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Don't know if any videos exist of the 2 following records released in the 1960's Till the Following Night by Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages Sutch used to do a stage show here in the UK where he came out of a coffin dressed like a vampire. Girls frequently fainted on the dance floor! Night of the Vampire by The Moontrekkers It was an Instrumental with some ghoulish sound effects at the beginning and end. Surprised that the Adams Family and Munsters themes have not been mentioned here yet, not to mention the Ghostbusters movie theme. Didn't Michael Jackson do a video where his dance group were dressed like Zombies? Was it named Thriller or something similar?

We live and learn with each model Jim. Each new build always had its challenges, especially when adding either scratch built or after market detailing items. Your Vaillant Porsche is coming on really well and will be a model to be proud of when finished. The Vaillant green is a colour that really suits their sponsored cars.

Nice to welcome you to this forum Yoshimi. Your English is actually very good. I too have been modelling for over 50 years and there are also modellers from many different age groups on this site to exchange information and experience with. As you like Nascar there are plenty of kits available and a big following of enthusiast modellers on this forum.

Nice duo Pierre. The Sunbeam Tiger reminds me of my brother's Sunbeam Alpine that he took me to church in for my wedding day!

Nice projects showing great ingenuity with those kit and kit bash leftovers. Somehow reminds me of that old Johnny Cash number 'One Piece At A Time'.

The quick setting epoxies are indeed as Joe said not as strong as the longer setting varieties. But for sticking static model parts together they should be strong enough in the main from.my own experience. The slower setting types come into their own, not only for the strength of the bond, but for more time to align and support parts properly before it starts to set. Cyanoacrylates ( or Super Glues ) are good for many applications, but I have found that their shear strength is not very good in some instances. Away from resin, for polystyrene, there are many tube, gel and liquid cements best for that material. I tend to use EMA's Plastic Weld Brand Liquid Cement as it is formulated to use on different plastics as well as polystyrene.

Fantastic miniature taking shape there Mark! I have been following this build with interest. It is amazing what you are doing to what is now quite an elderly kit that still stands up in its own right as being a good kit from back in the day.

Another one of your beauties Pascal! It has been an interesting build to follow. Thanks for sharing your extraordinary experience.

Holloway House. Quick Shine Multi Purpose Floor Finish. In the green carton. A USA product. It looks as though this would be an equivalent to Klear and subsequently named similar Johnson's products. Have any of you guys got or tried the Holloway House product? Any feed back would be welcome. The Rejuvenate mentioned in a previous post is marketed as a 'cleaner', not just a finishing product. This product's chemicals might be very different to the Klear/Future formula so it might be a good idea to test it first.

If you want a challenging classic car kit, look no further than Heller! However they do make a number of more unusual classic car kits that other manufacturers would not consider. Thierry has done a superb job on this kit.

Another one of your beauties Pascal. Those MFH kits enable modellers to build exquisite models of cars to a detail standard unheard of 25 years ago. How they develop each kit so quickly is really impressive.

Agreed!

Your MGC is coming on well Matt. I downloaded the instruction sheet from C1 some time ago and from what I could see it looks a very impressive transkit. So I will be following your thread with interest.

Looking good so far Chris!

Best bonding adhesive for white metal or die cast is epoxy from my own experience. A bit messy to use it not careful and needs support whist setting. Looking forward to following your build Justin. That GS kit looks to be one of the best Ferrari kits around. Matt Bacon's tips about the photo etched grille will save you a lot of aggravation I would imagine. Reminds me that I have a Fujimi Enthusist Kit Ferrari Daytona to build that has been in my stash for years that I ought to see about building!

Mike, yes it was a true story. Anthony Hopkins was playing the part of Bert Munro from Invercargill in New Zealand. He actually made it to Bonneville to compete, and made further trips during later years. What I liked about the film was his never give up attitude that was an ingrained part of his character besides being a genuine sort of guy. The parts where he came across a motel in Los Angeles with a transvestite receptionist that he got on well with after their amusing first meeting, and the second hand car salesman were a treat to watch. Everyone seemed to warm to him on his road trip to Bonneville. It anyone watches the film, the car he drives in New Zealand looks like an old 1950's Vauxhall Velox.

I watched a movie on TV catchup a few weeks ago named 'The World's Fastest Indian'. t was quite a heart warming film about an eccentric old guy played by well known actor Anthony Hopkins living in his old workshop shed in New Zealand and building up an old Indian Motorcycle to attempt the world speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats. It was a nice movie that built on the character being motivated and having to fund himself to travel half way around the world. He worked his passage on a freight ship, and coped with not being street wise in LA whilst on his journey. Anthony Hopkins also played the part of the late Donald Campbell in a TV production about attempting the World Water Speed Record at Coniston Water in the early 60's.

Pascal, I have really enjoyed following your build of the Type 35. 1/20th is quite a nice scale being just that much bigger than 1/24th for adding details etc. I like the model as you built it with just a hint of exhaust stain on the bodywork for that extra bit of realism. Interesting to see that you have a 1/12th scale kit to build as well as another in 1/20th. I am looking forward to the Italeri 1/12th scale T35 being released and will certainly be going for one of those. A bit more affordable for me than the MFH kits much as I would love to build one. It will be interesting to see how good the kit is when it is released. I have been looking at the photos of the 1/12th scale MFH kit on Hiroboy's website and the details in the kit are incredible, so hopefully the Italeri plastic kit will be well detailed too.

The very first post asked if anyone has used C1 Metalliser. No one actually answered that question in this thread. C1 is a polishing powder and it works really well. The effect will differ depending on what colour primer or gloss is used as the base coat. Have a look in the thread Can We See Some Scratchbuilt Things. My Napier Railton was done with C1 Metalliser Powder over a rattle can silver. Once buffed it handles reasonably well. I have used Alclad, AK and other air brushed metallisers. Good products but more delicate to handle unless sealed.

This will be intertesting!

There was a book by Noel C Hackney published by Patrick Stephens in the UK dedicated to building, detailing and rigging the Airfix kit of the Mayflower that should be good for the Revell one as well. There were two other books by the same author and publisher for the Airfix Victory and Cutty Sark kits.I They were published back in the 70's so a trawl of the web for second hand books on EBay etc may find one. I have all three excellent books. Patrick Stephens also published a number of very similar books dedicated to super detailing some of the 1/24th scale aircraft kits by Airfix at that time.

Nice model of an unusual subject. The Schwinn brand name reminds me of the ads that appeared in American comics back in the 50's when I was at school. Those cruiser styled bikes looked so cool compared to our boring old British bikes at the time. Apart from putting cow horn shaped handlebars on them, there was nothing else we could do to make our boring bikes look cool! Of course all that changed in the 80's when the BMX bikes hit the market, and Raleigh, besides making BMX bikes brought out their Grifter bike and their Chopper bikes.

Thanks for your replies Vince and Charles. I suspected that Jordan was long gone. I think that they had a nice range of vehicles, and from what .I can remember if the two kits sold on that they were very well moulded and detailed considering their physical size. Vince, your little truck kit. 1/160 th scale. Surprised at how well detailed it is as so much smaller than the Jordan kits.

Tim, I am sure that you will make a really good replica from the Burago to models you have.

Tim, you have made a lovely job of improving the Franklin Mint model. Incidentally, Pyro made a plastic kit in 1/32nd scale back in the 60's I think.I Burago made a die cast model of a Bugatti Coupe in 1/24th scale from the same era with a different body style.