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stitchdup

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  1. That wont be a problem mate, the tamiya bug chassis should fit and I have loads of nicer wheels than the ones pictured on the box
  2. Very cool builds guys. Russell, your backwards bug reminds me of something I have planned for a build. I think its a rendering or maybe even a model
  3. Italeri rereleased the transit short ago in police and gas liveries. There's also the vw bay window bus just been released in europe ( snap kit but judging by the revell tractors it wont be that noticable) I think jimmy flintstone does some resin vans too but they might be earlier body styles
  4. The revell 50 ford custom pick up has some nice ardun heads and some other bits in it, and i think the 48 ford custom kit also has some speed parts
  5. Man thats tiny. I can send you some horse hair if you want to wire the engine, lol
  6. Nice selection of cars there, thanks for sharing
  7. The local vintage club are having a road run today. Some of the cars stopped outside so I grabbed mums ipad to get pics of them. There were a load more that didn't stop including the oldest original model t in the uk. The black lagonda is a big car and it sounded very smooth with that slight hiss sound cars of this era make. The old fergie tractor wasn't part of the run, its still a work tractor
  8. I dont know what type of phone you have but you should be able to email the pics to yourself and get them on the computer that way mate
  9. You guys have some pretty neat veedubyas
  10. I wouldn't use the dremell, a razor saw/pe saw will cut much closer and you'll have more control.
  11. Have a look at any of Stephen Gunthmiller's build threads and you'll find the answer you need (appologies if I spelt the name wrong)
  12. Since there's been threads for other types I thought I would start one for volkswagen group cars. Post anything from vw, audi, seat, skoda, porsche, lamborghini, man, ducati etc. If its part of the vw family feel free to post it. I'll start with my vw hebmuller. Its built from the bestmodelcarparts resin kit with a tamiya donor and some highlight model studio pe and a coupke of scratch built battered cases Next is a diolex transkit mk3 golf wagon on scale production wheels followed by a c1 old n new porsche I have a load more but I'm more interested in seeing yours in any build style. As long as its vw based so alternative bodies over vw chassis is ok too
  13. theres one of the dauphine on ebay uk just now, its gone above what I'd pay though. Was at 52 quid about an hour ago with 5 hours to go
  14. Me too, but mine didn't have the pop top cos I replaced the roof. Made the hammock a bit pointless though, lol
  15. Nicely done mate, you've got plenty of detail in those tiny cars. When I bought mine I was surprised how small it was and thought they'd put a 1/32 in the wrong box
  16. It look to me like they have a type 4 engine in it which is different to what I had, and the steering column looks bent in the pics. The tow hitch is nice touch though and hopefully the aftermarket will bring out a piece to convert it to the other versions
  17. The revell t2 bus is now available to purchase in europe. I've got mine on the way and will do a full review once they arrive but heres the pics from hannants website and a sneak pic of the camper version coming later this year (i'd expect it before christmas but no official date yet) heres the camper I know I'm looking forward to them arriving, the first one is getting a scooby engine and 17" brms and the other might get mixed with the hasegawa pick up. I can easily see me buying more. I have lots of fun memories of these old buses having owned a proper beater of a camper that ate engines like candy. Not a problem when they were readily available for peanuts and could be swapped in less than 20 mins
  18. Thanks for that, since they're the same I'll get the cheapest one
  19. I've been looking through my vw stash tonight and it occured to me that I didn't have 1303. I've done a search and 3 kits popped up. Theres one from imai, one from italeri and another from aoshima. My question is which is the best kit. I know their all curbside and dont mind that as its just to fill a gap in my vws
  20. I'm a bit younger than a lot of you guys, so the good ol days for me were the late 90s into the early naughties. I was a keen skateboarder at the time and I worked every hour I could between october and april at any job I could get and usually more than one job. I did this so I could spend my summers travelling to skate all over the country and thanks to this I have friends from all over the world now. It was a lot of fun never knowing where I would be sleeping at night or where I was going to go next. I even had professional skaters travelling with me at times and some who have gone on to win at the x games and similar are still in contact with me. During this time I slept in some strange places, including multi story car parks, abandonned buildings, posh hotels, my car and under the ramps at parks. I really enjoyed this time of my life and looking back now theres not much I'd change about it
  21. If you store your refills and pens away from heat they last longer, I'm still using my first pens. Also if you need to clear it (for handling) gauzy shine enhancer doesn't take away the shine.
  22. These will be very handy for me, I have a teardrop in progress to go with a slammed bug
  23. How does the zero turn steering work? seems like a bit of an oxymoron
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