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That's very true, everything about an MFH model is completely different. They bear very little relation to something like a Tamiya.

Well i am always learning. Following Google advice i left the petrol tank in 99% rubbing alcohol isopropanol for 15 hours and while it did soften the paint as soon as the thinners evaporated of the surface the paint set rock hard again. This is the problem with AI, it picks up on a solution and...

"Study participants who were 'morning larks' and are at their best during daylight were more likely to see the dress as white and gold" This is what i see with a blue tint on the white, i dont think i have a colour blindness but its possible. I was tested years ago as part of my electronics...

I am seeing Gold and a blue/white dress. Its is like the bike ,light particular as i have been looking at other bikes and other pictures of the same bike and it could be many colours. Thanks to Rich for his experiments. I am on a similar track experimenting and i think, although i haven't tried...

You are right Bob, its odd , its not colour blindness but its really hard to compare a colour or identify some colours like those engine cases.

Something i have never been good at is seeing a colour and being able to break it down to its components. This petrol tank is supposedly silver but this colour looks spot on to me and its not really silver. Lets face it paint manufacturers idea of silver is usually a bit odd as they try and...

Agree the paint makes it pop. :vgood:

And now Ladies and Gentlemen for your daily pleasure and continued enjoyment i present (drum roll) a Back Wheel ! I have also started on the brake fittings for the front wheel This is the kit part, stripped of chrome. For what is a 50+ year old kit its not that bad Here it is...

Feeling a bit stupid today as i actually looked in the box (Tamiya 1/32 Spit MKIX ) and it actually includes decals and scheme for a north Africa aircraft in fact the model depicted is ZX-6 just 5 away from the one below..... o

Yea the 30 was a 350cc and the 40 a 500cc They did a 250cc as well and all used a very similar engine but the big difference is in the cam drive shaft, on some engines it exposed and on others its inside the barrel and head fins. The one inside the fins seems much later than the 1951 date of...

Interesting never seen that before. must be a pre war thing or very early war.

Impressive cockpit Bob, very well done.

What are those angled half tubes ?

Well its not perfect but its 100x better than the OTB offering. I have learned a lot doing this one and the rear should be easier but then its a different pattern altogether so lets see. looking ahead the engine looks really odd. the problem is Manx Norton's were made from 1947 - 1963 and...

Hi steve, great to see another large scale car builder here so welcome mate. have a look here around page 7. https://modelersalliance.org/threads/airfix-1-12-bentley-blower-finished.155860/ TBH if you are not in a hurry then Revell chrome spray works well but needs about 4 weeks to go hard...

Well i am 20 spokes in with 20 to go on the front wheel Its proving quite hard to do compared with previous wheel builds because i used the position of the original plastic spokes to drill the holes for the new spokes but now i find the plastic spokes were not correct in position as well as...

Anyway, back to the Norton I have cut the hubs out, always a point of no return, you either succeed with your new wheels or scrap the kit. These are the hubs after 6 hours in bleach and drilled, Spokes will be 0.45mm so about 12 thou nickel silver so i have drilled the 0.6mm to give me some...

I wanted to keep it compatible with the infocraftsman drill so the choice is limited being so small. One advantage you cant see on the pics is it can be mounted on its side so you can also drill holes round a rim for spokes for example.

They say its in perfect focus, its just the rest of the world needs glasses ?

Some good news today :) this out of focus indexing head arrived today with Humbrol pot to give scale but it a 48mm chuck that rotates 360 degree with a Vernia display on the front that reads to 1 degree ( or less by eye) Nicely made, smooth operation and comes in its own wooden box. £96.00...