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You can tell a modellers car by:
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 18, 2003 5:34 PM
Dirt is purposely left in all the door cracks.

Its painted in flat colours

The seatbelts are always arranged 'just so'

The wife and kids ride on the top wearing flak jackets and ballistic helmets, sitting in 'natural' poses

There's an M-16 rifle propped up somewhere

Its the only car in the shopping centre car park with more jerry cans, shovels, camo nets, crates of combat rations and spare parts than shopping.

Its never quite finished

The windows are 4 inches thick and not quite optically correct

The road repair kit consists of superglue and tweezers.

Vinyl interiour is preferred to leather

All knobs, buttons and controls are made out of brass

-You're next.. -
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  • From: Warwick, RI
Posted by paulnchamp on Monday, August 18, 2003 10:10 PM
It has chocks under the wheels and red "Remove before driving" tags
on the doors.
Paul "A man's GOT to know his limitations."
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 18, 2003 10:14 PM
Slightly OT, but I once saw a gentleman driving around in an old VW Beetle, painted in camo, with scale 50cal outriggers painted on the sides. Strange people in this world...

Sign in the back window stating "Graphics by Aeromaster"
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Posted by shermanfreak on Monday, August 18, 2003 11:21 PM
Dry Brushed to accentuate the highlights !
Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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  • From: Maine,USA
Posted by dubix88 on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 9:09 AM
HEY,
He has four or five awsome yet uncompleted rides.

The tires have to be glued on.

There are no door handels.

The body is always cut up and distorted.

The car is just a tangel of miscelanneous parts from a number of cars.

Your Turn.


Randy
THATS MY VOTE "If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base." -Dave Barry In the words of the great Larry the Cable Guy, "GIT-R-DONE!!!"
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Posted by gregers on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 9:29 AM
Hey Michaelvk, you been lookin' at my landrover?LoL ..Greg
Why torture yourself when life will do it for you?
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  • From: Medina, Ohio
Posted by wayne baker on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 10:17 AM
4 people are standing around debating whether the shade of paint used is correct.

 I may get so drunk, I have to crawl home. But dammit, I'll crawl like a Marine.

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  • From: The flat lands of the Southeast
Posted by styrene on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 10:45 AM
The bumper stickers are starting to silver.

Gip Winecoff

1882: "God is dead"--F. Nietzsche

1900: "Nietzsche is dead"--God

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  • From: The flat lands of the Southeast
Posted by styrene on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 10:47 AM
There's Celluclay all over the tires.

Gip Winecoff

1882: "God is dead"--F. Nietzsche

1900: "Nietzsche is dead"--God

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Posted by styrene on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 10:50 AM
And a mold-parting line down the left front fender.

Gip Winecoff

1882: "God is dead"--F. Nietzsche

1900: "Nietzsche is dead"--God

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  • From: Medina, Ohio
Posted by wayne baker on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 12:49 PM
How he sanded the tread off the tires to get rid of the mold parting line.

The PE and resin aftermarket details cost mo

re than the car.

 I may get so drunk, I have to crawl home. But dammit, I'll crawl like a Marine.

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  • From: Medina, Ohio
Posted by wayne baker on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 12:50 PM
He keeps asking whether he should use buffing metalic, Alclad or baree metal foil on the bumpers.

 I may get so drunk, I have to crawl home. But dammit, I'll crawl like a Marine.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 1:11 PM
He scrapes the chrome off ON PURPOSE!
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 1:43 PM
Only three wheels are touching the ground.

Ray
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 1:54 PM
It was 4 cm overscale, but he/she's corrected it by sawing the centre section out , adding plasticard tabs for structural integrity, reassembled it and blended out the resulting mess with 150 lbs of filler.

Beers,

Rob M.
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  • From: USA, GA
Posted by erush on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 2:05 PM
When the car is "washed" it ain't with soap and water!!!

