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stitchdup

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  1. I did a similar mod the the roof on my crew cab for the same reason as you. I stuck with the early hood though cos i lost the bottom half from the 65, and i've reshaped the back of the cab to be more like the chevy avalanche. I'll get back to it sometime
  2. It looks good with the kit on it, I might have to try that front bumper on some other stuff.
  3. fuelcurve.com covered its rebuild. you might have to search back a while though
  4. Your probably better just getting the kits. Buying an aftermarket printed copy of a kit wont save you any money and would likely cost even more. a typical 3d printed kit seems to be almost 3 times the cost of a plastic kit and with the number of parts a truck might be even more costly. But 3d has given us stuff the kit makers have never done and upgrades for the kits that are available.
  5. crimes of passion can include stealing hobby supplies
  6. its google you need to complain to. we have no say in what ads they force on us. our reports are no more cared about by google than yours are. google only care about money and your data so they can sell even more ads, not how they get it. But, the ads also cover the forum costs so getting rid just isn't an option for now.
  7. one of the guys i climbed the old man of hoy with had one of these. he was building it to use for his oil drilling company in saudi arabia. he wanted to go full high tech modern with it but i suggested old bedford army trucks instead. for the selling price of the mog he got 3 bedfords. besides, the volvo truck engine he wanted to use would never fit the 4wd without hanging out over the front axle like an audi does
  8. they did, not very common and all are grey imports but there was an importer that brought european versions over from germany.
  9. house of kolor brandywine over a gunmetal and gold mix base should get you close. this is it over bright gold, not a great pic but it got the colour right. the spraycan is just to block most of the flash, and has no relevance to the colour
  10. I only had a lhd bay window commercial bus converted to a camper with no pop top. Blew engines regularly so we made the panel under the hatch removable and my dad and me could swap the engine in ten mins without a jack. We had many happy holidays in that old wreck but the none better mk2 escort was more fun to drive. If my dad hadn't passed away theres a very strong chance i'd still have it. The recent revell kit is the nearest i have but it has the other front end.
  11. the chrysler version might be cheaper and easier to find
  12. Nice work, it really looks good in white and the wires look great on it
  13. I enjoy initial D, even when i have to use subtitles. They changed the music for the english dubbed version but its not the same. The japanese synth-pop just suits it better. Also, tokyo drift stole a lot from inital d, including most of the background story from one series. theres another series about circuit racing porsches but i've only seen the kits for those. Most anime isn't my taste, i liked tom and jerry, lol
  14. If you read the ingredients the manufacturers got there first, theres more e numbers than the phonebook
  15. I appreciate you trying, thanks. I'm sure we'll have one that i'll be able to use soon. This looks to be better than the alternative paints for chrome anyway. I found the green stuff chrome went bad very quickly after opening. I think it was 3 months before it turned grey. I'm still using 3 year old large molotowe pens and its still bright.
  16. you can use it to strip paint too.
  17. Very cool, its like one of the haynes manual covers
  18. From a volkswagen factory mule and sketch on napkin we ended up with probably the most worlds most popular recrational vans. The platxenwagen is from online but the others are my pics from the weekend. I included the id buzz as its was a concept for nearly a quarter century for the next generation transporters. Platzenwagen ( less than 12 believed to still exist) second generation 1955 transporter. This one was an ambulance originally and now a has a 2.3 so it can overtake on uphills now, lol type 2 transporter. This was extremely clean and those tyres dont seem to have ever seen dirt or tar. It might have been lifted a couple of inches t2.5 or 3 transporter. This was watercooled but we also had a rare factory diesel attending but it was gone before i got around with my camera t4 transporter. these are starting to get popular now due to the aircooled stuff costing lots now. They were good vans but many were what we call grey imports from outside europe so in effect we have 2 versions where only body panels can be swapped. t5 transporter. These were very popular vans immediately on release and knocked the ford transit of the top locally. The transit was the van every builder had but when it got smaller the transporters took over. Very popular for modifying and it has 3 dedicated magazines from this shape onwards t6 Transporter. just a slightly better version of the t5. t7 transporter. again just an improved t6. we did have a slightly different hybrid version attending but again it was gone before i got around. The hybrid version was styled halfway between a buzz and transporter but transporter size Id. buzz. The current ev (pun intended) Theres about 6 of these local but only 2 are buszez, the others are work vans for the windmills. I kinda like the look of these but I've followed the concept since the first new beetle was released.
  19. its canadian parts assembled at degenham in essex, england. The 36 and 37 woodies from shetland last year were the same. The rhd is stock, and i didn't even notice it until i loaded my pics, lol
  20. if you look for a second generation 1.8 miata you can get an improved engine and a turbo depending on the model. some of the first gens had a bit of a habit of blowing the head gasket if it has been sitting while the later ones seem to handle being left for longer. also that truck looks to be in pretty good shape but give the rails from the seats to rear axle a very good inspection. if its been overloaded too often they can crack from the top down unlike landrover that crack from the bottom. You might even find the front suspension and rear gears will fit the truck. The miata is getting popular for morris minors now in europe so there should be engine mounts and stuff available if the truck ones dont work
  21. you nailed that joke but dinna hammer it home
  22. i think thats the print supports
  23. there files for a free one on cults. Its 1/10 scale and goes together like a heller kit but it scales down to 1/24 and 1/25 well. I dont think it had a gearbox with it though. just search detroit diesel and I'm sure plenty more options will show up too.
  24. the guy that has the other truck has one of the coupes too along with a 4 door with the pontiac style front. It is a nice looking machine
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