Mark

The paint cases are probably a store by store call, based on prior experience.

First non-eBay buy in about a year and a half. One of my friends bought a collection a while back, ID'd and packaged everything in preparation for the next shows whenever those are. The Monogram '55 Chevy is just parts, but important parts including the front suspension, stock front seat, stock wheels, and stock exterior trim parts. Between this stuff, some other parts I already have, and a Badman body already "in stock", I should be able to piece together a stock '55. The Capri II is complete with some duplicate parts, but is parts of two issues. Those fender flares aren't from the issue that the box and other parts are from. I've wanted to build one with those flares. They're on the body straight and the two sides match, so they are probably on where they should be. That green putty is probably on there forty years plus, so it's safe to say it's fully cured. I'll sand some of it first to see if I can get away with leaving it instead of soaking it off. The bagged stuff includes a SMP '60 Chevy pickup (rough, no glass, will probably become ramp truck material), '64 Falcon convertible (windshield glass welded in with glue) that might get mashed with a Ranchero roof and bed, or maybe an early Comet sedan roof, '64 Buick hardtop (roof cut off but lower body has all trim intact). I have a junk body with a good convertible windshield frame, between these and some leftover custom parts I think I have enough for an out of box custom version. The little stuff includes some unused taillight lenses ('66 Cyclone, '60 Ford annual, and first issue Revell '56 Ford pickup), also some '65 Fairlane custom parts that I wanted but aren't in the Modified Stocker reissue. More stuff to play with, I like fixing junk better than tearing into a new kit.

If Carrera has done a Cheetah body in 1/24 scale, maybe all of you who want a kit could start asking Revell to make the slot car body into a curbside kit, or at least sell the body as a separate item...

-The commercials for medications...after hearing about all of the side effects, I just figure I'll put up with the headache for another hour or two and see if it goes away on its own. -The beverage commercials all end with "drink responsibly". Drink responsibly, but drink! -All of the insurance companies are going to save me money. So, apparently, if I switch from State Farm to GEICO, then to Liberty Mutual, then to Farmers, then back to State Farm, I should start getting checks in the mail at some point. -The state lottery commercials. Again, "wager responsibly" at the end. If they wanted to be truthful, they'd just tell you straight out that lotteries are basically a tax on the inability to comprehend the concept of odds...

You should not have to do any trimming to get the shell to fit with the fenders. I'd make sure nothing is warped and everything fits as it should, fenders first.

The Hemi is probably sitting lower in the chassis than it would in a typical swap in a 1:1 Deuce. A fair number of these swaps have been, and continue to be, done in full scale. So it's certainly feasible in scale.

I don't think the headers for the Hemi go outside the frame rails, so you should be able to use the fenders. I'd assemble the long block and test fit everything to make sure.

The slot could be an alteration made when the parts packs were consolidated into double car kits.

The original double kits (including the one with the Mooneyes dragster) included the roadster chassis accessory pack, not the dragster accessories. A couple of the parts were reworked; for example, the tow bar in the accessory pack was reworked for use as the dragster's front radius rod. There are other compromises too, like the original Mooneyes dragster having a Hydra-Matic transmission which the 1:1 dragster definitely did not have.

The Stooges existed before they signed with Columbia in 1934, and Shemp (Sam) was a Stooge prior to Curly (Jerome) in the pre-Columbia, Ted Healy days. The early stuff isn't as well crafted though, and hasn't worn as well. Shemp did a bunch of work in other films before returning to the Stooges in 1946 when Curly suffered a stroke.

Another brand to avoid, I guess. Or, to put it into language they can understand, "transition away from Rust-Oleum products in order to provide the needed synergy for the company to more closely target their desired demographic..."

I'd be loathe to using anything from Rust-Oleum, seeing as how they have decimated the Polly Scale, Floquil, and Testors lines after acquiring them. Their actions suggest that they don't want any money from hobbyists, so why give them any?

Whether on a house, a 1:1 car, or a model, when you are using materials from different manufacturers (or even different paint systems from the same manufacturer)...test, test, and test again before putting the stuff on anything of importance.

'73 and '74 annuals have the cut line on the underside of the body for the wagon option. I'm not sure if the Super Charger has the cut line, but it does not have the wagon option. BTW, if you trip over the wagon roof and glass in your travels, they do fit the newer '71 kit pretty well. I had thought about trying that, but later found an already-cut '73 annual.

It will be interesting to see what Atlantis rolls out after they secure licensing with Ford. Chrysler too, for that matter...

I don't know about you, but I'll take an engine block WITHOUT a huge hole in it, over one with a hole. Every day of the week, and twice on Sundays.

There was also a Premier Renault Dauphine kit. It's not as good as the Record one, but can probably be found more easily. I have a rebuildable/complete Record Renault Floride, I really should do something with it. I have heard (in the distant past) that Heller was going to tool a Dauphine. It's hard to understand why they never got around to that car. People here forget that briefly Renault was giving VW serious competition over here.

Of the plastic car kits, the Ford station wagons are the rarest, particularly the 1962. The Ford sedans would be next, then the Renault. The Rolls Royce, Triumph, and Mercedes-Benz have been reissued many times by other companies, but the earlier Hubley kits will be in better condition with cleaner details. Of the metal car kits, the '32 Ford (really a '27) and Indy racer are the most sought after. The other cars were available for many years, but again the early production kits are probably more desirable if you intend to build them as the parts will probably have sharper detail.

One other thing...shake that can the day before you intend to use it. When you think you are done shaking, the agitator ball/marble should roll freely around the base of the can. Once it does, give the can another good shake. On spray day, give it the normal shake, nothing more. This should be done with sprays that have been sitting a while, especially primers.

You should have asked him, "what if there's a kink in the wire that won't let the electric through?"

I was told that, if you want a real choice as far as hot dogs are concerned, try Save-A-Lot. Prices and quality are arranged from high to low, as in: "All Beef Wieners", "All Meat Wieners", ...and finally... "Weiners"...

I'd definitely say the "meat" being used is the lesser quality stuff. Some of the commercials go overboard: "we only use the choicest cuts of meat!" I can picture a chef walking into a butcher shop saying "I would like to see your finest filet mignon", and the butcher saying "oh no, we're saving that for the hot dogs!". If they can get away with a few hooves or snouts in there, they'll try it, especially if nobody is looking...

I do recall reading and hearing stories about people in generations past who were not aware that water froze. When they did put two and two together, it was because the straight water in their car's cooling system froze...

A relative of mine used to swear up and down that the packaged chocolate milk was re-pasteurized from regular milk that had reached expiration and couldn't be sold. One of his in-laws did work at a dairy long ago, I'm not sure if he got the info from the in-law or not. I don't buy the stuff, but I can't remember ever hearing about health concerns with spoiled chocolate milk...

What kind of milk does the purple cow in the Experian commercial give?