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cherry268

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  1. Thanks for the comments I've changed the title I remember Riko doing slot car stuff I used to do it and remember having a Rikoflash motor
  2. Thanks for all your comments Yes you are correct. I can only spray with rattle cans and this was the best colour available at the time. That is a good idea It is not the proper one as I bought kit second hand and the correct chain was missing
  3. Whilst doing my Road Roller, I filled in spare time with this Riko De Dion Bouton. It is a very basic kit with very few parts. Done OOB it was a nice easy distraction to the roller.
  4. Below is my attempt at the very old Bandai Road Roller. Lovely kit, very fiddly, I soon learned the lesson of not trying to do too much in one go. I also started to try and make the mechanism workable but soon gave up. The worst problem was the decals. As this kit is probably over 30 years old I copied the decals on to clear laser sheets. I tried some varnish on the old decal sheet but it just fell apart. I used the decals from the sheets I printed but whilst they were OK they would have been better on a white background but to be honest after trying to cut out the decals on the clear I soon found out that to try and cut out and remove all traces of the white background would be impossible on most of them, for me anyway. The decals even then were easily damaged so I had to be very careful cutting them out. So most of the decals are a bit faded in appearance especially in pictures but they are OK in real life. The only ones that I failed on were on the front roller frame, just gave up on them. After another coat of varnish I just couldn't get rid of the film and on a black background looked awful. Anyway I am pleased with it, far from perfect but for my level of building models quite good.
  5. Cracking build, I like the ram scratchbuild, very inventive
  6. My brother sent me this link to a sale room he uses ( not for models ) Lot of kits on it https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/elliswillis-and-beckett/catalogue-id-ellis-10024?utm_source=sr-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=timed&utm_term=20231216-pr&utm_content=ellis-10024-cataloguefa7 Quite a collection
  7. If you listen to Deep Purple Made in Japan the phrase " Everything louder than everything else" is stated Well this kit should have the phrase "Paint everything before fitting and fit everything before you paint it. It is not the easiest kit to build, doors were a pain which I fitted before I painted but then had them swinging about whilst build the rest so had to keep taping them shut or open Bonnet was a complete pain and didn't fit or close so I ended up fixing it closed. Not that you could open it with the spare wheels fitted anyway I took a couple of pictures before it was closed for good Still as always with my models it looks good from a distance, has a few blemishes but invariably I make them worst by trying to fix them so if not too bad they are left I am reasonably happy with it as it feels that I am slowly improving
  8. Cracking model , looks so realistic Very well done
  9. I hope this is allowed to be put on here and not repeated somewhere else on this site but I spotted this in an article in Mail Online This fundraiser is organised by ROYAL AIR FORCE MUSEUM. Arthur Scarf was the recipient of the only Victoria Cross awarded to the Royal Air Force during the fighting in the Far East in the Second World War. The medal has been sold at auction, but we have been given the opportunity to fundraise and match the sale price. This will allow the Royal Air Force Museum to display the medal and share Arthur's amazing story. We need your support to raise £250,000 by 30 April 2023! Without your help, this medal will be sent overseas and lost to the nation. https://gofund.me/192dbcee
  10. Just seen a C17 fly over near Banbury which had a Hercules just behind it Funny thing is the C17 shows up on flight radar and the Hercules doesn't Just backtracked on radar and it is ZZ177 with ZH872 underneath it
  11. Went to our local National Trust and sat in car park was a lovely Triumph Spitfire and a XJ6 convertible And on the way back there is a white XK120 And here is the XJ6, not an XJS, I've never seen one before http://village.photos/images/user/3fd98ff2-9fea-4b70-8371-3ab0a98c18b4/d9c77e4e-d311-45f8-bd31-66997a1daaf1.jpg
  12. That's stunning, a real beauty I love the sixties Le Mans cars, they have real presence
  13. What a little cracker, fabulous modelling It's that good it's up to the level of that B17 that was done😉😉
  14. Went down to Didcot from Banbury Saturday and saw - 20/30s Bentley looked like a 3 litre shape 4 mini pick ups in convoy Morris Marina and on the way back What I think was a Beaufort with a ribbon on so a wedding car A Bugatti, looked like a 35 but not sure what model it was but it definitely had the badge Our service manager has a Porsche and went on a mystery run on Saturday Went from Porsche at Moreton in Marsh to Classic Car Center at Bibury 270 of them attended, must have been a sight worth seeing
  15. Practice day at Shenington Kart Club and somebody turned up in a beautiful white E Type convertible.
  16. I called this a masterpiece before and now I am scrating for a word that is better than a masterpiece if any one can help Truly brilliant
  17. Another masterpiece, stunning to say the least
  18. Was in Torquay at weekend and saw a lovely Rover 3 litre p5
  19. About six o'clock tonight we had two Chinooks fly over us near Banbury and not particularly low
  20. I am sure I've seen this on You Tube😀 Another stunning and inventive diarama Absolutely brilliant With your imagination I can't wait for the nest one
  21. This is being held again on weekend of 9th/10th July https://www.fennyparkup.com/ Well worth a visit if you are near Banbury
  22. This get together is happening again this year on weekend 9th/10th July https://www.fennyparkup.com/ Well worth a visit if you are near Banbury
  23. Just seen an A400M flying low over Banbury area According to Flight Radar it is ZM405 flying at 1000 ft Seen plenty of Hercules that low before but never seen an A400
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