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What irked me today was seeing a $55.000 Mercedes Benz SUV in a Walmart parking lot with Ohio special plates (yellow and red lettered) which designate a convicted DUI driver AKA 'party plates'. I guess with that type of vehicle all he could afford after the court costs, attorney fees, insurance and fines was shopping at Walmart. greg

The cab is a Mack MR cab- M= style R= refuse chassis and cab variations. It is not 1/24th scale maybe 1/24 mm It is small and around 1/43rd to 1/32. I had a friend buy one and returned it due to inaccurate advertising got his money back. The M cab for refuse had a standard drivers door the same as the commercial cab and the passenger door had a sliding larger window for visibility greg

You could always say it is a replica Cobra, 'close but no cigar' nice find greg

The original AMT van body had a removal recess in the roof and the sides had optional side pieces for windows or sheet metal sides. What was nice it made a curb side option of having windows on the right side. easy to make ambulances The goofy part were the headlights greg

Nice job, nothing better than Omaha orange and white greg

Here are a few of mine Revell snap Excursion AMT 70 Ford, Lindberg Crown Vic Tamiya Jeep, All American Crown Vic, Anniversary logo OSP units Revell Chevy Maisto HD electric glide converted to police bike MPC Dodge van made into KaryVan Johan Plymouth KSU police AMT Myers Manx- Beach patrol Revell 63 Dodge and Johan police parts Last but not least YPD logoed Motormax die cast. Model by Bob Martini Thanks for looking greg

The Ideal Atomic cannon was closer to 1/16th or 1/18th scale and the Renwall kit is 1/32nd when military was 1/35th I had em both! greg

Roll up doors are not hard if you are not making them functional, Did this years ago Evergreen slotted car siding and square stock Used this method on this fire truck using three different sizes of siding on the roll ups greg

Nice picture of the chassis, I hope he does have the clear hubcaps. One thing that the renewal originals had was a replacement parts lists where you could send for pats that broke, I used mine a lot since the camshaft always broke in the engine, I loved the suggestion of using Vasoline to make the parts move easier. Does any one have the radial engine? greg

A simple system is to secure thread/string inside the cylinders the length of the stretch, the string stops the cylinders before they come apart and doesn't interfere with the operations of the cylinder. greg

Nice job, looks good without the glass. Did you use a slow moving vehicle triangle ? greg

All I can say is WOW! I'll save the rest for when it's done, greg

Project is completed, Secret build was to maybe help Charlie with his model that was shipped from Massachusetts to Hawaii. It was actually sent twice because of damage, It was delivered and repaired, so the need for a repairperson is no longer needed, thanks to all who assisted, This is a great group to belong to. greg

I had a problem with my cordless and I called customer service first and resolved the problem, Maintenance helps a good cleaning with air gun helps. Give them a try greg

OK, I got a Maisto 1/18th scale '48 service car and I would like to scale off of it down to 1/25th. I grew up between old math and new math so I am terrible at math. My mind says I divide 18 by 25 and I get .72 or 72% so any measurement I take off the service car I just reduce by 72% and I should have the right size. Does that sound right? greg

I had the 34 Ford double kit and I recall the stock version having brass plated parts and not chrome, The chrome parts were for the hot rod. Was glad to have two kits for the price of one. Along the lines of the Aurora molds the American LaFrance pumper was lost, If Monogram had the mold what a great mate to the Mack pumper. In regards to the Revell molds the Revell classic fire apparatus were lost at sea between California and Brazil on the return ship. That's why the last versions are in Portuguese. greg

Pictures from the model gathering at the Ravenna Ohio library https://public.fotki.com/GLMFAA1/ravenna-ohio-gathering/ greg

I have ordered a Maisto 1/18 service car for reference. The 1/24 Harley's were available several years ago. lots of different models from the first Harley to electra glides greg

Check for preiser figures on Ebay, They have vintage RR figures in G scale https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=preiser+figures&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=190530783502&hvpos=1t1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8807913339756104845&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9015479&hvtargid=kwd-301915370053&ref=pd_sl_6j9w7eaitu_e you have to sort through to find G scale or 1/24th greg

Another project is I want to take the Maisto 1/24th '48 Harley cycle and make a service car. Has anyone done this and if so, I would like to know how. I have searched for dimensions and found vague numbers, In my research I found out that the brakes were Jeep parts so I plan on using some MPC jeep parts. Any help appreciated greg

Need model builder in Hawaii for secret build, greg

Yes we were there on the opposite side of the building, http://public.fotki.com/GLMFAA1/glmfaa-muster-oct-2018/

Thank you for including pictures of the GLMFAA muster, Sadly to say it was our last muster, It took a year in planning and with all of us getting older and other commitments we attempted to get some of us together for one last muster. I want to thank all my participants and have always admired the ingenuity and enthusiasm at the NNL. I hope that the participants at the NNL saw our display. greg

Could someone direct me to where I could find the winners of the categories and show favorite, I had to leave before presentations were given. greg

First off: Thanks to Greg Peters for the hubcaps, Now for the side story, The owner of the real truck lost one of his hubcaps and when he got it back it had been run over and destroyed. My brother told him about 'hubcap mike' and he got a replacement for his truck. Thanks to all the great contributors on this site greg