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Has anybody ran across really good chili out there? In my earlier posts here, I mention 3. Steak and Shake's, which is my favorite. Skyline out of the Cincinnati, Ohio area. Again, very good. And Wendy's. Who's chili is okay. From what I can tell, the Cincinnati, Ohio area is one of few places in the country where they really understand, appreciate, and know how to serve good chili. There are several chains in the area that specialize in chili. And this isn't the "macho" spicy hot chili like they like to brag about in places like Texas. It's tasty chili that one can truly enjoy. Sad to say, in Minnesota were stuck basically with canned chili, like Hormel's, other than Wendy's. Like I said, I done mind Wendy's chili. And I even like Hormel's out of a can. But, they're nothing compared to Steak and Shake, Skyline, or other Cincinnati chain. When it comes to interesting and/or truly tasty food, Minnesota in many ways is a vast wasteland.

What Elvis movie did the Mako Shark appear in, painted red?

Let's not open that can of worms again. ?

Sorry to drag another one up. But I like these Renwal Revival series cars. And again, Alan did a great job on them.

Had too look at this one again. I like it! And again Alan, you did a great job on it.

One I forgot to mention above, is a nice 1957 Chevrolet Nomad. I keep wondering when somebody is going to get around to doing one right? That is a kit I beleive would sell big time. Where is it?

Looking at the instructions for MPC's 1/25 scale Vettes over at the Drastic Plastic site, it's amazing to see that they did not do as you suggested with their 1/16 scale version. There is quite a bit of differences in both the engine and chassis in each kit. More than I would have expected. At the Drastic Plastic site, I also looked at the instructions for Monogram's 1/8 scale '65 Corvette. Interesting. I've always wondered how hard or easy it is to build that kit? And I've always wondered how well they looked when finished? And how do they compare to Monogram's 1/24 scale '65 Vette designed years later? The big one, the 1/8 scale car, represents a fuel injected car. Their 1/24 scale, a big block, 396 car. I've never built a Monogram C2 Sting Ray, particaly because of the scale. I have plenty of 1/24 scale Monogram kits. But mainly of stuff that is not offered in 1/25 scale. And I've just never had the opertunity buy or receive as a gift, the 1/8 scale kit. I don't even know if I've even seen either of the Monogram C2 kits built or unbuilt. Ever.

This did not happen today, but still pleases me several days later. I belong to a group of pirates. We show up at mainly parties and parades, and other things like that. Sometimes we're paid. Other times we do charity events for free. Our star attraction is our captain, who looks just like Johnny Depp out of costume, and exactly like Jack Sparrow in. Me? I'm Dudley the Deckhand. A low ranking, but playful pirate that kids seem to love. My costume is much simpler, and my personality much more open, that I can play with people much more freely than Captain Jack can. This last Saturday we got invited to work the Pope county fair in Glenwood, Minnesota. A very nice little county fair out in a rural part of the state. The type of nice old fashion fair that I love going to, to this day. There was a little rain when we first got there. Limiting the activity at the fair somewhat at first. So we had to wander around in the different buildings harassing people. Soon the sun came out. The grounds started to dry. Wet or dry, like at most of our pirate actives, I ended up getting into many different "battles", mainly with kids. I have a vary lame plastic pirate sword, and a plastic pirate style squirt gun. I must admit, I am not a very good pirate. I lose just about every battle I'm in. Dying many times at the many events we go to in the many of duals. Sometimes being killed, like in this last event, by something as simple as balloon swords! One thing they had that was fun, was the turtle races. For $2 a kid could rent a turtle (a local painted turtle) and put them in a small center circle, hoping their turtle will be the first to cross over the line of another larger circle, maybe ten feet out. Well, our quartermaster, "Hemi" came up with a great idea. He wanted to enter me as his turtle, in the turtle race. So I was put in the center circle with the other turtles, then let go. Needless to say, I did not do to well in the race. Hemi had some kids on the side lines trying coaxing me with to come out with some gold coins. But I kept on getting destracted by rocks, other turtles, and things like that. So, some other turtle won! (I personally think it was rigged. I should have easily beaten that turtle. But, this was my first turtle race. And I think they got a professional turtle as ringer. I wonder where I can file an official protest? As you can tell we have a lot of fun. And the crowd seen to enjoy us enough, that there is talk about having us come back next year. On the way home, we stopped at a fairly well know restuant called Charlie's in Freeport, Minnesota. To say the least, we cause a little bit of a stir showing up there, as we were still in our costumes. But, the other guests and staff seem to enjoy us being there and several pictures with us were taken. This was my first time at Charlie's. I've been meaning stop for years. It was worth the stop. Their food, and the prices they charged for it, were very good. I was also impressed with my old 2000 Buick LeSabre on the trip. There were four of us in car. Adults in body size at least. The trunk was loaded to the gills with our prirate accouterments. Including a tent we didn't use and serveral heavy sand bags to hold that tent in place if needed. Putting the car's auto leveling to a little more work than its normally use to. At just under 130,000 miles, the car still runs fine. We rode in air conditioned comfort. And at the end of the trip still got 28 mpg. Not as good as the 30 mpg I've gotten on the highway in the past. But, considering the weight we were hauling, mainly in the trunk, I can't complain. By the way, if your interested, I'm sure you can find photos of us this last Saturday on Facebook by looking up "Twin Cities Captain Jack." There are other Captain Jack impersonators in the area. So you have to again look for "Twin Cities Captain Jack" if you wish to see us.

