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except this thread which is kinda odd

I am unable to post or send pms today. Everything I do gives me a 404 error

It's only within the last year things have started to change here, but then it is an island so is sorta cut off in some ways. Heroin is starting to change things now and the level of violence that follows it is awful. Crime here used to be the odd falling out scuffles and a little weed but really nothing serious. The thing the junkies moving here dont seem to realise is its mostly a farming and fishing community and a lot of stuff gets sorted out without the cops. A shop out in the country get robbed a couple of years ago while a kid (17ish) was the only one there. They thought he would be a soft touch (first mistake was hes a farmer, second mistake was he plays rugby) but the kid beat him over the head with one of those old 50s metal tape dispensers. The kid got an award from the cops and the robber got jailed.

thanks snake

I would double box them, the innerbox packed with bubble wrap to prevent too much movement and then the outer box packed with scrunched up newspaper or something similar. The ziplock bag is a great idea too so I'd combine it with the method suggested. It will put the postage up but thats probably better than complaints from the buyers. If you sold them on the big auction sire do not use their packing and shipping service, they just throw it loose in a box and really dont care what happens to items. I've had packages they packed arrive with the contents destroyed and they made the seller refund my money when it wasn't the sellers fault

its a small community and stuff like this rarely happens, normally you can leave anything lieing about in safety. I rarely even lock my door and i'm away from home for a week or more each month. It'll be locked now though

Thats how I store it too, but I have a small tab of masking tape with a little bit of the size of evergreen inside taped on the outside edge of the tubes so I can find it at a glance rather than having to read the sizes, however thats partly due to the sizes being in inches as I'm not very good with turning them to mm

Did the 2 door wagons have quarter lights in the back windows? To me that suggests a 4 door but i know very little about US cars

I think I've built maybe 50 or 60, but some of those I've rebuilt into something else after i would have called them finished. I have some that I've redone more than once but I dont have much display space so some get put back in the stash depending on my mood at the time. For example i did one of the imex caddys with anice black and lace paintjob and withing a week i had had it stripped down as I coulen't bear to look at the massive gap between the roof and screen so its back in the box in bare plastic until I can fix that gap

Had a few items to post today. Since it was raining i took refuge in a bar on the way home. Had to pop to the bathroom and caught someone going through my wallet when I came out. I gave them the offer of calling the cops and admitting to them what they did, or i call an ambulance and teach them a lesson while they waited. Needless to say they can still use their hands and run faster than me

I dont know if it will help you, but when using tweezers try wrapping the end with double sided tape. My granny did this when she was sewing and it may help you too

Not sure if this is the right thread, but there's a revell 29 roadster kit on one of the large online stores for $423 just now. Made me smile since I just got one for less than 5% of that price since the bags were open and some parts removed from the sprues. Been through it and cant see any of it missing except 2 light lenses

with these ferrero

If your feeling lazy you could use the handles from disposable plastic cutlery. If you look around you should be able to find some with the profile you need and they have the added bonus of being made from styrene so your current glues will work. I'm actully using some to build a liberty walk style mustang just now

you might get away with one of the micro mesh polishing kits, I've used them on primer before and ended up with a high gloss shine. If I remember correctly some enamels can be used over other paints but get confirmation from someone thats knows for sure first.