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stitchdup

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  1. Well just to confuse things a little more, what you guys in the US call french fries (and are actually Belgian) are chips this side of the pond, but your chips we call crisps which I'm led to believe is what you call salad greens
  2. you might be lucky and find something in one of the jewellery sets
  3. Nah mate, it's still a mud flap here, a mud guard is what you get on your push bikes. One of my friends was in the US a few years ago and managed to offend a lot of people, and almost got arrested on a night out for saying he was going for a cigarette, he did word it as he would this side of the pond though "I'm going to smoke a fag"
  4. Might be worth having a look on the hobby design website, they have a few japanese engines listed
  5. I've seen some guys spray from further away so the paint is drying as it hits the plastic, lots of dust coats instead of going for a smooth finish. I've never dome it myself though,
  6. Cheers guys
  7. There is a WIP, but it's on another forum. The roof was laced by placing some lace on the top of it and dusting on some paint (I use spray cans so it's a little thick) the seats are sewing thread on double sided tape which was then cut to fit, and the chrome is a mix of the kit supplied bits and BMF ultrabrite
  8. Finished this today. It's the Imax kit with revell corvette wheels. Made up some airbags to replace the kit springs, used thread to do a mexican blanket interior, lace paint on the roof, lowered until the tyres hit the tops of the fenders and wired the engine. The roof and glass dont fit very well on this kit, and to even get the top on the interior tub needed to be trimmed a bit on the sides and rear.
  9. I'm looking to start one of these this year, most likely the daf. The mercedes was on sale for about half price Some beacons, spotlights and chain from kfs The daf was 15 quid because half the front bumper is missing but shouldn't be a problem. Planning to put a hi-ab behind the cab on this and have it dechromed and pulling the dumper trailer Trailer for the daf And these tyres are for an old fridge trailer I already have that is being made into a flat bed
  10. Neat, I've seen loads just like this, many still working for a living too which a lot of modern tractor just cant seem to manage
  11. I gotta agree on that one, I had one in a four door euro mk2 escort and it just would not die no matter how much it was beat on, but then that may be why it was the same block used in the cosworth turbos. I also like the vauxhall/opel/holden 2lirtes from the early til late 90's, especially when they have the saab conversion, and the honda vtec is pretty cool too. I don't have any experience of the nissan or toyota 2 litres but given they're popular with the import guys they must be pretty good too. But being being a vw fan boy their 1.8 mk3 golf gti is my fav, I had one bored to around 2l on twin carbs and it just seemed to have power for days. I didn't do any of the engine work other than add the carbs but I suspect it had other work done before I got it but it was still a strong engine and I am still harrasing the guy that has it now to sell it back (I think he's starting to get sick of me now, lol)
  12. kit form services do tiger print and stripey ones, and I've seen others. What style are you looking for?
  13. Just an option but I have the amt woody mentioned already and the revell 48 woody and the revell seems to have a slightly wider front window area (just going from memory since I have neither easy to get to just now) which may fit the 37 better. For the roof a simple pie cut along the front line of the door post/b pillar may save some work and if it was continued into/close the flat of the roof may save some work. After all that scratching up the lower rear panel to suit the 37 fender might be a walk in the park
  14. a bay window vw van, there are so many split screen kits now but no bay windows
  15. Cool, I think this could be the first build of this kit I've seen. I like your colour choices too, like something from the h2o show n shine
  16. I would go half way between the two, like it was still being worked
  17. This weeks arrivals, the cop cars wont be when I'm done with them. Anybody know how to lower a dinosaur?
  18. Going to be watching this, had my eye on this kit for a while
  19. I can only remember one mopar - mostly old parts and rust
  20. I'm not joking about wanting a kit of an allegro, the joke is someone wanting a kit of an allegro. I want to build a gasser from one, square steering wheel and all
  21. I actually bought from kingkit for the first time today, 2 jo-han plymouth cop cars for the price of 2 current kits cant be bad and the wagon is so ugly slamming it will improve the looks no end. Just wish I could fine a 1/24 or 1/25 allegro..., lol
  22. Try searching for hannants on google, they're in england and seem to stock them
  23. I found it to just be top gear with a new name, nothing about it seemed to be fresh or surprising. I think you could be wrong about top gear itself though, now they got rid of chris evans I think it will improve a lot
  24. I like that, for me the wheels are the finishing touch
  25. Cheers folks, espo I only noticed the tyres after I'd glued the wheels on and being so much lower they're now stuck like that cos there's no space to get them off.
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