There is only one thing I can predict for 2017. And that is, I'll buy more kits than I'll ever be able to get around to building. Which is cool with me. With that said, I'd like to see the following in 2017: 1. The Renwal Revival series mentioned above. I don't know if the dies still exist. Or if they would really sell that well or not. But, I'd love to own the whole set. 2. AMT's '34 Ford pickup truck. Since Round 2 picked up Lindberg a couple of years ago, I'm surprised this hasn't been been done yet. 3. Like Snake and a few others talked about early on in this thread, I love to see an early second generation Camaro without the RS front end. And as an SS rather than another Z-28. I do like the RS front end on the second gen Camaro better than the non RS. But, not by much. So a non RS Camaro would be welcome. 4. That basic non RS front end look also came on the early Vegas. Another car I'd loved to see come back. I'm afraid that with the updating done to the original tooling we would have to settle for the Monza version of the Vega hatchback body. I'm not a big fan of many of the smaller cars built with the bigger bumpers after 1972. Pre-73 Vegas, Pintos, Mavericks, and Comets would all be welcome. Pre-'73 Gremlins and Hornets (especially a '71 SC360) would be welcome too. 5. I would like to see Revell do a RS/SS convertible based on their new '67 Camaro tooling. 6. Revell should do a couple of Rancheros. One off their new '57 Ford tooling. And another based off of their '70 Torino GT kit. Even a '75/'76 based off of their Starsky and Hutch Torino would be okay. And number 7. Like many others, I'm still waiting for a Dodge Demon. I still don't understand why Round 2 did not follow through with this? Can I predict if any of the above will come true? No. But I hope so.

Doesn't this in someways tie into another thread elsewhere here about some modelers being cheap? These price discussions come up frequently. There are so many variables as to why something is priced the way it is. And it can be very tough to explain in some cases. But, I really don't worry about it too much anymore. I've discovered if I really want something bad enough, I'll seem to find the money and a justifiable reason to buy it. That doesn't mean I buy everything I see and want. Far from it. But, I own a lot of stuff that I don't really need. And that is both fun and okay. Do I want more? Of course. And if I can find it at a price I like and can afford, I'll buy it.

AMT's '63 Vette is an old favorite of mine. And old is the word here. It's a pretty simple kit. Especially the chassis. Everything is molded into the chassis. Exhaust, driveshaft, suspension, etc. And it rides on good old metal axles. So it is primitive by today's standards. But, it looks very good when it built. The body lines look right on to me. So I still love the kit. I built my latest one just this last year. Then I hunted down a Prestige roadster kit, because it has the standard '63 wheel covers instead of the optional aluminum wheels, and built that one too. Now I'm working on MPC's 1/16 scale '63 Stingray. A much newer kit. Originally tooled up in the 70's. So it has a bit more detail. Certain details are not up to modern standards. But, like the AMT '63, it looks right to me. The '63 - 67' C2 Corvettes are still by far my favorite Corvettes. If I could own them in real life? Make one a '63 split window with fuel injection. Riverside Red with a black interior. The other a '67 roadster with the 435 HP, 427. Marina Blue with the bright blue leather interior. Luckily, even though I can not afford the real cars. My two favorite Sting Rays are readily available in 1/25 model kit form. And can be built to the exact way I'd want the real cars to be. How cool is that?

Looks great.

Very nice.

Nice.

Interesting.

Very nice.

The real Mk IVs had had a very limited run. And raced for a very short time. I don't think there was as much difference in Mk IVs as in the other GT40s. I also wonder if the two model companies ever really got up close enough to a Mk IV at the time to take true measurements off of a real car? Or do they base the tooling on pictures and specifications they got from different sources?

I believe I spent a couple hundered bucks or more on a 1/100 scale 4D Vision Saturn V cutaway model kit. Beautiful kit. Monster in size. A few months after I finished building it, I donated it to one of middle schools I work at.

I'm sorry! That last line in my post your commenting on came off wrong. Wrong all the way! What I really meant to say is sharing it with the public like you've done is more than $16,000 to me! Boy, I need to reread things sometimes several times before I post it. Joe you did the right thing by donating the helmet to the Air and Space Museum. Talking to Michael Collins and have something In the Smithsonian's collection is to me priceless. And very cool. Boy, I hope I cleared that up!

Amen. You hit the nail on the head.

Great story. Very nice of you to give up your helmet for the betterment of the rest of us. Thank you. It's not worth $16,000. It's a priceless piece of history. To get a chance to have something in a museum's collect and talk with a historic figure. That would be worth more than $16,000 to me.

Me too. I watched it live that night. The people who claim it was hoax piss me off to no end. Dumb SOBs. Just a year or two ago, a Chinesse satallite photographed several of the Apollo landing sites. You can still see the equipment left behind, including things like tracks left from the moon rovers. Why would the Chinesse want to fake that? Why didn't our biggest competitor that the time, the Soviets cry foul if it was fake? IT HAPPENED! The proof is there if you look. One of greatest achievements of the human race ever.

Thank you Snake. That's a nice thing to say.

Another beautiful model. You do great work.

Beautiful. I love the colors.