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The revell golf mk1 engine is pretty nice and well detailed but it might be a tight squeeze. Clearly scale do a few different vw engine options for the revell mk1 that are very nice and I believe there is a more modern engine coming soon but i'm not sure if its the 1.8 turbo or the fsi version from the mk4 and mk5 golfs. Mac modelismo do some vw engine too but they are the vr6 and r32 engines and are resin printed as one part. They are a little smaller than the ones from iceman collections and might fit the skyrocket. Imo though I'd just stick some twin carbs on the amt engine to save fit problems. Thats what I did on mine and i added driveshafts but the next will be vr6d. Also be sure to paint the front edge of the interior tub body colour, it can be seen when its assembled.

The t2 camper has now been released in europe. Its the recent van with some extra parts and is again a snap kit. I had to order mine from italy as they sold out fast in the uk. My biggest hope is that its not molded in orange this time. I'll post some content pics once they arrive

They keep better if you store them point up and at a consistent cool temp. Temp variations seem to affect them badly. You can also try taping the caps to keep the air out. I'm still using my first ones from years ago but I flip the tips after use as I reshaped the ends

I've seen finned drums made using the kit backing plates and those round aircleaners I'm sure we all have loads off. From memory the person sanded off the top detail from the cleaner and glued just the finned parts to the backing plate. They looked decent to my eye

I can send you some redlines mate,

Nice work, it looks like it all came in the same kit. I'd love to see more pics of the heb in the the background of your first set of pics

I've been having a sort out of my model stuff recently and it turns out i have a lot more pe and decals than I thought. I need to come up with a way to store them and initially my thoughts were a photo album or something similar but i'm concerned that would damage the decals on the plastic film. How do you store yours?

I assumed hiroboy and zero are the same folks, the websites are identical

The engines i these are some of the smoothest running engines I've seen. Theres a guy local that has one and his party trick is to balance a pound coin on its side and start it. The coin barely rolls and stays standing every time

I'm gonna guess thats the g3 one, but this stuff i liked cos you can miss out the g5 and go straight to g7. I'm near certain the tamiya polishing compounds are the same stuff cos they smell very similar and the results are just as good. I've never thought to use it on my models though, it'll be much cheaper for me to get locally as I used to work in a body shop. We called the boss/painter running bare and he thought it was cos he liked cowboy and indians movies but really it was cos he always missed out doing the backs of panels and always managed to get runs on door edges. faraclear was the only reason his paint was passable but then it was mostly run of the mill work on econoboxes, someone else did the old stuff

if you have a freindly body shop nearby you can probably buy a small amount from them. its not really sold to anybody else unless their in the trade. its pretty good and comes in 3 different grades for use with machine polishers on fresh paint

I've always prefered talking to older folks than younger ones. Its led me to meet some some pretty interesting characters from the most decorated lifeboatman in the uk, a guy that worked on whaling shipd when that was still acceptable and of course when I was a kid I spent all my holidays with my grandparents so because of this I also spent a lot of time with my great grandfather and heard his tales of sea monsters and rescues. The one difference from the usa I notice from the above posts is the britsh guys just dont talk about the war unless they have dementia/alzheimers. My grandfather would only tell us he was there but he never once said where or when or what he did. There would be a look of real sadness if we asked him but he's one of the only people i never saw angry, his quote was anger is not something I want again so I suspect he may have seen a lot of action as my grandmother once said when he came home he destroyed everything to do with the war including some medals as there was nothing about it that he wanted to remember. I dont think the war broke him though, just changed him.

Its good to see Brandon from cali return. I think he's a pretty nice kid and his honesty is pretty awesome to see. Theres not many guys in the show that seem to keep their word so he's a breath of fresh air for the show. I think it helps that the other guys all seem to like him too, as he's probably the only racer that no-one puts down. As for the bird probe, in one episode jerry is heard saying it always pulls to the left when he puts the locker on so if he's using it in the right lane thats him knowing he's going to cross into the other lane which to me is just a nasty thing to do to the other racer. I feel like he's going to cause a big crash yet cos some have been close and if he takes out the other racer he should be disqualified.

Try taking vatamin d, it seems to help me when I'm working nights and not seeing the sun

I might have a bumper, I got a box of random chrome and I'm sure theres one of them in it. If it is it will need rechromed but its yours if i find it

I'll try some of your US terms in my next search, it might give me some options that will work. Strangely, there are loads of matress' long enough just not bases to fit them.

I prefer unassembled or slightly started kits but if theres something I'm after and can only get a built up I go for that. I got a nicely built cord kit for dirt cheap as the axles were rusted and splitting the wheel mounts but everything I need was in decent shape and I'm sure I can save the wheels as all that damage is on the backs. Since a lot of what I like to build is customized, a lot of the time it doesn't really matter what I start with either but if I am starting with an unbuilt kit I save the parts I dont need because someone else here might need those parts. I know I've helped a few folk with my old or rare parts I've had left over or will have left over and folk have helped me out too. I think theres more satisfaction when you start with something rough rather than new but that might just be me. For the most part as long as the body parts, dash, front n rear glass and chassis are there I can raid the boxes for the rest.

Cool project. These are good looking cars to start and a slam job just makes em cooler

and after you buy it they'll send 30 emails telling you they have more. especially on high value items you only need one of

Very cool, it reminds me of the beetle rsi on steroids. The wheelarches are something I wouldn't have thought to do on a beetle but they work really well on this, giving a sorta japanese style to it

I'm not a collecter per se, but since I'm not able to build just now I'm still building up the stash. I have a lot of us 1/25 cars but the largest part of my stash is 1/24 vw group and I count myself lucky to have at least one of each including a 1/24 mk1 scirocco. There are 18 tamiya bug kits that each have a plan as I have various transkits for them and they are great for parts on the other bug kits. There's also a large number of fujimi mk3 golfs and transkits for building a euro and us jetta. I've also recently found a loat of 3d printed resin vw parts that I'm slowly amassing. I know I'll soon be starting into the alpha models kits as they have some stuff I need/want.

I'm struggling to find a single bed thats long enough for me. Loads of 5ft 9 available but nothing longer. I'm 6ft 2 with a bad back so they're no use to me. I dont have room for anything bigger in my flat and a couch bed aint got the support i need

Did you alternate direction when using the micromesh pads? If you did all the rubbing in one direction you will get the small scratches while alternating direction seems to negate this.

I think the closet you'll find is the revell chevy beretta, but its a 2 door

Since i'm not getting any time to build just now, i treated myself to a tv and second hand ps3. I would have got a newer playstation but i already have a heap of games for the ps3