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  1. BlrwestSiR
    Jeff, on a really good day we can get 10L/100km with the Element. It's a pig on gas due to the complete lack of aerodynamics and the short gearing for 5th. At 100km/h, the engine is at 3000rpm in 5th. The last tank was 12.5 L/100km. Our RAV4 uses half that and that's in mixed driving. The Beat is even less but isn't exactly a family car.
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    Hope so. Need to make some time to take a look under the hood. At least it's not our main car anymore. More the dog/tool transport. The car was fine a couple days ago but today on the drive back the steering got harder and harder to turn, plus a bit of howling/squealing when I did.
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    Minor milestone on a road trip today in our Honda Element. Had to get my son to grab the pic as I was driving. On a slightly more annoying note, the power steering developed a leak on the way back so I'll have to sort that out now.
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    Nice job on the makeover.
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    That looks mean.
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    Okay, why did the Flash Gordon song from the '80s movie just immediately pop into my head as soon as I saw the pic? "Flash!!! Aaaahhhahhh!!!!"
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    Work took me to the east end of the city which is where Wheels and Wings is (my LHS). Due to major construction in the city, what used to be a 20 min drive is now close to an hour so I don't drop by as much. While there I picked up an FW190 Dora. I was also out of Tamiya Flat Red, Flat White, Light and Dark Ghost Grey so grabbed those. They had some metal wire for rigging on said so I got a couple to try out. Lastly, I was overcome by resin fumes and sensibility and bought an HpH kit. Barely more than I paid for the Revell Arado so I figured I don't have much to lose beside my hair and sanity.
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    Thankfully I didn't lose my friend. More like he laughed and said he should've mentioned it sooner. He's a bike mechanic (has his own shop) which is how we met. Thankfully once that bolt was undone the rest of the belt change was straightforward.
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    Ok, just messing around at the moment. I really want to finish the Eagle first.
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    I had a couple of these around. I'll see if I can find one.
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    My aunt's husband who was Dutch worked for Snap-On Tools in their Hong Kong office. When he told his manager his name was Constantin, his manager looked at him and said that was too difficult and said he was Tim from then on. So that's what we knew him as, Uncle Tim.
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    Tiny bit of progress. The ejection seats are now painted. Need to add the belts.
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    I'm not in bed yet! Trying to get the boys in bed and failing miserably at it though. As for an N, it's an updated B so thin wing is the big difference. Shorter burner cans too.
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    ....and I caved.
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    Between your build and Martin asking me about short nose F-4s, I'm getting the urge to start one right now nevermind all the stuff on my bench!!!
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    Looks good though so the hard work meant something.
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    I'll try to make sure I have some on hand in case either of you ever visit.
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    You'd eat a P-38 model?
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    Thanks Rob! It does help to pay attention from time to time. Best for that was when a friend and I were changing the timing belt and water pump on my Honda Beat. You have to loosen the flywheel but try as we might, we couldn't get the nut off. After a couple hours we called it a night. My buddy then says it's too bad we didn't have a compressor for a pneumatic impact gun. I then pointed to the corner of my garage and said "like that one there?". Next morning it didn't even take 10 seconds to get it off with the impact gun.
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    Nice start on the stenciling Chris. The Sparrows look very nice too. If you're mounting them on the belly, you need only three of them as the ECM pod goes in one of the forward ones.
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    Great work on the chain and front wheel. A classic 3 cross layout from the looks of it. Like Hubert said, they go together like the real ones. In fact, the front wheel reminded me of building wheels for my mountain bikes. I learned to do that and built a few sets over the years. At least you don't have to worry about even tension and trueness.
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    I know that pain well.
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    I can't see any on the painting diagrams so I'm good to go. Mind you, the painting diagram is maybe 1.5" long but that's my story and I'm sticking with it. Plus there aren't any visible in the anime so it must canon as the Star Wars fans would say.
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    Nice! I keep putting this in my cart and then taking it out so I'll be following along for sure. The last A-10 I built was the LS 1/144 kit way back in the early '80s.
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    If I'm grabbing a hot dog from a cart, my go-to is: - ketchup - hot mustard - relish - mayo - onions - sauerkraut A proper messy, 2 napkin affair.
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