Jump to content
Model Cars Magazine Forum

stitchdup

Moderator
  • Posts

    6,474
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by stitchdup

  1. I did most of my messing about with cars during the 90s. The secret to getting all red lenses to flash orange is to use green bulbs. I believe mercedes have a slim green transparent sheet inside the indicator areas though as the bulbs are all white. But then i've had all green indicators, rear light and side markers on a car before. I've also had blue and lexus rear light lenses on various cars. These were all legal to have and use as long as they lit up in the correct colours. Once you get to around 1990 orange lenses make the car look old and all red make them look cleaner and a little more modern so i go clear side markers and black tinted front indicators, with all red rear lights. When you do it to a big bumper mk2 golf it looks ten years newer and much cleaner than the ugly orange lights that quickly discolour to brown and make cars look neglected even when everything else is clean and shiny
  2. didn't revell have the tool last. the last release of the m3 was in their box at the same time as the M compact
  3. if you have access to a 3d printer theres this one. https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/vintage-sunvisor-for-scale-autos-model-2 the other one is just a copy of the one in the chevy street machine pick up with the rolled front pan
  4. look at euro and japanese cars. the majority should be on 4 lug rims
  5. i have the same makers previous mk1 cortina and its awful. i should have some interior parts from it and his mk2 escort kicking about if they're any use to you
  6. all these will be completed tonight or in the morning. a couple are detailed diecast though
  7. those guys are building a new even lighter lupo with 2 1600bhp audi rs3 engines now. theres a few twin engine dubs about, from mk1 golfs through to caddy vans but the original was the pikes peak mk2 golf built by vw back in the mid 80s
  8. sweet romantic gestures such as carving initials into a tree make me think why did you take a knife on your date?
  9. that was the mk1 version, this is mk3. their designers are a lazy as the 911 folks, lol
  10. It varies from week to week for me. recently its been most of the day and has been for about a month but i'll prob have a break next week as my neices are home on holiday. I have got 6 cars and a tractor going to be complete in the next couple days
  11. expensive hobbies such as marriage and motorsport can be a risk to your life expectancy and should not be attempted wthout adult supervision
  12. i'm not sure if the water washable is safe to clean in alcohol. i only use the alcohol wash resin
  13. do you use the alcohol resin or water washable? i use the alcohol wash and its as easy as putting it in a tank for an hour and scrubbing with a toothbrush. i use my waste alcohol from washing the prints too. if the alcohol has lots of resin bits in it you can leave them to settle on the bottom before starting. dont leave small parts for too long either as they will not last too long. i forgot a set of wheels and they absorbed the alcohol and came apart but that took a few days
  14. i just tried to use my green stuff brush chrome only to find it has gone grey like the molotowe does. its only a couple of months since it was opened. its laying with tiny spots of chrome but mostly grey
  15. cool veedubya, if you like the old air cooled stuff theres a designer called king-3d that has a lot of them
  16. are you sure its not just another mold line? the 959 body shape probably had more p0arts to the tool than a 911 would
  17. humbrol black gloss acrylic. my local shop didn't have any black tamiya left so i tried the humbrol, big mistake. the primer laid nice and smooth and only needed a light scuff before paint. the gloss dried like a satin orange and seemed to get thicker as it dried. complete waste of time so its in alcohol now
  18. who'd a thunk that everybody using the same anti virus program could be a problem? well apart from the guy on reddit that posted a conspiracy theory about crowdstrike on thursday night about 2 hours before it crashed and did everything he said it would. this just proves that monopolies are not a good thing cos this stuff can happen. variety is the spice of life after all
  19. program the video to record something and my granny will think you're a genius
  20. a decent tempo matador would be my choice
  21. store pick up is unavailable as that would need an online purchase which is not available. store pick up and in store are 2 different things.
  22. i dont know of any camel trophy decals but there are camel sponsor decals. maybe you could cobble something up from those. if you do find any please share them, i'd like to do one of the range rovers
  23. Thats a cool idea, and a great way to show the differences between a stocker and a jolly
  24. after not being able to walk more than 150m without being crippled with pain, i managed to walk to the supermerket and back and my legs only got cold. still not right but better than it was
  25. have you got avehicle in mind? if its pre war the revell48 custom might give you suitable seats and for 49 and later the amt 3in1 studebaker has some but they are a little narrow for later cars. the replicas and miniatures revell 40 ford interior is nice and can be fitted to the 1/24 revell kits too
×
×
  • Create New...