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I recently treated myself to a Micro Table Top Circular Saw. Originally I was looking at the Novel Life saw on Amazon. I found quite a number of them that were of absolutely identical specification but sold under other brand names at various prices. And of course there were other makes of micro sass on Amazon too. Currently working on a model that necessitates a lot of accurate wood cutting of panels and strips etc. It has saved me hours of work of sawing by hand. I have tried cutting plastic sheet and extrusions, aluminium tubing and clear acetate. One has to remember that the motors on these machines are designed for light work and ideal for model making, dolls house and craft type work. Cannot understand why I did not get one years ago.

More good info from you about the rig wheels Hakan. I see you are in Sweden. Visited Stockholm once some years ago and as my other interest is historical ships so I made sure I visited the Vasa Museum. An incredible experience !

A really lovely scale old timer model !

Haken. From your very last post you have shared a great deal of information to would be builders of the Duel rig about various items so that they can source the parts and make a model for more correct and accurate than my ancient old build ! You mentioned having difficulty in obtaining front wheels. I read somewhere that someone else building the Duel Rig obtained them from an AMT Fire Engine kit. You will have to check if that info is correct or not. I look forward to seeing your Duel rig some time in the future. With all the information and parts you have sourced it will probably be the definitive scale model of this subject. Funnily enough, this thread reminded me of a Disney attraction in Florida named Catastrophe Canyon I took the kids over to Florida when they were still at school in the late nineties and saw that attraction.There was a full sized tanker trailer pained black that tilted over amongst a lot of flames etc. It actually looked like one of the Duel rigs, a needle nose Pete with that distinctive trailer. Maybe pure coincidence ! Or did Disney deliberately put a replica of the Duel rig up as it would be recognisable as a movie prop ? Things change at Disney, so maybe that attraction has been replaced since. Anyone on here remember that attraction and have a photo of the rig used? I am only going by memory !

That made really interesting reading Hakan. As you have demonstrated, you know far more about the rig than I do. Looking at that side view of the real thing that you posted I can see what you mean about both the length of the tractor frame and the length of the trailer. That view will certainly help other model makers looking to build the Duel Rig. All the different wheels used is something I learned about from your post. Much easier for someone to produce as 3D prints now. Actually, with the advent of 3D Printing the Duel Rig cries out for someone to develop conversion parts as no manufacturer ever made a full kit in polystyrene of it. This thread just goes to show that you cannot have enough reference material !

Since my last post I read a two page article in the Daily Mail, a British national newspaper. It was all about the wealthy including business people and various celebs holed up in the most expensive hotels in Los Angeles after being advised to evacuate their homes. Still living it up in the lifestyle they are used to. Rich women getting botox and other beauty treatments done discreetly, wining and dining like first class passengers on the Titanic, and feigning faux distress when the reality is they probably have other mansions all over the place to go and live in. A bit of an inconvenience if the mega rich lose a property that they can afford to have rebuilt out of their spare change. They can afford to fiddle in a posh hotel while Rome burns. Not so for normal folk who's one home was their main possession lost in this catastrophe. My sympathy goes out to them more than the mega rich who can recover fast from this. It will be interesting to see how much the mega rich celebs genuinely help others less well off rather than use it as a means for self promotion. Maybe I am being a bit cynical ?

Thanks to the likes guys. Sean. My build was done using sketches I drew up to scale after constantly watching rewinds of an old VHS tape (remember them?). Living in England it was all I had to go by at the time. I built the model in the mid 80's I think using the tape to get a sense of scale. I converted the tractor unit first getting the extended chassis and nose looking right and sort of worked it out from there for the trailer. Accuracy therefore is probably not 100 per cent, but it looked visually ok eventually. Since building the model I have found out that the front wheels from the kit are incorrect. Over this last couple of years I found a set of the Duel rig licence plates on the web to print off and replace my original hand painted ones.

My thoughts go out to all those folks who lost everything, and I mean everything in that devastation, including some poor souls who paid the ultimate price for getting caught up in it all. Rich and influential or just a regular citizen, events like this do not differentiate people by status this has shown. It does not bear thinking about losing all that one has worked for like your family home and those irreplaceable precious pieces of personal family memorabilia lost that cannot be handed down to following generations. Things like this bring out the best and the worst in society. Those who go out of their way to help practically by donating things like shelter, clothing and various items to help others now in dire need through no fault of their own. And then of course the bottom feeders of our society, looters trying to take advantage of other people's misery. The blame game for this utter devastation needs to wait for a while. This tragic event really puts into perspective the heated discussions on this forum about our hobby that pale into total insignificance compared to the magnitude of something like this disaster.

