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Sweet project, I recently got the foose truck to the samething to the stepside

If you look in the nail art section of amazon theres chrome tape available. It comes in various chrome colours and is dirt cheap

The amt kit is still available, I think the most recent version has a two tone grey one on the box

Are you guys a week behind? I've just watched the final but I wont give any spoilers

The only one we didn't know about was the big lotus, all the rest were announced within the last couple of years at shizuka. I know the audi has been on my radar for a while now

It might have put up a fight but you got a last round KO. The reflections in the paint really show how nice it is

I'm not sure if its specificly for fujimi kits (it might be tamiya) but there are conversions from c1 and hobby desgn to build an rwb porsche and scale production may have some parts to build a singer porscheas well. Uscp do some engine parts (exhaust and air cleaners also

I wouldn't use cooking oil, its dries up into a sticky mess (former chef speaking from experience)

The yellow convertible ran hot rod drag week a few years ago. Apparently it surprised a few big names before it broke

no its in mph, and as far as i know ts still a full quarter mile too

I hope so mate

More progress

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