PatW
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From ebay UK....................
And about 10 days ago from Omnimodels in the usa in just 6 days.........
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It's a good job we're not all the same, or that would be very boring.
Somebody has taken time to build it, so they like it, so what. There's not a day goes by when we see vehicles that have been produced by all major manufacturers that look just damned ugly!
So it's good that we all have different tastes in most things not just cars.
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Thanks for the info guys. Yes I've got the resin one on order.
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It's looking good already Tyler! I have one of these in a plastic bag with a Peugeot rally car.
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Great looking racks! I remember having one on my '70's 1300, loaded with cases (before I hired a trailer) drove into a multi-storey car park on the way back from holiday. Forgot about the rack, hit the concrete overhang just inside the entrance and knocked the rack off it's legs, crash onto the roof! Reversed out, nice dent in the roof and went to a roadside parking space, and bolted the rack back on the rain gutter!
As I said hired a trailer the next year, mounted a tow bar/hitch and sorted the lights/plug-in, cooler towing!
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Or of course you can scratch build exhausts with sprue, alloy tube or solder. I'm looking at my latest aircooled project using drinking straws with the bendy tubing!
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Really good looking Baja! Was this a kit or a modified kit (plastic/Resin)please?
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Well done Ken the build and paint are superb! I've built around 6 of these (including a 4X4)and am looking at another build right now! Yes that paint job is great.
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Well jb have a great time, my Cruise through the Panama Canal was fantastic!
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They all SEEM to be nice guys but don't be fooled.
Bad news on TV last night, the BBC have backed down and are to continue with another show with these idiots but under another name! And we thought that it was gone at last!
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All the way from Omnimodels in the states to me in the UK in just 6 days, the AMT Piranha Spy Car...............
And Yes the Belkits range of Rally cars are very good indeed. I have my local LHS 20 miles away and he has them in stock. Very good quality and detail.
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All over the Press on Sunday here in the UK, was the news that the Director-in-Chief of the BBC and his family are under armed guard after a death threat, if Clarkson is dropped from the programme!
How stupid is this getting over a TV programme?
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Clarkson had it coming, he thought that whatever he did he was invincible. He's an arrogant nasty piece of work in real life, has no respect for the public, his neighbours are sick of his loud noisy antics and disregard for the rules of the road. He recently rented a Hummer and went into his local High Street just to show off and got it stuck between two road signs in a very narrow road, he did no more than get out and walk away, leaving the whole town centre grid locked. When he was approached by both pedestrians and police alike he just shouted at them to 'F... Off!, very nice in front of children.
If we don't see him on TV again it will be a pleasure! As for his two sidekicks they just follow him around like two lovesick puppies!
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Thanks Tim for all of the info on this one. As a very big fan of air-cooled flat 4 and 6 cylinder engines (Multiple Meyers Manx builds) I am hooked
Being in the UK I've had to order one from the USA, (and I was only there last week!) from Omni Models at I understand a good price (plus the Shipping and customs this end).
With all of the conversation on this thread about the plastic colour, we or more I don't have to paint it blue anyway, but can add my own metalflake coat.
From my perspective, Red Metalic or sunshine yellow would look good. Humbrol here have just issued to me three new 'Pearl' style 'Dual' colours in red, green and purple!
And I'll perhaps use my latest fad of Centreline rims.
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Yes Joe, the BMF is way too thin for me, so I tried something else! And it's way cheaper too for a 5 metre roll.
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Thanks guys. Yes I fitted the strut brace just before the bonnet went on.
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Thanks guys for your comments and advice.
Yes Roy they are the kit decals and yes the white circle backing on the numbers is a bit opaque!
I can put some more pics on showing the brace bars at the end of the build. I'll do that in a couple of weeks when I'm back from the Panama Canal Cruise that I'm just starting!
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Very nice indeed Douglas, as a WRC watcher for some years, that is very realistic well done.
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Just finished this on previous thread.....................
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Thanks Martin The Mustang kit is a good one. Yes the decal backing is particularly thick and takes a lot of soaking.
And also the cabin kit works too! As you say it keep glue spots off the table, and I can also spray paint without any aggro!
I've also got this on the shelf, still in plastic wrap, so not opened/washed yet...................
That's for another day!
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Cheers Andre, yes both are nice builds, The Mustang and the cabin!
I can imagine Toronto is a bit cool this time of year, temperature wise? Our eldest son has recently moved from Manitoba to Alberta. Unfortunately the authorities are messing about with re-newing his work permit, as regional offices have closed through cost-cutting, he only has one office in Vancouver to request a new one but that's over 18 months ago and he can't work in the meantime!
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Thanks guys for your comments.
Yes Joe that's where I build/spray/ with shelves/lights/heating. After 40 years of marriage my wife wanted the dining room table back, something to do with family coming over for Christmas Day dinner!
We don't have basements here in the UK. Well you do if you have £1m+
To build on the back of the garage as we are on a sloping site/split level I put out four tenders and all came back around £40,000!
So we went to a factory about 30 miles away who make various designs of garden buildings/conservatories etc. So I chose one about the same size of room I wanted, in double width logs, in the sale it was, with electrics,insulation, all nuts, bolts, screws, hinges, flooring, roof shingles and double glazing (standard on all buildings) £2,400! Slightly less than a brick built room. It took me and my wife one evening to put it together, one day to paint it with the oil based stain supplied and one day to fit and hang the doors and windows. Two hours for an electrician friend to hook up the electrics to the house in armoured cable (so I don't electricute myself digging the garden) and hey presto ready to go.
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Well I'm back from the cabin, in our small back garden........
That was six years ago just after we finished building it!
And the outcome was the final decals...........................
So another build finished!
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That's it for now, I just off out into my cabin to finish off the decals!
Something to Ponder
in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Posted · Edited by PatW
As a modelmaker I build anything and everything and don't 'not like' anything! As modelmakers we should respect all other modelmakers and their genres, it's not up to any of us to say that they shouldn't post here or on any other 'Modelmakers' website.
I like to see what other people build as there may be ideas there that I may want to use/copy/try out on one of my builds in the future.
I personally like to modify/scratchbuild/create something different sometimes and their ideas may always come in handy.
It improves my skills and outlook on modelling.
One one site someone tried to tell me how I should paint/depict a particular subject, too serious, never 'tell' anyone how to do their hobby. There are some who have to build everything 100% correctly, to the date/year, colour, the wiring etc. To me too serious.
We all must remember one simple thing this is a hobby and we shouldn't take it too seriously, it's supposed to be fun.