but, as an amateur modeler, I think I can do a good job even taking inspiration from yours. So I have a couple of questions for you: where do the battery cables go? Where do the fuel cables go? I imagine they are connected to the carburetors but where, exactly? By the way, where do the three small pipes that come out of the carburetors go? Last question: which cable is it the one you tied together with the two fuel ones and where does it go? I really hope you will read me and have time to answer me. Congratulations again.

been working on this one for a while, all the gear and equipment is 3D printed, at first a was going to add heavy dirt and mud but at the last minute decided to leave it cleaner - just a personal preference. it's "semi fictional" because the series II 109 were never in the camel trophy (well maybe as support vehicles) Some of the pictures were taken before i remembered to attach the mirrors.

Always wanted one of these. To my mind, it’s the absolute essence of a sports car. steve

Fireworks. After Midnight here in California. Loud Booms still going on. Watched one Illegal Operation shoot Mortars for over 3.5 Hours!. About 11, the guy next door set off 45 minutes of Booms so loud that they set off car alarms for 20 minutes..... I'm sick of Fireworks, Sick of the Idiots who Blow them Up, and Sick of our Useless Fire Department, who makes nasty threats about "Really Cracking Down on Illegal Fireworks this year" , and once again, not following through.

I watched it when it came out. My opinion? Too Much Money, not enough Brains. "Just Because you can pay to have it done, does not mean you should do it." He was what I'm beginning to call "Boomer Stupid". Guys with the financial means to make their Wildest Teenage Hotrod Fantasies come true, but not enough brains to learn how to drive, use and take care of their new Fantasy Come True Rides..... There seem to be more out there every day, and many show off on YouTube to document how ***** they really are.

I bought six or seven small cans, about eight years ago. There's one chain of local paint stores that still carry it. When I first bought any, about 40 years ago, it contained lead. I haven't looked at the newer ones, to see if it's gone, or not.

WAY COOL! I have the parts to make an SSJ. I just haven't gotten to that project yet.

The purple car is the Revell 1/25 pro stock kit. Found a body on eBay and decided to give it a try.

Those of us that build the NASCAR kits know that this kit just isn't right. That back window on the Olds is not reflective of the real car. So what do we do? Saw this from one of the guys on Instagram, and decided to try and replicate it.

I still use foil, but as a masking material for handles and badges and suchlike. Cover the surrounding area, burnish it down and remove the foil from the intended area. This gives clean and sharp masking to then add chrome ink to. It's the exact opposite of using the foil as intended but materials and methods move on. Molotov and Green Stuff World inks give a much better chrome effect in my opinion, foils can have a noticeable grain that the inks do not have. There's no creasing with ink either.

Well done. Awesome work. I owned a 1971 Pontiac Grand Prix. Mine was cream with a brown vinyl roof and brown interior.