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California Chopper
Ulf replied to James2's topic in All The Rest: Motorcycles, Aviation, Military, Sci-Fi, Figures
Wonderful, an incredibly difficult kit but the reward is a model with both the right lines and the ”right” parts, the best Harley (chopper) kit. -
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I differ greatly in that I was 36 years old when I finally bought my first own car but then it was all the more fun.
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What Did You Accomplish Today? (Model Car Work)
Ulf replied to Snake45's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I have finally found a pipe in suitable plastic for the tank, 45 mm or 1 49/64 was not easy to find. Yesterday I got a shot from the hip and realize that I have to widen the box a bit, I have not taken any measurements on the truck that inspired me but consistently relied on my eye measurement. -
Hot Rod Show Stockholm on Youtube
Ulf replied to Ulf's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Better late than never, thank you. It’s clearly a very worthwhile exhibition, the venue is really far beyond the ordinary. I want to remember that the house was built (1900) to one day become Sweden's first car factory but that did not happen. -
What Did You Accomplish Today? (Model Car Work)
Ulf replied to Snake45's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Let's hope there won't be a blockage in the sewer for a few weeks, months maybe considering how slowly I'm building... -
Milliput is an incredibly good filler, just be careful not to do what I did. After a very late night of construction, I fell asleep with Milliput under my nails, the pain in the nail bed from the hardened sharp putty chemically bonded to the nail tormented me for a week.
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Incredibly nice cars, this one is my favorite. Hot Rods that border on sports car always touch me a little extra.
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What Did You Accomplish Today? (Model Car Work)
Ulf replied to Snake45's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I'm trying to put the puzzle together from pictures I've taken, Revells Ford Raptor is a great kit snap or not but it would have been easier for me if they made the F350 🙂, the sewage cleaning unit is so odd though so I'm left to my own devices. -
Thank you very much for sharing these nice pictures and your knowledge, I myself have turned and turned on the coupe body and wondered if I would be able to build a 30/31 roadster, in allés as always, "Every great project requires parts from a kit you do not own or does not exist.”
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Unfortunately I was prevented from going to this amazing show the other week even though it is usually (our)walking way(2x2 h) but Youtube at least gives some comfort. The venue with very advanced lighting and the surrounding environment is uniquely beautiful. The exhibition was partly retrospective with a more than sixty-year perspective. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-ws7DaiZzQ As it should be, there was a model car exhibition, a dealer and even there the retrospective was partly included, a few years later he built his 32 in the same style. Overall, just as car shows should be and as they were when we were kids.
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Post your truck mockups.
Ulf replied to Mike C.'s topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
I am a bit locked in that I can only build and not paint, partly because I broke my ankle in January. No worries because building is fun. Sewer cleaning and plumbing clearly appeal to me. -
WOW, it has been great to follow your build and it really turned out great. Now I also have a Fisher 12 port head motor to look at when I get started again with my project.
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Oh my, how I have longed for this.
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Although you ask about CA glue, I can't help but recommend my favorite glue, Revell Contacta Professional Glue. If the glue dries at the end of the needle, you burn off the plug with a match. Why this glue before CA ? I use CA glue very sparingly nowadays. CA glue ages on the building table which made me frustrated, it use to reminded me that I did not have time to build... Some people get allergic to CA glue and when you get affected it is forever and with it other chemicals. My wife and her colleagues sometimes used CA glue and some of them have told me about this and the paradox that it was originally a medical glue but now doctors avoid using it.
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This goes a long way, that's a big part of the charm of this hobby, I prefer gray cutting mat(cutting mat is really not necessary but I brought it for the sake of color). The yellow tape is Tamiyas which unlike other types of tape can be removed after days weeks. For gluing transparent plastic parts, windshield, headlights you shouldn't use the plastic glue but I didn't have any near me tonight. Tops(lots of) is great when something goes wrong.. I agree with DanL and Bainford's advice on Monogram.
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How do I remove "blemishes" from windshields?
Ulf replied to tahiti7's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
I have removed a small(old) glue spot on a windshield with MENG's diamond file actually. I had no polish or so where I was but it turned out very well actually. The windshield was convex so I could file without the edges of the file touching. A friend has said that he will try to file off the ”reading glasses” in an old Jo-Han windshield, maybe it will be another new level (his builder are very nice). -
What Did You Accomplish Today? (Model Car Work)
Ulf replied to Snake45's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
One day it will be something completely different, but today I have at least cut. Styrene surgery is not easy but operating in these new kits that are similar on both sides, both shape and thickness makes it much easier than old kits. -
Ok, if you or anyone else feels like it, let me know. 24H, Brush painting and preferably a AMT Craftsman kit.
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Nice build, a one day builder brush painted can really be realy valuable sometimes. Should we run a group build in the future?
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Western Star Classic heavy haul
Ulf replied to Biggu's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
Nice and interesting project, I'm working on an Italeri Freigtliner and see these headache racks on trucks for sale on the webb. Is there a law on these in the US and does any know when that law came ? -
What Did You Accomplish Today? (Model Car Work)
Ulf replied to Snake45's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
One of two trucks, I have been lying on the couch or sitting at the table almost motionless with my legs in a cast for more than two months Building has gone well but painting with all that entails will probably take another month. Building one and even two trucks has been challenging and educational, the day I go to a show I will look at the trucks with a completely different level of respect. -
Great build, baby Lambos says a some, Uracco was another one in the bunch. They were intended precisely as entry-level cars. On the island where we have a small summer house, there are about three of them, almost a dominant amount in their segment. One of the owners told us while we refueled our respective cars that the right and left sides had different shapes, probably the three were not quite the same either. At least one of them I have ridden in , fast.
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Hi Mikael Glad you're writing in this thread, I've heard about you, your cars and especially about your brush painting. Today in 2025 when Humbrol has deteriorated, been banned and come back(?), what color do you use ?