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[Hollywood Jim]

That is a water bag for keeping in front of the radiator. Cool stuff HJ, like the one with the flash.

 

 

Thank you !!

 

Ding ding ding !!  Your correct.  A water bag. 

 

Does anyone still use water bags ?   I don't get out much anymore............

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[Danno]

Does anyone still use water bags ? I don't get out much anymore............

 

 

 

 

 

Naw. Most of 'em have been using water pipes for years now.

[southpier]

rule #1 - don't drink the bong water

[outlaw035]

more awesome eye candy jim...

ps...thats why danno is in witness protection...

[Hollywood Jim]

Something happened that somewhat changes the direction of this diorama.

 

This diorama is a loose representation of my father’s garage and the one I remember growing up with.

 

I saw these very cool pictures the other day and it brought back some strong memories of me and my Dad building a soapbox car out of a wooden apple crate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, I want to somehow incorporate a small boy and an apple crate car into the diorama.  So I built a 1/25^th scale apple crate.

 

 

 

Maybe I can create something like this.  A father and son building an apple crate car.  And an unfinished hot rod.

 

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[Danno]

Father Mark S.?

 

 

[Hollywood Jim]

Father Mark S.?

 

 

 

No ! Father, not Great Grandfather !! LOL

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[Hollywood Jim]

Someone suggested I add jumper cables.  So I made some tonight.

 

 

 

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[Tom Geiger]

Jim, this is already way beyond perfect!   Reel it in and finish it!

[Hollywood Jim]

Thank you Tom !!

 

 

Building my apple crate car just like I did 53 years ago.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Danno]

Car looks great, Jim. 

 

But that kid needs a haircut!

 

[Hollywood Jim]

Car looks great, Jim. 

 

But that kid needs a haircut!

 

 

 

Haircut?  Ah, you are just jealous…….

[Jantrix]

Nice work on that go-cart JIm. Nice to see you remembered the brakes.

[Hollywood Jim]

Nice work on that go-cart JIm. Nice to see you remembered the brakes.

 

Thanks.

 

Gotta tell you a story about the brakes.  My friends and I built a car a few years after my first car.  We installed only one brake on the left side.

 

We were racing down a hill with several other cars in the neighborhood.  When my friend put on the one left brake, (at about 10 miles per hour) the car swerved to the left and flipped over !!  My friend recieved a few scrapes.

 

Advice:  Always put two brakes on these cars and use both of them !

Edited by Hollywood Jim, 18 January 2013 - 09:08 AM.

[Tom Geiger]

Darn you Jim!  Now all of us want an apple crate cart!  I built one with my grandfather when I was a kid.  A neighbor gave me 4 old baby carriage wheels and my grandfather brought home a crate.  Mine was simpler, I sat in the crate and the  front end was nothing more than a wood plank with a cross piece on either end where the wheels went. Think dragster! 

 

Mine had braking by Keds!  

[Danno]

 

 

Haircut? Ah, you are just jealous…….

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not right now, but I might be after tomorrow night!

[Hollywood Jim]

Time to work on the work bench.

 

Testing some ideas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final layout.

 

 

 

 

Can you see the story line on the bench?

 

 

 

 

From right to left. 

Working on the hot rod.

Wife says fix the toaster.

Son needs help building his apple crate push cart.  ( I'll add some pieces of wood to the bench. )

 

 

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[Tom Geiger]

Jim, I see your process as an artist. You must be in tune with every piece and part.  I think you have a totally believable scene at this point.  

[outlaw035]

speechless...im amazed....

[southpier]

plug that toaster in if you're going to shove a screwdriver in the slot!