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In scotland today this car was stopped driving on one of the main roads

The biggest stock rims for a mini were 13s on the last few coopers but 12 is probably the most common. If its a tamiya mini there are upgrades available from japan of some very nice period dunlop slicks. If you can find some, the minilights from the recent italeri are also pretty good and the slicks are pretty easy to fit on the drum sander dremel tool and sand down to the size you need. If your stuck I may have an extra set left over

This was built from an italeri cattleman kit that was missing some parts such as the passenger door. A kind gentleman on another forum donated me a spare cab and hood so parts from it were used. The crane is from one of the italeri accesory sets. Apart from the decking and crane it is mostly box stock. The paint is a weathering experiment but works better from a distance than in the pics. I still need to do some dirtying of the window but its something I'm not too sure about

I've been doing some image searches this morning to form a plan. I knew from the start that it was going to have an unusal load and had an idea of the direction. I have now found some decent reference pics and here is the plan. Note this is not my pic and I neglected to save the photographers name so if it is yours please let me know so I can credit you. Conveniently this truck is also a MAN, but a much later model than that I am building. I plan for mine to look like its on its second or third owner with maintenance done but slightly rough looking. I haven't decided on colours yet but probably something from the mid 80s.

That looks pretty good together, maybe a set of 1/24 rims and tyres would mask the scale differences between the 2 a little more, since the width and height aren't too bad looking

I've seen people tape a sheet of sandpaper (whichever grade you normally use) to a flat surface, then slowly rolling the model forwards, but pushing it sideways at the same time, at slight angle from straight, (15degrees should do) to get the wheels turning but with enough friction to let the sandpaper do its thing. Of course this method will only work if the wheels turn. If the wheels dont turn a fine sanding stick and some careful masking of any areas nearby to protect the paint from any damage should work, you could also try a bit of new scotchbrite or sandpaper loosely wrapped around the tyre with an little extra for holding onto and not too tight so it can be moved

Not part of game but I'd buy that

sold by napa

with glitter covered

Nice looking bird, if you cant fix the steering wheel you could always pose the wheels turning

My sister works for the ambulance service, and tonight she came home from work 6 hours early with a black eye cos some dirty junkie attacked her while she was saving ITS friends life. Took me ten minutes to find out where IT hangs out and who with. I'm no psychic but i dont need a crystal ball to see pain in ITS future

Some of my albums have a little scratching in them, the 37 linciln one probably has the most but I'm not at the level of the other folks on here https://www.flickr.com/photos/111449995@N04/albums

thanks for the pics

The guys very ill from my understanding. A website is the last thing he'll be thinking about. Instead of all the criticism, send him some good wishes, you never know, the support may help the healing knowing there are people he has never met that care

Nicely done build especially for a 5 year old, the pride on his face is plain to see

and call the

Great tip, I can see them having other uses too. Thanks for sharing

Thanks guys. I wasn't as clear as I should have been, the chassis wasn't too small, the bag it was heat sealed into was too small and warped the chassis, possibly from the heat sealing being too close to the styrene

Cool looking so far, it sorta reminds me of the south american truck racers

I think one of the fujimi mercedes has a very similar set so they probably have done them as a wheel set too. I dont think they are one of the current releases so finding them might take some time

This one is one of the amt pre painted kits built basicly box stock apart from a slight lowering all round and some jaguar wires. I redid the chrome on the roof and sides with foil and the rest is as it came. The chassis on this was pretty warped from the bag being way too small for it but once the interior and engine were in some strong glue and taping it together for a month fixed it. I didn't realise it was still so dusty until I saw the pics, was sure i cleaned it better than that, lol

There's also the british noble m12 which is now being built in the states under another brand.

I thought it might be fun to pick your brains and see how many manufacturers made tooling or sold it overseas to other manufacturers. For example how many of you knew that the chinese red car limos were based on the chrysler 300 from the 1950s, and I remember reading somewhere about ford building a factory for the russians that wouldn't be a ford plant. There are loads of others so it might be fun to see how many we can list.

Engine is pretty near finished, just a little touch up once the rest is together

Nice work, a awesome change from what you started with.