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I go out of my way to pick the item without a barcode when I go to home improvement stores. The odds of TWO people being in line missing a bar code are slim... nice to be in control once in a while. Self checkout supermarkets... I always make sure I'm buying beer... so someone has to come over to help me.

I really like it, has a perfect stance as well. Post more!

I agree, she is stunning. She was at the shelter with her sister, who is a straight up striped tabby with some red patches on her. That one is on the shy side. I'm not sure if she is a calico or a patch-tabby. I'm thinking patch-tabby. Our departed Chloe was a patch-tabby, great colors too. Like Chloe, this one has a brindle coat, not smooth at all.

I had a butter tub with a wire handle on it. The handle allowed me to place it in the dehydrator very easily. I'll have to make up another one.

This is what I use. Free and simple.

Brie, aka Girlfriend Cat. I walk in the front door and she comes up to me right away.

Just swap the Ford body for the Chevy body. I have seen a couple of them done over the years. Of course im over simplifying things.

Good for him. He has nothing to prove to anyone. A good buddy of mine was on the dirt bike circuit, really serious stuff. He related to me that once you have a serious injury, most lose their edge. Look at NASCAR, drivers like Darrell Waltrip, Richard Petty, Bill Elliott were not as competitive after recovering from wreck injuries. Things like broken thigh bones just may do that to a driver.

We were heading west to hit the diner. A real crazy sky that looked like it was on fire. By the time we parked, the show was over. The sun dipped out of sight.

38 F with rain, seems to be clearing up.

Be careful out there! Doctors like to ask the over 65 crowd... Have you fallen within the last year? Of course some of us lie like a rug...

Some of these ancient kits went dormant for good reasons. The molds are worn or missing parts would be my worst case scenario. Any tool drawings, nothing stored on CAD, could be missing or incomplete. Trial runs would have to be made to sort them out. Master models at one point existed for many kits. Mold repair is largely a lost art. I have seen parts trees where repairs have been made in the past. We are in the digital age. Things like 3D scanning exist to help translate the model geometry to a CAD format. Processes like wire EDM make molds less labor intensive. All of us would like to see reissued kits made with fresh tooling. Look at the '65 Chevelle AWB as an example. That appears to have new tooling, the body is a lot crisper. The parts trees are laid out a lot better. It all boils down to profit and ROI. New tooling is not cheap and thousands of kits have to be sold. I have always wondered how many molds exist for any one release.

I probably have every iteration from the OG 1961 release. None are even close to a true gasser class form. BUT... bash it with the '37 Chevy and you will be 99% there. I've got some resin chopped tops for them and some MCG PE grilles.

I use old butter tubs turned upside down. I'll take some pix later. I tape the lids on, hot melt something inside so it won't tip over or have the wind take off with it. I poke holes in the bottom and use toothpicks to hold the parts.

If i were to really buckle down and focus on some of mine, I could finish some easily in a week. Example: I have an AMT '40 Ford with a minor paint issue on one lower rear fender. The rest of the car is 99% done. Another '40 Ford, I'm doing the OG blue box art one. I found a sheet of Chimneyville decals, but they are far too old to use. I'm going to have to reach out to SMS decals and have them make them. I suffer from terminal procrastination, I have OCD and am dyslexic on top of that. I all but avoid email usage, I have PTSD on that front from my working days.