Monty

I noticed that MCW paints offers a hardener to go along with their line of enamel paints and I've seen some YouTube videos of builds that utilized them together with outstanding results. IMNSHO, there's no need for a clearcoat as the resultant finish looks like freshly polished paint. This made me wonder if anybody offered a hardener that could be added to acrylic paints. I've heard (don't know for sure) that acrylic finishes aren't tough as enamels or lacquers so I'd like to improve on that if possible.

Fan since the early '70s, beyond disappointed for...decades. So I made this tribute to their front office:

I had no idea I had a twin. Can you imagine the absolute train wreck that would result if we were in adjacent checkout lines at the same time?

Agreed. This will be me some day, wondering why my toilet needs to be "linked in":

Don’t wanna step all over my own point but something similar happened about a month ago at my local Taco-Whatever drive-thru. When they told me the total, I grabbed some change so I’d get a $5 bill back. Apparently, I made things worse ‘cuz Binky The Wonder Chimp was incapable of doing 3rd grade math and shorted me on my change. I just handed it back and said “Try again.” Luckily his manager stepped in and resolved it.

Have to be careful how I phrase this, but I really don’t want us to eventually drift into a cashless society. I’ll leave it at that. 🫥

Outstanding work on a kit that can be a bit of a headache to build. Gotta ask, what exact paint is that blue?

Starting to see some of these Jump Starter/Air Compressor combos listed in various advertisements and wondered if anyone here could recommend a particularly good one. Kinda tryin’ to avoid Chinesium stuff, but not sure that’s even possible anymore. Links would be appreciated if ya got ‘em.

^^^Kinda true story. They did have a display of these ...but alas, I didn't see Elaine.

🤷‍♂️ I don’t get the reference.

^^^ Walmart has compounded the problem by refusing to implement a 10 items or less restriction for self-checkout, so some poor sap with two items will likely end up trapped behind three Hogzillas with overloaded carts. Thought it was interesting that they had a whole section of snacks and drinks right next to the self-checkout area which they euphemistically call Grab-n-Go. Two thoughts come to mind: 1) Seems like that would actually encourage shoplifting. 2) Despite its alliterative qualities, even they knew that using a more accurate phrase like Linger-n-languish would probably be detrimental.

Really not interested in the rest of the kit, just the engine, as it's exactly what I want for a pending project. https://www.ebay.com/itm/326837530306

It's kinda funny - when you walk by them, they're bitchin' up a storm about the wait, but will they move to where a cashier could ring them up? Nope! Mooooooo.

My (admittedly long-winded) question was why do people purposely choose an option that's more time-consuming instead of just using regular checkouts?

They're turn signals. This is a '76, but it's pretty much the same. Go to 1:57 to see them work.

I do all my grocery shopping at Walmart. IMO, it'd be hard to justify paying more for the same name brand stuff elsewhere, and their selection generally dwarfs other area stores. However, Walmart recently cut down the number of self-checkout stations as a means of reducing theft,* yet the two-legged cows still line up 10 deep and wait for the other members of the lower-part-of-the-bell curve-gang to finagle their way through the byzantine intricacies (sarcasm) of the scanner/register, despite the fact that, more often than not, you can go through an actual checker and be out in half the time or less. Just curious if anyone can 'splain this to me. *The goal is to wean people off the self-checkouts because thieves are getting increasingly creative, and preventative methods can't always keep up.

^^^^I think I mentioned this earlier, but based on what I've seen on the roads and in the parking lots around here, Mazda and Audi have some of the most outstanding reds.

Looks like the Mary Kay Cosmetics reward system is still a thing. 🤷‍♂️

Hmmm, what's the best way to say I respectfully disagree? I could see that color on a Chevette or something similar, but a Porsche? Nope. Perhaps my thinking is based on an event in history that DIDN'T happen: I'll bet half of you read that in Gilbert's voice. 😁

I’ll have to ask her about your first question. my email address ends with msn.com, so Microsoft I guess.

That's what I don't understand. TTBOMK, that would require me to go in and set that up, and I wouldn't have the first clue how to pull it off. Secondly, as mentioned above, emails from her work account and her personal email are somehow being blocked.

Interesting. I knew about most of the Jo-Han stuff but had no idea MPC ever did a '72. That said, while I appreciate the info, I posted this query here to see if someone casts or 3D prints either a full kit or enough of one that would just require an engine and chassis etc to make it complete. (If you can't tell, this is my first venture into this area of our hobby, so I'm a complete novice). I'm thinking the promo would a) be pretty spendy to acquire due to rarity and b) be somewhat challenging to change into a build with opening hood and decent underhood detail (my typical build preferences). Anybody done it?