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if you check packaging for electronics you should find something to work for the glass. ask in a phone repair shop and they will have some great packaging. samsung screens and parts in particular come in crystal clear smooth packaging with all the corners rounded that wold work perfect for this glass.

if your first paint job is decent and not fresh you should be able to just wet n dry it to use as a base for the enamel. obviously do a test first for compatibility but i find most enamels can be used over other paints

had to do something with the axles as they were a little too simplfied and the drums made them both too wide for the body. but i had leftovers from the failed 32 that i figured would work on this. for the rear axle i just trimmed the ends of the axle and pinned the drums on. at the front i've glues the drums on but will be trimming them back to just leave the rear edge of the drums. this should look fairly convincing once painted and detailed. i need to figure out where to mount the shockers next as the lincoln fenders limit where they can go. they might end up being the last parts fitted front axle before front axle parts donor

you could have a search on cults3d. theres a few bike kits that might have what you need. i would recomend buying a printer if your going to be building larger scales as buying from vendors could be very expensive. for example, a 1/16 wheel uses nearly 3 times the resin of a 1/24 so a front and rear wheel may cost as much as a used printer would

funnily enough i did a very quick rough test yesterday and it looks like it would work, looking at it the cowl of the mongram would need cut to get the zephyr top on but the rest is pretty close.

well i got it mocked up and found i need to do a little narrowing if i want to fit brakes with the wheels. i can mod the wheel backs but will have to enlarge the rear to go over the drums. i'm using brakes from the wrecked 32 coupe so they dont go to waste. at the front this means a bit more work but i think it will be worth it. swapping the gearbox worked too so now the v12 fits. nothing is glued together yet but all the main parts fit though the drivers door gap needs a little work at the rear corner. They both have fresh chassis now too after my mods to fit the other gearboxes meant the kit one had nowhere to fit. i'll need to do more work in the bay to level out the engine but there is space to do it. This one will be frenzel blown. i'll be making up new door panels and interior walls so the top looks like it should be there and i think i have the jump seats and heater unit from a revell 40 ford that should work in this. the aim for this one is a lowrider bomb. since the trunk open but has nothing in it i'll be making up a floor for it too. the firewall will need a lot of work

If any of you have netflix the new Senna series is well worth a watch. Plenty race action that looks fairly convincing. The background story isn't sensationalised either. I'm 2 episodes into it and i've really enjoyed it so far

got em, cheers

i like that it saves any compatibility problems. i've found some hobby fillers dont stick to the bare resin very well so i borrowed the nail light from my sister to do a test and it worked. it also helps to take the twist out of the body as it wasn't as square as it should have been. to fix the twist i taped the body to a flat board before starting so once the resin cured it stayed straight. i did the same with the chassis. tbh i'm surprised it did so well as i've only used this method on resin pinholes before.

Hey folks, i've decided to do a patina finish on one of the lincolns and i'm struggling to find decent pics of unrestored/patina cars. ebay, bring a trailer and barn finds all struck out. would any of you have any? the few non shiny pics i've found will help but i need more, especially for the running gear

i have to watch the whole film now, i miss comedies like this.

you could make friends with an airprt or supermarket cleaner. the polish they use in the floor machines is very similar to pledge with one key difference. it dries with a slightly satin finish but handling and rubbing with soft cloths brings out the shine. this is due to its designed use as large floors take a long time to shine, while this stuff is just applied and gets shiny from being walked on. just a half cup added to a litre of water is enough to do a 60m x 75m floor so it would do hundreds of models. it can probably be found in janitorial or industrial equipment suppliers, or older non chain corner shops

it hit a wall - both figuratively and literaly - got stuck and lost temper

well its time to make the multi part body into one part. to do this i used some printer resin, an old brush and a light for curing uv nail varnish. I brushed resin into the gaps then hit it with the light for a while. the resin will leave a greasy residue once cured but a wipe with alcohol fixes that. i did the chassis too but didn't get pics of that. and i've decided to just print an entire new coupe body as i'm still fighting the top on it. i'll also be printing the gearboxes that come in the lincoln as neither of those i was going to use will fit the floor without a lot of work so to avoid that i'll use the one that fits with the v12s. its not very detailed but its under the floor and wont be seen anyway.

i did a quick stance test and it sat way too high for the build style. to fix this i cut the axle mount area from the chassis and raised them to the bed floor which brought the rear down another 4mm, still not really low enough but it'll have to do as i dont want to get bogged down on the chassis as it will never be seen. i've also made progress on the seat. i used 0.40 half round strips but 0.60 would have been better imo. the seats actually near finished with only the rear edges to complete. its taken 3 full packs to do the seat and probably another pack and a half will do the door panels. i might do the dah top too theres been a couple other bits started too but they aint in a position for pics yet

just trying to see if it happens to me as well. can you try again yourself, in this thread and take a screenshot if it happens again. also which thread was it?

i like evergreen shapes and sheets. it files to shape easily and most hobby glues works well on it. to get things symetrical i tend to put a spot of superglue on the back and use the part as a template to cut the other side so both are the same. i'll do any needed shaping at this point too. if you watch some trimmers working vids, you'll get more ideas on shapes and stuff and really the materials are the only difference. this charger is all just flat sheet but it the first somewhat successful interior i made though now i dont have them flat. it was as simple as marking the shapes i wanted then lightly sanding the edges to soften them a little.

the foose caddy interior might fit but your probably going to have to scratch it up. if you find the seats first you can then build up the sides to match

got the convertible body and chassis assembled today. i also modified one to fit the much bigger 6 speed box and after finding the centre of the roof had a slight droop, i swapped it for a better print

well i was in charge of the two teenage girls as their direct boss. i witnessed their reactions on the monitor from the kitchen and i heard the end of it when i got through. maybe he was having a bad day but it changed my opinion of him.

some oddities among those. the turquoise bus looks to be a late mexican bus but i'm not sure whats going on with the rear sides. the pick up looks pretty well proportioned and i suspect its an old show car. it looks very familiar

I've met rowan atkinson through a job. just an awful human. i liked his shows before i met him but any grown man that makes 2 teenage waitress cry over bottled water not being his brand needs to reevaluate his actions.

aoshima recently did some with wide oval firestones

it cant be as bad as the rover p4 i suspect would be from the same seller you got your cortina from. the soap next my sink looks more like a p4, lol

I made a start on these today. I printed them both from files by macone1 on cults and the lincoln v12s are files from mcs design, also on cults. The suspension on the coupe will be independent front and rear but i forget who those files are from. The coupe is getting modern suspension and box (box from motabas) while the convertible will be more stock components. i'll be robbing the top boot from the monogram 41 for the convert. all i've got done so far is sanding the coupe parts ready for primer. The body i printed for the coupe has some flaws but i'll show some tricks for fixing them with printer resin and using resin as filler engine and suspension parts theres a full convertible and engine in this box