Monty

This dorsal orifice is a "top rated seller" too, at least by percentage of positive feedback received. Not sure how if he sits on orders like this. The item didn't ship today and obviously won't ship tomorrow. Too bad I can't just cancel the sale and let him keep the $#%& thing. Still thinking of giving negative feedback. Not like I'll be buying anything from him in the future.

There’s a vast difference between waiting for hobby stuff to ship/arrive and waiting for a winter coat. I live in a small midwestern town because I’m taking care of family issues. Shopping here is abysmal and the nearest city is hours away. I found a winter coat online that meets my needs and is in my price range. I went with the eBay seller because Amazon’s delivery date was way out there and I assumed this transaction would be like most and this would already be on its way. As of this morning it’s still sitting there.

This is where being a tightwad worked against me. If I’d paid $15.00 more, I could have gotten it from Amazon and had it by now instead if waiting for someone to get off their (expletive) and fulfill their end of the deal. What does printing the stupid label early accomplish if it’s still half the country away half a week later? Maybe issuing neutral or negative feedback could help reverse this trend.

There's nothing there but a brief sentence saying "Shipping label created, USPS awaiting item."

This is (eventually) coming from a brick-n-mortar business in California. Unless I've been misinformed, the same USPS guy who drops off their mail can grab this package and get the process rolling.

If you live in a small town like I do, you use eBay to get things that aren't otherwise immediately available to you. That said, I've noticed a weird change in sellers' behavior in the last year or so that I'm not thrilled about: Why do they create a shipping label but hold on to the product for another two or three days? On my most recent purchase, I was notified that the seller was "packing your item for shipment!" as soon as payment went through, yet three days later it's still sitting there. Am I mistaken in thinking USPS will pick up a package once it's got a shipping label? Just asking 'cuz I've shared my multiple issues with USPS delivery, and now the sellers are adding to my consternation.

I've never purchased anything from Norm, but I've heard he offers excellent products. I look forward to seeing your pictures.

Didn't know the new versions were being issued with wide whitewalls, but that's helpful. Already seeing the tires available on eBay, some at very reasonable prices. Thanks!

I watched a YouTube video the other night about the Studebaker corporation and I saw a car very similar to this: I've got an AMT '53 Studebaker Starliner kit (extremely well done for that time period) and am considering bringing it out of storage and building it factory stock like the one depicted, but I'd like to use period-correct tires. The brief research I did show the tires in the pic to be fairly representative of what these cars came equipped with, and to the best of my knowledge, Modelhaus is/was? the best source for them. I'm looking for this size (2 1/2" - 3"?) whitewall in a tire that would look correct on this 1/25 kit. What's the best P/N to buy? ***Just checked the Modelhaus site and it looks like he's out of stock on most period whitewall tires. Anybody else offer tires like this?

Got an airbrush? https://tinyurl.com/4fb49srn If not, they offer it in a spray can on their site.

Guess I've never heard of this truck. The fender-mount mirrors tell me it's a replica of a truck intended for the Japanese Domestic Market. Interesting project. Would you mind sharing what paint you used in the truck bed (Ex: Tamiya TS-18)?

A thousand apologies. Didn’t realize you were still using a printing press and mailing in your replies there, Gutenberg. (pro tip: upgrade to Quick-dry ink and vellum. When you’re done scrutinizing grad school theses, ask your grandkids about this thing called the internet. I’ll warn you, it’s a bit different from your daily viewings of Matlock.

Not quite big enough to qualify as a land yacht, but definitely qualifies as a bland yacht.

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.