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  1. "Forward into the dragon's lair, me hearties" cried the one-eyed peg-legged swashbuckler.
  2. IIRC, the earliest cars also had generators as opposed to alternators...but I could be wrong. EDIT: Yup. Quick research indicates the 64.5 cars built through July or August of 1964 had generators, then all later cars got alternators. EDIT 2: More differences... https://www.motortrend.com/news/mustang-1964/
  3. Quoting from the web page linked below: "Unfortunately, plastic chrome plating is not as simple as applying a coat of chrome to the part. Typically, we will first coat the part with a layer of copper or nickel through a process called electro-less plating. This means that we do not use an electric current to apply the plating. Applying this coating makes the part conducive, which makes it possible to apply the chrome plating later on." Whole process here (this is NOT vacuum metalizing): https://www.vacuum-metalizing.com/plastic-chrome-plating/ EDIT: Electro-less nickel plating, including on non-conductive materials... https://hcsplating.com/resources/nickel-plating-guide/electroless-vs-electrolytic-nickel-plating/ EDIT 2: After the electro-less plating is applied, either copper or nickel (apparently copper in Trumpeter's case), plastic parts can be electroplated with actual chrome in the usual way.
  4. Mix me a drink, shweetheart, unlesh you think I've a'ready had too mush.
  5. 90210 makes me think unpleasant thoughts...
  6. Red toothbrush handles, clear red acrylic sheet and rod, red sprue... sheet: https://www.ebay.com/itm/223129528702 rod: https://www.ebay.com/itm/293306513107
  7. Agreed. No point reinventing the wheel when the old one still rolls just fine. I would personally probably not use a 2K clear on a model, because the film build is designed to be thick enough to withstand fairly aggressive mechanical sanding and polishing after two to three coats. In the hands of many modelers, it yields a dipped-in-syrup look I detest. That's NOT to say you can't make it work beautifully for models, but it takes experimentation with reducers and spray technique...and if you leave catalyzed product in your spraygun or airbrush, you'll be buying a new one.
  8. Many factors determine when a specific clear is "fully cured" but the vast majority of professional-grade products can be color-sanded and polished entirely safely after 24 hours. "Fast" hardeners and reducers can accelerate this to a few hours or less, as will temperature. Urethane clears may indeed not reach "full cure" where they have developed maximum hardness and solvent resistance for 30 days, and some may exhibit "dieback" minor gloss loss, or shrinking in that time...but that will all go away with another quick polish job. Best thing to do is READ, UNDERSTAND, AND FOLLOW THE TDS FOR EACH SPECIFIC PRODUCT and don't make assumptions based on internet recommendations from people who heard from their hairdresser's dog's groomer's boyfriend's father's uncle that something is some such.
  9. Sentence structure pedantry does allow for a one word exclamation to be considered a sentence, so yes.
  10. No. We use it for real car repair work specifically because it through-cures quickly via catalytic reaction, so we can deliver a car the same day it's painted. Paint in the morning, wetsand and buff the next morning AT THE LATEST if necessary...which it rarely is because our painter is very good. If we had to wait "weeks" we'd be out of business. EDIT: Granted, "full cure" where the product has achieved maximum hardness and solvent resistance can take days or weeks, but it was specifically developed to allow a vehicle to be returned to service ASAP...and it works beautifully for that if used correctly.
  11. Anybody who's having drying issues with a 2K urethane product is doing something wrong. The REASON we use it for REAL-CAR REPAIR WORK is that it through-cures QUICKLY by catalytic action instead of evaporation. We can paint a repair panel at noon and deliver the car the same evening. The chemistry is the same for all true 2K urethanes.
  12. "Pumpkin eater" is the end of the kiddie taunt starting with "cheater cheater".
  13. Again I see a product has been renamed, "Eskimo Pie" now being known as "Edy's Pie"...
  14. Little red Corvette in Reading looks like she's been jacked up for offroad duty.
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