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there's a thread about them somewhere my friend. I've never used them but they dont seem to be very reliable from what i've read. Some folk seem to have waited over a year

Built using a tamiya bug donor and the bestmodelcarparts resin kit. I used the chrome parts from the tamiya kit instead of the supplied smoothies which i'll save for another build. I also used the tamiya dash as no matter how much cleaning i did on the heb dash i just couldn't get the paint to stick to it or some of the other small parts. All the pe parts are from highlight model studio in finland, and the fender skirts are from c1. Due to my problems with painting this i had to change the side panels to cream instead of the pearl white i used first. Unfortunately i had already assembled the rear end so was unable to disassemble to repaint (and i forgot about it) The suitcases are scratchbuilt and resulted in the up top no longer fitting

A lot of postal carriers are refusing international mail just now, I think uk to usa is still being sent but there are lots of delays. I have had a parcel from japan within the last month but i think it is the exception rather than the rule just now.

No problem mate, their independant suspension front and rear is very nice. I have a few sets for future builds. I wouldn't mind some of their minis too, and the lwb conversion for the transit. Their service is great too, my rear suspension had some small parts missing and they had them with me in 2 days. I told them on the sat morning the parts were missing and they had them with me on the monday.

if they dont have access to their warehouse, how did they manage to send it in the first place?

I got them from motobitz mate, they have 3 centre options included with each pair. One pair of smoothy steel, one set of artilary style and one set of slotted style. They are steel style rims but the 3 options really add up to 6 options as the centres can be fittede concave or convex

you might have to hang the doors so they are being sprayed from the same angle, sometimes a small difference in angle can change the way the final colour looks. If you have enough of the paint left you could flat down the body and doors again, then mask inside the doors and body and shoot some more paint with the doors on. hopefully then you'll get the same colour

This is the airtrax vw 412 kit. Its pretty nicely done on the body but as you can see the chassis is very simple. Please dont use the chassis i get as a guide to their resin kits, I said when i ordered it that the front and rear chassis didn't matter too much as i would be cutting it up anyway. My plan is to fit the engine from a tamiya porsche 959 as the roof on it got crushed and i never have any luck straightening roof pillars. I am scratching the rear suspension but will be using a revell 1/25 bug front axle for that narrowed bagged aircooled stance at the front and the rear will be heavily cambered. I am using 18 inch steels on the front and 22 inchers at the rear. The interior will be mostly stock but the rear seat will need some trimming and the parcel tray behind the seat will be scratchbuilt. As you can see I only kept the centre from the floorpan. I have also cut open the hood as everything under it will be scratched or robbed from other kits.

Other than some friends unknown bands (one of them is now bassist for cradle of filth) the first band i saw was ac/dc in 94 or 95 ish. I was still at school at the the time, so i asked my parents if i could spend the weekend at my friends house and jumped on the boat to mainland scotland, then spent most of a day train hopping from thurso down to donnington. After this I got in a lot of trouble from my parents as i cant have been more than 14 or 15 at the time. After seeing them i didn't attend another big name concert until 2001 when i attended a festival in glasgow called "gig on the green" I saw the beastie boys play an accoustic set in one of the tents for small bands, eminem, d12, marylin manson, linkin park, blink 182 and loads more that i've forgotten

All 3 shows are being held at the same time in the same place.

they're a quid in tesco mate,

Just the glass and running boards to go now. She should be finished tomorrow. It really needs a set of nice wide whitewalls but with the tamiya tyres being rubber I think they would crack before i got them on the wheels and i'm sure you all know how well tape sticks to rubber. I had some problems getting any paint to stick to the dash and some other small parts so used the stock tamiya parts. If I had been able to paint sooner i would have had time to build a new heb dash as i have a pe set for it. I've lowered the bumpers using a pe set from highlight model studio (all the pe is from them) and added some vintage euro extras to the rear bumpers. I was going to add spot lights to the front but i cane seem to fine them. The steering wheel is also pe, as is the wolfsburg crest on the hood and the trim under the lights. I also used some pe trim on the wheels. The paint is duplicolour cream (was originally pearl white as seen on the engine bay and under the hood but again paint problems forced a change to the plan) with pearl blue over white primer and lots of clear. I decided to use the bumpers and chrome from the donor kit to add some more bling to the car than i would have managed with the resin parts. The suitcases are sratchbuilt and the suspension works front and rear though its better at the front.

Bangshift.com are showing old races most days too

I'll just quietly leave this here

Any household bleach should remove the chrome

I didn't intend to offend anyone, I just thought it was a funny pic related to the thread. If i had known it wasn't allowed i wouldn't have posted it

RIP Sir Stirling Moss, a gentleman among men. Passed away after a long illness aged 90. One of the guys that brought improved safety to motorsport though he'll be remembered mostly as the racer that still wore his vintage helmet

Cool

Cool, i like the hot rod stance on it

I'd look on oe of the chevy truck forums. There will be someone that ahs the duplicolour code, or you might get it from the cuplicolour website, i would expect them to have some way to get the right colour on it

my sister cat got out on its own for the first time this morning. He got his first kill too, i've never seen a cat look so pleased with itself for catching a worm

Very cool, it looks very slick with the trim removed

man, i bet you wish you'd bought it now, these are very strong money now in almost any condition

Its from bestmodelcarparts on ebay mate, it wasn't listed when i ordered it but they were happy to list one for me, well two cos someone beat me to it when they listed the first one

wow!