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stitchdup

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  1. Had to call my landlords as the floor beside my shower went soft under the lino. After he saw where it was soft he's decided to replace the entire bathroom with new everything. Its wont be happening anytime soon as its not an emergency repair or risk. As a temp fix I've got a sheet of ply glued over it
  2. cheese comes in many varieties and most use more than just milk from the source
  3. decades are how one guy at work makes a week feel
  4. Oh no, condolences to his family and friends. He's someone i've followed since the early 90s before all the gymkhana vids. I have magazine articles from his days as a skateboarder. Even in those days he was deeply involved with cars. I remember an interview where he was asked how he spent his money and his reply was he bought beaters just to have fun with his friends. In some of the big brother magazine vids you can see him laying the roots for the gymkhana vids, treating cars as just another skateboard. Ken was a massive influence to many people. RIP Ken, your legacy lives on
  5. why not? the cars were just a way of flipping the bird at ferarri. thats what the movie is about
  6. its not supposed to be a car movie, its about the guy himself. the clues in the name. if it was about the cars it wouldn't be called the man behind the legend
  7. I'd get milliput simply for the bigger pack. Its great stuff and can be used as more than just filler. Some cheap clay sculpting tools are useful if you're using it to make bodies and to smooth just wet your fingers
  8. hot shot part deux
  9. i think its an american car, the album was recorded in california and its more rounded than the typical euro cars. my best guess is late 30s/40s gm
  10. punishment for yakuza can include removing fingers which make it hard to count
  11. they do, the first release is usually just the kit and its followed a couple months later by the gift sets
  12. most leather cleaners are just degreaser with extra perfumes added
  13. sandwiches are what we called cop cars in the 80s
  14. saw violent night recently. if you liked home alone and die hard i think you'd enjoy it. imo its one of the better christmas movies
  15. i stick with duplicolour and always use the clear plastic primer for the first coats, then either filler primer or normal. i haven't tried other primers with it but i have used tamiya ts paints and hok over it without problems (even on the same paintjob). Avoid their cheaper simoniz brand, its tempting because the cans are twice the size but its utter garbage that consists of mostly thinners and spit that doesn't cover
  16. i use it most of the time, it needs good primer coats as its fairly hot
  17. look for extractor vents for bathroom fans/cookers. they are round sections of pipe with a flap inside that only open one way. i have them on all my outside vents and they are much better than the flat wall mounted vents. they look similar to this but you want the ones with the pivot at the top. the centre ones just aren't as good as they can open with a breeze but the top pivot ones dont
  18. once upon a time is the start of many fictional childrens tales and should be used by politicians for the same reason
  19. thanks,you might recognise the bop axle in the next one when i get it started
  20. yes, but the files i purchased from a designer called digital surface on cults3d. i goofed on the chassis by printing it on its side when i should have done it on its end
  21. theres a pretty good documentary about him called mclaren, well worth a watch if you can find it online. its from 2017
  22. beauty and the beast gave us ugly guys false hope
  23. This is entirely 3d printed though i'll probably use a set of pe bomber seats instead of the bench. It came with a flathead but i've changed it for a frentzel supercharged version. Since I'm on the boat all the paint will be brushed using citadel miniatures paints as they brush nice and clean up is easy. The kit comes with an external sprint steering set up but the angles on the mounts are a little off so some adjustment will be needed there. I messed up when i printed the chassis so one side turned out with soft edges but a few minutes with a file will fix that. I still have some clean up to do on the body from the support attachments and i'll need to scribe the door shuts
  24. theres a thread somewhere on here about building your own wire wheels. the examples in the thread were convincing. i think it may be a thread started b HarryP (RIP)
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