Eric
Hi, I'm Eric and I'm a Modelholic too. I think I have PE poisioning.     "Friendly fire...isn't"
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 2:43 PM
His driveway is a scenic diorama with digitally enhanced backdrop.
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Posted by djrost_2000 on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 2:56 PM
He uses an artist's airbrush to do touch up on the paint.

DJ
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 3:17 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by gregers

Hey Michaelvk, you been lookin' at my landrover?LoL ..Greg


Yours? You haven't seen mine yet.. As it were..
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 3:23 PM
After a few years of use it starts to fall to pieces because the glue loses its adhesion

The bonnet (hood) and boot (trunk) are molded into the bodywork

The wife has the smaller scale version
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  • From: Medina, Ohio
Posted by wayne baker on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 3:35 PM
There are a couple of parts in the garage that he couldn't locate on the instructions.

 I may get so drunk, I have to crawl home. But dammit, I'll crawl like a Marine.

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  • From: Maine,USA
Posted by dubix88 on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 4:03 PM
HEY,
The flames that he put on it are starting to yellow and peel.

There are molding circles on the floorboard.

If it gets too hot outside the car starts to melt.

Randy
THATS MY VOTE "If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base." -Dave Barry In the words of the great Larry the Cable Guy, "GIT-R-DONE!!!"
  • Member since
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  • From: The flat lands of the Southeast
Posted by styrene on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 7:35 PM
You can't start the engine, 'cause it's all glued together
or
You can't open the trunk because it's glued shut.
or
You can't fix a flat because this particular Revellogram only came with four tires.
or
For some strange reason, the seats are awfully hard.
or
It's impossible to tell how fast you're going, because the speedometer decal keeps peeling off.
or
You have to climb in through the windows 'cause the doors won't open.
or
When taking the car to AAMCO for transmission repair, the mechanic informs you that the transmission is mounted upside down, and the driveshaft is warped and installed backwards.

Gip Winecoff

1882: "God is dead"--F. Nietzsche

1900: "Nietzsche is dead"--God

  • Member since
    May 2003
  • From: The flat lands of the Southeast
Posted by styrene on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 7:36 PM
You can't start the engine, 'cause it's all glued together
or
You can't open the trunk because it's glued shut.
or
You can't fix a flat because this particular Revellogram only came with four tires.
or
For some strange reason, the seats are awfully hard.
or
It's impossible to tell how fast you're going, because the speedometer decal keeps peeling off.
or
You have to climb in through the windows 'cause the doors won't open.
or
When taking the car to AAMCO for transmission repair, the mechanic informs you that the transmission is mounted upside down, and the driveshaft is warped and installed backwards.

Gip Winecoff

1882: "God is dead"--F. Nietzsche

1900: "Nietzsche is dead"--God

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: USA
Posted by cnstrwkr on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 7:40 PM
There are heat gun burn marks where he tried to straighten the wrinkled fender and his wife's Benz is covered in Zimmermit
Tommy difficult things take time...the impossible, a little longer!
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  • From: The flat lands of the Southeast
Posted by styrene on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 7:41 PM
Sorry for the double post. Having major server problems with NETZERO. Haven't had a decent connection for over a month now.
Gip Winecoff

1882: "God is dead"--F. Nietzsche

1900: "Nietzsche is dead"--God

  • Member since
    January 2003
  • From: Warwick, RI
Posted by paulnchamp on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 7:58 PM
The photo-etched brass dashboard and the stretched sprue antenna!
Paul "A man's GOT to know his limitations."
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  • From: Lewisburg , Tenn
Posted by fuzzy on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 11:41 PM
The lack of room from buying all those great kits on sale at the local
hobby shop or model show. The only problem is finding room for the kit you
really needed for your next project.
fuzzy
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  • From: East Bethel, MN
Posted by midnightprowler on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 4:13 AM
The hood is a diffrent shade than the rest of the car because he ran out of paint and the new stuff was from a diffrent batch than the old.
Lee

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 6:39 AM
One of the wing mirrors broke off when his Mum was dusting it!
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