Scrap car conversion.
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Thanks Peter :)
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Wasnie me, a big boy did it and ran away
"Why did you volunteer ? I didn't Sir, the other three stepped backwards"
"Why did you volunteer ? I didn't Sir, the other three stepped backwards"
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At some time I'll go through the Lineside section and move in any other relevant topics :thumbs
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Your work is wonderful – stunning in fact. The attention to the detail is amazing – lights missing, wings removed, flat or missing tyres, and everything is so small!
Gordon :-)
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How did you do the wheel hubs ? They do look like the real thing.
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For the wheel hubs, I just took off the tyre's sawed off the front part of the wheel itself and then trimmed the plastic to about the right size, I think I'll just mark them with a pointed tool to create the holes for the studs, too small for my smallest drill!
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The more I look at these cars, the more realistic they become. :cheers
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Er by the way
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Those wrecks bring back some memories of the local scrap yards. Rebuilding my Renault 4CV from the only wreck around along with a Gordini Ventoux engine "borrowed" from a wrecked Dauphine sitting next to the 4CV (0-60 in 20 seconds instead of 45 seconds, those were the days), clubbing together in the sixth form to buy runners (just) with a dubious MOT (how many in a Ford Consul on a trip to the Ally Pally to see the Who? 12!) with more rust than metal, quick and dirty welds on the chassis and bald tires, an Austin 8 in worse condition than yours that got totalled following a really good handbrake turn at 40 mph (the axle parted company with the chassis)…
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Then a Mk IV Cortina….. big money - £400…… again, kept on the road by the scrap yard - including partly worn tyres to get through an MOT…..
So those rusty old heaps remind me of a very enjoyable youth trying to keep my car on the road!
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Staying on the thread Kevin.
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