diymirage

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yes but come spring you can pull those bricks right back out onces those paper bags soak through nicely that quickcrete will get nice and wet and then it will get nice and dry and he'll have a fieldday trying to got THAT out

which is why a lot people (myself included) refer to the newer models tiburons as tuscanis (the korean badge) since they lack the gills which were so prominent in the 03-06 models

it looks good, makes it look very autenthic

man...i really had my heart set on that moped last time i tried to buy one it turned out to be a motorcycle and i ended up having to get my endorsement for it

thanks i thought it suited this build

that first pic really shows of the BMF it looks great, specially for a first try only thing i would ad i a tiny bit of it around the wheel wells also, is there a small BMF trim divider between the yellow and black ? (im not sure if thats what im seeing but if not that would look great)

i like silicon

that came out pretty nice i see you figured the picture posting down aswell, good if you ONLY buff it with some compound then you should be ok BUT i always apply at least 3 coats of clear then again, i do wetsand my paintjobs love the paint sceme on that one it might not be to hard to redo the hood but then again, if you are pleased with it you can always save this for a future build as you said it should work the same way for a trunk might even be easyer because there is more room in the trunk for the hinges plus, you can go with the "standard" way of flipflopping a trunk (like such) or you could go with a radical but completly useless flip flop and put the hinge in the same way as the front is done and have the trunklid sit in the back of the car what would be really spiffy is if you were to build a james bondish pickup truck with this hinge under the bed so that the bed could hinge up to display the missle launcher

when cutting out existing doors (that have the panel lines molded in) the best way to go about it to use the back of a fresh blade easy does it but it will take some time once you have the doors out just hit the sides with some sand paper and your all set

i stopped in at meijers the other day to run some quick shopping erands and i parked next to this old pickup truck they musta had tracktion problems in this here michigan winter because in the bed halfway covered under some snow were 2 50 pound PAPER bags of quickcrete i almost died laughing

chevy engine is the best thing to do if you have a ford mill and you cant get a hemi

awesome what did i win ? also, check your want ad

as you can tell, the body on mine isnt done yet either, i just sprayed on two quick coats of clear to keep from rubbing the paint while handling it thanks for the compliments what do you mean with the windows in? you mean you glued the glass in place and then clear coated it ? thats new to me anyway, yes, you can buff the paint but what i usually do is wetsand it first go on ebay and look for a "polishing kit" it should run you less then 20 dollars shipped and include several cloths ranging from 4000 to 12000 grit that should smooth your paint right out HOWEVER keep in mind that when you polish the high spots get more of a treatment then the low spots so be very careful around edges i always put 2-3 coats of base down and 3 coats of clear and it is not uncommon for me to polish down to the primer

thanks ive been meaning to try this out on a model once and this lowrider was perfect for it

now it is time to put the third angle in the rod (once this angle is in the little hinge point on the very top and the long end of the rod should be pointing the same way) the one thing to consider when making this angle is that in order to lift the hood over the front end of the car this section needs to be AT LEAST as long as the distance from the top of the frame (if thats where we mount it) to the top of the front end congratulations, we have now made one side of the hinge this is the time to cut down the styrene tube and slide it on the rod make sure it is long enough so that the hinges will clear then engine but narrow enough to fit in the engine bay the car i used to do this on was perfect for this since it doesnt have inner fenders if your car does have those you might want to consider cutting a groove in them for the hinges to travel in with the styrene tube in place it is time to repeat the first steps and replicate the hinge on the other side of the rod once that is done it should look something like this and with the "hood" open as you can tell i have allready gleud my hinge in place now is also the time to build the hinge points for the hood for this we will cut two little pieces of styrene tube and put them on the very ends of the hinges now it gets tricky we have to figure out a way to mount the little styrene hinge points to the hood i did the following...i mocked up the body and the frame and then put a tiny drop of superglue on each one of the styrene hinge points then i put the hood in place and while holding it with my hand i turned the model upside down with the remainder of the styrene tube i reached through the bottom of the frame and pressed each point down for about 10 seconds for the superglue to settle this is what it looks like closed on its way open and open all the way well, there you have it this is the way i do it let me know what you think

hey guys i build my first (scale) flip flop hinge yesterday and i thought i would share how i did it first off, the tools needed we have gleu super gleu metal rod styrene tube a knife sidecutters we start of by putting a little angle on the rod (i used metal but you can use whatever you like) this little angle will end up being the hinge point on the hood (or trunk if thats what you are building) once we have the first angle in there it is time to consider how long the first part of the hinge needs to be it should reach from where ever you put the hinge on the frame to a point past the front bumper BUT it should NOT be longer then the space between the hood and the top of the frame or the hood wont close once we have decided on the right length we can make another 90 degree angle in the rod, this one facing away from the first angle by 90 degrees (hard to explain so here is the picture)

thanks it has been quite interesting so far for sure malta is an island of the greek coast right ?

rear engine wheel stander pick-m-up truck

like george said, you just gotta watch out when riding a bike being seen is job number one

if its a starter bike you want check out my ride i call it the weedwacker (sadly, my actualy weedwacker has just as big an engine) its a 1988 yamaha DT50 liquid cooled it comes with a 6 speed tranny and will do 45 fairly easy as for the honda...it remind me of a 75 yamaha RD250 i used to have it was the only bike i had ever seen with the twin barrels side by side rather then in a V shape (but so does yours) i know how that feels it took me about 8 years to convice my wife to let me buy another bike after i did this to the last one i was doing about 55 on my way to work (i got pulled over the day before and the cops forbade me to ride my car untill i got some stuffed fixed) so i was accelarating out of a curve when i came to a blind intersection there was a street crossing the road i was on and both sides had yeild signs i guess the guy driving his VW transporter (you guys call it a eurovan) didnt see me so he didnt yield my bike hit his front fender so hard the cops later showed me thier scene pictures with my bike standing upright in his fender i myself got launched over the hood (took out the drivers side A pillar on my way) and flew for about 20 feet or so before i landed on the tarmac took me two days to wake up from that one even with my helmet on i still broke my skull in 3 different places and i snapped my femur in half wanst untill about 6 months later that i could actually walk without crutches again. so clay, enjoy the new ride

started on the hinge today i figured if this was my 1:1 id want to be able to show of the hood even when its open so i went with you basic flip-flop hinge (i believe that is the technical term) no pictures of the hinge itself (trade secret and all that) but here is a mockup of the hinged hood superglued in place (i like to use teeny tiny drops of superglue for mockups like this so i can tear it apart and redo it properly once i know exaclty where it goes) so, mockup with the hood in place slightly opened and completly open i know its a little bit cockeyed in that last picture but that is why its a mockup i took the body and put her back into the paintbooth for a quick coat or two of cleat just to be sure i dont rub the paint off doing all this mocking upping

KISS something like this ?

the one called IMG code or "IMG for bulletin board or forums" (make sure you get the full size image you should be able to just copy it there and then paste it here and it will be a picture heres one now (since were on the topic of nascar)