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Interesting. I sure wonder where is it going?

Hi Peter, For I am (very) curious about it too: did you finally got the information about fixing the pin/axle? I'm not sure if this can help but there's a video about the gluing techniques he uses, there : May that help?

Please note that I haven't shown nothing at all for this is not my video and I haven't made anything of it. The question of how the cutted end of the pin is "locked" remains open as far as my understanding goes. Therefore I am happy that you are willing to discuss that. So, you suggest that it is brazed (which may not work with chromed pins)? I feel like I should be able to braze the cutted end of the pin to nothing more that the closest part of the hinges. The part of the hinges are very thin so they should store very little heat, making it easy to control which one would suck the solder - maybe? That would be certainly more informative to ask directly as a comment to the video, for those who own a Google account. Thank you very much for your interest, anyway!

I thought that (not mine at all) video was worth mentionning, for the case some of you didn't noticed it. Hinges start at around 8 min.

Perfect idea! I need to do that as soon as possible... 😎

Nice attention to detail in each every step... I'll stay tuned for sure, and thanks for sharing.

Awesome! This is what scaled custom building is all about... 😎

A fan brush? Thanks, I may try this

Great technique. The final coat of clear orange is what makes the outcome really look like varnished (pine) wood. I wish I could know some more about the brush you used, though : I have the feeling that a soft brush would lay/blend the color but your pictures show strikes instead, like the brush was rather pretty hard?

That's a clean paint job!

I don't know about the movie but I like those garage scenes.

Pretty inspiring mockups.

Or inside, once reworked as a beer pump, even though this kind of mod is not just my kind. I've been a long time fan of your work, by the way!

Sorry, Maybe you guys are used to straight/great vintage "Made in the USA" kits but it seems unfortunately pretty common to see warped parts on many recent kits. I could read that this was due to parts leaving the molds while still (too) hot, possibly to support a high processing rate... On a related matter, I was envisioning asking about the best way to massage a warped body!

Does that mean that you used the products but not the tools provided for their application? Awesome work by the way. I wouldn't say it was posted in the wrong section but the title was pretty puzzling to me!

That sounds great but I am as pleased with a thumb up from a perfect unknown than with a friend's one. It's just something else. I see no good reason for avoiding it.

I wish I had a loft or an attic. My room is not so small but it is very well cluttered. I have been searching for a wide enough display cabinet but haven't found the suited piece of furniture, so far.

As money talks, I had to downscale my hot rod projects. There I'll manage to build a scaled version of my dream DIY hot rod garage, with its projects, either abandonned, either half completed - and maybe even done, who knows?!. Started assembling one chassis table "à la" Eastwood and a MIG welder from Fujimi's garage tools awaiting for some paint job. Now, the remanant question: "where I am going to put that scaled garage into the house?" as the stuff is actually collecting dust on a shelve and still can't be deployed as it should.

Nice move on the body!

Hello, my name is Christophe and I live very near Paris - of course. I used to model while a teenager and totally leaved the hobby until I saw some scale hot rod wonders and wanted to so the same. Now that I managed to pursue this task I appreciate even more your efforts! This forum being seemingly populated with gentle persons definitely is a bonus and the reason why I finally registered here. So, thanks all!

Outstanding job, really - the reason why I couldn't resist but signing to comment here: the inner disk of the (not sure about the english for "bouche d'égout") manhole cover(?) on the street shouldn't be recessed that much. This and the supporting/outer part are cast iron ones and there's no way one can move vs. the other - but by breaking. Either both are recessed, either you can just add some thickness to the inner part so it stays flush with the outer part. So, sorry for pinpointing but - again - the quality of your work seemed well worth that (poor) comment...