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  1. PaulTRose

    How long to make a standard model??

    In my working life I have spent too long in car plants...... Toyota and Nissan mainly but also mini and Honda when they were going in Swindon....... The Takt time to build a car from sheet steel going through press, weld, paint, assembly and out the door is about 8 days....... You are more...
  2. PaulTRose

    back to work

    Have fun....... I've rather got used to not working any more
  3. PaulTRose

    How long to make a standard model??

    More..... I once used to keep a tally in my signature of yearly how many bought and built..... It was a 'thing' I picked up somewhere...... Possibly the airfix forum, was a long time ago..... And I think my record was about 30 built in a year...... But then I switched it around....... Did...
  4. PaulTRose

    How long to make a standard model??

    Can't answer...... Too many variables I've done group speed builds where I've done 1/24 cars in 48 hours and then there was Roger the droid that took about 8 months cos of all the problems..... I'd leave it and come back, leave it and come back I'd say a decent kit takes 2-3 weeks but I'm...
  5. PaulTRose

    Girls und Panzer

    You might like a section of this vid These guys make some great vids
  6. PaulTRose

    Revell Aqua, not impressed!

    Use a knife to cut through the label first.....its those little clippy things that twist that make it a pain.. The lid is designed to clip to the boxy bit to make a sort of little pallette. I used to airbrush aqua all the time til I discovered Vallejo Air...... Still like to brush paint it cos...
  7. PaulTRose

    Mig Atom paints, anybody used?

    Sorry, have bit of an aversion to most things Mig so avoid them as much as possible
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    Shwmae from Cymru

    Welcome
  9. PaulTRose

    Tickling my class 37 obsession

    Just checked....... There's a few vids left on his channel and some on the humbrol channel.... From 14ish years ago!!!!!..... Didn't seem that long lol
  10. PaulTRose

    Tickling my class 37 obsession

    I'm assuming this is ho/oo scale? So in theory you could buy dapol kits for rolling stock.... Give you something to build as well as weather There used to be a guy on YouTube called Scalemodelmedic... Very talented when it came to weathering but very laid back, no ego like some I can think...
  11. PaulTRose

    Rubber tracks - How do you get the appropriate "Track Slack"?

    Pretty much the same Wait til you have a go at build your own individual tracks..... You can get the 'slack' how you want it....... And you can buy a tool to help build up the lengths
  12. PaulTRose

    Tickling my class 37 obsession

    Weirdest looking skyline I've ever seen :ROFLMAO: Good luck, will enjoy watching you tackle this
  13. PaulTRose

    How old are we?

    Those were the days..... Remember them well :)
  14. PaulTRose

    Hi

    I'm originally from Nottingham but I'm in t'norf now...... Used to work in Annesley
  15. PaulTRose

    Hi

    Welcome Whereabouts in Notts are you?
  16. PaulTRose

    Help please with products and items

    Are you stripping it down to make things easier? There's a couple of guys on YouTube that do this shirt of thing to diecast Hope you share your progress with this project
  17. PaulTRose

    Papa695s Airfix Bullfinches

    Very nice Great to see something different and a blast from the past at the same time
  18. PaulTRose

    Scary Moments

    Send her round to me Another week or three and I'm starting 'Project Mancave' I need the top half getting rid of the cobwebs and spiders.... Some dead some alive lol..... And the walls painting then I can put a ceiling up and a floor down :ROFLMAO:
  19. PaulTRose

    Zero Days since last model purchased : I lasted 69 days

    Think of it as spending the kids inheritance :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
  20. PaulTRose

    Toyota GR supra

    Exactly lol
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