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Is that ROI TV Justy? eBay has had ads over here for years. Trying to battle against the likes of Depop for second hand clothes sales and the like.

It certainly starts to push towards small businesses taking the leap and sucking up the initial costs of having their own ecommerce site. But equally I guess that's the cost of ease and access to a huge customer base.

Coming out as 13.3% at the moment, its okay for small price items but once you're into finished model money £50/80+ its a big old hit!

Adore the texture on that field Jack, what have you used beneath the grass to build it up? Lovely work on the bulker to!

I would probably suggest a resin printer is the more suitable option if you're aiming to make things like that, pheraps the Elegoo Saturn rather than the Mars as it can print bigger objects. The firewood processor I did has a number of holes all sub 1mm diameter, some over 10mm long that all printed perfectly. You're bigger issue, and I suspect you would experience it with a filament or resin printer is such flat thin parts will want to warp, hopefully only marginally but just something to be weary of.

Looking great so far Jan, what primer are you using in your airbrush?

Exciting times Sean, be good to see how you get on.

Some great builds on the go at the moment. The complexity in the parts you've fabricated for the drills is mind blowing Will

Lovely truck Jack, should look smart on a bulker

Looking good Jack, happy to help ease the boredom!

I did yes, some interesting items, if I didn't already own a 1:32 S Series I'd be buying one, the t cab looks interesting too.

The finished Argo Cat, I can really see another side to 3D printing now, had a look around and there's a couple of tempting pickup models that I may have to look at next.

Following on from a first ever 'model haul', another first, my first real scratch build that I've bought rather than built. A Mchale 998 Wrapper built bt Rory at RMD Models. A super bit of craftsmanship, even if it's all 3D printed the skill level required is insane and the finish is top notch. Must get some better photos.

There's a good vice documentary on this story It's certainly an interesting discussion and as mentioned affects a much wider range of companies than just JD, Tesla are hugely at risk because of it. The discussion was gaining alot of traction at Uni last year and appears to be taken quite seriously across the board.

Absolutely fantastic Jack, really like the field, very natural looking

I find it good for gluing acrylic together such as the Braemere Kits, the only other alternative for acrylic is Tensol12 adhesive which is like plasticweld for acrylic (Gorilla Super Glue, not normal Gorilla Glue). Anything else modelling wise using plasticard, plastruct etc I always use plastic weld.

The 6290 announcement has me feeling old! I had a 6270 with loader as my first ever model from Todmorden Agricultural Show, probably 2005/6 at a guess. Will certainly be getting one for nostalgias sake, I can see why people get stary eyed over Britains MF 595s and Ford 5000s now

Great too see, looking forward to both your builds. Shame about the glue Phil, screw fix normally have a good deal on gorilla super glue.

Spent today understanding how 3D printers can be an attraction to those with no CAD skills. Years ago Newray made a series of hunting model playsets, one of which includes an 8x8 Argocat ATV. I've recently been trying to buy one but the cheapest I could find was £45 from America before any import taxes. On a whim I googled "Argocat Stl" and to my suppise there was a site selling a ready to print 1:18th scale stl file for $15 so I bought it, rescaled it to 1:32 and printed it. Very pleased with the outcome, I've ended up with a far more detailed model for a total of about £12.50 and five hours of printing. Just got to paint it now. Fresh off the printer Complete model, had to do abit of modding for the axles as when scaled down the system for 1:18 scale was to delicate in 1:32. Very impressed how well the frame printed considering how delicate it is. Pencil for scale. Unfortunately it did break in a few places when cutting the supports off On a more comical note another stl file I bought online, pigeons aren't real, a comical spoof on the idea all pigeons are actually government drones. Makes a fun little decoration for the shed.

Starting 2022 with my first ever 'haul' of models. For someone who's been in the hobby for ten years now I've never really acquired many models, most being built. Most of these I've bought for conversion when I can find the time. I just know that when I do find the time they'll have become obsolete and expensive so grabbed them now. The Siku 6290 is simply because it's as close as I'll get to the 6930 I drove summer 2020 without emptying my bank account!

That's lovely Hielke, it would be interesting to see something similar created by Britians today

Coming together now Sean!

Missed this, exactly as Alf says, you've managed to capture exactly what a Britain's version would look like, just lovely.

Thank you Chris and John, by writing out what I've done it helps reflect and come up with new solutions alongside hopefully helping others pondering similar queries

The earliest kits I did ended up costing me money as I was constantly sending out missing parts. To combat this shadowboards are now used to pack kits. A 1:1 scale 2D layout of everything required is laid on the table and parts are placed on top until every space is filled like a jigsaw. These are then neatly stacked to avoid postal damage. And wrapped in bubble wrap, they're pilled up in a box ready for final packing. The chaos of final packing. The box of the above plastic bundles is in the bottom left. A wheel pack, sheets, a straw and decals are added before packaging fills any extra space and the box is sealed. The contents of a kit, bar decals.