Yes ,you are right with the prices. Over here in Germany these unbuild V8 kits reach about 150-180 €! I got mine as a build model from a fellow clubmember...
Get a lathe! It will transform your modeling. You'll start looking at parts you accept now and say "I can do better." Of course, shortly after you have a...
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I made a 1/9th scale model of the Ducati in the Matrix. I had to combine parts from 2 protar kits as well as making some custom decal and stencil work. If...
I found a die cast model of my bike in 1/12th. I bought it and disassembled it (see pics in photo section). The only thing that is actually die cast metal is...
Erik, try a spray-on oven cleaner. Outside, away from pets and little kids. Preferably the non-stinky kind. I put my stuff into a glass dish and let them sit...
LOL! Stop it Charles...I'm also teetering on the edge of lathedom! I've concluded that I've pushed my skills as far as they will go with hand making funky...
Avoid the plastic Unimat like the plague! I had one, and was "working" on it upstairs in the work space I share with my wife. When she heard the language I...
Hi Eric, I've been thinking about doing something similar to the 1/6th diecast Triumph Bonneville that I keep seeing going cheap but I really want to see one...
Charles, That sounds like the perfect transition from plan A to B where I get to spend more money, ultimately get what I want, and we're both happy! ;-) 14...
Hi Joel, Lovely job, especially on the Pramac RC211V. Still have mine to do (all parts waiting patiently in the box)and I'll be using ST-27's white metal...
Wait till it's (egad!) 38 years of marriage . . . this December. <g> I did go for a Sherline, and when you're getting down to short strokes, I'll dig out the...
Hi Jeremy and thanks for your compliments. I mixed TS-8 Italian Red and TS-26 Pure White and got a perfect match on a scrap piece but multiple layers made it...
Hi After the completion of the RCV's I'm off to a twin NSR build, the Lucky Strike and Kanemoto bikes. If anyone has got images of engine, swing, rear- and...
Hi Joel, Try this link for the Kanemoto bike http://g025.spacelan.ne.jp/~moci/machine/honda/99john/ Arie _____ Van: MotorcycleModelling@yahoogroups.com ...
So you watch races and you get used to tracks being called nowadays by the name of their sponsors. So it's Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca, rather than the term...
Marlboro was the sponsor of the GP in Qatar. Qatar has the same pronounciation as catarrh wich is a throut infection that you can get from smoking ---> smoking...
Hi, I launched the new version of my web site today! Same content, same miss print in the name ( ;-) ) but a bit more nice to look at. Oh...and it went...
Show your models and win free models every month! 5th year with you and your models! Every month we give free models to best model in Cars contest (all cars, ...
I am trying to make custom decals for my 1/12 scale Ducati that I am making. The farings are going to be flat back and I need everything from red to white...
Erik, Try here http://www.craftycomputerpaper.co.uk/clear%20water-slip%20decals.htm I don't know how good they are as I've only just ordered my 1st lot, but ...
Yeah! I have ordered that paper. It only works well on a light colored background. To make a decal for a dark colored background you have to use the white...
Hi Erik and group (Got your mail erik) I am answering here for the group benefit. As far as I know only ALPS and OKI printers can actually print white on...
Erik: I had same problem with the "white backed" paper, and the only "so so" solution I came out with was this: It is some sort of cheating but it works on...
Thanks for you answer Charles, the Wingrove`s site is superb! Flavio ... From: "Charles Fox" <cafox513@...> To: <MotorcycleModelling@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
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