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Hi James. Check out the sticky post above: “How do I search…”. That said, I did a search since I am thinking of building a big rig soon too. i came up with 3/8” and apparently you can trim it quite easily if it is a tad too big.

Welcome to the forum James! You will find everyone here helpful with any questions you may have, just have a little patience and someone will chime in eventually. Pictures of your WIP or finished builds are appreciated.

The two best ways to avoid a lemon is to 1) Ask about a specific kit here. 2) Look for build videos on YouTube. The videos can give a good look at what all is in the kit for parts, but most are not critical of dimensional or aesthetic flaws. That type of information, if it’s critical for you, is better asked for here.

Anglia is a car built by Ford overseas.

PVA in my understanding is a water-based glue that dries by evaporation. So the heat doesn’t “cure” the glue but just speeds up the drying process. When used on wood a slower drying time may be beneficial because it soaks into the pores and swells the wood slightly to make a tight fitting joint. Neither the PVA nor the UV glue have any effect on styrene, so the fastening is purely mechanical.

I temporarily assembled this front suspension with PVA glue and let it dry for a day in the dehydrator. I had to do a lot of fiddling with it and it soon fell apart. Then I tried using some “RapidFix liquid plastic adhesive” that activates with UV light. I don’t know how they can call this an adhesive, as it has about the same structural integrity and adhesion as the PVA glue. The real bonus is it can be cured instantly.

With that said, I would love to have a little front end loader.

Next step (after a little break for my sanity) is to reduce the amount of “zee” and the rake. I may need to get some more Plastruct truss yet.😬 I may also hog out a little more of the trans tunnel to raise the engine slightly too.🤔

Well I have been fiddling around with this trying to get the stance set. I glued a simple block and piece of wire to set the rear roughly where I want it. then I put a 1/4” spacer under the frame rails which looked sort of like the rake I wanted. After trimming the shocks a tad to raise the spindles, I realized that there is no way I was going to get that rake without raising the entire front suspension. So I zee’d the frame I was quite happy with it until I put the engine back in and it sat on the oil pan with the tires about 1/8” off the bench.😳 So I lengthened the shocks a touch and got the wheels back down, but the engine is still pretty much on the ground. I had a ton-O-fun temporarily assembling the suspension and broke one shock completely off.🤯 I eventually drilled everything for 0.015” wire pins.

That’s basically how I lowered the front of this Monogram ‘64 GTO.

I don’t believe Milliput heats up substantially if at all while curing.

Jello pudding tastes like paste, or so I’ve heard.

I use Milliput Fine White almost exclusively. I only use Tamiya or AK putty for an extremely thin coat or small scratches.

I have both and like the scalpel for foil work and finer work . The blades are extremely sharp but also fragile. If I need to “chop” any thin styrene I will use the exacto.

Excellent work Mark. That’s what you gotta do with these custom jobs….keep adding stuff that looks right and modify or get rid of stuff that doesn’t.😎

A minor thing, but doesn’t the name “Mr. Blacksmith” conjure up images of working with iron and steel? These are clearly NOT up to the task…but you gotta read the fine print.🧐

Licorice is not a flavour that I like, but twizzlers and nibs are another story.

Day two builds over bone stock replicas are what I prefer.

Packaged meats can be handy for making quick sandwiches.

Absolutely beautiful looking ‘Cuda there Nick.👍😎

Looking good James.👍 You need some panel line accent in those door seams though.

Sweet looking ‘53 there Bob!👍😎

The outfits that certify these chains, the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has been around since 1862, and Lloyds Register (LR) was founded in 1760. I too wonder how they were made back in the 1700’s? They certainly weren’t this massive, but they also didn’t have any hydraulic equipment then either. https://www.solarnavigator.net/anchor_chain.htm

Jeez…if only there was some way to modify this darn plastic stuff….🙄

Heed the advice of your elders is not really a thing anymore.