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I think I might have had a couple of kits while I was a kid but i dont really count them as modelling such as I do now. The first time I got serious about building models was in my early 20s, as a sort of therapy to get away from real life (I was watching my dad die slowly from cancer) so it was escapism I guess. After he passed away I sorta forgot about models for about 15/20 years. Then about 7/8 years ago I found a revell escort rally car which remained unbuilt for a couple years before i even opened it. I finally opened the kit while needing something to take me away from real life again as I was caring for my grandmother who had dementia/alzheimers and passed away 2 years ago, however this time I had friends on the forums to keep me inspired, and I kept building but this time its no about escaping but actually having fun and creating something. So I guess you could say for me modelling was a selfish way of hiding that really became a passion.

That's easy to stop, lol

Its much the same where I am, most of the local business have shut and nearly everything left is a tourist trap now

Thats a cool thing to have and like you say the wood grain really sets it off

I see your shredder and I break it with a garden trowel

Sounds fun, so its just something to beat the previous pic?

this is why you should never leave your jeep and smart car alone together, contraception saves eyes people

Got some more done on the engine this afternoon. I made up the turbo manifold from a couple of matching headers from a v8 kit and used one of the small hobby design turbos. For the air intake for the turbo I used a corner from a sprue and a hobby design cone filter. If you look closely at the pic from the top you can see the turbo outlet is hitting the firewall so my plan to fix that is to trim and angle the outlet. The second pic shows how little room there is behind the engine for the pipe to the intercooler (hobby design again) as it has to go over the driveshaft and then fit between the engine and side of the bay. Hopefully this wont be too bad to build as the inlets for the cooler stick into the engine bay instead of out the sides like the others I have. I have a header set from a drag car that will be providing the pipes for this as they are the diameter I need for this and since they all twist in different ways I might be lucky and some of them fit with just a little trimming. I should probably say that other than the grille and lights (not yet shown) anything resin will be hobby design parts. The induction on the front of the engine uses the tamiya pipes but the rest is scratchbuilt and still in progress

I think you're right, it appears to have an open top

Hasegawa do a 928 I believe

Well at least the shipping is cheap. Enjoying watching you do your stuff to this

I just use a large draper brand metal working file, a rasp may catch and destroy the parts if your not very careful and the big files seem to work for me

I haven't been on there since someone got annoyed at my using british spelling, so for my next post I linked every word to the oxford english dictionary and got banned, lol

We've also got lots of stuff coming from the aftermarket resin and 3d print places. It was pretty much certain that the big companies wouldn't put out a mk3 vw vento/jetta or wagon but the aftermarket have so I have them. I'd count them as new tools.

Nice clean building mate

I had this body shell left since using the chassis and interior on a uscp golf wagon. Since our build this month is car based trucks and vans I thought I'd use the body to build the van version. I dont have a front screen for this as its earmarked for the wagon. Instead I will be using the front glass from a bmw compact kit. The chassis I am using is from a tamiya alfa coupe kit, and I'll be using the majority of its engine too, but modified to ressemble a vw 1.8t. I was originally going to use the fujimi engine plate to build up a vr6 but I'll save those parts for a mk2 to build later. I think most of the rear suspension is going to be from the revell mk2 kit but I'm undecided on the front, so I might have to make something myself but i have to make airbags anyway. I'm also using the cage from the bmw compact as its a pretty close fit only needing a little stretch above the doors. Since I am going for a show car style with this the engine bay has been cleaned/shaved/smoothed so only the engine, gearbox and brake cylinder will be in it. For the engine bay i glued the outside edges of the fujimi plate to the alfa chassis so everything was in its place then started the mods. I've also started the body mods to turn it into a 3 door and while I really should reshape the rear window a little i think I'll leave it as is so I can keep the trim detail around the window as it shows on the vans. I moved the entire rear window and front door handle back 6 mm

Cool, I have the same kit in the stash. Will be watching

Just picked up from the post office. Both come with a pe set and glass. The reason I got 2 is I couldn't decided between the square lights pictured on the box or the morette style twin light conversion. They also both have euro and us rear parts included. The quality is just as good as the ucsp wagon I am currently finishing off

Nicely done, its very realistic

The garage I worked at had something similar but it used a sugar soap solution, which was also sprayed on the walls to catch paint particles

Thanks for the pics

thankyou sir, I guess I used the wrong term in my searches

Can anybody recommend a good tool for folding pe? I'd rather buy good once now, so I dont have to upgrade later. The long nose plier I already have just dont grip well or have a decent edge to fold against

My first build on here was the revell mk2 escort and one of my more recent builds is the tamiya ghia