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  1. would you mind posting some contents pics of the capri? I've not seen that one before and i have a soft spot for euro fords
  2. no wonder i couldn't find it. i saw the vents on the rear wings and thought vw type3 based so was looking at soutn american vw concepts
  3. it sounds like its on its way out so i'd guess you have nothing to lose by experimenting with it. does it get any softer in consistency if you give it good stir?
  4. thats for plastic bumpers and trim, it wont stay stuck to rubber
  5. on this side of the pond many insurers are refusing to cover evs and those that do cover them are charging a lot more. even towing companies are having to get new trucks to lift burned evs into air tight sealed steel crates as they have a habit of bursting into flames agin hours later. there are fields full of nissan leaf evs just being left to rot away as nobody wants them. I've said it before and i'll say it again, hydrogen is where we should be looking. use windmills to make the hydrogen and you have a clean fuel with water as the emmissions (which if they become popular could possibly be beneficial to drier areas. the hydrogen can even be made on site if theres a power source for the production units. all electric cars and vehicles are going to do is put food prices up and regularly burst into flames (and i'm sure all those burning chemical fumes are really great for the enviroment and us)
  6. they might be better to use time attack cars. much more down force than f1. some of the top class cars generate 5 tonnes of it
  7. got some lug plugs the other day. i can actually hear what people are saying now but using the phone is strange. i could use the phone before i got them but now i cant really hear it right. day to day is a massive improvement though
  8. its not the 4x4, just the magnum/un bus with a pizza sign. I might skip this version since i have 2 of each already
  9. a restoration supplies shop might be a good place to look. i've got flourescent dyes from them so yellow wont be a problem. i found these in the usa https://easyshoecare.com/product/yellow-spray-paint/ or a much more expensive version https://www.backdrophome.com/products/porsche-speed-yellow-interior-standard/
  10. the interior dyes are spray cans. i've only seen the fabric paints for brushes or screen printing. if you get the interior dyes direct from the maker they can colour match for you. I get them from frost but its a uk company
  11. you could try paints/dyes for recolouring vinyl and leather interiors. It will have a bit more flex than other paints so its less likely to flake off. fabric paints could be another flexible option. I would expect these to be better options as other paints will just flake off if you need to bend the boots as they are for solid surfaces.
  12. if you use ad block plus it does this. i use ublock and everything works for me. I'm using firefox on windows 11 and i also use facebook container cos anything with a facebook link causes my browser problems without it and most ads have them even if your using an ad blocker.
  13. fruit/vegetable boxes from the supermarket. big enough for most trailers and just needs a little packing around them. each box will hold 2 trucks and trailers and they are stackable and strong
  14. if they're as popular on the mainland as they are here i cant see why they wouldn't keep selling them. there must be 30 of them running around here now and at least 4 are this version. i think most are v6 though. they're so common we have a phrase for them but its not repeatable here, lol
  15. The green hornet kit was always going to sell well. Anything related to marvell sells loads, and the only places i've seen the green hornet kit is comic and memrobilia stores at full msrp. Its the same with the back to the future, a team and mad max kits. if you are looking for them go in these shops instead of model shops and you have a bigger chance of finding them in pretty good condition
  16. not sure if its type 51 http://bugatelier.eu/?page_id=2361 http://bugatelier.eu/?portfolio=engine there was a bare chassis and engine at the 2009 techno-classic show that could get you some good pics too.
  17. I've seen them on cults. most seem to be for off road heavy trucks or large scale aircraft.
  18. I would use automotive filler primer when preparing the bodies, and i hold the can low to the part I'm painting so more paint catches in the print lines. It makes priming take longer as you can only do one direction at a time but it saves on paint and sanding. If there trim or detail you want to save mask it off before priming and then dust it with ordinary primer after the main bodywork is comlete. Then its just paint as normal
  19. theres already tyre molds available but it seems like an extra task casting tyres when you can print 30 tyres in the time it takes to print a mold.
  20. I've just spent some time on inspirobot.me its an ai generated inspirational quotes app but its not doing a great job unless its goal was humour. Heres a selection of the ones i got that i can post cos some were a little off colour, lol
  21. Does anybodyhave any tips for using the clear 3d resin? I got it to do light lenses and smaller parts as the layer lines could maybe work in my favour if i orient the parts correctly but i'm not sure where to start with the settings. I have a spare tank to use to reduce the risk of cross contaminating. Its the water washable stuff i have if that makesa difference. I figured asking here was the best place since we're all doing similar printing
  22. never again will i have my booth in the bathroom. turns out my deodrant and tamiya rattle tins are the same size when you aint looking and suburu blue armpits are not a good look (next time i'll use something flashier from hok, lol)
  23. arrived in scotland today
  24. to get those seats you'd probably have to rescale or change dimensions in the slicer but a starting point could be one of blackbox's seat seta that have front and rear seats. if you turn off the scale all setting you can change the width of the rear seat to use as a split bench with a front seat. The closest I've seen is sold as truck bench seat and has 2 cup holders in the centre. https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/turck-bench-seat-with-cup-holder-25aug-s14 there area few single seats that match this bench fromvarious designers
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