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This probably wont interest anyone here but its a thread on another forum detailing how a guy scratch built a 1/9 fiat 806. Its shows the pictures and workings and compares them to the Italeri and Protar versions as well which were 1/12 Basically he couldn't find anything right on the kits at...

Another day of experiments that didnt quite work :-). I want to get a good aluminium finish So went back to basics with Alclad and got in to a world of trouble... I was sure i used Isopropanol to clean the gun but it just bunged everything up.. It worked well on polished aluminium but turned...

Welcome back to the bench Steve. (y)

You are right Bob I have looked at this from all angles and although i could probably improve on the kit wheels a bit its hardly worth it spending a load of time on something that will still be wrong. I dont think the lathe will be much use for these , it will be too small, the hubs would be...

I have a pair of these to hold my paint brush when taking lids off bottles etc, saves me using my real ones.

So here is my first problem, dug the box out to have a look at the offending wheels. they are made up of 4 parts per wheel as above and assemble to look like this Basically this is a 36 spoke wheel and it should be 72 so each of the 4 sections need twice the number of spokes. The ones that...

A page from the original Protar instructions shows little Johnny how to assemble the metal springs, then heat them up on the gas stove and dunk them into a bowl of oil to soften them :-) Italeri did away with the metal parts...i wonder why :-)

Some time ago i built Italeri s little Fiat 806 Grand prix racer from what was then the Protar kit of the early 1970s and last night i was looking at an article which basically pointed out that just about everything is wrong with the original kit :) I also noticed on my recent Harley build that...

Its ok, i have ordered a latest acquisition although i will be pleasantly surprised if its up to anything. I need to expand my capabilities. https://innocraftsman.com/products/micro-metal-lathe-80w

I dont have a latest acquisition and boy am i bored....... :-)

So another one finished.. really pleased with this, even under the close up lens :) This looks nice alongside my Military version ( military = WLA Civil= WLD ) in my new cabinet and i enjoyed the alteration process as much as the rest of the build which has got me thinking about...

My brother lives 150 miles away, i try and make the journey once a year :-)....that said i have still clocked 150,000 miles in the car so far.

Thats very true :-) I f i went 30 miles south i would fall into the English Channel, 100 miles east and i would in the North sea... I could do about 200 West before i fell into the Atlantic., North not so bad, about 500 miles and i would swimming towards the Artic :-)

Looks good on the bike, Air filter is going to be a problem as i cant think of a way of making one at the moment

Looks better with some chrome bits

Bob, when you laugh about 18 mpg i am guessing to are not paying $10 a gallon like we do ............ ::cry:

There is a lot of truth in what Phantom says. In the UK Audi dealerships no longer repair, just replace. When i had a light whine from my diff they wanted £3300 to replace it and replacing the whining bearing was not an option. Fortunately for every main dealer there are half a dozen...

For those that care :-) My Audi has a Loba HP fuel pump. APR big bore cast downpipe, Miltek exhaust with race cat, VWR Cold air intake, APR coils, Wagner intercooler, Eibach prow springs, DV+ , APR stg 3 software and HEL brake lines......150k miles and still 0-60 3.6 seconds and 400bhp. (stock...

today i decided to go with the kit decals its obviously not correct but its a nod towards a current theme from Harley I did have a choice of Star or Star with the circle round it and thought the one with the circle was more interesting. I'm sure someone here will explain the difference in...

I am currently trying to decide on a Macan..... My local garage can handle any repairs but he says think a minimum of double the cost of my Audi for like for like repairs, Nearly all that cost is labour much like yours. Its odd because a Macan is basically an Audi Q5 and a Cheyanne is a Q7...