A few pictures of my Duel Rig. AMT California Hauler modified and scratch built tanker trailer. Imagine seeing this in your rear view mirror ! Hope you like them.

Having looked at quite a number of various different subject scale model themed videos on YouTube. Many of them appear to be more about where the emphasis tends to be more about the presenter (look at me and what I do) to gain likes and enough views to gain some sort of super modeller cult status when turning out some quite mediocre models. Don't get me wrong, there is some superb stuff out out there on YouTube like the A4 Garage videos for example that are well worth taking the time to view that one can actually really learn something from. But there is also a lot of dross out there like videos of box openings (boring!). How many box openings does one need to look at? Also many reviews that lack substance or any real criticism in their content, presumably to keep the free kits rolling in. One gets the impression that many of those so called reviews are nothing more than PR for manufacturers.

It's surprising (well maybe not) how many people when using a calculator miss key and get an answer wrong, but think it is correct ! Maybe it is a generation thing, but when I was at school we learned the Times Tables until it was ingrained in our memory. The point being it gave me a feel for numbers, so when using a calculator and use a wrong key I instinctively know if the answer does not look correct.

Amazing model. Was it displayed at IPMS SMW at Telford last year ? Looks a bit familiar with that figure of Nigel Mansell. If so, I had a good look at it close up of it is one and the same model. Incredible work and detailing done on it.

A December birthday. I have one, but it was always treated as a stand alone event from Christmas. My late mother in law's was on Christmas Eve, but we made sure it was also treated as an individual celebration.

No dedicated Motor Cycle section on this forum. A bit annoying having to wade through aircraft, afv, science fiction, figures and so on to find any threads about bikes. Big rigs have their own thread, but as they are not cars as the title of this forum implies, why should motor bikes be segregated? They are mainly civvy vehicles like big rigs after all !

For some of the older classics and newer exotics I find looking on auction house sites like Bonhams, Sothebys and Christies a good source. They put up sets of numerous pictures of each vehicle so a very good place to look for model research. They don't keep them up forever though, so if you see a set that you think will be useful, download them.

Never seen that Eastwood product advertised or sold in the UK. It anyone knows if it is, please advise where obtainable.

Nice one Matt !

Nice variety there Helmut. All good models !

I have read about and used a few 'chromes' over time. Some good and some poor. The only thing they ALL seem to have in common is that they are outrageously expensive ! Maybe, just maybe, some day someone will make a very durable and inexpensive chrome finish that would be the holy grail as far as modellers are concerned.

Yes Dann, It was fun to drive back in the day. The van. Very basic to say the least! Sliding door windows, a pull cord to open the door from inside and the instruments all clustered within one large dial. Two basic shelves under the dash I think, two big door pockets and that was it. Unlike the cars, the vans and pick up trucks are very rare, and restored examples fetch good money. The Riley Elf and Wolseley Hornet versions likewise. Original restored 1275 Cooper S cars are really sought after.

Nice model taking shape here. Reminds me of many customised minis I have seen. Back in the day there were many custom goodies for Minis over here in the UK. Never owned one but did hundreds of miles in a Van version with my job. Cab Driver posted about making a pseudo American built under licence Mini. When the Mini was first made, most American cars were the size of barges ! But hey! Anything goes on a model right?

You latched onto my last post whilst I was editing it Les. Not heard about a Cornish language, but who knows ?

That made interesting reading Les ! I was completely unaware of Doric. Is Doric similar to Gaelic in any way ? I often wonder if the Gaelic and Irish languages have some similarity but Welsh seems different altogether. Perhaps they all have Celtic origins whereas I think English might be of Anglo Saxon origin ? Also unaware of that other old Danish language being spoken by a very small island community on Foula. You learn something new every day.

Looks like Welsh. Mostly spoken in North Wales The UK and Ireland has 3 indigenous languages apart from English. Gaelic is spoken in parts of Scotland and the Western Isles. Irish is spoken more towards the West coast of Ireland.