Bugatti Fan

I see what you mean about the scales by comparison David. The Maroon one must be the 1/24th scale one. The Harry Potter one you show at the back of the trio looks quite a good model, so even if the scale is about 1/20th there will possibly by a lot of ex Anglia owners who could model their old cars from it. Who's resin or 3D printed body is the one at the front? That one looks quite large compared to the maroon one.

I'm coming back to this quite old thread after a few years after looking at Anglia 105E models. Dann Tier's post claiming that he is a Harry Potter fan reminded me of something. I believe that I have seen advertised, probably on a Harry Potter merchandising site, a 1/24th scale die cast model of the 105E from one of the films. So if anyone wants a 105E model to rework, the HP die cast might well be worth a look.

American steam locos have quite some character, especially being so large to haul really long heavy freight trains. I have a book about the development of the American steam locomotive. Fascinating reading for a Brit over the pond.

Le Mans Miniatures makes a Bugatti Type 59 slot racing car in 1/32nd scale. I They used to make a set of wheels for this model that could be bought separately. Does any one of you slot car guys know of any slot car seller/retailer that may still have a set for sale?

We have a UK programme on TV where teams of two pursued are by hunters who stay in contact with a control centre with high tech tracking means. They have to reach a certain destination by staying underneath the radar within a certain time to claim a very large cash prize. All to often they get caught out by slipping up using what appears to be the obvious. Mobile (cell) phones, Pay phones (if there are any left these days), Getting lifts in modern cars that now have built in trackers, using bank debit or credit cards, stopping at a known relative or friend's place and of course CCTV cameras. with face recognition tech. It really shows up how tech can trace your whereabouts and what surprises me is the sheer volume of it tracking our every move. So quite a challenge to those taking part. Those 'helpful' domestic voice recognition devices to control home items are also listening and recording remotely what you are saying. Ever wonder why one gets bombarded with targeted ads? It is not coincidence. Cyberdyne Systems T1000 anyone?

Humbrol seem to be going through a state of flux at the moment. I believe that due to newer regulations they are having to reformulate some of their product lines. They have been around a long time and generally make consistently good paints. Today thougb, there are so many competitive specialist finishing products out there that simply were not around in the halcyon days of Humbrol, Airfix, Testors, Floquil and Pactra enamels It might be worth contacting them directly to find out the current state of play, or they might have some information posted on their website.

This Meta A1 all sounds a bit sinister to me, particularly as FB insists on having your phone number in order to register.

Heard that song 'Another one bites the dust'? Scale Auto also gone like other magazines mentioned. Ostensibly 'absorbed' into Fine Scale Modeler. Someone was having a laugh as FSM is but a shadow of how it used to be. Looked at copies of FSM since SA was 'absorbed'. Hardly any auto content as far as I could see. It just was not going to happen as FSM is a general modelling magazine. Kalmbach has sold on the title to another publisher fairly recently, so we will see. Watch this space! Maybe gradually we are witnessing the death throws of niche subject paper magazines generally, but do hope it does not come to that. Maybe I am bit 'old school', but I for one prefer to have a printed paper magazine to read.

You only have to look on the IPMS UK Forum to see how users have broken away and are probably now on FB groups looking at how old some of the last thread responses are. IPMS USA Forum seems to be much more frequently used though, but I expect they have lost quite a number of forum users as well too. Ah well, I guess that we will see more social media sites that people will gravitate to instead of more controlled forums like this one and otners. Social media sites give me the impression of being like the Wild West as far as integrity and personal security is concerned.

So many great guitarists to listen to from heavy metal to classical. Something to suit everyone's taste.

There are variable speed control units that power tools similar to a Dremel can be plugged into. You can bring the revs right down using one of these. Proxxon make one but there will be other makes available through hobby tool outlets like Micro Mark probably.

It's been an interesting voyage following your thread Francois. Looking forward to seeing what you do with the Pocher Rolls Royce restoration project.

A very interesting conversion taking place here. Nice to see a conversion into a classic for a change.

Dave, the consent pop up appears when I am using my Amazon Tablet. I have logged on this time on my PC using Windows 10 and it has not appeared. So nothing to screen dump and therefore a bit of a mystery why it is appearing on one device and not another. It may be Amazon's own Silk software prompting it, but on the tablet I have set up and use Duck Duck Go all the time. The consent request pop up has only been appearing fairly recently as it did not before. Don't think I can screen dump from my tablet, so when I can I will take a photo of it when it appears.

FB spreading its tentacles into the general modelling arena like Spectre in a Bond film. What's the big attraction of Facebook? I was a user of a site named Friends Reunited years ago and contacted old school and work friends through it as you could go to your old school of workplace on it to see who is there. Made contact with a lot of old friends through it. Gradually it lost out to FB like Randy's site I guess. Personally I find FB a bit of a pain as rather than go to an old school of workplace listing you have to put a name in and sort through shed loads of people all over the world with the same name. The Friends Reunited site was better for finding old school friends and workmates by the way it was set up. And also when I looked at the old school site, someone else I knew often registered since the last time I looked.

Dave, that's a bit of a mystery to me as to why the asking consent box pop up is not appearing on other users computers. Anyway, If it appears again I will try to screenshot it and get a copy over to you so you can see what it looks like.

Russell. The question appears in a pop up box each time I go to log in.

Why is this site now asking for consent to use personal date? Was this site sharing personal data without consent before? Hopefully not.

My goodness! I would have thought that a straight restoration of the Rolls with all your usual upgrades would be work enough ! You certainly set yourself some challenges. Not sure if there will be anything you will be using from that old Rolls kit going by the new project from the Marvel series you are proposing. You might end up completely scratch building the Marvel car and still have the Rolls to restore! The Marvel films are really good escapism, and quite humerous in places too. I have enjoyed watching quite a number of them so far.

I thought so Fabrizio. Brilliant job ! Fred Dibnah would have been proud to see your model if he was still around. Incidentally since our PM's some time ago about your Joplin Porsche, I had a go with the 1/16th scale Revell Porsche 356 Cabrio kit. I posted a couple of pics of mine in the thread about Favourite Paint Jobs. I can really appreciate your painting skills on that car as in 1/24th scale it was a lot smaller than the one I put my efforts into. And, plus the fact that you converted it to a cabrio from a Fujimi coupe kit!

Really good model of a well worn and beaten standard commercial vehicle still being used.

Watch and listen to Mark Knoffler's fantastic guitar riffs in Calling Elvis on the Dire Straits Concerts Videos from the 90's on You Tube.

Cheapo cutters are certainly not designed to cut stout wire, and not much good for anything else either. If the wire was steel, even worse ! Always buy good quality tools designed and fit for purpose. Right tool, right job. Even quality tools can be damaged if misused, but will prove a good investment if used properly and will last for many years.

Plenty of nice ones about David ! The Abarth versions look quite tasty ! My original was white back in the 70's so will have to check out the Fiat paint specification for that time to use on my model. Thanks Carlo for confirming the Italeri kit has a RHD option as well as LHD. Good thinking on their part.

I used to own a Fist 500 back in the 70's. A fun little car. Cheap to run. Cheap to insure. Did many hundreds of miles in it but it was a bit of a rust box unfortunately, so it had to go at the time. In hindsight I should have stored it away for 40 years of so and got it fully restored as they are quite desirable now. I saw one on display at a Fiat main dealer recently. It looked tiny even against the modern Fist 500. Will be looking at the Italeri kit as I believe it can be built in both right and left hand configuration. RHD would be my option as a UK driver.