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  1. Please write the book Tim. I have been a car and truck modeler off and on since about 1958. I have all my copies of Car Model magazine as well as several of the early Auto World catalogs. I also have most of the model books written back in the day. I value them all and love to get them out and look at them again. You young guys cannot begin to realize what a valuable resource this magazine and forum is for us all. Thanks to all of you who make it possible and work so diligently to keep it going in a positive direction.
  2. This young man played little league baseball with my son and I was lucky to coach them. He was a firefighter with Dallas Fire and Rescue in Dallas, Texas. He was killed on duty working a traffic wreck in an ice storm in Dallas. The funeral left Terrell on 205 and went to Rockwall. There they took Interstate 30 in to Dallas and the burial. This is a video of the procession on the interstate as it came into Dallas. I thought it might be of interest to the modelers of fire and rescue vehicles. Amazing the varied trucks and vehicles. The majority were from Dallas and the surrounding area. Trucks did come from as far away as Houston. The video starts with the beginning of the procession led by Dallas policeman and then freedom riders. Stay with it and the emergency vehicles will be coming.
  3. Congratulations. We have 3 granddaughters. They are truly a gift from God. Time will show you how much your lives have changed and how much fun it will be.
  4. I live about 60 miles northeast of West and we felt more than heard the blast here. It was like long distance thunder that shakes the windows slightly and you say, "What was that?". Amazing that it did not kill more people. It had been there so long the town had built out to it. I cannot believe they had become so complacent that they built a school, apartment complex, and nursing home that close. Typical farming community fertilizer plant with liquid tanks to pull behind planters as you put the seed in the ground. There were also fertilizer carts to apply the granular fertilizer in bulk. Just like the stuff you buy in a sack at your home improvement store to go on your yard only in quantity. It also had some feed bins full of grain. That is what you see in the pics of the huge bin collapsed with the brown stuff on the ground. That was a tank full of milo. We always stop in West to get kolaches when passing through on the interstate. The Czech folks in town also make amazing sausage and it is sold at several meat markets in town. I knew there had to be members on here in the metroplex area. I did not know anyone was within 40 miles. Benjamin, you were closer than I was. I imagine you felt it for sure. A little trivia on the ammonium nitrate that they had so much of stored in the plant. This time of year farmers apply it to wheat, oat, and rye grass fields to put the final growth on before harvest. It is also used on hay fields in the late spring and summer to produce high quantity yields with high protein content. I personally use about 45 tons of it every year on my bermuda grass hay fields to produce winter hay to feed my cattle. It is also used in the rock pits in this area. We have large deposits of limestone rock that is used as a road base. I have it on the road and driveway to my house and barns. They jack hammer out a hole in the solid rock and stick in a couple of bags of ammonium nitrate with one stick of dynamite. It goes bang big time and blasts out rock to be scooped up and fed to the rock crusher.
  5. First up, savor the experience. As the ad says, priceless. I agree with the acrylic paint. The painting seems to be most of the fun for them and it is easy to clean up. Get out an old T shirt to wear over her clothes. Teach the basics but don't get bogged down. Make it fun and be sure to finish so she has a completed car to carry home and display. These are tips from my own experience. My 8 year old granddaughter loves looking at my models and decided she wanted to build one with me. I got her a snap corvette since they are her favorite car. Her dad has one and her uncle has a Calloway vette. She painted and assembled in one week-end. Then wanted to do another model. I got the Polar Lights Scooby Doo van and she loved it. Painted and applied the stickers. It helped that it had the figures with it. She now has told her dad to put a shelf on her wall for "her" models since she is going to keep building with Pawpaw. Absolutely made my day. Hopefully I can keep it fun and we will enjoy several builds together.
  6. Hey guys, I live about 50 miles southeast of Dallas and in Texas the trucks are painted just like the Love truck stops in the same bright colors. Don't know what current tanker brand they are using here. Milkman
  7. Anne, I have a shell casing from one of those big guns I use as a trash can by my model desk. My dad was in the Navy SeaBees during WWII and brought it home with some of his other souveniers. It is about 18 inches high, 12 inches in diameter, and is solid brass. It looks cool, reminds me of my dad, and always causes comments when seen sitting by the desk.
