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stitchdup

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  1. 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.
  2. you can use it to strip paint too.
  3. Very cool, its like one of the haynes manual covers
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. you nailed that joke but dinna hammer it home
  8. i think thats the print supports
  9. 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.
  10. 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
  11. currently hunting for monogram 40 fenders and a 37 coupe to try and build it in plastic
  12. it would be possible but its probably more work than starting fresh or buying a ready made file. I beleive a designer called ARTIST-IT has most of the american 50s cars from a buick caballero to a edsel pacer
  13. theres an obvious answer in there for hapiness....... lol
  14. I want to see a proper street course like singapore used to be and new york would fit. If they went somewhere interesting i might watch more as it seems to be lacking something now. I used to get up and watch every race live but now i rarely even look at the results. Or make it run as normal until just before the start then flip a coin to decide if it is fastest on pole or slowest on pole. They are supposed to be the best drivers in the world so make them have to actually race instead of advertising house priced watches
  15. are you in the same timezone?
  16. It works for me on everything except matt black and silver paint. I soak it until it gets slightly sticky then start rubbing with the cloth and cotton buds and it soon comes off. I did find it poor with duplicolour kawasaki green, it took a lot of careful scraping with box cutter blades
  17. Your safe on here, we'll only ban you for being a ford guy (joking, lol) but honestly banning is our last resort on here. It takes a lot for folk to get banned from here as we will moderate your posts before any ban or maybe limit access. Spamming or obvious advertising (not honest reviews from members but the heavy plant ads hidden inside a post on trucks for example) for companies will get you banned with no warnings though. We really dont want to ban folk if we can avoid it
  18. 90%+ ipa will take it off fast. just use a cloth and a couple of cotton buds. it can leave staining on the plastic from reds and blacks sometimes. Its pretty much all i use for stripping now
  19. its like having the aftermarket on the bench i find which is great when most of the stuff i want is in the states. When i did the maths it was nearly the same as postage for 6 kits from there. The guys in america dont seem to know how good they have it for the aftermarket sometimes
  20. reaction videos are trash epecially when they are scripted by a clanker which is the funky new slang term for ai
  21. if you click on the topic, it might only show the other members posts but i'm honestly not sure. I dont have any ignored members for obvious reasons
  22. yes, this was much nicer than the similar age rolls.
  23. While there is another Aussie pick up here, this one was new to me and actually being used as a truck instead of a toy.
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