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    At what point is your "stash" getting out of hand?

    Leyton O A disciplined modeller where stashes are concerned. A very rare species. Not many of those around ! Lol.
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    Premium Hobbies

    So many paints to choose from ! I can remember the good (?) old days of Humbrol and like it here in the UK, and Airfix paints in those little glass screw top bottles. Gloy tried to compete with Humbrol back in the late 70's by bringing out a large range of modelling enamels that forced Humbrol...
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    Premium Hobbies

    Look on the companies house website. If listed you might be able to find out if the company has ceased trading of not.
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    Wooden models

    Can you actually remember those old Hobbies fret saws Dave ? I think that they might have been treadle operated back in the day. Any still kicking around might qualify as unusual museum exhibits.
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    Scratchbuilt 12th scale model of a Hand, or Man Drawn, Fire Hose Reel.

    Very well executed model. Quite an unusual subject to tackle.
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    Dspiae mini cordless (USB) Grinder

    My post was not setting out to repeat the chuck size difference as pointed out in Andy's OP but the reason why they might be different.
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    Modellers vice build

    I like to see a good engineering project allied to model making like this one. Very interesting ! A number of years back I made a 4 way tool post for my little Unimat 4 lathe. Saves lots of time by doing away with a lot of setting up of tools individually using the tool post supplied. It was...
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    Book Nook station

    Very nice unusual models featured by the OP.usual Certainly nice to go off in a different direction to the usual and probably the sort of model that would be more acceptable on the living room sideboard than a big weathered Tiger Tank ! All pre printed in colour and well designed from what I...
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    Dspiae mini cordless (USB) Grinder

    The probable disparity between the Dspiae Chuck being 3mm and the Dremel Chuck at 3.2 mms is that the Dremel is an American tool and 3.2 mms is the equivalent to 1/8th of an inch. I think that the Americans have still stuck with Imperial measurements for much of their stuff.
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    Flying scotsman

    Fair points Tim.
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    1/24 ‘Dutch’ Schaefer ( Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator)

    Nice model of 'Big Arnie'. The rest of the Predator team would also make good subjects to go along with this one.
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    Bargain!!

    To be fair, the store honoured the tag price. Could have been a genuine reduction that did not get updated on their system. Hence the bar code giving a different price. Wotan. Hobby stores are not going out of business because of this. It is because people like us have deserted them to buy...
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    FOR SALE - Dspiae Reciprocating Sander

    It was only left on here for 3 days Tony. Didn't give anyone much of a chance to see it unfortunately.
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    Fujimi 1/12 Honda Z50 Monkey Bike 50th Anniversary Edition

    Yes Dave ! Thanks. The RV 90 Suzi. That's the Heller kit I could not remember.
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    Fujimi 1/12 Honda Z50 Monkey Bike 50th Anniversary Edition

    What a cute project, both as a model and the real deal full size! Lovely builds of model and original. No problem with reference sources there Nick ! The full sized bike as a project must have been fun to do and not take up lots of work space either. I seem to remember Heller did a mini bike...
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    Custom 68 Volkswagen beetle

    Very nice job using aerosol paints. Often better and more convenient than setting up an airbrush for overall colour finishes on car bodies. Now that aerosols for real car applications are acrylics in the main, they are eminently suitable for using on plastic models. Plain colours are ideal for...
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    Building from scratch

    A bit late to the table here, but I think that C1 Models does a transkit for a Beetle Pickup. HTH
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    I have to change my brand loyalty ...

    Stashitis. A disease very common to scale modellers. Often referred to as CKBS. (Compulsive Kit Buying Syndrome) Symptoms. An overwhelming desire to keep buying kits. An I'll build that one day state of mind...
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    Heller Citroen Fourgon HY build

    There was a now defunct company named Motobitz that sold alternative decals for this model. A friend of mine built his model using their Guinness livery transfers. I don't know if anyone else has taken on the Motobitz after market items of not.I The Heller kit is quite reasonably priced...
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    Sanding Timber to the required thickness

    I think what Radish was getting at about wood grain is that most of the original woods used on the actual vehicles themselves would be totally unsuitable to make a scale model of that vehicle because in scale the grain would be far oversized. In the UK I have seen a number of wooden models of...

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