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I'd find some styrene rod the size of the hole in the centre of the brakes and glue that in the holes, flush to the edges, then drill out the centre to suit the new rims

themes are much more fun at grown ups parties cos we at least get a laugh

iceman collections do a very nice buick/rover v8. it can be built as either version

This represents the fuel system. Since it would be a lot of effort to fit a liquid system for display, instead they used this. each time the hammer gets hit by the crank the light should flash. the hammer represents your fuel system in a much more visual way for teaching and also makes the display easier to manufacture. The part coming off the side would represent the fuel lines coming from the tank and the part at the crank would represent the throttle/engine speed.

I'd guess its a petrol engine. a diesel would have no need for the spark plug as the glowplugs are only used for starting. The light would represent the spark plug in a petrol engine and would flash depending where the crank is. it should flash at the same time as the fuel hammer moves. does this have a hand crank on it? Thats a cool thing to find, my tech teacher only had a lego technik thing thats similar to that. Yours is much cooler than his was.

there are 2 issues of the ala kart kit. the most recent version does have an undersized engine. there are long threads complaining about it on nearly every kit review site if you care to look/research further

bugs, or beetles to the layman, are considered the best selling car of all time but in reality the f150 has sold many more and may as well be considered a car nowadays

who'd a thunk rodders would be using engines from a slow gun carriage, lol

There is another option, the french army used flatheads well into the 80s that have better cooling among other upgrades. I think they only stopped casting them in the mid 80s and a lot of the drag race flatheads in europe use those blocks. There was a load of them, still new in the crate available towards the end of the 90s.

try the link i posted 3 posts up, they are fluted

yes, its based on the datsun 240z. heres one that sent the internet on fire a couple of years ago.

Cool, these japanese race cars just look more purposeful than the others. maybe its because the body looks more stock

the plastic primer is useful. it helps the other primers stick to bare plastic (some older revell kits and black plastic kits) and it can be used if your paint is a hot one too if you dont want a thick layer of primer. Its not really a primer though, think of it as an adhesion promoter instead

Nice work, they make a cool group

I've got these for my 3d prints https://modellersresource.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=66

i have some magic tree pe ones somewhere

even if someone did headlight decals on clear backing we'd have an option. with clear backing we could then use those decals on easily available googly eyes and an a5 sheet of these imaginary decals should last a fair while. they wouldn't be perfect but unless you want to spend money on photo etched ones it might work for most of us.

I always though the andy saunders version was kinda cool

is it also called a 300 i6? if it is theres a 3d print file available along with one for an aussie ford i6

very cool, nobody could tell that you started with a mazda

it looks a little too sharp on the edges and kinda deep towards the back of the hood. Between the lights looks a little bit flat as well but neither detail is enough to stop me getting a couple

the centre of the hood looks wrong but i'll still get a couple

Very nice, looks like henry should have made them that way

it looks like its available on the iceman site again

I've used the yellow tins, but not the red tins (uk trade use version). Seemed to work fairly well but it was a bit thick compared to other primers. I still use it sometimes if i have nothing else or need to cover a large area like truck side or something with less detail. Its not a bad primer but imo there are better options if you want to save detail