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  1. stitchdup
    Boring, a small town in the usa is twinned with dull, a small town in scotland
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    I dont really mind any of the trends. I dont get why donks seem to have candy brand wraps but I enjoy seeing them race, butat the same time i wouldn't want to own one. Same goes with some of the ridiculously lifted trucks, but the engineering done to acheive the right look is nice to see on show. As long as folk are having fun with cars, it helps us all. Theres even classic tuners starting to appear at goodguys events and that can only be a good thing as it exposses other styles into the mix. It would be pretty boring if modified cars stopped at flathead 32s or pro street camaros, not that theres anything wrong with them. The cars myself and my peers could afford were cheap front wheel drive hatchbacks but it didn't stop us modifying them. Sure none of the "mods (lol)" I'd do now and I'd try to guide kids in a safer way (saving time cutting down the front springs by simply cutting one in half, first bump they fell out, lol) but thats half the fun of playing with cars, we all start somewhere and I'm sure dave kindig and chip foose have some embarassing mods in their history. We dont have to like everything people build but surely we can like that they like cars too?
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    Instruction sheet bloopers are a bit more understandable than this blooper
  4. stitchdup
    That pretty cool, to me it looks like a dodge someone has turned into a euro sports car. The proportions of your build work well together and have given me an idea for somethign similar, thankyou
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    its probably the fine grain of the printing confusing our senses, its like we're feeling our finger prints due to the grain on the part being similar sized to our finger prints and our brains just dont know how to deal with it,
  6. stitchdup
    show me the honey said the dyslexic bank robbers note, it became a sticky situation
  7. stitchdup
    I've had part that had a rubbery texture, but after washing them they seemed ok. These parts were firm to hold but felt rubbery, they werent pliable like rubber. I hope that makes sense
  8. stitchdup
    Thats a cool looking building, do you know what the roof is? it has a slightly natural material look to it
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    I got taken for a run in this old foden steamer truck. I've only seen them on youtube videos previously and i was surprised at how fast it was. It easily hit 60mph. Not a lot of space in the cab due to the boiler and massive flywheels, and it would be extremely easy to lose all your fingers from one hand as the gap between the steering and flywheel was only 2 inches. The owner said you only get it wrong once
  10. stitchdup
    termites terminate terrible trees
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    I like it, the front reminds me of a nash with just a hint of mopar while the rear reminds me of some french 30s coachbuilts with hints of corvette along the sides. I think just a little clean up or lightening of the pillars around the back edge of the doors would improve the look a lot but altogether it has an almost finshed feel.
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    I would expect them to not work, the vinyl is fairly thick and the heat needed to make it conform would warp the styrene. Hair dryers are alot hotter than people think and cause a large number of serious burns each year. It would work for diecast metal parts though
  13. stitchdup
    my go to for rust is brown enamels dry brushed on in various shades, then it goes in a bag with powdered rust made from soaking wire wool in vinegar or brine until its dried off and leaves a nice lump of rust for the mortar and pestle. A gentle shake and it looks like its sat outside for years.
  14. stitchdup
    from making of jurassic park, sure looks like hand painting to me
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    Another year, another vintage rally. Since this year marks 75 years of the ferguson tractor there were over 170 of them on show today along with many other brands of tractor. We also had 3 steam engines and 2 steam lorries. I include a selection of todays vehicles and will be adding more tomorrow as its the busier day and better weather is expected too. If there are any vehicles you would like more pics of please list them in the thread and i will get as many as i can tomorrow. As usual there are another 350 pics on my flickr account so include those vehicles if you wish. link to my flickr- https://www.flickr.com/photos/111449995@N04/albums
  16. stitchdup
    Nice work man, would a second dash help with your fit problems? I have a spare if it will help you
  17. stitchdup
    bobbit is a scary surname for a girlfriend
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    I'd have a look at scenes unlimited or olsen brothers range. there might be some or something close to the lower rims
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    minis stopped being officially imported to the usa in 1968, the later ones are personal imports mostly from canada. Its easy to swap the wheel over anyway, the centre clocks are by far the most common so its just a side to side swap. The top dash shown is a japanese marker dash, all the uk ones i've seen have the centre clock. my sister and my aunt own 6 minis between them, one being the last mini sold in scotland, the first and last sold locally, a mini van, a mini pick up and my sister a 1989 mini mayfair thats been reshelled into a 96 shell https://mossmotoring.com/rise-fall-rise-mini-america/
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    the one hot rod mag built in the late 60s/early 70s is in the uk now and owned by one of the writers at volksworld mag
  21. stitchdup
    Cool finally one of the last minis instead of the common 60s versions or old fujimi 80. I can build my sisters car now
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    Id go for the italeri kit, simply because my experience with minicraft has been trash. At least with the italeri if there are missing parts someone is likelly to have them as they are mush more commonly found and a better price
  23. stitchdup
    I see your sports car and i raise you with a bugatti
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    My mate had a renault clio, he fixed it by rapidly parking it under a lorry and replacing it with a golf
  25. stitchdup
    Factor was the name given to rent collectors up until ww2 in the scottish isles. Most worked for one family by the name of Trail and lived in houses called holland
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