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that spare escort shell could be used to create barry lee's last car if you mix it with a mk2 escort kit. You'd need a mongram 4 pot mustang engine though if you want it close to the real one

I can see a lot of citroen bx styling in this one, especially around the back end

there is an alpina kit available, I think its a revell or tamiya kit

I think my post got missed, I'm going to finish my escort from last years cannonball. Luckily it can be a 1976

I like your changes to the roof, much sleeker. How about six appeal for a name?

I use sprue cutters from dave coleys emporium which are small enough to cut the tight sprue on the amt and revell engine packs, but they aren't very good for the more delicate parts like aerials and stuff. I've also got both sets of their files, straight and curved. I like the curved ones as they have teeth on both sides of the curve. I also use draper files and some really cheap ones from the pound shop. You have to be careful when buying the pound shop ones, but if you check them first you should be ok, some just have lines on but no bite. I also use the metal nail files from the pound shop but their more like metal sandpaper than files however they last well and clean up is a breeze with them, and they usually have 3 different grades in the pack. The fine one is about a 800+ grit, med is 400 and the course one is 180-240 grit. I also use the large heavy files on occaision when a lot of material needs removed or to level up sills/rockers after body work. None of my tools were more than 5 or 6 pounds. I should point out that being scottish i probably live up to the stereotype of being tight with money, remember, copper wire was invented when 2 scotsmen fought over a penny.

I hope disco makes the list, but isn't he just no prep? He sure seems to be the happiest racer on the lot. His win against ryan was probably the highlight for me so far and even ryan seemed happy about it. His team and the texas team seem to be the most together as far as camaradery goes. I just dont want to see team x win, their team seems to be the most big headed and unsporting and that just puts me off. The bullying brandon into avoiding the scales was completely out of order imo

They look a lot like the road rollers my local council had during the 80s. I might have to get more than 1 to try a conversion

I'm in for at least 1 e tron and probably the olds cutlass as a donor kit

with numbers that size it probably doesn't make too much difference, I only have the last 3 numbers so I'm halfway there,lol

a couple more. incidentally, if you want a 1700 bhp lambo the kit is only 188,000 plus tax on top of the car cost

How about a street murchialago converted to independant throttle bodies and a manual gearbox. Its not on air, the front suspension had to be completely rebuilt to suit the doors as the wheels sit where the hinges used to be, but the doors still open in the factory style. It also has genuine gt1 kit. Built by driftworks in the uk from a lp670

they might be cougar lights but given all the other work done on it I suspect their custom made. cougar lights are a bit bigger aren't they?

I think the dog should be ok, i didn't get a warning or anything when i did it

Well tonight i got stuck behind 160 tractors on the way to work. I dont mind though cos they were all done up for christmas to raise money for motor neurone disease. The queue was over 2 miles long. It made me late for work but they didn't mind

I've found the tamiya treaded tyres have a habit of turning to dust after ten years, the slicks seem to hold up ok

I'll be getting them

Turns out the wood trim was a pretty rare option on the first us westmoreland built rabbits

Cool paint, just the sorta thing you see at the late model vw shows. Just needs some silly wide bbs wheels now

The revell c2 67 vette convertible has a cross intake for webers. Its the one with the orange custom and blue stocker on the box

Looking forward to seeing more of these, the burn out cars especially cos you just dont see them anywhere else

If you're not worried about using an american truck, emhar do a really nice bedford that wouldn't look out of place. It has a slight early international look to it. I've added a pic of the long wheelbase but there are other shorter versions too

you need to key the body so the paint has something to stick to. The way you've described theres nothing to hold it on. primer would help also as the craft paints wont stick very well to bare plastic. you might get away with using fine skotchbrite pads to key the plastic but primer thats keyed will work much better

Its been a while since I worked on model (6 months) and this one has been calling my name since it arrived so its top of the pile. I'll be building it mostly out of the apart from a severe slamming and wheel swap. I'm not sure about colour yet but it probably wont be an audi colour and to add some interest to the interior I'll be doing it with red seats as otherwise it would be a sea of black. These pics are from the alpha model website and I've included a couple of inspiration pics too

Nice work, I like your pics with it younger brother, shows how much the design changed