Jump to content
Model Cars Magazine Forum

unclescott58

Members
  • Posts

    10,558
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by unclescott58

  1. Nice '51 Ford. Other than it needs wide whites that is. Scott
  2. A congregation needs to paint their their church. Since they didn't have lot of money, they only bought as much paint as they thought they could afford. At first everything is going along fine. But they start calculating that they're going to run out paint before the job is done. They figure if they thin the paint, they could just get it done. But, even after thinning it, they realize they're going to come up short. So, they thin the paint some more. Several more times, to get the job done, they thin the paint. But, finally it's done and looks pretty good. They all go home satisfied in a job well done. That night a bad storm comes through. The next morning the congregation gathers at the church to see if there was any damage. Well, the storm had washed half the paint away! The church looked awful. Disappointed, one parishioner looks up to the heavens and cries out, "Why lord, why? We worked so hard!" Out of the clouds comes this big booming voice, and it says, "Repaint, Repaint! And thin no more." Scott
  3. I got the cardboard box one. I'm cheap. And poor. So, cardboard for me. And I'm okay with that. Scott
  4. The more I look at the parts pack chassis, for my newly acquired parts pack T body, the more I decided I need to buy another AMT Double Dragster kit. So I just ordered one for of eBay. My first Double Dragster kit, I built the Fiat and Streamline dragster. I really want to build a version of the twin engine dragster. So, now owning the parts pack T gave me excuse to buy another one. Still need to figure out what to do with the parts pack chassis? Scott
  5. I like the Holden Ute in post #27. Scott
  6. Just ordered off eBay another AMT Double Dragster kit. Mainly for building a twin engine dragster. But, also for using the Fiat chassis with the parts pack T body. There is too much missing to the parts pack chassis to work well with the parts pack T body. So, since I've built the Fiat and the Streamline dragster from my first Double Dragster kit. I'll build a dual engine dragster and T body dragster with the one I just ordered. I've been looking for an excuse to buy another Double Dragster to build the twin engine version. So, the parts pack T body just gave a reason to do it. Scott
  7. I don't need to count them. All I need to do is go back and re-read the joke. The answer is there. So I guess I can be a monk! Scott
  8. I got the T body last night at the MCCM meeting. Now to dig out the part pack chassis a see how that's going to work. Scott
  9. I have the original 1975 Gremlin. And from I can see, repop is exactly the same as original. Scott
  10. Two classics there. The Duesenberg itself, and the Monogram kit of the Duesenberg. Very nice job, Bruce. Scott
  11. In the mail, from an eBay purchase, I got AMT's 2005 Buyer's Choice Pirahna rear engine funny car reissue. Opened the the box. Did some pre-paint subassembly to the engine and chassis. So far, I'm liking what I'm seeing. A little bit of flash on some of the parts. But, nothing too horribly bad. I like clear upper half of the body. I'm thinking about keeping it that way. Only the thing I don't like are the decals and plastic tires. I may have to buy an after market set of decals. The price I've seen for a replacement set of the original style decals, I feel is a little high, especially with shipping. So I'm not sure were I want to go with that. Replacement tires should be no problem. I think I may have a set or two that will work. Then at last nights MCCM meeting I picked up AMT's part pack T roadster racing body. No surprises here. The only thing I question, is putting it together with AMT's parts pack chassis. I'm still not sure how well this will work? Scott
  12. Oh man! The car above is very, very ugly! And there is no need to go and insult the Batman, Mr. Mesner. Scott
