Bugatti Fan

End mill and slot drill bits have a squared off end unlike a normal drill bit. Lightly bringing them just to touch down gently onto aluminium sheet does work ok having done this a few times. It does take a bit of practice to get a feel for the very slight pressure that needs to be applied for consistency. An X Y table is very good to use for this type of work for consistent spacing of the marks made.

Small diameter slot drills or end mills are very good for this type of work. Engineering suppliers should have them in stock.

All those people who bemoan the demise of the local model shop but think nothing of going on line instead just to save a few pennies! I expect this has already been said in this irks thread, but I make no excuse for saying it again. Your LMS. Use it or lose it!

Gorgeous model!

There are so many leisure boaters who just get a boat and go onto the water without any proper guidance of training about sailing in the vicinity of much bigger craft. We see the same sort of thing on the roads where car drivers do not allow big trucks due attention when it comes to either braking, or not allowing for articulated trucks swinging out to allow for the trailer taking the short cut when cornering.

When I saw the heading 'Bugatti Rebuild' my interest was piqued, expecting to see a restored model. Came as a bit of a surprise to see something looking like a post apocalyptic vehicle made from it instead! Nice model though Pat.

Really nice project. Vintage commercials have an appeal all of the own! Following with interest.

Sean, logistically the biggest threat to the environment is world human over population using up finite resources. In ecological terms, we like any other species will become extinct. The question being will it be sooner or later, hence the environmental issues. On a geological timescale humans have been on the planet for the blink of an eye. If the human race becomes extinct, and it will in less than a couple of thousand years at the rate we are going, the planet will sort itself out afterwards. Environmentalists can bang on about 'saving the planet' , but really are they thinking more in terms of humans being able to continue on ad infinitum in a coexistence with other species that we are already losing at an alarming rate. So, believe it or not, I am well aware of current environmental issues, but can see what will happen in the long term.

Keyser, reckon you are right about burning sprues being a joke by Sean. Looking at your location. Anglesey? Yea right! Another joke? Might have been more believable if your name was Glynn Evans. LOL

Louverit's connection does not appear to be secure when I tried to look at it.

Photo etching in the trade is named chemical milling. There are companies out there that specialise but will require the artwork generally to be supplied as a 2D Cad file or ready to use.

Burning sprues? Would it not be worse than going into landfill due to the toxins given off going into the atmosphere? Like I said before, unless it can go into the domestic recycling bin it is just impracticable at this point in time.

Isn't brake fluid a bit dangerous if you get it on your skin, not to mention very expensive compared to household products that will also strip chrome.

I don't think that 3D printing will ever replace injection moulding. If you ever watched an injection mould in use and a 3D printer the difference in manufacturing time is seconds from an injection mould and quite a number of minutes or even hours depending on the complexity on a 3D printer. No comparison. Recycling sprues. Unless you could put them in the domestic recycling bin, the many ideas are either impracticable, unfeasable of just too costly to pursue. The idea of model shops having a bin for recycling sprue. Has this been thought through? If I owned a model shop where shop and yard space would be at a premium it would just be another inconvenience, not to mention the cost of having the bin removed. Seriously, the cost of collection would outweigh by far the value of the scrap sprues, and really, would modellers actually stop to think about taking sprues back?I Recycling sprue really is a nice thought, but is so impractical to do it is a dead duck!I If you can use it for stretching or making something from it so much the better. Some figure modellers I know have dissolved it in CTC (Carbon Tetrachloride) to make bottles of a plastic gel fluid.

Nice project! Those classic polished wood speedboats look fantastic, and making them to scale! Terrific! Using a PT boat hull as the basis is very resourceful to obtain a hull of about the right size. The period truck and trailer look good and will be very complimentary as a whole. Looking at how long it is, I guess you will need a 1/25th scale big rig case to display it in. Will be following the rest of this build. Besides the dolls house flooring already suggested, marquetry veneers are also a good source of thin wood. I have used Pearwood veneer to good effect on a car model as it has an extremely close grain and when button polish is used it looks very realistic as scaled down mahogany.

Airfix/Hornby under the Pocher name will be releasng a 1/8th scale Lotus 72 John Player Special Formula 1 Racing Car Kit this year. I think it may be one that Emerson Fittipaldi may have driven. One for F1 enthusiasts to look out for, especially super detailing modellers.

Edited my last post. Screw years back should read some years back. My tablet changes words frequently and I don't always spot it.I Les, thanks for the feed back, I will have to look around a bit and see if I come across some Pledge with Super Shine. Forgot to mention in my opening post that the Holloway House Quick Shine Multi Surface Finish is sold by Lakeland in the UK. Look for the one in the green labelled carton.

I am on the last knockings of a bottle of Klear that I bought when it was available some years back in the UK. The fact that it became discontinued at the time bypassed me or I would have laid a bit of stock in!. There must be a number of floor finishing products that are similar to Klear/Future/Revive It on the market. My guess is that when Klear was discovered as a cheap good modelling product, everyone and their dog latched on to it and did not look at anything else.

Kurt, I thought that it might be a PCB jig. Thanks for confirming and for where to look on the web.

Just shows what can be done with a kit of very old vintage originally made by Merit in the UK along with their Alfetta.

Kurt, your model is coming along amazingly well. Your subtle customising of a classic Merc looks good. I was intrigued by the spring loaded work holder that was holding the chassis underpinnings to your model. Is it a PCB rotating holder or something else that you adapted? It's just like having an extra pair of hands on your worktop!

Has anyone used Holloway House Brand. Quick Shine Multi Surface Finish product, the one in the green labelled plastic bottle? I read somewhere that it is an effective substitute for Johnson's Klear. If any of you guys out there has one lurking in a kitchen or utility room cupboard can you try it out and post your findings on here. I can get it in the UK but as it is very expensive at about £15 per bottle so would like to know a bit more about it. Looking at the Flory Models website the guy doing the You Tube video says that there is a new clear Johnson's product similar to Klear, but it is only available in the US and Canada.

Thanks for your reply Erik.

Benefits freeloaders! Plenty also here in the UK. They do the maths and if working and paying taxes equates to less than the benefits received then it is a no brainer. Why bother to get up in the morning if the state pays you more to be idle? Irks me and other tax payers to fund their sedentary life style choice!

Saw some of the Klear racketeering prices on Ebay......ridiculous! Came across Flory Models Utube video where Klear and newer alternatives are being compared. The guy in the video is comparing a new clear Johnson's product that is only available in the States as a very good replacement for Klear. Anybody tried any other acrylic floor products other than any of the Johnson's brands. If so, what are they named and who made by, and how did they perform? I'm talking about commercial floor coatings that will do the same as Klear, not dedicated modelling clear coatings.