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  1. Randy, your Delahaye is coming on really well. You are doing well considering the things you are overcoming on it. Those Heller classics. Nice subjects but some of the kits had some real design quirks. I had the Delage to build but looking at the kit the rear wheel arches were joined right across the middle, a real nightmare to fill in and correct in such a conspicuous place on the model. With regard to the Bugatti T50 kit, the wheels are totally wrong. Fortunately Shapeways make a nice set of 3D printed wheels that are correct especially for the Bugatti.
  2. Steve's Anglia Street Rod is looking good so far and has the makings of a fantastic build. Donor kit not mentioned, but guess it is the Revell Skippers Critter Drag racer. I think they did a van version as well, the Simple Simon Pie Van. The old Anglias and Populars with similar body were called the Ford Puddle Jumpers back in the day in the UK. Have a look and see what a UK Modeller Rod Knott did to this kit. Pics could be better but you get the idea.
  3. Bill's advice is pretty sound. Vinyl (tyres) and Polystyrene (wheels) chemically react after some time up against one another. Another instance that I found out to my detriment once that the same can happen when vinyl tyres are loose in a box with other kit parts. Check out your boxed kits to ensure that your tyres are separated into a polythene bag of wrapped in tissue.
  4. Hi Tim

    I have come off forum for this. Having looked on Scale Auto's site recently I seem to remember your picture as a staff member. Please correct me if I am wrong. The new editor has been doing well with SA. As a long time reader it saddened .e to hear of kit going. In fact yesterday I emailed a free of charge article over to him about my scratch built Brooklands Napier Railton, Bugatti Type 59 and my Hispano Suiza that is wood veneer planked, plus a couple of other models, a kit bash Metro 6R4 rally car and an IPMS 50th Anniversary Van model. It is mainly a photographic article with brief descriptions, that I hope that he will be interested enough in to make the last copy. I.have written articles for many magazines over the years and my article to SA is by way of a thank you for many years of reading pleasure. As a staffer you might get to preview my last SA contribution

    PS.  I trust your latest book is doing well.

    Kind regards.  Noel Smith

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  5. Tim, thanks for the feedback about the real reason why Scale Auto is closing despite the hobby and the magazine being on the up. When things pan out, and eventually they will, who knows it the magazine will be reinstated or not. I have seen a couple of UK car modelling magazines absorbed into more general model magazines, and unfortunately the auto articles gradually diminishing within those publications that have to cater for a diverse number of modelling interests. Oddly enough the mags they were absorbed into have now also gone. I guess Model Car Builder is still going but appears to be subscription only to the US and Canada land MCM has never been sold in shops in the UK as far as I know. Over here in the UK we will now have to rely on Airfix Scale Modelword, Tamiya International and of course Find Scale Modeler for any civilian vehicle related articles.
  6. SA subscriptions may be outsourced by Kalbach to another company that specialises in that sort of thing. If the decision to stop AS was very recent, it may take a little while to sort out the subscriptions side of things. SA have announced a closure date for the last edition so any subscribers will now be aware.
  7. Pity about SA finishing in October. I guess the circulation was dwindling to the point of being unviable, like many other niche magazines. FSM is a general modelling magazine and will probably absorb some of the articles to SA that have already been submitted if they have too many when the last issue goes to press. Model Car Builder is still going (I think).
  8. Right on there Tom, I should have checked! My tablet does weird things sometimes and changes some of my original spellings!
  9. Re my last entry clock should read Flock!
  10. My PC is telling me when I log on to the forunm that the site is not secure.

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  11. Pre painted did cast models generally have their paint baked dry in processing ovens. Any stove enamelled finish as a result is very hard. Unless stripping back the whole body to bare metal the easiest way to do a two tone using the base colour of the model is mask off all the body where the original colour next to stay put. Use some Wet n Dry abrasive paper to key the areas you want to paint in the contrasting colour. Clean off all the residue from the rubbing them prime and paint the other colour. After it dries carefully remove the masking tape from the original colour to expose your new two tone paint job. When masking though make sure that you use a good masking tape designed to avoid bleed undefneath
  12. The embossing powder seems to be similar to flocking in its application. Another product that can be used as scale carpeting is the self adhesive vinyl sheet made for covering card tables. The range of colours is limited though, generally green, red or beige. I guess that it could be sprayed another colour before application. It is ok for flat areas like a floor, but no good for compound curves. The embossing and clock would be better for that.
  13. A very stylish show car that you are making your own mark on the Invader. An interesing, intriguing build. This build reminded me that I think that I have the remnants of an old incomplete Eldon 'Out House' kicking around in the spares box.
  14. No the originals are not dead....................Just cryogenically preserved...............In Plastic! Diorama possibilities where figures from both sets can be used.
  15. Those old Studes were nice looking cars. Quite European in styling back in those days compared with the normal Fins and Chrome era cars.
  16. That there are more than twice as many responses in this thread compared to the ' What pleased you today' hread'!
  17. I use a little Panasonic Lumia LX3 Compact, bought when it first came out. They are available quite inexpensively now second hand. It is a nice little high quality camera with a fast Leica lens. In fact Leica marketed their own brand camera that was virtually identical to mine at a much higher price at the time. Besides tripod use at home, it is a great camera and the fasr lens comes into its own at shows in average light to avoid camera shake when used without the flash. It can be set for the lighting source in the building,
  18. There is also a UK product Clear Fix by Humbrol.. They also have a product named Clear Coat. A website worth looking at is De Luxe Materials. It is a UK company that develops, makes and markets an extensive range of adhesives, fillers and finishing materials aimed at the modelling market. Their Scenic Rust is really good.
  19. Red really suits the E type body style roadster and coupe.
  20. A few years ago I agreed a purchase from a private seller and duly sent a payment immediately after. I was told that he had sold the kit on to someone else despite our agreement, and had the cheek to send me another kit without phoning me first so that I could just ask for my money back It was badly packaged and arrived damaged. This was duly sent back to get my money refunded but lost out because of the cost of posting back the unauthorised kit he sent me as a substitute. The guy refused to reimburse my postage costs to return the damaged kit. I will never deal with that guy again. It all came about because he responded to a want advert of mine on another forum at the time.
  21. Gary, I built the Monogram one many years ago. Not really thought about trying to obtain the resin kit. My problem right now is too many other projects that I either have in mind or on the go.
  22. I think that I read somewhere that there is a guy in Australia making resin kits of the Uncertain T. Probably will be a lot less expensive than original Monogram kits from the 60's. I don't think that this kit was ever reissued by Monogram.
  23. A pic of mine built way back in the 70's. Not a very sharp image unfortunately, but you can get the gist. All hand painted except for the roof that was sprayed in semi matt black. The kit did not come with the red translucent rear lamp lenses that were cribbed from the spares box at the time. Apart from a bit of wiring on the engine the kit is pretty much a straight from the box build. Jim's feature BHE of this thread is fantastic. Particularly the imaginative roof and other panel graphics. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the build and the completed model.
  24. Airfix have announced a click together Chiron kit in 1/24 scale! It will be interesting to see how good it is. It it is anything like their Veyron the overall shape will look good........albeit with simplifications aimed at children like stickers instead of headlamp unit transparencies for example. The Alpha resins are very nice kerbside models in their own right, but pricey none the less.
  25. Not impressed! A wasted opportunity to use the Lego build method to make a realistic looking model in this huge scale! It looks very techno, a bit like a Transformer half way through a change!. Actually, Airfix managed to do a realistic (albeit very simplified) Veyron in 1/24 scale and have just announced a Chiron in a similar Lego build fashion in their junior click together range.
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