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Firstly lets look at the Surfite. I thought the wheels too small and the body bare so.................

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And with the summer coming along a surfboard hire was a good idea, so I took the kit boards, made a few more and added various decals some from the Firebird range......

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And something to cart them around in......................

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And put them all together out in the bright, warm sunshine today......................

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The Tiki Hut is being nailed together as we speak. Back soon!

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Now here's the Tiki Hut and the designer and builder of the real Surfite and Tiki Hut, Ed Roth. He's carrying one of the kit surfboards with a Firebird Designs decal on it.

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I've updated Ed's shirt by putting a Monster decal on it. Hold on is there someone still sleeping in there?

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Right we've got all the kit we need to hit the dunes...........

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And here we are in the dunes looking for customers to hire out our boards..................

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You'll note that Ed has one of his own Rat Fink logo's on his shirt!

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Thanks guys. Yes the board must be getting heavy by now, but he's only popping it into the slot in the body alongside the cab They start with a styrofoam shape first and cover it with glassfibre nowadays, just imagine what they used to be like when they were made from wood!

When I bump into some friends who work for various F1 teams near here, I'll have to ask what they have in the Kevlar & Carbon Fibre leftovers bin, interesting!

Or wait for their parts sales at the end of the season.

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Purely for my eductation, staging a scene after a build has become a bit of a problem for me, so I went onto Google and searched 'Beach Scenes' and printed two off.

The first two pics are using a piece of sandpaper as a base......

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Not totaly convinced I went into the garage to play in the sand...........

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Then added Ed to the mix........................

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Now I've got a rough idea what to do in future!

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Thanks BeastieBoy73, I built the Glitterbug last year, it's on here somewhere!

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Thanks BeastieBoy73, this was a great build I love it!

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