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X-5 Review is almost done, Just a couple of photos need to be done which aint easy when its raining all the time.
Still, this is a teaser. not bad considering it was taken in the kitchen lol, sorry vicky,:salut: Last edited by jimmy; 30-03-2006 at 11:38 PM. |
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Dog's danglies Canines Undercarriage Cat's pyjamas Mutt's Nuts I REALLY want one |
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Wow, another excellent review! Very impressed there Jimmy, you've really put some hours into that!
Loving the pictures of my cars, those I have never seen before LOL "Share them, share them" |
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Cheers mate! spent a while on it, up till 3.40 this morn on it, hence why I dint race today.
ill get a lil photo package sorted for ya hehe.. had a scour about for photos of your cars like. tried to find a decent photo of you but unfortunately I couldnt find one that would have been acceptable!! haha, all too daft im afraid. |
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Top job once again Jimmy, very good read and a great insight into how the XX4 becomes the X5 (I always wondered). Great paint job as well, how did you get that image masked (one taken in the kitchen), must have taken ages and it looks great.
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Cheers dave
Theres a top secret quick way of doing it mate! because its taken on a white background, I made it a multiply layer in photoshop over the background colour I use. totally cut out in an instant... but without any highlights / bright areas.. so for those I make another layer and past the original image in again, and quickly delete most of the photo with the erase tool, leaving only the bright areas that the previous stage lacked.. its a lot quicker and easier than cutting it all out by hand. |
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Another great review Jimmy...Cheers!!
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Thanks, Jimmy, for a fair and accurate review. I've said this before: You do the best, most in-depth reviews in the business.
Here's the story on the rubber straps: We started with a nice-looking black one, but no matter what we did it was too stretchy and the batteries fell out. So we switched to a beautiful shiney black neoprene which held the batteries well but tore in five runs where the nut & washer hold it in. I cut the ugly brown ones out one at a time on Mom's kitchen table and they work. Our production quantities are too small to pay for a die to have them done properly. Although, after your review... Last edited by YoungChazz; 24-04-2006 at 04:31 AM. Reason: Clarification |
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I am rather blown away by the reviews you do. They really are the best. I only wish you would have a bit more time with the cars to discuss how you like tuning them, setting them up as now we get a good sense of the performance, but not nearly as impressive as the build notes.
Your comparrison with the xx4 and the overall notes on the car does still, however, make this possibly the best most thourough review of a kit I have seen. Keep up the good , wait, the great work |
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