  8. Bet you guys did not know air and sex were a whole lot alike. You don't realize how important they are to you until you aren't getting any.
  9. I have been watching this thread with interest for a couple of days and thinking of my own collection. My hobby room/office is in the corner of my farm's workshop. On one side I work on guns and reload ammo and on the other side I build models. I have shelves on the walls in between the two workbenches for my kit collection. I was curious today and did a quick inventory of both unbuilt and built kits. I counted 328 unbuilt cars and trucks and 116 built cars and trucks. That works out to about a 3 to 1 ratio of unbuilt to built. My own diagnosis would be that although I like to collect kits that interest me, I am definitely not a hoarder considering that ratio. What do you think?
  10. Nick, I have a new 3/4 ton GMC truck I bought to pull trailers on the farm with hay and tractors on them. I had a dually and the new 3/4 has a higher GVW with the Z71 package. It is a heavy duty suspension package. It is not 4 wheel drive. If you get the 4 wheel drive I believe they automatically include the Z71 suspension package. I think that is the reason for confusion. It has the Z71 decals on the back part of the bed but not 4X4 under it. Man I would love to have a new model kit of this generation of GM trucks.
  11. Harry--- ATM machine is not correct. ATM is automatic teller machine. ATM machine would then be saying automatic teller machine machine. One of my favorites is when people say they need a new hot water heater. No you don't. You need a water heater. If your water was already hot there would be no need for a heater.
  12. Sounds like an expert decoder ring to me. (ex--has been, spurt--big drip)
  13. milkman

    Drop test!

    Just a longer than average trial fit.
  14. Not only not tie their shoes, but cannot tell time on a clock. The last ten years or so that I have taught 7th and 8th graders, about 90% could not look at the clock in the classroom and tell you the time. They are the digital generation and are used to the time on a cell phone, computer, etc. They also run you absolutely crazy trying to teach grammar and correct usage of punctuation, capitalization,etc. They have texted so much they no longer can write a complete answer in sentence form, much less a page or paper.
  15. I agree with grandkids as icing on the cake. What a blast when they come to visit. My son and daughter both say that we don't care if they come or not just so the granddaughters get to come. We are not that bad, just close to it I guess. They do fill up the empty house again with laughter and good memories being formed. "Life is like a roll of toilet paper, the closer to the end you get the faster it seems to go."
  16. Virgil, Very interesting topic when I look at all the responses. I just retired from 20 years teaching history in junior high and have seen the change from teaching skills needed for a job to emphasis on the mentality that everyone needs to go to college. We also owned and operated a dairy farm for 25 years and sold the cows and equipment about 7 years ago. The teaching job required a degree and the dairy did not. I have a son and daughter and growing up on a dairy and both parents teaching school gave them an interesting perspective. They both said they would never depend on the government or weather for a living. I can empathize with you guys about how empty the house becomes when they leave. Wait till the grandkids come for a visit and then once again the house seems so quite and empty when they leave. I agree totally that many people are just not suited for college and do great without it using the God given talents they have. I have friends my age that have been very successful with a degree and many just as successful without one. Just because I have degrees does not mean I think everyone has to go that route. For many years we had great vocational and technical classes in our school and so many of my former students have great lives because of those classes and the skills they learned. I also have many former students with college degrees that are back at home and looking for a job. For some reason, the state decided several years ago to cut all funding for the vocational type classes and they have been dropped from the curriculum. I think that is one reason we see more technical schools now since the students don't get it during high school. I personally would rather see the kids taught skills and employed as contributing members of society than back at home with a degree and a liability to their parents or society. (Sorry, had to vent just a little.)
