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stitchdup

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  1. the sunroofs from the polar lights bugs fit the tamiya great. perhaps someone on the forum has a spare?
  2. why not just dry assemble with the body and mark the centre on the chassis relative to the body. a simple scratch on top of the chassis rails should be enough and will be hidden when its built
  3. the ads choose where to go depending on the key words. we have no say in what ads they show but they do fund the site. Its just the nature of google now, money comes before all else, including self respect but when you have a pretty sizable monopoly who's going to stop them?
  4. some of the most commonly used words on the site are models, toys and drag and guess what the common searches on adult sites are?
  5. one of the tamiya mustangs has them, possibly the convertible
  6. since i have my mk3 kits out, and since i needed the grille and bonnet for the golf i've started building the vento alongside the golf. it only has an engine because i needed somewhere for the bonnet to sit, this is staying curbside. colour will be ford wedgewood green from the 98 ford mondeos. wheels probably wont be bbs
  7. theres also a tamiya in 1/20
  8. they stopped after bexit. shipping and customs got over complicated
  9. earth ws a dumb name for a planet and whoever named it should be ashamed
  10. revell does to every country except the uk
  11. the tamiya panel scriber is an olfa product. they seem more popular with rc and gundam
  12. i think we should tell these guys how to spend their own money. I'm sure they would appreciate our help
  13. not much to report. I've had family visiting the last 2 weeks so i've been out most days. I did clean a scale production vw vento to steal the bonnet, lights and grille from but i've not cut it yet and might knock it together as a quick curbside if i find the right wheels
  14. Not my taste but fair play for having a go. Most of the big power diesels i've seen on the dyno have this kinda style. its not even a new style, its been around since the 70s on cars
  15. you've got few to pick from if you can find someone to print them https://cults3d.com/en/search?q=halibrand
  16. the files by motabas, it will print great. expect about 40 parts and the box to be seperate
  17. my sister is visiting my mum with my nieces this week. shes taken a family she's friends with up with her and they have to be the laziest parents i've met. their kids have been on screens since they arrived and the parents are the same. I gave the little boy a revell tractor kit to get him away from the screen but dad (who is an engineer) gave up after he broke one part (a light, and if he read the instructions he would find a spare as it has options) so the kit got dumped. i've rescued it and my snips as he dumped my tools too. them being up with their unhouse trained kids has meant the rest of us have had little time to hang out. even my nieces are embarassed by them. when we have managed to get the kids away from screens they have been enjoying themselves, i took them to hunt for crabs and eels and my other sister has found other activities. honestly its not kids on screens thats the problem, kids love to be outside, its parents on screens thats the real problem.
  18. the warhammer/citadel type paints are low fumes
  19. we need to wait on amazon Noel, it cant be shipped internationaly
  20. man size hankies are a lie, they barely cover my foot
  21. According to kindig it will be fully road tested before delivery. Its a car you'd have to look after more but the side veiw looks like t can handle a speedbump. It might be a year or two but i wouldn't be surprised to see it on powertour or something. I'm watching its build now and theres a lot of hidden engineering. almost everything is handbuilt and if its not its modified to look nothing like stock. just the door hinges are a work of art and engineering, and every part is like that. its gone far beyond customising and is more of a modern delahaye or figoni & falaschi. this is what the wealthy should be buying, not those common as muck lamborghinis and paganis. cars like this is why detroit is the best show imo
  22. how about sticking with the 65 hood but adding the early centre to it?
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