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stitchdup replied to Falcon Ranchero's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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home is where the heart is so i assume its wet and sticky with a horrific view
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he started it. and now since china was prepared, hes lost. china is the only place we can get tech made as they are the only place with 300,000 specialist engineers and 90% of the rare earth minerals needed to make them. even the rare earth minerals mined in the usa get sent to china for processing because it is very dangerous to do, with massive amounts of toxic waste leftover, hence china does it. they have engineers, we have a generation of baristas and drug addict tech (this micro dosing they talk about is what addicts do every day) moguls being idolised for a new colour of phone. china was ready for this, nobody else was and its us that have to pay more for everything as usual.
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Back to the Hobby 55 years later....Great Forum!
stitchdup replied to gcthree's topic in Welcome! Introduce Yourself
its only around 25 posts, by 500 posts most of us are friends already -
Where did I see 3D printed turbos in 4 sizes?
stitchdup replied to LDO's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
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Have You Ever Needlessly Ordered Anything?
stitchdup replied to Bill Anderson's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Thats why i have doubles of a lot of kits -
gas would be a renewable enegy source if we could only tap politicians
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I've notified Dave
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divert the boats to europe, we'll buy it if its at usa prices instead of the current near double prices. its a win for the company as they get direct distribution in europe and can sell their made in china stock without tariffs and a win for modellers as we wont be paying 2 or 3 lots of import duty like we do currently with american kits since we pay usa imports tax, usa state sales tax (if bought on ebay froma usa seller) and then local import duty when it arrives in europe. The model companies could find ways around the tariffs that actually help them get new markets and if they choose one with a trade deal you guys can mail order from there with the only real difference being the extra 2 weeks delivery
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tamiya tape used to be good but in the last few years its gotten worse. the thinners in aerosols seem to change its make up from glue that sticks to glue from post it notes that somehow doesn't stick yet pulls the shine off where the tape has been. I've been using 1" frog (green lid) tape since. its like tamiya used to be but the tape itself is thicker. theres also low tack 2" rolls of purple tape that is pretty thin and slightly transparent that work pretty good. both these can be cut to any width and are cheaer than tamiya and the transparency of the purple tape make is ideal for graphics
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theres a few bodies but they all have the lights molded in. the proportions look decent on them though
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The downside of the hobby - what annoys you?
stitchdup replied to Mike C's topic in The Off-Topic Lounge
the problem with scaling is you could have 2 engine blocks from different designers that are the same size in one scale but when you rescale them they end up different. this is due to the original 3d drawing being drawn to different decimal places. Just 0.005 is nothing at 1/24 but when you rescale is that can be another 3 or 4mm as an average block is 1200 layers with that extra 0.005mm on every layer. you wouldn't get if its drawn to 2 decimal places. -
how do they scale for kit bashing? I like the revell undies better but neither really captures the rear axle well with both losing a lot of what makes it look so good under a car. there was a great aftermarket axle but the maker recently shut down unfortunately
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Monkey wrench for sale, may be faulty as it only broke my monkey nuts
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ones upon a time grammer baked some cookies with my friends and eye
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stitchdup replied to Falcon Ranchero's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
you might get funny looks licking them though -
Help with painting graphics.
stitchdup replied to Dtimmerman89's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
good luck, i'll be watching for it -
Help with painting graphics.
stitchdup replied to Dtimmerman89's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
If the overall colour is all going to be purple with the graphics under the method you suggest should work. I did this the way you said but its just stripes. -
Help with painting graphics.
stitchdup replied to Dtimmerman89's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
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I think its savable. You should start by stripping the primer off then rescribe he door and fender edges before priming again. from the pics it looks like the trim is mostly hidden under the primer so stripping it will let you see any hidden damage