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    Movie/TV stuff

    in New Product Ideas

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    On 3/1/2022 at 5:43 PM, Streethawk71 said:

    All these new builds look amazing but they are not getting my juices flowing enough for me to commit my hard earned pennies. . . unless its Movie/Tv related so I'm hoping that Agora can maybe keep a few slots free and give us some Hollywood content. . . pretty please. 

    I know there are many cars around like the Delorean, The Charger, The Ecto1, Eleanor Shelby Mustang, KITT, and the impending Batmobile release next month, all great iconic movie stars but I think it's time we went to the skies with the likes of. . . maybe Blue Thunder, Airwolf, F14A Tomcat from Top Gun, I can almost see a huge Blue Thunder hanging from my film room ceiling. . . .my pennies can only be justified with Movie/TV builds, I'd love to build them all but must resist and be sensible, Now there's also the long lost James Bond Lotus Esprit (wet Nellie) that didn't see the light of day after the test run so that model must be available somewhere, surely? And I'm sure the build community would love to see a 1/8 scale Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with all the bells and whistles. . . .?

    What does everyone think?. . . Agora ???

    Never even thought about chitty i had a corgi/dinky one when i was a kid that would be an awesome build but complicated with wings etc

    Engine Mod

    in Routemaster builds and modifications

    Posted

    On 10/18/2022 at 10:26 AM, johnthetram said:

    Does anyone know if there is a mod for the front "ears" indicators, that will illuminate along with the rear hazard indicators. I have seen people who have already built this model with working front indicators.

    Thanks John

    Hi john yes ive done mine with 2 orange 0803 SMDs for front indicators capable of independent flashing left / off / right see link to my post

     

    Front Indicators

    in Routemaster builds and modifications

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    3 minutes ago, Taffy said:

    Is the actual indicator lens hollow, or have you stuck the LED to the outside.

    I'm thinking of following in both of your footsteps, however, the LED i have, came with quite a long tail cables, so I may us the indicator locating pin hole and simply rely upon the screw to hold it in place, I could then solder the extension wires via the front hinge grill.

    hi taffy my intention is to drill into the indicator lens my understanding is they're translucent orange plastic ive only just received my pack 12 this morning so haven't got that far but Julian has copied my idea he bought a set of indicators off ebay and he reckons it was easy enough to drill a small hole and  feed the leds inside giving a very authentic look to them i hope you manage to do it too and would love to see pics of the finished result 🙂

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    Switches

    in Bus chat

    Posted

    On 10/10/2022 at 2:00 PM, Bigbadbri said:

    Just to let you all know there are 8

    In my case all modified to work outside of the bus via the plinth i made

    Need to see your plinth with switches Bri

    Front Indicators

    in Routemaster builds and modifications

    Posted

    43 minutes ago, Taffy said:

    Giddykippa, couldn't you have drilled a smaller hole between the 2 attachment holes for an invisible method.  Not tried myself, just a thought.

    yeah that would have been ideal unfortunately there is a big thick metal frame right where i needed the wire to come out i had 2 choices either get it as close as i did or drill right through the metal framework as well i opted for the simpler option i figure when the indicator and bracket are mounted and ive touched some red gloss paint on the wires and hole you will hardly notice it plus the hole had to be 1.2mm for the SMD to fit through

    Front Indicators

    in Routemaster builds and modifications

    Posted

    just thought i would share with everyone my modification for front indicators managed to drill a 1.2mm hole without slipping then just poked the little Orange 0803 SMD through the panel ready for fitting into indicators in pack 12

    ps it looks like there's 2 wires but the black one is just a shadow

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    Paint

    in Bus chat

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    6 minutes ago, SGTRY said:

    Is it the enamel gloss version of the Humbrol 19 you need ? I’ve also seen there is an acrylic version

    yes that's the one i used it's a pretty good match

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