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A few from one of my visits Bob I have a few of rigging turn buckles as well if you need them.

Gearbox and linkages added...next up Mag/dynamo :cool: and i think a black small wash to pick up some detail if it works on metal.. The pins in the clevise fitments are 0.4mm or 15 thou..

Funny you should mention Office Depot as they just shut down over here. Another victim of online business and Amazon i expect.

Looking good and a great subject. I have seen a few programs with Winkle Brown talking. What a character :-) Where was the bridge on these escorts ?

Thanks Paul I do have some low tac tape so its a good idea. My only reservation is i did mask off some paint on that e-type i tried to build a while back and i tried several types including Tamiya's own brand and i found it attacked the Tamiya clear coat if you left it on for more than a day or so.

I am now pretty much back to where the last guy left off. Its not a user friendly build because the first step is to fit the tank to the frame because its not possible to get too the tank fixings once the engine is in the frame. The problem here is the tank is the most vulnerable part of the...

My mother used to say, if i wanted you to be called Paddy i would have called you Paddy but i didnt...i called you Patrick... I used to say, its pretty Dumb calling a kid Patrick and not expecting him to be called Paddy...especially with a brother called Mick. As a biker in my "younger" days we...

Yea its very thick wall so not Albion

if you are using stock brass tube then Rhino is spot on as most sizes have a corresponding internal dia size. In the UK we use Albion alloys tube and they do sets that fit in each other like a telescopic radio aerial

I would imagine its a bit like building Armour where you think, i will just get the tracks out the way :-) It's a bit of a drawback having to do spoked wheels and motorcycle chains but the result is worth it.

Finished the wheels today, obviously i stripped the one that had been built with the wrong hub and rim combination. the bike would have had a 21" front and 19" back wheel. Originality dictates an all black finish which is a shame as they would have looked nice in bare alloy. we tend to forget...

Ha..you went to the same school ? :-)

When i was a kid we used to chisel designs like that on to granite blocks at school with a bone mallet and an old nail..

Now i have the urge to build an aeroplane.... :facepalm: and i have other things to get done...

I have never really understood why champion plugs are so temperamental. There are motorcycle where they are the only plugs that work and others where they dont work at all. I did some tests once and concluded it was lower powered ignition systems that worked better with them so points and...