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My only Internet choice was frontier. Savages. While it took some adjusting, I cut the cord. All internet stuff now completed at Dunkin donuts during morning coffee. The savings pay for my coffee. Now, should dunkin be out of my favorite donut, well, it gets ugly. That's not savagery or indifference or even a rip off...that's cruelty to animals. Peace.

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Thank you. Its been 35 years plus since trying something like this but I want to try. Some of the works I see here are incredible and inspiring. Got to do something constructive. Truck is now pretty much done. Boat about half complete. Boat is lit but even wrapping the led's about 3 times with masking tape, they are still too strong. Should have wrapped them more. Didn't realize this until it was too late. To human eyes it's tolerable but horrible for the camera. Heavy emphasis is going on the front staircase to give it a grand feel and trying to make it look like mahogony. Work on detailing buildings further is underway. Haven't decided yet on a car or biplane to transition between the truck and buildings. Peace

Wanted to post 1 pic with color before this thing makes its way to the diorama table and therefore the diorama section. Peace

That are extremely

The truck is taking shape nicely. I'm just as envious of the shop. Just enough details and yet not intmidating to the point of thinking a hacker like myself can't pull off something respectable. Peace.

Heh, heh. I like that one ken. I'll give you part credit or blame for chasing this carrot. Peace

A fan of O. Winston Link, the Peterbilt "Class" ads of the 1970's and early 1980's, and as a fiction writer, I have embarked upon a project to recreate many of the scenes from my books. This is a first attempt and of course very early in building process, but a starting point. The idea is to eventually take a micro camera and "stroll the streets". This particular scene is not in the books but making use of what is laying around/currently in process. Nothing is anywhere near "finished" as is obvious. Front to back is a 1/25 Revell "Peterbilt 357. It is a pretty much stock kit other than considerable rework of the headlamps, headlamp buckets, air cleaners, and white walls. The buildings are 1/87 Walther's kits. They are detailed inside. Behind those sits a 1/160 (I beg to differ on the advertised scale as it is larger) Lindberg Robert E. Lee riverboat that is also being highly detailed. The "people" (for now) are paper dolls picked up for a couple of bucks from Hobby Lobby just to aid in perspective/placement. Ground effects will go in once a base is built and hope to find a good 1/43 scale (or so) 1920s era Packard or Cadillac to go between the semi and the buildings. If no luck on a car, a similar era bi-plane, or ??? is fair game. The base will be limited to no more than 4'x4' Other than "old school" tweaking on the pix, a rule of no photoshopping is imposed on my part. I will stick with B&W and if video works, have the "vintage" effects of pre wwII films. Peace.

Okay, I lied. One final post on this project here so share the vision where this is headed. New thread started in diorama section with details. Peace

On a lighter side but just as irksome... I dropped a 1/87 scale brass windshield wiper arm the other day. After crawling around with a super trooper light, then recall the sound it made while running away from me. Metal tinging. Yup...down the heat register. Never mind the fact the register is a quarter mile away, raised, and has mr coffee filter on it to prevent this from happening. Exagerated I admit...but not that much. It defies the law of physics. Surely it's not MY fault. Time, space, gravity anomoly, doom ray from Andromeda, or demons are involved. Peace.

Congrats on another year. Hope you get a 1/8 scale car on top of your cake made of icing. Peace

And tired of

Frightening your skills are. You set a very high bar. That's a good thing in my opinion. It's always a pleasure to see your craftsmanship in action. Question...what do you use for a vision aid and how do you sand, glue, and clean up with such precision. Peace.

Super idea. I'm building my first hard core diorama now and will incorporate a provision for this. Your approach is much simpler than what this fool here was envisioning. K.i.s.s. Nice job. Thanks for sharing. Peace.

Stuck to floor

That's a neat little set of wheels. Has state fleet car written all over it.. Our drain commisioner/mosquito control authority drove one like that for eeons. I'm kidding, sort of, but you get the idea. A pleasing bit on this end was a discovery for painting realistic looking wood for ship decks made of plastic...cheap and easy. One of those "Oooh, that actually worked and turned out decent" kind of things. Kind of neat discovering it instead of hitting the net or YouTube for pointers. Warm fuzzies. Peace

While far from Richard Simmons or jack lelane, that's great your able to get out and bumble about. Crippled and or disabled sucks. Every day is a fight of mind over body it seems with most saying "you can't" or "accept it" when with a little effort and creativity the obstacle can be overcome. Then the blowback and resistance really begins. Keep it up. Prove it to and for yourself if for no other reason. Peace

Lifts the seat.....

Tough, original build that is really looking good. Thanks for sharing your tricks and discoveries as well. Peace

Really looking good, ken. Would like a shop tour sometime too. Keep up the great work. Peace.

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Lost in shuffle

Something about these ladies back then. They were ladies...in my opinion. Smart, classy, and didn't need to yell or pull stunts to make you want to look. Maybe their private lives were different but that's none of my business. Anyway, try joan allen in the tucker movie.

Thank you for posting these type links. Very enjoyable. A rant that has no place here....Arrogance, willful ignorance, and apathy will destroy anyone or anything with no remorse. I had the pleasure of working for a once great powerhouse company hell bent on self destruction. 90% of market, employed many thousands and built good stuff. Then it started. They chose to blame others for the decline and woes. While a factor, the unwillingness to honestly look in the mirror and literally mind their own business, I say, was the real reason for the death spiral. Leave the chest pounding to the gorillas and excuse making to comedians. In the wrong hands, it gets real ugly, real fast. Arrogance and quiet confidence don't play together well. Peace

Watch their reaction.