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i gotta say i'm liking these turbocans of primer, ready to sand or paint over in 15 mins which is really fastfor the high build. i normally leave primer at least 12 hours before risking paint. i've found my prints primer for sure. anyway, back to the paint. i randomy dusted some red primer and various tamiya browns/reds over the body parts. next a gave it a very light patchy primer coat followed by a patchy pale white top coat. the white actually looks better in the pics so sometimes the camera does lie, lol

i've been working on the fenders for a few hours and the line seems to be a little better now. its not perfect and prob not even close to stock but it looks better than the double line that was there before. i've also tried to make the outer fenders more round and will spend more time on both of these on the coupe as its going black. ad i'm going for an art deco pale white for the colour. i did a quick colour test on the door and i think it will work, and also make the weathering work better being a lighter colour. I might also have worked out how to get the frenzel under the hood which honestly has me more excited as its a cool looking engine imo.

i dont print for a living but if i'm not using my printers i'm happy to rent out time on them to help folk out. i find most folk that are paying to get stuff printed buy ready to use files from cults or similar. folk that draw their own files tend to have their own printers but i have a couple of friends that get me to do their final prints as my machine is better than theirs. i just cant ship to america now as theres a thief in the chicago usps custom/arrivals centre. 3 out of 5 parcels have gone missing there and i just cant afford the losses again.

printing for someone isn't commercial use if its print on demand. the first party bought the file from the second party and paid the third party to print it. it only becones a problem if the first or third party sell the prints. until then the first party can pay the third party to print as many as they want from the file. the third party isn't charging for the file, just the actual print. its how print on demand works or else nobody would print for other people

there are places that do this. most of the sites that sell files seem to a have printer they work with. i've done this for a few folk but i'm in scotland so shipping would be expensive. is there a wargaming shop near you? a lot highr percentage of them seem to have printers than traditional modellers so might be worth an ask (and some pretty good metal paint shades). are you in a club? if any members have a printer they might print for you or if not it might be worth a few of you grouping together to get one used.

if you can find the ral number for the colour you should be able to get it from any manufacturer. the ral code is not the code from the car, but the code that colour of paint has in manufacuring. these codes are standardised across makers whether its house paint, car paint or make up. duplicolour also have a range of non manufacturer colours that might have what your looking for. these usually have a code that starts h for metallics or hd if its a mica colour.

perfect exposure used to be a site filled with fantastic car pics of all styles in beautiful locations

do you sell the files? and do 4, 6, as well?

you could try trading them for a kit or two

well i overdid the drybrushing and had to start painting over but hopefully the step back has hopefully led to an overal improvement. i sanded the body parts with 220 after stripping then used proline high build primer from a turbo (it was all i could get) can! start to finish the primer took less than 2 seconds and only took that long cos i had to turn the body, lol. i've also added an art deco motif to the rear interior panel and may add some chrome trim detail. i'm still going for patina, just not as rusty

very cool, the vw based kit cars are some of my favs. theres a few of them on barn finds that i'd like to build, including the vette one. your avenger turned out great

i'm going to have to remember your drilling the wheels trick. i've got a set i've been saving for a custom

if you look on the 3d sites for shapes there are loads that could be fuel tanks if you play with the sizes. i've got a poppet lighter body i'm using on my delaheye and if you are using a lighter, cut it open outdoors. even if it wont light there might still be gas inside.

roadkill hosts have a presenting style that seems to mostly be shouting at the camera

i like your vision for this, looking forward to more

your taxi has reminded me off one on the island i grew older on. the north ronaldsay bird observatory used one for ringing birds after their 70s fiat van crumbled away. it was in the lairds garden almost hidden by flower bushed but at one point it had the highest number of non native species ringed. i remember even as a child noticing how thick the metal was on the doors. i'll have to hunt out some pics

after the flooding over here and in florida, ev fires were a big issue. then theres the fires after accidents or whatever. it seems the safest place for the battery might be strapped in the seat beside you cos at least thats safety tested. its almost like evs are laughing at hydrogen, lol

movie that are terrible can also be strangely enjoyable

animals are delicious when prepared correctly which usually means dont tell them they are going to be dinner

well i got her ready for some colour. i did a tamiya semi gloss black base which i let dry, then i started the body prep by hiting it with some 240 sanding sticks. doing this acted as guide coat for the next layer which is citadel abadon black which again got sanded but with an old 600 sponge this time. next was various citadel browns and ak rusts dry brushed on, going against the grain of the print. this fills the grain fairly fast, and was again flatted with the 600. i did this twice using one brush that was left dirty each time. i might give it one last sand and dry brushing before the colour goes on. I also started detailing the seat by supergluing fluff on the common worn areas. i have an idea for how to make it look duct taped up.

the main problem with electric car fires is water wont put them out and since the batteries are mstly sealed the correct extinguishing products dont get where they need to go. on this side of the pnd they get put in sealed containers once extinguished as they often relight hours or days later. if the manufacurers actually finished designing and testing instead of rushing to the market this would be less of an issue. you'd think the pinto would have taught them some lessons but since everything is being treated as tech we get unfinished products instead but hey its got wifi and thats what matters right?

wouldn't the back end of one of these look great on a bulletbird for a custom build

no and neither are the slicers used to prep the files for printing. its the format they are saved as that matters

I didn't make it to paint today as i still needed to make a firewall (done) and panel the rear of the interior. I also used some marine electrical connectors for the ram pipes and started detailing the engine. i still need to mod the front wheel backs to tuck them in a little more as they are just a smidgen too wide just now. the firewall will tuck up once the chassis is glued on/