Alan R

I have also ordered from them and are extremely happy with their service. You can order with confidence. Cheers, Alan.

It does look a bit (!!?!!) bonkers. Just the sort of thing to brighten up one's day! Cheers, Alan.

Middling to warm here in Bristol. About 23C today. Was about 32C on Monday/Tuesday. Rare for this side of the UK, where it's usually a few degrees cooler than "The Smoke"... Mind you my conservatory where I de-yellowed my Frog decals seems to get up into the high 40s at this time of year. Cheers, Alan.

Just trying this for size: This was from postimage. Fuss free - so far! Cheers, Alan.

The odd thing is that I can see them. I think it's a permissions thing. I'll take a look. Microsoft keep changing the interface under your feet. I think it's time to start using a different package. Cheers, Alan.

Wot! The beer glass looks empty!

Quill and ink?

Been thinking of adding this to my stash for some time. A good price at Jadlam plus a £2 voucher and free postage just sealed the deal. Gotta love a 911.... Cheers, Alan.

If I remember correctly. the original RR wasn't meant to be a luxury Chelsea Barge, but a farmer's dual purpose work-tool. Rugged enough to work on the farm and easily hosed down when needed for "civilian" duties. These monster truck RRs are just too big! Cheers, Alan.

I have the Tamiya 956 in Canon livery in my extensive Porsche stash (About 24 kits now...) including the Studio 27 upgrade set. I will have to book-mark this page, I think. Cheers, Alan.

My philosophy as well. Though due to type2 diabetes, it just has to be a spirit (Fine single malt anyone>) Cheers, Alan.

Great idea! It does seem rather sad that all those lovely cars are just stored like IKEA boxes in a giant warehouse though... Cheers, Alan.

I have had this experience with old Tamiya decals on an original Jaguar XJR-9 and Mercedes CLK GTR. I covered the decals with Microscale liquid decal film and that solved the issue for me. On an even older Frog kit, where the decals looked positively ancient (Must have been 30+ years old even then!). They were so yellow that they were almost fluorescent! I taped them to the conservatory window for a couple of weeks to bleach out the yellowing. A success, by the way, even here in "sunny" blighty! I then sprayed them with Halfords' clear coat from a can. They still worked well as decals and the lacquer coat even succumbed to micro-sol! However, as others have already said, just use the new decal sheet. It will probably be less hassle in the long run. Cheers, Alan.

Good evening all, Sorry for the delay in updates. I have been on holiday for a couple of weeks and before that, life just got in the way. Anyway, some updates. As I said in a previous post, I was planning to detail up the steering and suspension a bit. Well, this is where it has got. I started making a set of springs. I used very fins Jewellers wire, and created the springs by wrapping the wire around a 1/32nd inch diameter rod. This seems to have produces a passable spring. Judging by the moulded springs provided by Tamia, the rear springs are slightly shorter than the fronts. I don't think it matters that much. Hopefully they will convey "spring" i ness... Here they are: Quite convincing, I think. I have also finally boxed in the steering rack well: I have started also, hacking out the extra plastic around the rear to accomodate the proper drive-shafts and suspension. It's all a bit weak around here at the moment: The transmission needs beefing up a bit in order to make it look a little more realistic. The wheel wells need some pruning too: Like this: and this: That's it for the moment. More soon... Cheers, Alan.

Good evening all. A small but vital update. I finally cracked out the airbrush! I have sprayed the back-bone matt black. Not totally accurate, but I was just testing the airbrush and Tamiya XF-1 was the first thing that I found that I could open the bottle! Another view: Not stellar pictures, I admit. However, the paint went on smoothly and looks pretty good! More soon, Cheers, Alan.