  13. Okay time for the famous "Incredible Three Legged Pig" joke. One day a salesman is traveling down a country road and his car breaks down. This happened in the days before cell phones. So he has to walk to nearest farm to phone for a tow truck. As he's walking up the driveway to the farm house, he passes by this pig pen. And in that pig pen is standing the most magnificent pig you could ever want see. But, the pig has only has three legs. He doesn't think much of it and continues up to the farm house. He gets there knocks on the door. The farmer opens up and the salesman explains to the farmer what has happened and asks to use the phone. The farmer says, "Sure, go a head." Well it's going to be several hours before a tow truck can get out there to help the salesman. So, the farmer invites him to have a cup of coffee and shoot the breeze. Well they talk for an hour or so, about what ever you talk to farmers about. Things like how well the crops are doing. The weather. The price of feed for the cattle. What ever? Soon they run out of things to talk about. So the salesman mentions seeing the magnificent pig out in the pig pen, with only three legs. What's the story behind that? Why does the pig have only three legs? The farmer get all excited, and starts to tell the salesman the story of this incredible pig. He says, "Mr. that is the most incredible pig your ever going to see. This last Christmas Eve, the wife, the kids and I enjoyed a nice dinner, then sat down in living room and enjoy looking the Christmas tree and sing a few carols. Pretty soon it's time to go to bed. Well everybody went to bed, and we forgot to turn lights off on the Christmas tree. And the tree was a little dry. Soon the hot lights set the tree on fire! We didn't know nothing about it. We're up stairs sleeping. But, somehow that incredible pig out in the barn knows something's wrong! He gets so excited, but can't find a way out of the barn. So, he smashes through a window! He runs up to the house. Again he can't find a way in. So he smashes through another window! He runs up stairs. Wakes the wife and I up. Then he goes from room to room, waking up the kids. He helps drag the little kids out who are having trouble because of the smoke. When everybody is out and safe, he goes back in and moves the gifts and the furniture away from the tree, so there was less damage to our stuff by the time fire department got there to put the fire out. Heck, that pig saved our Christmas! The salesman is impress impressed! He agrees that is one incredible pig! The farmer says, "That's nothing! This spring I'm out plowing the back forty. I happen to get the tractor on hill that was a little too steep for her. It tips over sideways, pinning my leg underneath the machine. There's gasoline pouring out all over, heading towards the hot exhaust. I figure I'm a goner. Somehow, that pig, way over on the other side of the farm knows there's something wrong! He gets so excited, he flips over the fence of the pen! He runs all the way across the fields to where I am. When gets there, he looks at the situation, figuring out where he can get the best leverage to lift the tractor off my leg. He frees my leg, and then drags me away to safety just before the tractor blows up! Heck that incredible pig saved my life! The salesman is amazed! But he asks again, "Why does the pig have only three legs? "Well," the farmer says, "You wouldn't eat an incredible pig like that all at once. Would you?" Scott
  14. Why does it takes pirates many, many years to learn their alphabet? They keep getting stuck on the "C". What's a pirates favorite letter in the alphabet? "Arrrrr". Why would the pirate captain not let his crew go to the movie? Because it was rated "Arrrrr". What's a pirates favorite restaurant? "Arrrrrbys". Scott
  15. Chuck I like the "Monk" joke you posted above a lot. Never heard that one before. Great punch line line. Scott
  16. Ah, Bob Taber stole my comment, before I could steal his. Unfair Bob. Scott
  17. Wow! Very nice. Very impressive. Great work. Scott
  18. I with you there there. I too have a Rat Fink bobble head. It sits next to a Colonel Sanders I got at KFC #1 a few years back. So I need the Kat to stand along side the other two. Scott
  19. A very nice Chrysler. The colors really work well on that car. Scott
  20. What the XKE hearse? I've always loved that movie and that car. I think it's cool. Scott
  21. Did they Harry? I always heard that they got almost every real Tucker still out there to appear in that movie. The only fake Tucker in the movie I knew of was the car they used in the roll over scene. From my understanding that was a Studebaker dress up to look like a Tucker. There were fake parts sitting in the factory next to the assembly line. But, I know of no out right fake Tuckers made for that movie. On this I maybe wrong. I'd like to see some evidence of this if I am wrong. Scott
  22. That's got to be one of dumbest things I've seen in while. Like I could care less. Scott
  23. In the case of Monogram, 1/24th. Which the new Sizzler/Slingster is. Scott
×
×
  • Create New...