Alfashark

Kits sure ain't cheap anymore! Kmart used to flog Airfix 1/72 stuff for about $10 and The Warehouse got some obscure kits that were decent quality for about $15, even up to 1/48 scale. What is interesting is the paint etc is roughly the same price as it was 30 years ago.

Much appreciated gents! Nearly had a fried puppy this morning, so those plugs will make shielding them a lot easier.

Power cables: What's the proper name for the plug that looks a bit like an inverted triangle with the "peak" flattened off - Reasonably common on PCs etc. Next question: Are they available with the cord exiting at 90° instead of straight put the back? I'm after a right side exit and a left side exit.

Yeah, get it out and give it a manual clean then reinstall. Clear codes and then start making some phonecalls for pricing of a DPF-ectomy and relevant coding to make sure the ECU thinks everything is sweet. Get an EGR delete + coding done at the same time and you'll be set for life.

VR6 it is then! Probably far too tall for the space available...

@yoeddynz Still got the little Mazda V6 dimensions handy?

3-series or small end of the C-class Mercs? The Hyundai Staria van with seats has an IRS setup, but the Staria Load has a live axle.

Bit of Lego trickery there - The worst part of it is a distinct lack of 340s, Rover 100s and Mk4 Escorts in this part of the world. Having just finished work for the week and after 20 something hours awake, I haven't looked at any measurements but would an MX5 diff/axle assembly be close to the right dimensions for a GT6?

The joys of late night builds when I was sure there was still a fresh tube of filler... CA with a dusting of baking soda makes something similar to diamonds in terms of hardness - It'll fuck dremel stones/ruin sanding sticks/break drill bits.

If you're a complete masochist and get caught short of filler, CA can be your friend but sanding it can be a right bastard. Also, bits of sprue can be partially dissolved in Super Thin to make a paste which is handy for filling as it sands fine and paint takes to it well.

The Tamiya Super Thin is the same stuff as one of their other non-glue products - Maybe one of their thinners. The best thing about it, is you can put a tiny drop at one end of a long joint and it wicks along the the entire length. I switched to CA (superglue) for most things and PVA for transparent parts (Canopies/windows etc).

@VitesseEFI will likely have an answer for you when he surfaces.

I finally remembered the example of how different exhausts make a huge difference to the sound - Series 1 Dodge Viper. The drop-top with the side pipes sounds like a rowdy 5-pot (yum!) except it's two 5-pots just out of sync. The GTS hard-top has the exhausts exiting the center of the rear bumper, and sounds totally different despite having no crossover pipe at all. The second generation got a crossover and sounds completely different again.

I think you've cracked it! The pitch change is a big part of the Porsche sound and as said above, that hill brought it out perfectly. Volume seemed appropriate too - Enough to know there's something interesting going on back there without being obnoxious.

Had a dig around in the garage today and found some of the hoard... Found another box - Lots of spares and leftovers, but I spied two kits at the bottom pulled them out and discovered roughly a good 200,000 ants... I think they were after the cellulose on the decal sheets. There's an untouched Italeri C-47 kit that needs re-boxing now and the half finished 1/35 Wirbelwind. Other than missing the top section of the turret, it's just a case of throwing the guns in and throwing all the field shit onboard. The first and only time I've had a jam on an airbrush too, roughly 26 years ago.