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Atomic Buffalo Turds 1. Jalapenos cut in half long ways. Scoop out the seeds and membrane. Or eave them in if you like it hot 2. Fill Jalapeno halves with cream cheese 3. Place a Lil' Smokie sausage in each Jalapeno half 4. Wrap in a full piece of bacon 5. Season with whatever you like, I use pork or beef rub 6. Smoke for one hour. You can adjust the heat by how much of the membrane you leave in. If you scrape it all out, it is not spicy whatsoever. My wife can't even eat ketchup because she thinks it's spicy, but she'll eat these. Here they are going on

I thought I'd jump in the old fogie party and just let you guys know I'm almost 30

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Summer is when I DON'T BBQ. 110+ degrees plus an open flame, no thanks.

That sounds like a challenge

Can you post the pic?

Very nice. Super clean, or dirty.

I don't mind sanding, but I always have to start with 3200 grit, sometimes 1500 Tamiya. It's just too much. If I could go 4000 lightly and up from there, I'd be perfectly content with that.

As a truck guy, that sounds insane. But sometimes the Mopar muscles look the same to me I hate the F150's but their Super Duty's are killer looking. I'd like to build a work fleet of trucks like we have at work. a few 2500 flatbeads, a 2500 van, 4500 stake bed. The new Rams are just chiseled. The rear bumper cutout for the exhaust is super clean.

Luckily, the only place in town is a mom and pop. One of the guys that works there is a friend of mine. His uncle owned Hobby Town. The local shop was terrible, terrible employees, stocked all the wrong things, etc. Friend's uncle closes Hobby Town and moves back to Tennesse where he has another store. Friend takes off to Hawaii for 5 years and I'm stuck with this crappy place or the internet. Friend comes back, gets job at local shop, they fire one guy and hire a couple more, the owner gets a lot of good input from his new employees. business ramps up, more good stuff in stock and they end up growing out of their unit. Now they are double the size, ALWAYS busy with great employees. I feel very lucky. I will happily pay more and drive over there to buy anything they can get. While I believe it was the employees were significantly responsible for their knowledge of what people want, it takes a good business owner to take input from his employees and allow them to control and adjust inventory. The owner is a train specialist, they have one dedicated flight guy, two very knowledgeable rc car guys and a couple others that are pretty good all around. Sometimes I get to tell them what models to stock, some of the frequent locals can just walk behind the counter, grab what they need, install it on their car then pay. it's a great feeling place.

Just curious. I'm a little bummed they don't make he newer style pickup trucks. I have an 06 Sierra, different front end than the Chevy, and both of those changed in 03. So 99-07 had 3 different front ends. Now there's the newest body style. The F150 is a big one too, not to mention as a Chevy and Ford guy, the new Ram trucks are sexy. Sprinter vans, work trucks etc, Molds are very expensive, no doubt. I would think they would do one or two though. Just curious what percentage of people would buy these up? also, I can't wait until the first order-anything-you-want 3D-print-per-order model company comes out. Order up your make and model, have in printed and off you go.

Forgive me for saying this, but the wheels/tires look a bit too big. The entire build is awesome though. The hood turned out great.

This is why it's so frustrating. I sand my primer. I sand my paint. Clear is still textured. I tried 12 psi, 30 psi, .3mm, .5mm no thinner, little thinner, a lot of thinner. I'm going to order some Scale finishes soon. I'm hoping the enamel will be better as it will have more time to settle out into a flat finish before hardening, like the lacquer.

I think the difference, at least what it appears to me, is that Alclad has the reflection of chrome, but not the brightness, if that makes sense. I can see myself in a piece that is sprayed with Alclad, but when in the sun, chrome will have those blinding, glaring bright spots where the sun hits. Alclad will shine, have a reflection, but not the brightness or glare you get from chrome does that make sense? I think I confused myself.

I haven't noticed any hood fitment issues.

For one, posts like this probably don't help...

1. Alclad is tough on the finish, but a lot of handling and it will rub off. Handling with latex gloves will eliminate any issues. 2. Backside of razor blade, but I sand it with a coarse sanding stick first. Make a super sharp point that won't run off the line. 3. Still trying to figure this one out.

I am building it now. the body is really nice. The top half of the engine is terrible. The tires are slicks. I drilled out the holes in the wheels, they look much better now. There is a ton of flash and a lot of parts prep. Other than that it seems to be nice. I have the body painted and parts washed, ready for paint. I'll post a WIP when I have a bit more done.

I took the 5.0 out of this to use for my 93 Cobra. Cone K&N style intake, FORD logo'd trans pan, logo's intake manifold etc. It's a great parts car or builder

Thank you. I haven't tried this low/close yet, but I was inevitably working my way down there. I will try it as soon as I get some time. Thanks for posting that.

I would be careful though. There is a reason they don't allow the shipping. You'd have to check it out first. Don't want people trying to help out getting nailed for shipping HazMat products.

If I have to brush paint a part, but have it turn out nice with no brush marks, I use Tamiya acrylic. I thin it so it flows a bit, then I lay on one wet brush coat in one smooth motion. going back over it will ruin it. If you do it just right, it will be nice and wet and smooth. I think multiple brush strokes is what makes it obvious.

Been putting this off for a while, but I think now it's time. Need to have all the angles covered, or I'm about to go insane. For each finished paintjob I have, there is 3-5 hours of sanding, 2-3 trips to a container of brake fluid, my wife yelling at me for leaving the brake fluid next to the kitchen sink and me losing it when one of my dogs almost gets a hold of model parts when I leave the door open during my trips back and forth to the kitchen. My fun hobby is driving me up a wall. I'm not giving up though. One day I will paint something that doesn't need sanding, and then I will take a giant nap.

Not relevant, but if this bothers you, be glad you don't live in CA. The shops are using water soluble paint, not by choice. There was even talk of banning black paint on new cars a couple years back, because "they absorb too much heat, requiring you to run your A/C more, resulting in more carbon emissions". The people in charge should be riding the short bus. The allowance on chemical container sizes varies from county to county in Southern Ca, with San Diego basically dictating the entire country. You can'r buy certain chemicals in liters anymore, but they're okay in quarts. Can't buy them in gallons, but 4 quart is fine. I think I'm dumber now after just typing this out.

Thanks, I will email him. I don't mind paying the full price if it's good stuff, which it appears to be.