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Would Billy Gibbons count? not sure if he builds/built models but his cars have been kitted

Thats a kinda clever ad,

Remember to watch theitems you are interested in, I've been given some good offers from the sellers occaisonaly

The virus might have changed some things for the better as far as the hobby is concerned. I've noticed there seems to be a lot more people building model cars now, and many seem to be younger than the core group (by which I mean us that frequent the forums) than there was even a couple of years ago. If they stick with the hobby hopefully the plastic kit makers will give us even more goodies as they see their market growing.

I wish my first paint jobs turned out that well

I'm not sure I understand you my friend, I know the show but its just going over my head and I'm a bit taller than Peter Falk was

Nice work, the weathering is very convincing but the wood is outstanding

Cool project TJ, I did the same to one a few years back and the hood was probably the hardest part to mod. I found it worked best for me to cut the back edge off before sectioning the rest to retain the shape. I only have this one pic of the cuts but it might help you

I mainly use canopy glue. I use white glue sometimes too if the fit is tight

I got the oxford vaccine a couple of weeks ago. No side effects the first day but my arm hurt for a couple days and flu like symptoms after the second day but happy to have got it. I guess sometimes having health issues can be useful. I should get the second shot end of may or start of june.

Some more done on the camper. I didn't like how the slide out cooker looked so I've changed it up for a single slide hidden inside the cabinet. I'll be building a drawer unti to sit under it so one slide is enough as its more to stop it falling out than anything else. I've also added material to the units so they fit the sides better. Now these parts have a set place to fit I cut out a window and door. I made the window a similar shape to the rear bug windows and might add another small window in front of the door. I've also made my own wheel mounts as the trailer would look a bit odd at stock height with the bug being slammed. I've also swapped the wheels to stock bug steels on both again so it matches

More done on the bug. I've almost completed the cage and I've widened the arches to fit some slicks. I still need to trim them a bit to get the wheels on but its getting there. And in a moment of maddness I chopped up a gunze bug to make it into an oval and added the scoop from the pink revell bug to the decklid. I've also widened a set of kubelwagen wheels to make a pair of dds rims for the rear and used some polar lights funny car wheels on the front. The front end is now empty under the hood as I got carried away on the cage and extended it all the way to the front. I'll add the fuel tank and battery later as I still have some work to do there so they have somewhere to fit.

Received my first 3d printed body of a custom vw type 3. It seems the tamiya bug chassis will work under it but I'll have to scratch the interior. I think I'll be putting the glass back to more stock ish. Kinda excited to get this one on the bench

I guess nunu will be getting some of my cash, I need the audi a4 so I can build an rs version and a bmw e21 might just end up in the box too

I gotta follow this, not sure how i missed it.

This one still exists, it was restored by andy saunders about 25 years ago

I had a parcels tracking say it had gone from the USA to tokyo, yet it arrived at my house a couple of days later so the tracking cant always be believed

If you go the molotowe route the only clear I've found that doesn't marr the shine is gauzy shine enhancer from ak, and it means you can still handle the parts

I'll have to get one, I'm a pretty big fan of the liberty walk cars

I'll be having a couple of them

Cool, I remember when all the puc kids had the maxi bodykits on them around 1996

tamiya new beetle ( currently in the rebuilder pile)

Just ordered my first 3d printed body from shapeways. Its a custom VW type 3 but I might try and make it a little coser to stock. The cost was about the same as a resin body

Nice and slick, I like how you cleaned up the chrome without losing it entirely