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I hear the street rod show in York Pa is a definite Go this coming weekend June 4-5-6. They mention a model car contest. Anybody know anything about it? Is it hosted by the Central PA Model Car Club?

Good news indeed.

As I recall those AMT spray laquers had a distinctive aroma...if I could catch a whiff today I'm sure it would bring back a flood of childhood modeling memories.

Bill Engwer....aka Ace Garage Guy...don't know for sure if he started out building car models...but he sure knows of what he speaks when it comes to the real thing....and has had numerous projects posted here that are chock-full of instructive commentary from both the 1:1 full scale world...and it's 1/25 imitations.

Love the Eyeball too! I set aside parts to do just that awhile back but haven't got around to it yet. Using the decal is a neat trick.

So far...so good. Really like that color combination.

Agreed. Looks like it would be right at home on the beach at Wildwood,N.J. Super Slick build and execution.

Thanks RRR...when I started that little project a year ago I went online for days printing out everything I could find on the subject....your barn find belly tanker was just about the finest build out there in recent memory. Inspirational.

Ace knows of what he speaks Bro....he is the real deal.

I'm the last person in the universe to comment on muscle cars of the 70s, just not my thing....but MAN those wheels are a distraction!

Well...its a unique one-off piece now!

Looked for that Revell 48 Custom Coupe kit with the Navarro heads and manifold parts on the online bidding site...its commanding some pretty righteous bucks for a relatively recent release. Then again everything seems to be going up price wise these days.

...unless it's a curbside.

I hear ya....loss of visual acuity and manual dexterity...something we are all going to have to adjust to...sooner or later.

I've used Grandt Line items made for the model railroading community...but since the closure of many of the hobby shops in my area I've had to hunt for them online.

For a scratchbuilt S.C.O.T blower that's pretty awesome work.

After awhile you can't escape the notion that it's all scripted....after all...you've got location shots, overhead shots from helicopters, and probably a second van or a semi hauling camera crew and equipment. But its still a fun show...I enjoy it...and the frequent references to past product history is informative and educational. ( like Rick Dale's American Restoration...I miss that show ). I got a big kick out of the episode where Mike Wolfe, Frankie Fritz and Danielle put a time capsule in the wall of their shop addition...Mike included a built up Rat Fink model and gave a little story about Big Daddy Roth...touched the heart of this old baby boomer!

I've noticed that that my two local Hobby Lobbies have ceased stocking the Tamiya white and gray primer as well, a disappointment. Glad I stocked up on them this past summer and fall with 40% off coupons when I had the chance. Guess when the time comes I will try the Mr Hobby brand...but right now all they have is a can or two of clear.

Let us know how they work out. I read elsewhere here that if you got the Testors metalizers in the rattle cans with the Rustoleum name on them you bought a different formulation that didn't work as well as the original Testors.

Guess that would work on my lap top or desk computer, but how does one "right click" on a Samsung Galaxy smart phone?

Thanks. I'm guessing there's something amiss after the latest update a couple of days ago...I'm obviously missing something....haven't figured out what it is yet. The process for posting links to my stored photos has changed...

As far as I can remember, yes. But I'm wondering if there's a reason why the Google icon doesn't show up when I click "share links" and about a dozen icons appear on a list....like yahoo, Gmail, etc but no icon for my photos appears. There must be a step I'm missing to create a pathway to my photos stored on the cloud via Google...maybe I need to select an app...or maybe somehow I blocked access....just haven't figured it out .

Long story short...the regular path from the paper clip symbol doesn't provide a link to my stored photo files on Google. When the "Click to choose files" prompt comes up...and I then click the "Share Link"....I don't see an Icon for Google appear...which as I recall was my usual path to stored photos. If I go the " Insert other media" route...I can " Insert existing attachments" but that only provides links to previously posted photos...my photo albums or gallery icon doesn't show. Sounds to me as if the recent updates added an additional step to the path way to my stored photos which I don't know about...or perhaps in fumbling my way thru I somehow blocked access to my photos.

Yep...that's it! I've acquired a couple of the original release '56 kits from the 60's along with the other notorious Revell Tri-Five Chevies...the '55 and the '57... just because I love the box art...along with the original '56 Ford Pick Up, the '31 Sedan/Woody and the more tolerable '29 Model A Pick Up. Have two or three of that Revell '57 Nomad On the Beach as well. All of them are challenging assemblies...if even possible...but one thing they all share is nicely detailed motors, suspensions, some speed and custom options.