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wrecked old fergie
stitchdup replied to stitchdup's topic in Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
I've only worked on one of them, but i've restored 4 fergie 35s and 2 135s. I turned one of these heller kits into my grandads 35 or close to it apart from the engine being the wrong way around, lol -
heller kit built as a wreck to add to a diorama. real rust but i'll add some more when it goes in the dio as i have more effects to add.
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de'finitions goin on ere grandad when he got home from work and saw his garden dug
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i've got loads of them too, and some decals for doing trim on seats but its another you need to buy 4 sets of to be sure to have enough
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Any Chance Of The Monogram Capri II Coming Back?
stitchdup replied to oldcarfan's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
Those kits mostly get sold in europe. the capri is massively popular on this side of the pond and these kits have kept their value bacause of that. I hope revell have kept hold of them, they would be a good seller for them if the second hand values are a guide and since ford europe did the engineering they are simple to build an engine bay for as it just a couple of right angle bends to make inner fenders -
questions on resin printed 3-d parts??
stitchdup replied to oldr-n-drt's topic in Car Aftermarket / Resin / 3D Printed
they get cleaned before they get cured so you should be good. I use duplicolour primers with my prints -
While you said you would like to keep your current monitor, you may get some other options/discounts if you replace the the whole thing as one unit. I would expect a monitor to be part of any deal you get offered so its worth keeping the option open just in case.
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Likely a very long-term project..... Building a Coyote X
stitchdup replied to JollySipper's topic in WIP: Model Cars
cool project TJ, the bug front end is really simple to narrow and to make working suspension from due to how tamiya put it together. I did a how to somewhere on here for the front and rear suspension -
Sketchup to design model car parts?
stitchdup replied to V8tiger's topic in Truck Aftermarket / Resin / 3D Printed
I need at least 6gig processing speed to run the slicer. A gaming laptop might have the spec needed if its a recent one as the graphics card needs to be good too. I havent done any drawing on my computer but my friend has installed and used blender on it with no problems. His own laptop is much more powerful than mine but mine coped ok. It was a little slow but i probably wont be using it that often for drawing. If you are going to use it a lot then get the best spec you can to save having to keep upgrading parts/apps -
base level objectivity definers sounds like a technical term but i just made it up
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away from the manager a karen raised it head, screaming from her lungs that she WILL be heard
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some more done. Once this has dried I'll line the inside with wood as well. next up is figuring out the size of the lean to on the side. Once i have it worked out i can add some surface textures and plant life
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How do you keep your models clean?
stitchdup replied to redscampi's topic in Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials
I've got a couple of glass curio display cases. They keep the worst of the dust out. I've also got an old hifi unit I've stripped the gubbins out of to leave a glass cased place to display a couple of dios. -
Confused about 3d printing
stitchdup replied to jeffp60's topic in Truck Aftermarket / Resin / 3D Printed
I can vouch for safety buying from ukraine. Apart from feb to august last year there has been little difference to delivery times before the war. It takes about 3 weeks from ukraine to the uk so maybe 4 for usa -
Chevy Coe
stitchdup replied to stitchdup's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
I've enjoyed working with the wood on this so I'm building a dio to go with it. Maybe its because its something new but that keeping my attention at the moment but i have been continuing to work on the fenders while i wait for glue to dry. -
Compatible paints, primers, and clear coat
stitchdup replied to Milo's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Save yourself some trouble and use the same brands. Once you have built up a few cans with leftover paints you can start to experiment with them then. Personally I stopped using enamels, they just never seemed to fully harden for me and i dont have the patience to watch paint dry so i use mainly 1/1 auto paints -
good quality citroens, peugeots and renaults. Now they are poorly designed with critical components in the most exposed places, eg. most renaults have the computer positioned where any road grime or salt just rest on top of the connections or having to remove body panels just to swap a light bulb making what used to be a 5 minute job take over 6 hours. also, bright colours. grey, black, white and silver are dull depressing colours, especially when they are all you see day in and day out. Some days the only colourfulvehicles i see are the post mans vans. bring back colours!!
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we've got a neighbour that has no idea how to control her dog. 3 times this week she has stood doing goldfish impressions while her mutt attacks ours and the neighbours cats. She got annoyed with me cos i threw a bucket of water over the dog cos i wasn't reaching past an aggrasive pit to rescue tha cats as i like my hands being useful. all the idiot needs to do is keep it on the lead. I sorta hope the dog goes after the local farmers sheep because he wont hesitate to shoot it dead. I believe the dog was a rescue which may explain why its how it is as most pits i know are pretty docile animals but this one is just dangerous
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extinction level event was a lackluster movie
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I only have a half a dozen non volkswagens and they are all 1/24 maisto except for a 1/1? chevy 59 impala. all my other diecast are vw and i dont have any preference to quality or brand with those. as long as its something vw group I'll buy it. I've got vws in many scales and recently got a box of goodies from a member here containing a load of canadian vw toys. condition doesn't matter to me with the vw stuff either as its all about the subject matter and to me toys can have patina too. Its part of the toys history but I'm not against modding them. A future project will be a melding a diecast bentley convertible with a plastic toy of the hard top.