stu57
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New member says hiMy name is Stuart Rose, I live in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England.
I am 51 years old, been happily married for 29 years and have one daughter of 26
I run my own signwriting business, mainly lettering commercial vehicles and specilising in Curtain sided vehicle trailer signwriting
Have just got into restoring old Dinky/Corgi cars, after about 10 years activilly building plastic model kits like Airfix etc, don't have the time especially reseaching what you are building.
My first projects are a Corgi Hillman Imp and Triumph Herald Coupe, also in the pipeline is the Corgi Convair, Chevy Impala + 2 ERF lorrys,Its been really enjoyable buying cars in poor condition that have been played with throughout the years, striping them down giving them a repaint, restoring them to as good as new condition
Site is very informative, keep up the good work 
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Gaz
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 A warm welcome from the North East Stuart  I hope joining our forum gives you the encourgment you need to start enjoying yourself restoring. You'll see that our forum is a very friendly one, and there's plenty of like minded folk on here, only too willing to help.
You never know, if you become a regular, we could meet up someday when I'm on holiday, if you wish, as my Niece lives in Hampton Hargate. 
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scotty
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 hope you enjoy your stay with us 
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ncc1701d
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A large Lancashire enjoy your stay.
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keesie25
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welcomeWelcome to you Stu! I hope you will have a great time here. Thanks for explaining your doings!
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ALI-G
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in it and enjoy
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Carl
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Hope you enjoy it - must show us your models when they are done.
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Ken R
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To the family Stuart, I'm sure you'll love it on here, something for everyone. I live about 10 miles south of you next to the A1, just off junction 15 .gif)
Not really into restoring (yet!) but collect 1/50 trucks amongst other things
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junkman
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Looking forward to seeing photos of your work.
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MISTER C
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Hello and   enjoy yourself on this the No.1 forum on net lot's of help,tip's,advice,( even gardening  see Keesie  )nice to have you join us,good bit of banter and having the crack on here 
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Dinkycollector
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Hi Stu and welcome.
| Quote: | | I run my own signwriting business, mainly lettering commercial vehicles and specilising in Curtain sided vehicle trailer signwriting |
I don't suppose you do 'Dinky' size signwriting - I'm sure you would get a lot of customers off this forum.
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stu57
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big welcome and dinky signwritingthanks all for the warm welcome everybody
I have had a go at producing my own small decals with quite good results, most of them have been printed with my own inkjet printer onto clear or White decal film, Scale registration plates are easy to do. The big problem is printing White, you really need an alps printer for this
Keep up the good work
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Vanman
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Welcome Stu......to the BEST Die Cast forum on the nett
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Gizmouk
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Heyup - welcome
For 'white' transfers you can cheat sometimes... print the colours on clear decal paper and put a bit of white behind....
I'll post some pictures when I get back onto my main PC
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Spenny
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Dave Parker
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Hi and
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Nile
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StuartWelcome from this side of the Atlantic.
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Gizmouk
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Put a circular white transfer - made from white decal paper first
Then the rest of it on clear decal paper over the top - the thick black edge hides any discrepancies
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kitkatman
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Sorry I'm a bit late but welcome to the Number 1 die cast site! 
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Mark G
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Glad to hear of another restorer joining the forum!! 
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Maffmoose
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from one newbie to another. Reading your intro was like thinking out loud for me, I too have just got into it after wanting to do it for 20 years, and I too have been building plastic models for a number of years...and to top it all, I too absolutely love picking up old beaten up models and restoring them to original glory. Hope you enjoy it here as much as I have so far!
Moose
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stu57
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introductionsWhat a friendly site this is, thanks to everyone, you have all made me very welcome.
I want to restore old Dinky/Corgi models of classic British and American cars from the sixtys, as I said my first projects are a Corgi Hillman Imp (I had a Mettalic Green one of these in 1977, after my fist car which was a Mini Traveller, those were the days!!!) also I've got a Corgi Triumph Herald Coupe.
I picked up a Dinky Ford Capri from a car boot sale for £1.00 in poor condition, someone had badly repainted in Black, the windows had paint on to, it looked rough, I took it apart, put the body and glazing in caustic soda and have resprayed it the same colour as the original
I'm lucky as to match the original colours I use a pantone paint chart then mix the colours using Humbrol enamels thinned with cellulose thinners and sprayed through an airbrush, (paint dries quicker and to a high gloss finish)
I will post pictures when they are finished
Anyway keep up the good work, super site!!!!!!!
Stuart
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keesie25
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..Hi Stu, it seems you are really succesful with your resto's! We are really looking forward to see your pictures!
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kitkatman
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Cant wait to see the results Stuart, glad you're enjoying the site
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