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A few of the lads got together for a car meet down in the container yard on a Saturday morning.

All went well until two bucko's showed up in their Skylines and started ragging them to bits.

The Gardai were called, and they found that neither GTR was taxed nor insured, so they loaded them onto a truck to haul them away.

 

 

 

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Received these two little stunners in the post today; EP71 Turbos!

Got them from eBay.

My real life one is off the road the last few years, and will continue to be so for another few years.

These are supposed to be 1/64 but I'd say that they're closer to 1/70.

Too big for other 1/76 cars, but grand with 1/76 trucks and buses.

 

 

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On 4/11/2021 at 6:58 PM, DJ Dangerous said:

My real life one is off the road the last few years, and will continue to be so for another few years.

These are supposed to be 1/64 but I'd say that they're closer to 1/70.

Too big for other 1/76 cars, but grand with 1/76 trucks and buses.

 

 

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Boy racer or midlife crisis, Dave. Or is it both :D 

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21 hours ago, Billycan said:

Black Toyotas are popular as taxis in Dublin.  Are there any 1:76 scale black models of Toyotas since c2010?

 

Only Toyotas that I have are older models. A mix of scales. The Starlets are supposed to be 1:64 but I'd say they're more 1:70. The rest are 1:72. The Evo at the end is 1:80 or something, so is too far off.

 

 

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With thanks to @Moxy for highlighting here that Morris LD's ARE actually available in 1:76, and with thanks to @murphaph for telling me about @Flying Scotsman 4472 posting a video on Facebook, I went down to Mercadona (local supermarket chain) tonight and grabbed a 200ml bottle of pure acetone...

This stuff is magic!!!

Just tried it on a few vehicles earlier and it is wicked stuff.

Obviously I lack the finesse of a true modeller, but just testing it out and I'm well pleased with the results.

 

 

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3 minutes ago, Ironroad said:

Oh Dear, there's no hope for you, following up glue with acetone.

Lucky I'm teetotal or things could get really hectic!

Between IRM draining my bank account and forum members pushing me onto harder and harder stimulants, this could all end in tears.

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I forgot to mention acetone on plastics. Both @murphaph and @Ironroad warned me not to let the acetone near any plastics.

So, in the name of science, I decided to dab loads of it onto some plastic to see what would happen. I have a few of these trailers that I'll eventually stick labels onto, so was happy to take the risk in the name of science.

Basically, the acetone melts / burns the plastic. I reckon that you'd totally destroy fine parts like wipers, mirrors etc if you weren't careful, and the surface of tougher plastic ends up scarred.

Whatever you do, don't let this stuff near your locos or coaching stock!

 

 

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