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Pretty cool build. I've passed on this kit a few times due to box art but seeing yours make me wish I hadn't

Does anyone know if usps do the same delays on sending the magazines internationally? I'm trying to figure out when mine will arrive

I like them both, its unusual to see american cars done with a mix of hotrod and japanese style but it works really well on these

I didn't think of that, I just used it to grab attention because it was more likelly to get looked at, lol

Very cool

The small engines all came out of older farms, and were used for electricity and powering farm equipment before mains electric happened. It might surprise some people how many still get used to power threshing machines on the islands that combined harvesters are too big for the boat on. Hard work but sometimes theres just not an option to do it any other way

I may have saved someone from hypothermia tonight. I work on a ferry as nightwatch and most nights theres nothing to do so I spend a lot of time just wandering around the boat. Tonight I was on the top deck looking back towards town and I thought I saw a very faint light below a some small cliffs on a shortcut locals take back to town from the aberdeen ferry. I flashed a torch at it and it started obviously flashing much brighter. I hummed and heyed for a few minutes trying to decide if I should call the cops so I waited ten mins while keeping an eye on the area. After a minute or 2 I decided I was best to call the cops as its better to call and be wrong rather than not call and be even wronger as I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if it was something wrong. I'm guessing I must have seen something as there are now 2 police cars and an ambulance near where I saw the lights and lots of activity.

go out of the forum onto the model car site and there is subscription button

Its an opel manta 400, belkits do a kit of the rally car it is a tribute to. They're much more available in europe than the uk and use a 2 litre engine. The purple mini belongs to the guy i sat next in tech drawing and its got an mg metro turbo engine tuned to 180hp. needless to say it goes like stink

I try to tell folk when its sent but i have a terrible memory. I only get parcels tracked when its a trade though, if i'm just giving parts I dont to keep the cost down as most of my parcels have gone to the usa and tracking them would make it double the price and they get sent the cheapest way. I've only had one go missing since I joined the forum though and it was tracked and disappeared at the chicago usps customs facility

After being cancelled last year for obvious reasons, the local vintage club had a small show a couple of weekends ago. The numbers were much lower than usual but since it was organised at the last minute the turnout wasn't too bad. There were a few visitors cars that just happened to be in the area on holidays who were invited to join in. There are more pics of the cars here tractors here and motorbikes here . The extra pics at the links have front and rear views and a few detail pics. If you need to know what each of them are feel free to ask and I'll try and answer for the cars and tractors but I wont be able to help with anything on the bikes. There was an aston martin club visiting also but they turned up only to say the other cars weren't worth enough for them to waste their time so I refused to waste my time taking pics of their cars.

I found them already done at spot model, thanks guys

Do you have a furniture recycling yard or simialr local? you might find some shelf units there that can be cut down. I say this cos the price of wood is really high in the uk now, gone up about 50% since last year and its only going to go up again. And ready made shelves will need less finishing work to make them look nice.

I dont have a problem with him cutting up kits, he owns them so its up to him. Just the fact he's got a show about models is something to celebrate and it could very well bring more people into the hobby which can only be a good thing. Does it really matter what he builds if it inspires someone else to build? Its not like hes going into our stashes and using our kits, and detailed builds just wouldn't fit into one show so it could get kinda boring to the target audience which isn't us. I'm looking forward to seeing the show if it ever gets shown on this side of the pond

is your attic insulated? if it is it will get very hot, even in the uk. I'm 150 miles from the artic circle and unless its been below freezing for a week the attic gets very hot so I expect it will be hotter in wales

its worth a try mate, thanks

Now I've got your attention can anybody point me in the right direction for right hand drive dashes for the italeri MAN kits. I can find conversions for the bodies but dashes are escaping me

Some great pics here of a replica k4 being built in japan http://www.speedhunters.com/2021/08/building-a-935-k4-at-madlane-japan/

It sorta looks like a late 70s/early 80s full size car like a lincoln or something with the indicators on the sides of the fenders

I made new control knobs for the heaters and rescue boat crane on the boat after a passenger stole them. They werent pretty but they did the job until the new ones arrived from somewhere in asia

I can only display 40 or 50 in my cabinet so the ones I like most go in it and the others that have been it a while already go in their boxes and may end up being used for parts in other builds. As for selling built ups, I assume you mean ebay uk and tbh I wouldnt waste my time trying there as the ones Ive seen sell have 99p starts and people rarely pay more than a tenner unless its a rare kit, and those that put a higher start seem to sit for 6 months before quietly being deleted. There have been a few exceptions to that but I think most sell for parts. Built ups get a lot more on USA ebay

Neat tip, thanks for sharing and being so clear in the description/pics. I'm sure most of us have all the stuff needed to do this in our tool boxes except possibly the punches

some inspiration for you mate https://customrodder.forumactif.org/t6731-chevrolet-camaro-low-rider

All of the mcdonalds, burger kings etc in scotland are 2 story

Very nicely done, your base graphics suit it to a tee