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I built this from the pirelli edition kit. I swapped the engine for one of the clearly scale 16 valvers (I hope Jeremy is back selling these soon, I need more) and changed the wheels for something a bit more racey looking for a clubman hillclimb style. The rear wheels are front wheels from an esci escort and the fronts are narrowed rims from the tamiya jeep cherokee fitted with some fujimi turbo-fans, and used 2 lots of the esci front tyres. The only change to the interior is the option steering wheel from the amt scirocco and a replacement gear stick as the kit one went ping into oblivion. I removed the trim molding from the drivers side wheel arch and drilled out the mounting holes. I used a mix of ak and citadel washes to weather/dirty it up and then used a front spoiler from the fujimi mk2 race car kit under the front bumper. I snapped this and taped it back together to go with the racey look of being duct taped back together to keep racing. I need to repaint the exhaust agin it seems, it didn't look bare in the flesh. Bonus points if you spot the 80s music reference

its neep and tatties mashed together (turnip/swede with mashed potatoes) I'm not surprised with the haggis though, its not allowed in the us, (apparently its classed as offal) yet you can purchase chicken thats been washed with bleach for some reason, lol. And haggis is awesome IMO. If you are ever in scotland you should try it, as long as its made with a sheeps stomach cos otherwise its just a lie/fake news, lol (Thats just a joke before anyone gets twisted over it)

Wow, thats a work of art

I have to agree with 89AKurt, the tamiya is the one you want

haggis and clapshot with a creamy peppercorn sauce

Very cool, I'm surprised no-one has kitted this era of the vw commercials

The cord that andy saunders customised (it was very rusty) was found in yorkshire too.

saw a nearly immaculate foreign registered (if it was local it would have returned to dust by now) volvo 240d estate on the way home from work. It had either been really well cared for or a recent restoration

Some of that is down to the younger generation being priced out of the older cars. How many younger people can afford to drop 20k on a project car that needs a lot more money spent on it just to be drivable, when they can pick up a running/driving civic for 5k and have an on the road project just like the guys did with their customs and rods in 50s and 60s. They will probably put just as much time, effort and cash into them in the long run but for the majority of them they need to be able to drive to work on monday morning. On the modelling side a lot of the warhammer/citadel type builders are now moving towards the more kit like figures and the products they have for them are great for weathering out type of builds. I know I've been stocking up on their paints

Not had any time to build this month, hope to have an update next month

Cool, it brings to mind the hippie bus vw are restoring

Cool, it was 80s cal look vw's painted like this that got me into cars.

How about an audi v10 from the r8? it should fit since it was designed to fit in the space of a v8 and its already set up for mid engined.

sweet

I've recently purchased some ak enamel dust coat stuff for aircraft. I haven't had the chance to try it yet but from some builds i've seen it looks like it works well. Its in the aircraft landing gear packs. You might also find something in the warhammer/citadel type paints or model railway detailing washes

The recent revell kit with a set of aoshima wheels and clearly scale pro charged 528 hemi, slammed as far as it would go. I used the hood with the cut out for panels under the stock hood, then had to cut a hole to get the engine to fit but i kinda like having it barely peeking through. Paint is duplicolour blue pearl over white primer, and some gold detail on the grille and wheels

Cool, until the last pic i thought it was a drawing

got this a couple of days ago so only 2 vw kits left to find, then its on to resin vws

I'm not sure of this is the same smart car but when i was at college the cops in aberdeen (scotland) had one as a patrol car. It was probably more for visiting show and schools than any practical cop use. It always made me laugh (with not at) when 2 big cops got out and one road cone filled the boot (trunk). I cant find a pic that will let me share it here

thanks folks

wow, beautiful work

It may be like london where gas/diesel cars have to pay a charge to drive in certain areas, while electric get free. Also the japanese trains are extremely punctual and appologise for being even one minute late and give you vouchers for employers to confirm the train is late (unlike most of the rest of the world where you expect the trains to be late so catch an earlier one). A quick google search on japanese trains will show some surprising facts about them.

This arrived this morning, i think it may be a tamiya release of a revell kit as the wheels aren'tlike any of my other japanese kits being 2 pieces opposed to the usual one piece

You'd probably be better using bmf instead of the molotowe pens. The first thing thats going to happen is he'll give it a clean and the molotowe will just be ruined

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_auto_racing_colours