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WOW , that looks really cool

That's looking great , top job so far .

Thank's for posting the pics guys , I'm trying to plumb a drag motor (supercharged hemi) at present and needed the inspiration

Look's great Geoff , I haven't been able to find one down here yet . So how would you say it is overall compared to the tamiya version , looks a little less detailed in some areas but more detailed in others to me from your pics so far .

The engine bay and interior detail looks worse than the Tamiya one from what I can see in the pic's but I'm still hanging out to get some The tamiya twin carbs are very finely mou;ded whereas these look clunky , the wiper motor is a seperate part in the Tamiya one but cast on the firewall on this one (little details I know but it's what makes the Tamiya one nice . However the rear subframe looks to be one piece and seperate unlike the Tamiya one which looks bad and the front subframe doesn't have the odd bash guard on the front edge the Tamiya one does so it'll be interesting to build them side by side and compare .

That's amazing Jon , well done .

Thank's Jonathan , I'll have a look

I miss my 1:1 Pajero .... Good looking build so far , looks like another kit I have to keep an eye out for ....

That is cool , nice job on the detailing too . I'll have to keep an eye out for one of these .

Looking good Rob

And if she ever becomes an ex wife she'll call you a lot worse so I don't think a German Donkey's too bad

I'm still following the thread Jonathan , just stalled on my own builds . New job and new girlfriend limits time ....

Yep , Tamiya mini's Love how you did the mini truck cab by the way

Nice clean build Jason , love the stripes and checks in the same colour , it blends together nicely . The only suggestion I could make would be to snip off the sliding window catches since you've taken the windows out (but that's only because I'm a rivet counter with mini's , it won't matter to anybody else )

Stunning work guy's , I see what you mean about the superfine windscreen posts on the lambo now Liam .

Half way up the East Coast of Australia here (about 2 1/2 hours drive north of WARRA48 , yell out if you're ever up my way) in a tiny piece of Paradise called Red Rock , http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Red+Rock,+New+South+Wales&hl=en&ll=-29.983784,153.228035&spn=0.020445,0.042272&sll=-32.010396,135.119128&sspn=77.589035,173.144531&oq=red+rock+n&hnear=Red+Rock+New+South+Wales&t=h&z=15 And some local colour in the way of a long term scratch build project of one of my cars , a 1971 Nota Fang (mini based 2 seat road/race car ) And a restored Fang , not mine sadly , mine has a long way to go ....

It counts as far as I'm concerned Tim , what type of restaurant ? Thank's Harry

Very nice Fred , super sleeper . It just needs a bowls hat on the rear parcel shelf to complete the stealth look

I've seen one built on a pallet so it could be put in the back of a pickup or trailer , bit of extra reinforcing around the dome in the rendering and it's fine . Pretty flipping heavy to move around but at least it's portable so you can move house with it . Mine's a permanent fixture , I worked out it weighs close to 3 tonnes with the base which is full of sand . Seriously though , it took more effort and time to make the base than it did the dome . Most of the dome was done in an hour , then left overnight to set before putting a rough circle of plywood on car jacks inside and putting sand on top shaped to the inside top of the dome for the last 3 or 4 courses which couldn't support themselves until it was complete . Top course took 20 minutes then another half an hour or so to render the top . I spent more time planning and procrastinating then I did building it . You really should see peoples faces when they walk in the yard and see it alight , eyes bulge and jaws drop , then they get pizza and all the wives want them to build one ...

Charlie , I'm a surveyor and have also worked as a civil construction foreman but this was my first ever time laying bricks (other than making a one brick high wall to divert water) so if I can do it you can too . I used a book co authored by Australian chef Maggie Beer (can't find a link to it at present I'm afraid) which has the design of the jig for making the dome . It's simply a piece of steel rod that is half the diameter of your dome with an inch long piece of angle iron welded to the end of it like this Tape a big washer to the center point of your base and put the plain end of the rod into it and lay your brick so the inner edge is sitting in the piece of angle iron . Since the rod tilts as the bricks get higher the 90 degree bit of the angle iron is always at the right angle for the brick to fit into .

You didn't have this on display at the Coffs Harbour collectors fair a few years back by any chance did you ? There was a similar one there that looked every bit as good as yours .

I always wanted a wood fired pizza oven so I built this one , 1.3 meters inside diameter so fits 4 pizza's at once I also like obscure recipes and methods of cooking so one christmas I made and cooked a Turducken (aka Frankenbird), that's a deboned chicken inside a deboned duck inside a deboned turkey with stuffing around each layer 9 hours to cook and was delicious I'm currently working on a rotisserie based on an auto's LPG tank , why ? just because I can After seeing a plan in an old magazine I'm looking for a wine barrel as well to make a grille/sacrificial smoker too .

OK , that is COOL , though I wonder how many klm's it gets out of a set of uni joints

You did a very nice job on that Kate , well done .

I agree , first one nice , quick and easy so the bug bites , then you can go further with the next