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stitchdup

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  1. I'd use the same paint brand that you normally use for models. There is a wide range of shades of red oxide though, some are more brown, some are more orange and i've even had some that were pink.
  2. thanks mate, I'll give it a shot
  3. Cool bug mate
  4. Sweet build
  5. Hi Folks, I'm currently building the roger clark mk1 escort and I'm having a problem with the seatbelts. Does anybody have a tip for cutting the ribbon for the belt that will stop it fraying the ends? They're putting up a bit of a fight with the ends fraying making it near impossible to thread into the pe parts. Its pretty much all thats stopping me finishing the build and i'd rather use the pe than the decals cheers
  6. you can make your own too, just put some wire wool in a salt water solution until the solution evaporates, then use a morrtar and pestle to grind the wire wool down to a powder. You can then use it anywhere you want rust by adding it to wet paint or sprinkle it on the areas you want rust, seal with clear then paint over the top and sand it back in the rusty areas
  7. eat more greens mate, I used to get them and eating green veg seems to help reduce them
  8. it could be someone has tried to log in on your account, if that happens they will usually email or text you. Someone did that on my account and got a new tv out of it
  9. icm do a pretty good range of ts but they are all stock versions
  10. have you had any problems with paypal? or do they not send to your area?
  11. No, unless you let it gas out, then use an auto clear to seal it from the hok. I tried it over bare tamiya a couple months ago and the results weren't good, but with the clear it worked nice
  12. Its another duplicolour product. Its meant for bumpers and trim but it seems to work on models too. Since I started using it, masking seems to work better and I've had a lot less crazing
  13. I've not had any problems with duplicolour primers, but i always use the clear plastic primer for the first couple of coats. The one i have trouble with is simoniz primers, complete waste of money unless you want already dirtied thinners. It looks like it has gone on well, so you leave it a couple of days before topcoating and then the primers cracks under the paint after a couple of weeks
  14. The orkney islands, right at the top (and not in a box of the aberdeen coast which really wrecked an oilmans plan for a bridge)
  15. While we were on lockdown for 12 weeks, i stayed out at my mums with my sister and we had a jigsaw set up for when we needed a break from each other. The only rule we had was if you are working on the jigsaw, leave us alone cos it was for some peace. Between us we averaged one 1000 piece each week and it kept us from fighting. Nobody wanted to the baked beans one though
  16. I'm looking forward to this being released, its been sadly lacking in the scale plastic world. There a split screen camper coming out as well sometime
  17. Sweet, it looks right at home on the slots
  18. me too (but i have 4 of the double set and 3 of the single cos I want to build all the ones I did the body restorations on), there also a 70s fergie also by heller. My only fergie I've done so far I turned in a 35 like my grandads one thats still in the family. My uncle is a farm engineer and owns over 200 old tractors, not because hes rich but because he lets farmers pay for work with old machinery
  19. pm sent, and im les not Noel, lol
  20. foil from a cigarette pack might work for the textured section
  21. There is another option too, that works for most of us that still have hair anyway. If you spray matt black and you need to add a little contrast, after the matt has dried rub your fingers in your hair before you wash it then use the natural oils to give areas such as seat centres or chassis detail a satin finish. It might surprise you how much of a difference it makes.
  22. I dont mind curbside, I put a calibra chassis under a kennmary a few years ago and made it twin turbo, and just put a cedric together with one of the fujimi parts pack engines
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