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    My "Payback" Dio Wins.

    Hi all, been away caravaning for a week so I've missed loads :o on the forum. Just a quick update to let you all know that my King Tiger dio has won 1st place in an online build comp. The prize is £100 so got loads to spend on modeling goodies ;D PS I promise that I will post more photos of...
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    A tribute to Barry Sheene MBE (11th September 1950 - 10th March 2003).

    In the late seventies, the Suzuki RG 500 with which Barry Sheene won the world championship twice in succession was considered to be the fastest and most powerful half-litre racing motorcycle in the world. The heart of the light 135 kg machine was in the water-cooled, four-cylinder, two-stroke...
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    Mirror image display

    Hi Herders, I've tried a technique that I've seen on net. It involves using half a model and a first surface mirror to create a really cool effect,just let your imagination run wild. I started off small just to try out the technique, using a revell minikit of the airbus A380. I thined out...
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    HELP!!

    Hi all, :-[ Just signed up to photobucket and I'm trying to upload my photos onto the forums, but to no avail >:( I'm a NUMPTY when it comes to things without cogs and gears, could somebody enlightened in the way of the bucket please give me an idiots guide to uploading photies. Cheers Joolz ;D
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    C3PO Rebuild.

    Finished this today, :) Bought the kit of e-bay for £3.00, the kit had been started by somebody who has shares in poly cement, doesn't own a knife or a file. After taking the kit to pieces I had to clean up the mess and fill and sand and fill and sand and fill and sand some more. While watching...
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    Cessna Blurred Dog

    Here's my 1st attempt at a action scene. Its a 1/72 scale airfix Cessna Bird Dog. I cut out the flaps and extended them with sheet styrene, and made tiny brackets for them, Dropped the flaps, deflected the Elevator, mounted it on a paper clip and made a small tail wheel which I then attached to...
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    Back to the Past.

    Hi people, :) I broke my back in two places at the end of 2006. This led me to leading a completely different life style. Two years later after coming out of a very long dark tunnel, I decided to revisit an old hobby and try modeling again. Back in December this was the 1st model I built after...
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    Hmmm maybe this can go here?

    Coming from a part of the UK that has a mass of drystone walls around every field, I decided that I would have a go, but in miniature . First I collected some large stones that had distinct natural bedding layers that i could split with a small chisel. Then using tile cutting/nipping pliers I...
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    Off the rails a little!

    This is my first loco, and the fifth time I've used an airbrush :-[. Tried to make it look like its had a hard life, what do you think? :-\ I've attached a few photos (I hope!) of the real thing before and after a full rebuild. Joolz. [attachment deleted by admin]
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