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I built the Milk Wagon a number of years ago and swapped the kit radiator shell to one from a Revell John Buttera kit. I still have the cab from the Outhouse in bits in a box somewhere and maybe one day I will find a donor chassis for it.
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Well it’s finally announced.?
Bugatti Fan replied to NYLIBUD's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Career politicians. Never had real job where their decisions could make it break a company. Interesting to read about some of our UK top politicians present and past. Either elites from private schools like Eton, then Oxbridge, or past diehards that were constantly taking part in protests. Local government. More of same. Just hike up taxes to pay for their inefficiency. My wife went to work at a local council office. Could not bear working with the amount of dead wood that our local taxes were paying for, and large committees taking forever to make any decision. Said that it most of them went to work in the private sector they would get a salutary shock by actually having to do a proper day's work! Electric Vehicles. Cart before the horse as far as the current infrastructure goes. Let's see! -
2003 Bentley Speed 8
Bugatti Fan replied to Chris Smith's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
The wiring and hoses look to be a real challenge, even if you have reasonably good photo references. With this sort of subject getting a good look around the real thing would be a massive bonus to take photos of all those elusive details, but appreciate the difficulty involved. An interesting build to follow. -
Simulated Metal Paint
Bugatti Fan replied to TransAmMike's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Another thought. Look on the web for metallic paints that have been developed by specialist manufacturers for fantasy figures. I have seen sets of Metallics for them but cannot remember any of the makes. -
Simulated Metal Paint
Bugatti Fan replied to TransAmMike's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
The Mr Hobby Metallics are very good either sprayed or brushed, but they really are pungent, so good ventilation is a must. Humbrol from over here in the UK did some tinlets of metallic paints that could be buffed when dry. Never used Metal Master paints, but guess that maybe they were similar to the Humbrol ones? AK and Alclad as mentioned already are airbrush ready paints. There is a UK company making their own buffing compound named C1 Polishing Powder that is really good. It looks like but is not powdered graphite. Polishes up well and resistant to handling. My Napier Railton scratch build that is in the thread ' Can we see some scratch built thing's was done with it, so you can get some idea of how it will come up. A tub of C1 will.last for ages too! Incidentally C1 make some really nice resin transkits, so their website is well worth a look at! -
2003 Bentley Speed 8
Bugatti Fan replied to Chris Smith's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
Suspension sub assembly looking good, and really doing justice to this kit. A great model in the making here Chris. Your engine detailing looks very realistic. Looking forward to seeing this build progress. The suspension assembly looked a bit dark in your pictures. I think the floral background distracted a bit. Perhaps a plain background might have been better. Just a suggestion. -
Nice to hear two top notch modeller's mutual admiration and informative discussion on here.. I will have to remember the 'Persistence wears down resistance bit of philosophy that Tim placed in his post. Good to remember when things go pear shaped on a model build, and it happens to all of us whether experienced or relatively new to modelling whatever we make. My son bought me a wood kit of Titanic's lifeboat that I am currently building. Certainly taxing my modelling skills working in a different medium altogether. Certainly testing my persistence doing a clinker built boat and learning to shape and bend wood planking. Enjoying the challenge of being well out of my comfort zone though with this one!
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Interesting project Paul. I was unaware that Ford were using the Zephyr name pre war. The first Fords using the Zephyr and Zodiac names that I became aware of were made in Dagenham in the UK back in the 50's and 60's. But logically on reflection the names would have had US origins before. Did Ford US ever make a Zodiac model pre war?
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Well it’s finally announced.?
Bugatti Fan replied to NYLIBUD's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Could be right Bill! Like the father's day card Richard. Keep the one horse, mule, donkey, ox power vehicle pics coming guys! -
Well it’s finally announced.?
Bugatti Fan replied to NYLIBUD's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I quite like looking at the one horsepower, one oxpower vehicle pictures being posted. Inpiration. My next year's entry into civilian vehicles at IPMS Scalemodelworld at Telford next year perhaps? -
This model will probably make best of show at the very last GSL. Superb work Mark!
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Well it’s finally announced.?
Bugatti Fan replied to NYLIBUD's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I had to laugh! Shell keep pushing an advert on UK TV about how they claim to be at the forefront in developing 'clean' energy for general use and more charging points for electric cars being set up all around the country. Despite all this our energy prices are going through the roof, our government have not invested in enough nuclear power stations that were heralded as being able to supply plentiful and cheap electricity. A target has been set to replace all fossil fuel driven cars to be replaced by currently over expensive electric cars. Aren't wind turbines supposed to produce clean and CHEAP electricity? Oh well! Maybe one day they will learn when the national grid fails and all the lights go out and everyone stranded when they cannot charge up their electric cars. Producing thousands of power hungry EV's before the national grid has been boosted with more power stations is madness. -
Sounds like there was no plot to the latest 2022 Batman movie judging by your comment Rusty. This kit conversion is really interesting to follow and I will be looking forward to seeing the finished article.
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Well it’s finally announced.?
Bugatti Fan replied to NYLIBUD's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Bill, now that would be a fun thing to build and place in a model contest! -
Rob, thanks for showing the origin of The Barman from what must have been the very first Batman comic. The chart you placed in the thread showing the evolution of the bat logo was very informative. The camp Adam West Batman TV series was a bit of a joke, and I expect it was meant to be. The movies have gradually moved the character back to being a fearsome adversary. I wonder if there is a good book available showing the evolution of the Batman, his cars and gadgets from the comics and the movies. Out of all the super heroes, the Batman has always been my favourite since I was a kid way back in the 50's. Never lost his appeal. The clips I have seen of the new 2022 movie look to be portraying the Barman at his most sinister to date! I have deviated a bit from this model build that I will be following with interest.
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Interesting bit of feedback about Horold Allnut Rob. The first Batman comics I used to read had the bat sign logo on his chest as just a black bat shape on the grey of his costume. Not sure when the bat sign on a yellow oval began to be used, The later movie versions of Batman's costume from the Michael Keaton era onwards really started to look sinister.
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Days of Thunder Revisited.
Bugatti Fan replied to Snake45's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Donald Sutherland as 'Oddball' in KH. Great movie character. a sort of WW2 Hippy. Wasn't 'Negative Waves. I keep getting Negative Waves!' one of his catch phrases? -
Looking for an MCM issue from 2009
Bugatti Fan replied to ismaelg's topic in Model Cars Magazine News and Discussions
Maybe MCM might look at a CD Rom of the first 20 years of the magazine like Kalmbach did with Scale Auto. Or maybe an archive on the internet perhaps? Many of us for not start to take the magazine until it was a number of years in. -
Fun build in the making. will be following this one. I remember my grandkids having some bathtub liquid in a container looking like that particular Batmobile. The Batman movies intrigue me with all the different car designs as where would Bruce Wayne get them designed and built? You never see a team of covert designers and engineers who would be needed to make them. The only exception was one series of movies where Wayne Industries had developed a prototype military vehicle that became the Batmobile in them.