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  1. stitchdup
    The clear plastic from googley eyes works pretty well if the chrome part has the texture. Just give the chrome parts a very light white/cream wash then cut the googley eye to fit
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    We had our local vintage club show during the first weekend of august. It is the first year it has been held over 2 days, and they have also opened up to let the younger folks with modified cars have a section to display what they are into. Some of the older folks in the club are still wavering over whether it is a good idea but personally I'm all for it as we're all car guys at heart and while I can see their point, if the club is to continue they had to let them show what they do. It all added to the show so here's a small selection of what was there. I have nearly 800 pics on my flickr of everything except the staionary engines. The show had cars, tractors, military and motorbikes so I'm sure theres something for everyone. Lots more pics here
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    Close, just below the shetlands, I'm on the orkney islands (the ones in scotland, not the south atlantic)
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    I'm at the other end of the country on an island. I did see her at a museum a lot of years ago though, and I think theres a vid on youtube of her doing the hill climb
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    While this one isn't a blower, I had the pleasure of getting up close to this at the local show during the first weekend of august. The number of parents I had to tell to stop letting thier little brats climb over it was shocking. I bet they would all have gone nuts if i climbed over their cars
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    sweet
  7. stitchdup
    Most of the paint removers will affect the filler mate,
  8. stitchdup
    The simoniz stuff is garbage. None of their paints are any use for modelling due to the large amounts of thinners they use in every can. The simoniz may seem like a bargain when its in the large can but in reality the size is made up with more thinners than other brands. Your better off sticking to duplicolour. You can use brown dettol to strip the paint and just now its on special in superdrug (3quid50 for just under a litre)
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    I'm not sure if its available in the states but this is where i get it https://www.theflockingshop.co.uk/index.asp?gclid=Cj0KCQjw2K3rBRDiARIsAOFSW_54ep4QdvXWhHXYlmYi3EDSrERvgIjiYLkMDTYiWa3MhLrjEUv8BNsaAh9REALw_wcB
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    Backbug

    stitchdup replied to Russell C's topic in Model Cars

    Cool, theres a subtle streamliner vibe to it
  11. stitchdup
    I would bankrupt myself if they did a bay window. I dont even care if they did it curbside cos the aftermarket would jump in to fix that pretty quick
  12. stitchdup
    RWB porsche to feature in the next pixar cars movie, it just needs eyes
  13. stitchdup
    I get my flocking from a 1/1 rally car place. Its shorter (1/2 mm for the longest strands) than the modelling stuff and comes in half kilo bags for the same price as one model brand tube. I also use suede effect nail art stuff as there are literally 100s of colour shades to choose from but those packs are small so sometimes it needs 2 for a carpet. I also dont use glue or future for sticking it. I use humbrol gloss enamels brushed on slightly thick, seive the flock over it heavy then pat it down a little after a couple of hours and add more over the top, then the next day I knock the excess off and it seems to work for me. The other benefit with the rally stuff is it mixes easily for custom colours
  14. stitchdup
    I wouldn't say kids aren't interested in modelling, more their into other types of models such as gundam and citadel type stuff. Most towns and shopping centres have more than 1 wargaming shop now and you dont want to go near them on a saturday when they have games on. I know my local model club has lots of diecast collectors and war gaming members but only 2 traditional type modellers and I'm one of them. The other is a 15 year old that builds some nice military stuff
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    lexus are toyotas, they just rebadge them for the euro and usa markets. they dont have lexus in japan. as for companies sharing platforms, its what everyone else does. look at the late 70s compacts mopar sold, then there's scion that were only for the us market. also sports car has never meant fast car, it means a fun weekend car and were originaly mostly small european 2 seaters but mazda resurrected them with the mx5/miata and the worlds a better place for it happening
  16. stitchdup
    wow!
  17. stitchdup
    I have to get an 8 hour ferry trip to my nearest hobby shop though there is a record shop that sells military kits and humbrol paint
  18. stitchdup
    Sweet, I've been eyeingthese up and think i may have to get one now
  19. stitchdup
    I've disabled mine for now to see if they get annoying. So far juse the one ad
  20. stitchdup
    My mistake, I misread. Airtrax in finland do 6 different triumph resin kits though but apparently not the spitfire
  21. stitchdup
    Airfix do a load of spits in 1/24, and a few others. I haveone of the spits and it looks pretty nice
  22. stitchdup
    I'm a print only sorta guy. I used to have an e reader but a certain site decided not to maintain that feature and i lost almost 150 books I paid for. At least with print if it goes missing its my fault, and i can buy another copy.
  23. stitchdup
    promoting social media
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    Sweet
  25. stitchdup
    If you look at the bottom left on this page thay have a conversion table for paint shades for a lot of companies http://www.creativemodels.co.uk/
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