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They stay put if you can get 'em there without launching them. Its a matter of just the right amount of pressure on the tweezers. In the near past I would use my spring closed type but that usually resulted in me trying to squeeze them open without moving the part. Not a good way to do anything "sensitive" . So now I use the squeeze closed type for those sensitive jobs but it's an iffy proposition too. Can't win at this without some luck. One trick I use whenever I can is leaving the brass wire long if I can access the back side. Why I didn't do that this time is beyond explanation ?. I had access. Hmmmm...... (scratches head). Looking at it now, I wish I had filled the trunk handle hole. That handle is atrocious. Oh well.

It's making my head hurt. I have two colors to find. I down-loaded the FS color chart. I can get a good idea of what I need from that. Good enough for government work. Thanks for your help, Les.

State sponsored lunacy is the sorry state of affairs today.

I found the Federal Standard color chart as a PDF. It mayhelp me.

OK, I went to that site, found the paint conversion drop-down but when I chose "Federal Standard" it came up "there are no paints to list in this category" ?

Thanks, Dave. There seems to be some agreement on the color. I really like the Boyd's Colors. Too bad Model Master has gone the way of the Studebaker and the Oldsmobile.....and the Mercury.....and the Pontiac.....and the Plymouth......jeez, that's horrible ?.

Good Intel, Rob! Thanks, I shall look into it .

OK, Chad, now this has to stop! ? If that 53 after your name is your birth year...well......I get it ?, seriously.

Oh....don't sweat it, Chad, I do that sort of thing all the time ?

Thanks, Pete, I will check it out. Good intel!

Yeah, I thought it was something like that ?. Thank you, Les.

Models are usually tall and look anorexic.

"Heritable" is a word my browser will not recognize.

Thanks, Jim, I looked at Vallejo and it's probably what I end up with. Very impressive. I have one of their weathering kits.

Oh....THIS website? I thought you sent me to that forum ....oh....that's just your signiture....heh heh heh...☺️....I still don't get it, Les. This is where, specifically?

Resolve and determination are admirable traits

"It", my cousin, is having another bad hair day.

Can't find it, Leslie. I joined under an "alias" and looked all over the home page. Is it on another page, maybe?

Us model builders are a strange breed; but a good strange. ?

Eleven was my favorite character in the Netflix series "Stranger Things"

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Consensus at present is we have no flipping idea what that means. ?

Ingredient "A" was the reason Brand "X" was more effective than Brand "Y", conclusively.

Nightmares are expected tonight after spending all day watching Newsmax.

Did some stuff on this one today. Some foil went down pretty well, glass is in and door handles (one door handle ) and tail lights, gas cap and trunk handle all installed, all were pinned with .020 brass. While holding one of the door handles with tweezers,in an attempt to set it in place with a tiny drop of CA on the brass pin, it suddenly shot up like a rocket and disappeared into ??? I never heard it land, which I always listen for (I'm fully experienced at this) and this '40 coupe will be missing a door handle until maybe I find it like next November ?. Or never. I got the running boards and radiator painted too. And the floor botoms. Yay. Not eager to attach those windshield wipers ?. Some quick mock-ups fer ya. ?