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    #16

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    • JR
      • May 2015
      • 18273

      #17
      Originally posted by prichrd1
      Ohh no don't mention the "F" word when Johns around, it gives him another reason to set fire to something!! :face-with-head-bandage::face-with-head-bandage::cold-sweat::smiling5::smiling5::smiling5:

      Paul.
      :smiling2:
      Originally posted by Jakko
      Paul and Jakko ........Just made me laugh out loud, brilliant responce. :thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:
      Thanks


      John :smiling3::smiling3:

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      • SimonT
        • Apr 2018
        • 2824

        #18
        Pete - yes that’s the book/magazine I have
        It was still available until the recent demise of MM but I assume it has gone now

        John - don’t go setting it on fire with the Rembrandt still attached!

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        • Guest

          #19
          Originally posted by John Race
          Paul and Jakko ........Just made me laugh out loud, brilliant responce.
          I would’ve posted Beavis saying, “Fire! Fire! Fire!” but I have a feeling that’s from after your time

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          • Guest

            #20
            Very clever, may I ask where you get the cable ends?

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            • JR
              • May 2015
              • 18273

              #21
              Originally posted by Topcat
              Very clever, may I ask where you get the cable ends?
              Andy.
              Most of the kits will supply cable eyes for the string they often use as a cable. With a bit of care then can be drilled out to take the wire , then glue the wire in. I use a drop of CA.
              HTH's
              John.

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              • Guest

                #22
                In this case, they came with the AFV Club LVTP-5 kit I made the cable for, as that had a length of nylon string for the tow cable. All I had to do was replace it by my twisted copper wire.

                Most kits either have separate ends like this already, or come with one-piece cables that you can cut the ends off and drill out.

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                • Mini Me
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                  • Jun 2018
                  • 10711

                  #23
                  I've been twisting wire for years, best tool for it is aviation twist wire pliers. The best wire I've found is speaker or audio wire. It is very fine and good quality copper. I've twisted anywhere from 3 strands up to a dozen depending on what I need for a final diameter.
                  Cheers, Rick H.

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                  • Tim Marlow
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                    • Apr 2018
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                    • Tim
                    • Somerset UK

                    #24
                    Arthur Brown.....who’d of thunk it on a modelling forum....absolute insanity, and possibly John R in an earlier incarnation.....
                    By the way, the burning headgear that he used on stage was basically a pie plate glued to his hat, filled with petrol, and set on fire......life was much more fun when we didn’t have health and safety....

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                    • JR
                      • May 2015
                      • 18273

                      #25
                      Originally posted by Tim Marlow
                      Arthur Brown.....who’d of thunk it on a modelling forum....absolute insanity, and possibly John R in an earlier incarnation.....
                      By the way, the burning headgear that he used on stage was basically a pie plate glued to his hat, filled with petrol, and set on fire......life was much more fun when we didn’t have health and safety....
                      Tim.
                      Just looking for a plate.:smiling3:
                      Sounds fun.
                      John.

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                      • prichrd1
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                        • Apr 2018
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                        • Paul
                        • Conwy

                        #26
                        Oh no not again!!!!
                        :worried::worried::worried::worried:

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                        • rtfoe
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                          • Apr 2018
                          • 9081

                          #27
                          Has anybody got the extinguisher ready? :tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy:

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                          • JR
                            • May 2015
                            • 18273

                            #28
                            Originally posted by prichrd1
                            Oh no not again!!!!
                            :worried::worried::worried::worried:
                            Originally posted by rtfoe
                            Has anybody got the extinguisher ready? :tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy:
                            Hah, having just completed the cave i'm not about to set fire to it , along with my head, but it does seem fun. Always worth trying at a dull wedding.:surprised::smiling3::smiling3::smiling3:: smiling3:
                            John.
                            AKA Arthur Brown

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                            • Mini Me
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                              • Jun 2018
                              • 10711

                              #29
                              You lot are insane! Although in your defense, as a teen I did purchase "The Crazy World of Arthur Brown" on one of those big black CD's with the small hole in the middle. Still have it!
                              Cheers Rick H.

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                              • JR
                                • May 2015
                                • 18273

                                #30
                                Originally posted by Mini Me
                                You lot are insane! Although in your defense, as a teen I did purchase "The Crazy World of Arthur Brown" on one of those big black CD's with the small hole in the middle. Still have it!
                                Cheers Rick H.
                                Rick .....I only became insane when I returned to modelling !
                                John.

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