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I'm going to be building ..... a BMW!
Topic Started: Jan 1 2012, 11:33 AM (1,357 Views)
Harriet
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North Somerset's very own Bossy One!!!!!
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One of these! :rolleyes:

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Will get onto it asap! Primer warming!

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Now that's cute. :clap:
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Harriet, that is sooo you darling!

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Harriet
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Thank you all .....

Now, here's the sprue shot :grins: :grins:

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Now I'm off to strip some chrome!

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Beowulf Shaeffer
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now thats a dinky little thing :D

look forward to seeing it go together
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CPNGROATS
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Yep..! CUTE is the operative word.. :woo:
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Harriet
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:huh: And did you know that the Germans used them to make 'training tanks' in about 1930? They were pushed around and had basically tinplate armour! But they were allowed to do it under the Versailles treaty! :shrug:
Useless information for today.
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DH764
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Now thats is one really strange Beemer :blink:

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Beowulf Shaeffer
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DH764
Jan 1 2012, 08:21 PM
Now thats is one really strange Beemer :blink:

Andy

cos its really an Austin ;)
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Johni044
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Did they make an M series version ? :jest:
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Harriet
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Johni044
Jan 1 2012, 10:26 PM
Did they make an M series version ?  :jest:

Perhaps that would be the boat tail version :lol:


Used bleach for the first time to strip the chrome - and was amazed at how quick it was.

Generally started the build - lost one bit to the carpet monster which I had to remake ...
Stopped for the evening to catch up on some Harry Potter :thumb:
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Harriet
Jan 1 2012, 11:33 PM

Used bleach for the first time to strip the chrome - and was amazed at how quick it was.


Confused.. and intrigued... Why do you strip off the chrome? I know it is a general rule to remove it where parts are glued together, but why remove all of it?

Hope I am not being a thicky :shrug:
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Beowulf Shaeffer
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cos the chrome can be too 'chrome' and shiney, or just plain bad in the covering......easier to strip and repaint with something better
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Harriet
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No, you're not being a thicky ... it took me a while to get round it myself :o

The chrome is generally so shiny, and so artificial that it doesn't in a lot of people's minds look real. They then paint it with alclad or another metalic shiny paint :blink:

I have stripped this lot because I want to (indeed, have done) paint the wheels and the radiator black.

These little cars (getting back to the topic :aah: ) were budget cars, so they wouldn't generally have plated parts, more likely to be gloss black! It was cheaper ...
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Ah yes, now I understand. I have just had a closer look at the chrome on my bike, I need to get some :coolio:

Thanks for the info.
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Harriet
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Progress - if you can call it that - is slow.
Other models have got in the way :rolleyes:

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I may even have a car by the weekend :jest:

Must move the glue :whistle:
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Beowulf Shaeffer
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coming along nicely...i like the colour

how old is that tube of glue?......Beatties went bust over 10 years ago :P
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Beowulf Shaeffer
Feb 21 2012, 06:28 PM


how old is that tube of glue?......Beatties went bust over 10 years ago  :P

The glue must be about the best part of 20 years old, I am trying to remember where I bought it. But it is the one tube of glue that is the best behaved of all the glue we've got! And we've got a few ... :rolleyes: I am dreading it running out :aah:
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OK so it's been a bit of a pain (lack of location points at times, and the fact that I put the windscreen safe after gluing it together :unsure: ) but it actually builds up into quite a pleasing little kit!

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My first finished GB - woo hoo! :clap:
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Beowulf Shaeffer
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thats a dinky little thing.....i like that :D


do you get the option of having the top up?....or only down?
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