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Companies like Proxxon make variable speed control units. This may be an avenue worth pursuing.

A pity that social media appears to have become detrimental to various forums. Facebook for example seems to have become like Spectre from James Bond in some respects with its spreading tentacles becoming ever reaching into many different things.I Emotion symbols on this site or tick boxes for like or dislike I feel would not be a good idea on a site like this where proper replies should be encouraged.

Good to hear that MCM is back under new leadership. I read the dealer list. But nothing is listed for the UK. I have asked in an earlier thread if MCM will be distributed in the UK but the question unfortunately remains unanswered. We have a nationwide retailer named WHSmith newsagents and stationers who carry many different magazines. I would imagine that they are a UK equivalent to your Barnes and Noble chain.

Don't worry too much about the tarnished metal. Just give those parts a good scrub with some washing up liquid in water using an old tooth brush to get into the nooks and crannies. Once dry just prime as normal. I noticed that the plated parts have been stripped on your model. I guess that you will spray these with some form of chrome paint.

Will copies be going on sale in the UK via WHSmith (UK equivalent to Barnes&Noble I believe)?

John, unfortunately I never built the Valiant car from Duel. Forgot to mention in my last post some time ago MCM ran my Duel build article in the magazine.

This is looking more and more interesting1 What you are doing is replicating customers requests to coachbuilders as it was back in the day.

Duel was also one of my favourite movies. It inspired me to build this!

You guys are lucky in the States whilst MCM is sorting itself out, as Model Car Builder is another available magazine (as I do not think that they have overseas subscribers), and Scale Auto was also another alternative up until its recent closure. We have a magazine named Truck Model World published in the UK and as far as I know it is the only automotive magazine published this side of the pond. I believe there is also an American truck modelling magazine who's title I don't know.

I stand corrected Snake. Yes it was the Day of the Jackal from 1973 and yes it was Edward Fox His daughter Amelia plays a lead role in a UK TV series named 'Silent Witness' where she plays the part of Dr. Alexander, a Home Office Pathologist. Thanks for pointing out my errors. The original DOTJ is a brilliant film. I take it you have watched it.

Sam, the way I separated the hood side and top was by using a very thin abrasive disc mounted in a Dremel or similar tool.I The hinges were very small items sourced from dolls house suppliers,, cut to length and epoxy cemented into place. Bear in mind that the exposed ends and edges of the good parts you cut out will need to be thinned for a more realistic scale appearance. What I should have done for the top hinge on my model was cut a step on the inside of both sides to take the hood centre hinge. You can see on my model that the hood cannot fold back far enough on the top. By relieving the area where the hinge will go will allow it to cope back further when the hinge is fitted. The side of the hood that remains closed on the model is as per our as I did not intend it to open from both sides. Hope this info helps.

Those old Hubleys do have some potential. I built the SJ Phaeton some time ago and did a bit of extra detailing on it.

The original movie 'Day of the Jackal' that was produced in the 60's. Starring James Fox and based on Frederick Forsythe's novel about a professional British assassin hired to kill President De Gaulle. it really kept to the book storyline and was an excellent movie! There was another movie named 'Jackal' I think, that was loosely (and I mean loosely) based on the plot but in a different era. Americanised, and starring Bruce Willis. Unfortunately. many will have only seen this version and not the original.

Along with Elvis!

I expect you are right Michael. Photocopier do themselves no favours by watermarking as there are plenty of other photo hosting sites. Plus you can upload directly onto this one by drag and drop anyway.

More seasoned modellers may remember 'Gene Kelly" being referred to as the Irishman. LOL

The Photobucket habit of watermarking photos. Is this practice illegal as they are effectively altering images that are the photographers own copyright regardless of whether they pay photo bucket or not.

Twice as many replies on here compared to 'What pleased you today" Guess most of us are getting a bit more grumpy these days!

A black and white movie named " Devil Girl From Mars"............Made I think way back in the 50's. Absolutely Dire! There was another named 'Earth Versus The Flying Saucers". Curled up laughing when the aliens suits were described as 'Solidified Electricity" A great movie was the original "Day the Earth Stood Still" with Michael Rennie playing the lead role. The new version with Keanu Reeves paled by comparison despite 50 years developments in special effects and CGI. Just shows that it is not always desirable to deviate away from the original movie story line.

There is no substitute for well made tools. I still have some excellent tools that I bought when i was an apprentice way back in the early 1960's. Micrometers by Moore & Wright, and Starrett, a combination set made by Brown And Sharpe, Engineers rules by Rabone Chesterman and General, and a Vernier Caliper made by a Swedish company named Eskilstuna. Have used them all my working life, and still use them today on my scratch built modelling projects and various DIY jobs.

Crazy kit prices!!! Been to many shows and seen kits with OTT price labels on them. Vendor often has to reload 99 percent back into the van. On the other hand there are vendors who sell kits at very reasonable prices and clear most of the stock they brought along so they can pretty much guarantee covering their costs and make a decent profit on turnover. The mark up on any OTT priced kit would have to be incredibly high to cover the cost of table, travel and possibly hotel costs for that type of vendor on any given day, plus being dependent on the odd buyer being present with a fat wallet!

Ralph. Think outside the model making box. Try engineers suppliers that are close to you who may stock small tension springs. There is a company in the UK SpringsandThings.me.uk You may be able to order what you want from them, or alternatively look up the type of spring you want to spec it from their website, and order from a US spring supplier.

There is a saying that 'A Fool And Their Money Are Soon Parted.' What sort of buyer would this sort of thin attract? Certainly no one that is married probably where the Laws of Domestic Opposition would come into play! $1000 for an old kit that has seen better days. What would anyone do with it anyway? Can think of a lot of better things to spend hard earned cash on, Only two choices. Stash it and hope to make a quick buck later? No chance if top dollar has already been paid as it is unlikely to move further. Build it and devalue it to five bucks! LOL

Some manufacturers like Proxxon make variable speed controllers to plug their small tools into. I have a small Expo Drill that I plug into my Emco Unimat I transformer but it has no variable speed control so I will be looking for something like the Proxxon unit.

Would like to see MCM become available over the counter at WH Smith's ( UK Equivalent of Barnes and Noble I guess) on this side of the pond like FSM is regularly.