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    EU Bans Chrome Plating. Will It Effect The Model Kit Industry?

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    51 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

    Plating plastic model car parts is a "vacuum metalizing" process using aluminum vapor.

    Entirely different animal...but there's surely somebody somewhere getting all panty-wadded about that too.

    I wouldn't be surprised. I've been reading up about chrome plating for some hours now (I know little about it) though thankfully plastic chrome looks to be safe from these little Hitlers... for now. Not sure if they could, to be honest. Vehicle headlights are chrome plated plastic, we'd be driving with very dim lights if not plated. lol

    EU Bans Chrome Plating. Will It Effect The Model Kit Industry?

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    Yep, as if they couldn't think up another way to destroy more industry, the EU along with the UK have banned chrome plating but have also banned the import of chrome plated items. Most of what I've read is about 1-1 vehicles but no one seems to be talking about the other endless applications it's used in like scale kits and model vehicles. I haven't done a deep dive on the issue but it's not looking good if the ban covers everything and anything. Don't take away my model kit building!😭

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    Ai Car Art.

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    I was messing around on one of those Ai generator sites and it came up with some crazy looking drawings. These are some of the cars I asked it to do. It's lots of fun and it gave me some ideas for some kit bash builds!

    lost in a storm.jpg

    mars traffic.jpg

    time travel mad max.jpg

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    How about a laugh?

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    This kid was literally too cool for school!🤣

    Schoolboy, 15, is put in isolation and told to chop off his mullet because the hairdo is 'too extreme'

    • Toby Quinn, 15, was put in isolation for a full day because he had a mullet
    • The Sunderland schoolboy had previously been punished for having short hair

    By EMILY DAVIES

    PUBLISHED: 10:48, 26 October 2023 | UPDATED: 13:18, 26 October 2023

     

     

    A 15-year-old boy was put in isolation for a full day and told to chop off his mullet because the hairdo is 'too extreme', his mother says.

    Toby Quinn was separated from his classmates and put in isolation after his teachers told him his Aussie-style trim was 'unacceptable and unprofessional'.

    St Aidan's Catholic Academy, in Sunderland, gave the teenage boy a week to chop it off.

    He was previously punished and isolated for having his hair too short, and was left fuming when he was told his haircut was now too long.

    The school extended the deadline when his mother said he was growing it for charity, but now he's been forced to cut it short.

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