  17. I would agree the Lindberg tanker is the closest, although not as long as the modern transport trailers. I owned and operated a dairy farm for 25 years and saw a transport every other day for that entire time period. As you build, remember they load and unload from the rear. When you open the double doors at the back of the tanker, they have an electric pump on one side and the milk hose to connect to the milk tank in the barn is on the other side. It is attached to the pump and pulled through a door similar to a pet door in the wall of the barn. The cord is pulled through the same door and plugged in to the outlet in the barn. A sample of milk is dipped from the milk in the tank through the lid on top before loading into the trailer begins. The lid is left open so to prevent a vacuum situation as the milk is pumped into the trailer. There is one lid in the center top of the trailer for cleaning the trailer and it is opened before unloading begins at the plant. The milk is removed at the back where it was pumped into the trailer. The tanks are seamless with no baffles on the inside so they can be spray washed and sanitized. They are a pain to pull when partially loaded. My driver always talked about how it would slosh from front to back whenever he shifted gears or hit the brakes. They are not refrigerated, just double walled and insulated in between. The milk has to be 38 degrees or below but not freezing when loaded. They would often load my milk here in Texas even in the summer and transport to Florida or wherever it was needed on the market. It would stay below 40 degrees for up to 3 days. Sorry if that was too much information but it is a subject I know very well. Hope it helps.
  18. Normal day on Saturday with yard work and getting hay equipment ready to bale hay in a couple of weeks. Sunday will have son and daughter and their families down after church for hamburgers and a swim in the pool. Granddaughters always want to ride one of the horses while they are here. Plan to do some model work on Saturday evening with a new kit I purchased on clearance at Hobby Lobby today. Got the Revell 1950 Ford custom pickup on for 11.97 and bought the new release of the 22 Ford 2 in 1 kit from AMT with my 40% coupon. My dad was in the Navy in WWII and my father-in-law was in the Marines in WWII and went on to spend 30 years with them before retirement. Have a few words about them on Sunday and a prayer for our troops of today. Remember--Home of the free because of the brave. Have a great Memorial Day guys and be safe on the road.
  19. I live about 40 miles southeast of Dallas. We just had some heavy rain and lightning. My son lives in Forney, which is about ten miles east of Dallas. They had one subdivision with extensive damage and one school damaged.. So far no serious injuries and no fatalities. He works in downtown Dallas and they were locked down for several hours. My daughter-in-law was locked down at her school in Rockwall northeast of Dallas. My oldest granddaughter was at school in Forney, but her school sustained no damage. One of my co-worker's wife is the executive assistant(secretary) to the chief of police in Arlington. She said they were overwhelmed with calls but no damage at headquarters. There was lots of damage in the city of Arlington. Makes you appreciate the early warnings and good sense of most involved that had to contribute to the lack of injuries. Some of the videos and photos of the damage and complete destruction of homes is amazing. This technological age we live in enables everyone to have a camera and video capability in their pocket. Many more images than we had in the past. Thank God my family was all safe.
  20. WOW, nice paint and execution. I remember altereds just like that at Autorama in the 60's. And yes, they were chromed to the max.
  21. I was in the Atwoods Farm and Ranch Supply store in Corsicana, Texas and I always check the toy section for stuff for the granddaughters. They had R/M model kits for 14.95. The Black Widow 57 Chevy, Ford Woody 1948, etc. I have never seen them at an Atwoods before. I also frequent the one in Tyler and they have never had them. I just wondered if anyone else had found model kits this way in an unexpected place? Great to see since so many places no longer carry them.
  22. Mine is obvious to those who know me personally. I owned and operated a dairy farm for about 25 years.
  23. Always loved the gassers. Grew up building models and going to Green Valley Dragstrip near Dallas, Texas and a small strip in Tyler, Texas. Yours is an outstanding example of the period. Howard
  24. Yes, very well said. My dad served 4 and 1/2 years during WWII and my father-in-law was a 30 year Marine. Not long after my wife and I had married, they were talking with each other at dinner and discovered they had both been at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked. My dad was on a Navy ship and my father-in-law was a Marine shore guard on duty that morning. They had not met until my wife and I dated. Neither had a clue they shared that experience. From my perspective as a public school history teacher, students have very little respect or appreciation of this day. I try to teach about patriotism but usually falls on deaf ears. Very few are taught any at home these days.
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