ChrisBcritter

robin's egg blue

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Get-off-my-lawn clickbait from Facebook: Me being a smartass:

All you have to do is take a drill and spin the odometer back.

Mind your Ps and Qs, especially when writing words like "quadruped" and "applique".

into Catwoman's arms

Just found out yesterday; I had the privilege of helping him navigate the show grounds with his electric scooter at Pebble Beach last year. He had a lot of great stories! I took this shot as he met a couple guys from Italdesign, discussing the new DeLorean Alpha5: https://lcocwestern.org/lcoc-member-and-legendary-designer-jim-powers-has-passed-away/

that surrounds you

Neat job doing the single-headlight grille - you can just see the slight misalignment the real ones had where pieces from another grille were used as fillers. Typical for Moebius. I'd recast them in clear or red resin like I did for my '65 Belvedere.

and some sprinkles

Can you get one of those MP3 players that plugs into the truck's power port/cigarette lighter and plays through an unused frequency on the radio? That and a thumb drive for your tunes and you're all set.

C.E.O. Sharkey sounds like a '70s sitcom with Don Rickles as a corporate executive.

City sewer system

The Revivals thrift stores out here in Palm Springs are similar; never found any kits there but scored a near-new Franklin Mint '57 Studebaker Hawk once long ago for (IIRC) fifty bucks.

The '63 Falcon 'vert arrived safe and sound yesterday, so since I was on a roll, I went after another red U.S. compact car: Very clean '74 Hornet promo that was met with indifference by everyone else (no other bidders or watchers) so grabbed it cheeep. Always liked these swoopy little jobs.

Excel is now X-Acto's biggest rival.

"Abounds with sounds" hollered the DJ from the old AM rock station.

my brain hurts!

On its way to me: '63 Falcon Craftsman, molded in a somewhat translucent red: Surprisingly, the front fender spears are unbroken, the wheels don't look tire-melted, and the windshield frame is near perfect - looks like a good builder and the price was right. Now to get some whitewalls on it... Unfortunately woke up this morning a few seconds too late to bid on one of the better '58 Bonneville hardtop builtups I've seen in the last few years - only went for $41

That was my car club friend Mark Rice's ride (since sold) - it looks even better in real life!

in the zipper

Seeing is believing, especially when it's what you want to see.

I can see only a small number of old Jo-Han kits that would be potentially good sellers if they were cloned - '62 and '63 Plymouth and Dodge hardtops, the Javelin/AMX, and Maverick. All of those have had various racing applications that would lend themselves to multiple versions. At best, however, the early Mopars would only offer the bodies to clone and the rest would have to be redone to have current-style chassis, interior, and underhood/engine detail - especially for drag and NASCAR versions that would account for the most sales.

for 1/25 tarps