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Kesa Tiho
Silly looking truck 👍

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat, of course!

Spanjaard
first row available? great, ready for the scratch master class 🙂
and a bit of fun too, of course 😉

gorby
Welcome to the build mates.
Kesa: Sillier the better for me. I go out of my way to find odd things to build. 🙂

David Taylor
Back in.

gorby
👍 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
I love the armoured cars and Gorbs' projects - I have to watch this too 👍

gorby
Welcome Lukasz. I hope the end result won't disappoint. 🙂

CaptGPF
I often winder how you choose your next topic for scratch builds! The subject matter is always something different or interesting - and the builds just phenomenal! Taking a seat to see the next creation!

Greg Baker
Oh, this is cool. I scratch-built an armoured car too - nothing this intense though - so I'm super-keen to see this one shape up.

gorby
Thanks both. 👍
Capt: for this one I went looking for something Norwegian, because that was the subject of the GB for Jens. It had to be something I'd be able to scratch build (as I was too tight to open my wallet to buy something. 😄 ). Normally it's because I just stumble on an interesting picture. 🙂

John Hughes
Another case of Norway nul points?

Alec K
Splendid, I am in 👍

Gary Curling
l Can see all hard work looking good.

CaptGPF
Thanks Gary! Almost done with the finishing touches after the cat tried to test out the strength of the landing gears!

Mike K
I'll be damned.You put lights in it?

CaptGPF
LOL! Yes indeed! It would not do this bird justice with anything less! 😜

Alexander
Great job, especially with the lights and limelights! 👍
Will keep some of things in mind here for future work.

Spanjaard
excellent job. the lighting certainly makes is pop even more!

Ben M
Looks great, the lighting is cool. You clearly overcame some real challenges on this build, kudos to you!

Mr James
Beautiful shading work with lots of excellent prep work. Impressive paintjob. The light is a lovely touch

Robert Podkoński
Beautiful Hog!

Mr D
Very nice, like the LED kit, is it usb charging??
The A-10, "Fire n brimstone for the air " 💥
👍👍

gorby
Fantastic result Capt!

CaptGPF
Alexander / Spanjaard / Ben / Robert / Mr James and Gorby - Thank you for the kind words. It means a lot coming from the guys who are always putting out great builds that inspire me!

Mr D - yes, I used a rechargeable 9V battery - amazon.com/gp/produc..le?ie=UTF8&psc=1
This has a micro-usb charging port at the other end so I attached a micro-usb extender cable and routed it to the bottom of the Warthog.

I used blinking 3mm and Micro-LEDs for the rest of the kit from Amazon. Some folks use Arduinos or electronic kits, but that's a bit out of my league at this point - so I'll stick with blinking LEDs instead. - Simpler, Easier, and less parts to break. 😀

scalemates
I can rename existing topics if that helps?
If you think a new topic should be created = go for it 🙂

Stuart T
That would be a great start if you could edit the following, thanks so much

Holden FX <change to> Holden Gen.1 (48-215/FJ/FX)
Holden FC <change to> Holden Gen.2 (FE/FC/FB/EK)
Holden EK <change to> Holden Gen.3 (EJ/EH/HD/HR)
Holden HK <change to> Holden Gen.4 (HK/HT/HG)
Holden HJ Panel Van <change to> Holden Gen.5 (HQ/HJ/HX/HZ/WB)
Holden Torana <change to> Holden Torana Gen.1 (HB)
Holden Torana LC/LJ <change to> Holden Torana Gen.2 (LC/LJ/TA)
Holden Torana LH/LX <change to> Holden Torana Gen.3 (LH/LX/UC)
Ford Australia Falcon <change to> Ford Australia Falcon Gen.1 (XK/XL/XM/XP)
Ford Australia Falcon (Second) <change to> Ford Australia Falcon Gen.2 (XR/XT/XW/XY)
Ford Australia Falcon (Third) <change to> Ford Australia Falcon Gen.3 (XA/XB/XC)
Ford Australia Falcon GT <change to> Ford Australia Falcon Gen.4 (XD/XE/XF)

scalemates
Can we remove the list of versions (FE/FC/FB/EK) and include the years they were produced?

See example for Toyota Celica
Toyota Celica (1970-1977)
Toyota Celica (1981-1985)

Stuart T
sure... have made the changes as below. Thank you.

Holden FX <change to> Holden Gen.1 (1948-1956)
Holden FC <change to> Holden Gen.2 (1956-1962)
Holden EK <change to> Holden Gen.3 (1962-1968)
Holden HK <change to> Holden Gen.4 (1968-1971)
Holden HJ Panel Van <change to> Holden Gen.5 (1971-1985)
Holden Torana <change to> Holden Torana Gen.1 (1967-1969)
Holden Torana LC/LJ <change to> Holden Torana Gen.2 (1969-1975)
Holden Torana LH/LX <change to> Holden Torana Gen.3 (1975-1980)
Ford Australia Falcon <change to> Ford Australia Falcon Gen.1 (1960-1966)
Ford Australia Falcon (Second) <change to> Ford Australia Falcon Gen.2 (1966-1972)
Ford Australia Falcon (Third) <change to> Ford Australia Falcon Gen.3 (1972-1979)
Ford Australia Falcon GT <change to> Ford Australia Falcon Gen.4 (1979-1988)

Stuart T
Hi there... just wanted check back in on this. Cheers