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The bottoms of the fenders are removable, if you look closely you can see the shut lines

So whadda you do when you want somethig different. How about a bright pink lowrider datsun

I think the trend now isn't so much based on the style of the build, but more focused on the quality of every part of the build. We have hollywood hotrods coachbuilt packard on one hand which really wouldn't have been thought of as a hot rod even as near as 20 years ago and it sure is an inspirational piece of engineering and craftsmanship, but is it a hot rod? To me its more of a coachbuilt car ala bugatti atlantique than hot a real hot rod. But then would the same tricks done on the body work on a smaller car like an A or a 32? I admire what foose has done but I think Dave Kindig and his team are top of the heap just now. To me the E type jag Foose had at gnrs looked like a poor quality kit car based of a palmer model kit, and really looked like a copy of the eagle speedster kit. I dont doubt it was exquisitelly built and engineered because thats what foose does and does it very well. I loved the 53or54 chevy he did with the lowered roof (not chopped, the centre of the roof was chopped above the gutter by an inch but the pillars were stock height) and that took a real eye for detail to even see that and think of it. Style of the build means a lot less that the quality of the work now and thats down to people wanting the same build quality as a new car in their vintage hot rods or customs. The same thing is happening in the vw tuner scene, some of the top show cars really dont have that much done externally but the engine bays will be a work of art and the engineering will be top shelf. When you see one of the old style wheels upsized and fitted to bbs barrels you dont see the many hours of work behind that or even notice the wheel arches rebuilt to look stockbut hold 9 inch wide wheels, and that is directly inspired by seeing high quality work on tv shows. Sure you could build a gasser with all the most expensive parts but if its held together with bird mess welding and duct tape, the junkyard part build with good engineering will beat you every time. People still want the same stuff but now they want quality too. Barris or roth wouldn't be able to build the same things they did in the 60s now, some of their engineering was more hit and hope than measure twice, cut once and customers now just wont stand for it

I've been using the led strips from amazon. it comes in a pack of 6 strips and enough joining wires for them that you can have pretty much any layout you want. I have them as 2 strips underneath the shelves above my bench with some of the chrome heating tape behind it to amplify the light a bit. The set i have is from the cheaper end of the market but it works well and since putting the chrome tape behind it puts out plenty of light to work by

I'''m liking house of kolor paints. I went a bit heavy with this one but it was my first time using them so i figured if i went heavier i had more chance of even coverage. this isn't photoshopped, thats just my camera struggling with the paint i think. I hope to get pics in the sun once its polished and foiled (not going to be fun, my paints very thick). Theres probably 4 heavy coats of clear on this and i forgot to mark the shut lines so i need to figure out something for that so any suggestions that dont involve stripping the paint would be welcomed. something like use a 4b pencil after final polish maybe?

I was just happy to take part so was very surprised to get third in the volkswagen category. Thanks for putting this on to all at your club

first time using house of kolor paints. did some celtic knotwork on the roof and pinstriped the lot

took 37 clues but eventually it got john cleese. One of the clues was def nsfw

so ford dont let tamiya see or measure the engine in their racecar (obviously they dont want other teams to see whats been done for competition reasons) and somehow its tamiya to blame? makes perfect sense to me that engines in a current race car have secrets they dont want everyone to see

some new arrivals. I'm very pleased to find the cossie motor cos i have an esci escort circuit racer in need of a transplant

I think the tamiya mustang convertible and cobra kits had those tyres along with some of the skylines (r32 and up to r34)

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It seemed to resolve itself after about 45 mins, been perfect since then. I only had problems on this site

Hey guys in the UK. I thought you might like to know that LA's totally awesome cleaner is now available from amazon in the uk. It works weel as a paint stripper on our models. If you have any experience of the old formula fairy power spray, this is even better than it was.

it seems that some of my threads that timed out have posted even though it didn't show for me.

Since 07.45 this morning (bst uk time) i have been having trouble connecting to the site. Its says the server isn't responding after i try to open any threads and this is now attempt 7 to post this

Having problems with the site today. Its timing out on most things and doesn't seem to matter if i try to open 1 tab or 20. I'm in the uk and its been happening since 07.45 bst. Hopefully this will post, its attempt 4, now attempt 5. Its says the server isn't responding

Having problems with the site today. Its timing out on most things and doesn't seem to matter if i try to open 1 tab or 20. I'm in the uk and its been happening since 07.45 bst. Hopefully this will post, its attempt 4

Since the start of the virus lockdown in the uk the same 2 drunken neighbours have had a bonfire every night. We have had one night when we could open out windows without having to put up the the stink of god knows what they are burning. I have trouble sleeping if i cant open my windows at night so i'm really getting stressed by it now. One bonfire every few weeks would be ok but every night is beyond a joke and theres no point complaining to the council as they are pretty much closed at the moment.

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To be fair to gembella, theiir designs are still much better than the ugly as sin lamborghini urus

I can easy send you a few hundred, I messed up my last order and ended up with 10 thousand of them

I suspect you could save yourself a little work if you use coffee stirrers for the props, they are easy to work with and may be close to the shape. The centre cone would be the hardest parts then

Cool, well worth saving. A museum near me has a collection of these war time crafts, including some by italian pow's. There's also a chapel still in use the same italian pows built

Any of these what your looking for? https://www.bnamodelworld.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=0&zenid=46b0eeb1a11441a5a23307eca0b72abf&keyword=bbs