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the fujimi garage sets have a decent sprue of tools and clutter. I think the amt garage kit does too

I suggest reading through Donny's thread as he has asked the questions that will help you out. Welcome to model cars, its a great hobby to have. heres the thread

i've got a little hearing back in my right lug but the left is still done. My boss at the place i volunteer called the docs for me so have an app in 2 weeks.

purely because it tends to end up political, and then people end up on moderation or worse. none of us want that. i'll leave it for now but any politics and it gets locked.

I woke up nearly completely deaf and my doc wont accept contact by email unless you phone them first. since i live alone i'm probably going to have to get the jobcentre to call for me since i cant hear

its all modelling. if you can build a boat or a plane then you already know what to do.There are a lot of pro boards forums on model car/truck building and when you include the niche builders it soon adds up. My thinking behind the battle of the forums is it gives members something to watch and might entice new members to join up, which is good for the forum if it attracts advertising. I want to see model building grow as a hobby as i believe it is the best antidote to all the tech and phone based nonsense, my main thinking behind it is to make models a strong community.

be sure you get all the mold release out of the edges, i dont know what release they use but its horrible to remove. those rims look sweet

that reminds me, i must work on my cannonball entry

its been hot for weeks but we still got some rain. starting to cool for autumn now but i wouldn't be surprised if it gets hot during september too. might be some flashing lights and booms in the sky later cos the air feeling moist and warm

to be fair on the emojis, some folk were worried they would reduce engagement between members but it hasn't worked out like that. instead members that weren't commenting are now using the emojis, while previous commenters are still commenting so it worked out in all our favour as it really increased engagement. has anybody got any wilder ideas? this is a great time to add them, even the silly ones as you never know where someone else gets inspiration. An idea thats been tickling the back of my head is to set up challenges between ourselves and other forums for bragging rights as i'd really like to see this place become a hub for all the model forums to really build up a strong modeling community.

i hope you are wearing a very good mask. the 2k is rough on the lungs

depend on the paint type. i'd try sticking masking tape on the residue first, it can sometimes remove the residue and is a good first step before more aggressive methods. even blutak might work

next time i use the grafitti chrome i'm going to try it over gloss black or blue. i think i can get it more chromey as this is just over primer

threw a very quick clear on the vento. I was going to do the black trim first but decided it will stay matt instead of the gloss i was thinking about. the body shows the colour best but it doesn't look like mars red now the clear is on. it'll do me though. I also painted up some bbs. the gold and chrome is grafitti spray bombs. finally i did a touch of detail paint on the engine plate and made a start turning the recaros into closer to the cl level seats. the gti plaid is still part of my plan, just not on gti seats. the wheels will probably change as i have a usa spec jetta to build too and i intend to copy an old feature car from florida that i fell in love with the look

I sold off most of my 1/25 kits to make space for my first printer, then filled my extra space with prints. If you saw my flat you'd see how the addiction grows. I moved my bed into the front room so i could have a model room and if theres any space it has model stuff in it. i kept one kitchen cupboard for food and one for plates and one for pots. all the rest are model and printing stuff. my wardrobe is now more storage space (its my 15,000 reference magazine stash) I tend to get a bit excessive if something interests me and i go all in on my hobbies.