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A very nice fun project where the imagination lets rip! Look forward to seeing it finished soon enough.

That is going to be one impressive model Ray. We all lose our mojo now and again. Just don't depart with all your model making stuff if you pack it in. You may come to regret it if you decide to come back to it.

Sudden realisation gets to us all eventually! Too many kits. Too little life left to build them! Been there, done that and got the tee shirt so to speak. Had a massive clear out some time ago and know what? I don't even remember half of what I got rid of. Must have been impulse buys in the past that were just sitting in the loft gathering dust. I'm down to about just 20 kits that I intend to build and resisting buying more. A bit of a more manageable situation as the remaining kits are what really interests me, so have a good chance of being built.

Forever flash fettling and filing is a thing I can remember with those old Hubley hybrid die cast and plastic kits! But with a bit of work can produce nice models like this restoration project has shown.

Is the revamp of the magazine due to it being under new ownership?

Joe's suggestion about using an Exacto of similar chisel blade would give good control being handle mounted using a Photo Etch Bending clamp tool. A single edged razor blade might also be used an alternative on the clamp tool and as it has a solid steel back edge can also be tapped with a small hammer using the alternative method that Steve described in his post.

You really get lucky if a previously built model comes apart without a bit of superficial damage to repair. Par for the course taking old models apart. All the suggestions posted previously are good ones and it is a matter of suck it and see to a certain extent what works best depending on the model being worked on.

Sorry Pete, Joe and Brian I meant 1/43rd scale and not 1/64th in my post so you were all quite right in picking me up on it. I have inserted a correction in it to straighten out what I meant. Freudian slip. Senior moment. Call it what you will guys! Should have known that having built 1/43rd scale models in the past. What a pillock!

The Pocher 1/8th scale Bugatti T50 kit. They now go for silly money on Ebay. Even a started kit or restorable model would suffice if nothing is missing from it. So yes, cost and availability does make this a 'Holy Grail' kit.

I always thought that 1/32nd was the 'traditional' slot racing scale. Over here in the UK 1/64th scale is the equivalent of 'O' Gauge model railways. It was originally I believe introduced by the Hornby Company with their Dinky Toys range. Correcton. Since posting this my error was picked up by some of you guys. 1/64th should have read 1/43rd. My mistake entirely and I stand corrected.

Strange that 1/18th scale has really taken off over the years as the go to larger scale in ready built die cast model cars, from the cheaper Buragos up to the highly detailed CMC offerings, but the kit industry has shown little or no interest in that scale.

Reports have just come in that a car has collided with a London bus carrying 68 Japanese tourists. The Metropolitan Police have announced that there were no injuries reported and have 2157 pictures of the incident.

Quite right Pete! I did not elaborate enough about what paints that white spirit is most suitable for. You have explained about this quite eloquently in your last post. I keep some white spirit and Tamiya acrylic thinners both to hand on the work bench.

From large to little! Very nice little model having followed your big Lola build too Mark.

This is a very nice build of what looks to be a very good kit. Airfix have made some really nice 1/32nd scale car kits in recent years. Not sure why they stick with this scale though whilst 1/24th is so much more popular. And now they are beginning to go into 1/43rd scale too.

I suggested Tamiya thinners earlier to make the paint more fluid. Having said that I personally use a black acrylic like Revell Aquacolour or an Artists acrylic like Liquitex or Winsor and Newton thinned to an almost watery consistency and use a mapping pen that is an old fashioned dip pen with a fine nib to follow the gap lines. Much easier than a brush once you get the hang of it. Scoring the lines a bit deeper on the kit before priming and painting will assist capillary action to make the thinner paint flow along gap lines I have found. It sticking with the Tamiya try thinning it as much as possible and use the dip pen method as you will probably be able to lift just the more fluid element of the paint when dipping the nib. Besides art suppliers, you may be able to obtain a fine nibbed calligraphy dip pen at a good stationers.

Looking at threads on this forum that appear interesting to find the pictures cannot be viewed! Annoying!

Nice little mildly customised pickup with the Minilites and the chrome grille. I worked for a company back in the 70's and got to drive their Mini Pickup quite a bit. It was a bog standard grey vehicle and very basic. No interior door panels but just a large pocket on each door. The windows were designed with a slidng motion to open and close and a hanging cord across the door to pull open the door catch. Could not be more basic! Restored versions now are very valuable simply due to their scarcity, and a number that have survived have been mildly customised in a similar fashion to Chuck's excellent model.

Preferred scale is a bit emotive I guess, depending on one's own particular liking. There have been quite a number of 1/20th scale kits produced over the years that sort of slip below the radar compared to 1/24th and 1/25th scale that far outnumber them. Tamiya has brought 1/20th scale a bit more to the forefront with their excellent racing car kits. But posters on here have reminded us of other manufacturers who have made 1/20th scale kits too. I don't think that Casadio was mentioned who made metal kits of classic racers, some of which I think we're retooled as plastics under the Revival name. (Not to be confused with the Renwall Revivals series of 1/25th scale kits of the Exner redesigns of period classics.)

Oxygene by Jean Michel Jarre Close your eyes to this and you can imagine yourself travelling through space. Having liked the original album from day one that had Richard Burton doing the narration, I watched Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of War Of The Worlds roadshow on TV recently this time with with Liam Neeson narrating. Stunning! To anyone visiting London there is a War Of The Worlds Experience Centre well worth looking out! Also Convoy by C W McCall. Tune and lyrics good interspersed with the CB radio speak.

Likewise Acrylics over any enamels will blister eventually. The oil based enamels take ages (and I mean ages) to dry out thoroughly. Could be months to degauss out properly. Acrylic over the top of enamel is effectively placing an airtight plastic seal on the paint that is trying to leach out. Mind you, this phenomenon could be used to good effect in an abandoned car diorama for example.

Beautiful model. I just love models of old small commercials that look as though they have been around the block a bit!

1/24th scale is more widely popular generally world wide, so was 1/20th the odd scale mentioned?

White spirit is plenty good enough for brush cleaning. Cheap to buy in quantity at DIY and hardware stores.

You could try some Tamiya thinners to match the paint and see if that works. If it remains lumpy best to discard and replace.