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Very informative video, but you don't show how you "crimp" the "rivets" or "pins" on the hood hinges, so the hinge doesn't fall apart. That to me would be the most important part of the video. You clearly show that you solder one end of the rivets to one part of the hinge, but then the hinge is shown to work, while staying together. the video seems to show that also solder the other side of the hinge, but if you do use solder, how you prevent the other side of the soldered rivet joint from melting, or how you prevent the solder from sticking to the loose piece of the hinge (so it still pivots). Or if you use another method of fastening the rived, what is it?

I have to chuckle at the subject line. Instead, "Tamiya PE saw" would have taken all the mystery out of this click-bait thread. Yes, I I fell for it, but have no opinions since I don't own one. I guess mystery is what makes the world go 'round.

Not familiar with that model, but the spring wire is crimped to the body, so I suspect that when you reinstalled the doors, you didn't put everything the way it was originally. You don't remember how the spring wire and door hinges were original aligned? Maybe you have another similar Corgi model you can take apart and check on the proper door installation?

Hasegawa foil is actually very thin flexible plastic (vinyl?) film. It will stretch slightly when coaxed into depressions (like the ones in the grill we are talking about here), but after short period time, it will relax, and come back out of the depressions. It is best used for simple shapes (like smooth moldings). BMF on the other hand, once it is formed and pushed into the depressions, will stay in them.

Oy! Where is that face-palm emoji? As a non native-English speaker can tell you that puns are very difficult concept to grasp. But after being immersed in English for 40 years, I do get most of them.

I was wondering how soon those jokes will start. Didn't take long. I guess we are in 2023 - nothing should surprise me.

You took the words out of my mouth!

The problem is logistics. Shapeways makes things easy for the designer. All they have to do is to supply the 3D drawing. Shapeways does the rest. They take care of listing the part, selling and taking payment for it, then packaging and shipping. Most designers don't want to deal with all those hassles. They rather only deal with designing the parts, and collecting money. They don't want to run a complete retail business. it is a major paint in the behind.

Let us know the results. Spoon test is the safest. I hope that these paints have fairly small size metallic particles, not like some Testors paints which have large metallic particles. They don't look too bad when viewed in person, but looking at photos of the model show the glitter-size metallic particles int the paint.

Bill, when you look that statement, it means Paint in this bottle is "Ready to Spray, as it is already Reduced 2 : 1 with KR70" That seems pretty clear to me. It coudl have been made clearer (like I just did), but they were probably tryign to keep it short. Otherwise it would state "For spraying, the paint in this bottle needs to be Reduced 2 : 1 with KR70"

Yes, warnings and disclaimers are totally out of hand. Even on the news they warn viewers that some video segment might be disturbing to some. I'm offended by all those disclaimers! Really! I'm also watching those reruns on MeTV, but after watching couple of them I find myself a bit tired of the constant tensions and yelling on the show (maybe because they show 4 episodes back-to-back). Still a good show, and like many shows or movies made in the '70s (like Blazing Saddles) would never be made in today's world.

If there was even a chance this thing was reissued, the rare original collectibles would instantly lose value. This is silly. I understand that movie was crappy to begin with (I don't even remember it back in the '80s), and there really isn't a cult following for it like for other cult classics.

Not only that, but aluminum was a biodegradable/recyclable material, but the aluminum foil-lined plastic tube is not! It is not even recyclable.

Or over-torquing them (well they are likely over-torqued when there is visible damage. Nobody seems to use any sort of torque controlling devices anymore, and automotive fasteners (especially critical ones, like lug nuts) do have torque specs.

Looks like the large (hood?) decal got cut off on the edge of the sheet.

Hey, at least this one runs on its own (unless the heat discoloration on the exhaust pipes is faked).

Well, but the toothed belt just "kisses" the lower blower's pulley (instead of making better contact around the pulley's perimeter). The belt would likely slip over that pulley. I would think that tensioner or another idler pulley would be needed for this setup to work I love that triple blower setup. The belt is just wrapped around the blower pulleys (not powered at all). And I'm no blower expert (although I suppose I could be called blowhard).

I suspect Gary is looking for a stateside retailer. Otherwise Hobby Link Japan and Hobby Search are excellent Japanese retailer to deal with.

Sure, maybe for dozen to maybe even few hundred buyers. As I see it, we here are not good representation of what the general modeling public will buy. If the make run of a kit they need to sell thousands for the kit company to make it worth their while.

Nice hobby room!

While theoretically it shroud not make a difference (Postal service is Postal Service, worldwide), I think it should be mentioned that you live outside of USA, so it is international mail for you. Still - I feel your paint - I can see how it can be frustrating.

Well I already bought it, back in 2019. It is a space saver (not a full size wheel and tire). The well is made just for that size wheel (not for full size wheel). It also included the hardware necessary to tie it down, and a jack.

I suspect this would be a problem when sanding the hardened product. I believe Bondo contains silica as a thickener, so the sanding dust will also contain silica.

You might be onto something. My 2019 Kia Soul has a well under the rear storage area for a spare tire, but as delivered, it was filled with a styrofoam nest which housed a fix-a-flat-spray and small air compressor. But complete spare wheel was also available from Kia, so I bought it at extra cost. It is a space-saver type of wheel, but it is better than a can of fix-a-flat.

Actually yours is almost as dusty as mine I should post some photos of mine in my thread. It was built about 45 years ago. I'm also curious: you are posting dozens of different models you've built (some large). If you don't mind me asking, where do you have the room to display them all? You must have a large house.