Pete J.

I don't know about Testors but Tamiya does. http://www.tamiya.com/english/products/list/tamiya_spray/kit85001.htm You just can't buy them in the good ol' US of A! They have a hard enough time importing them in rattle cans. I think the guys at the EPA would go ballistic if you could buy 100ml of synthetic lacquer. Here in the peoples republic of California, Jerry Brown's head would explode if he knew that regular people off the street could buy something with lacquer thinner in it!

Oh, yea, you got me good on that one. I spent a lot of time looking for a model!

Yes Sir! Unless you are into abstract art on your walls!

It is a recent sale from Pebble beach! Whittell Duesenberg. I was stunned when I found this.http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1064340_1931-duesenberg-model-j-owned-by-george-whittell-jr-at-gooding-co-pebble-beach-auction The top is aluminum and it is a true playboy's car. It was owned by the son of a wealthy industrialist and the man never worked a day in his life. Kind of a Great Gatsby sort of thing.

Ah, now I see the problem. I always decant the paints in the evening and let it sit over night. There is often still gas dissolved in the paint even then. A friend of mine did a worse thing. He decanted the paint into a small glass paint jar and closed the lid tight. The next day he shook it to mix the paint and when he opened the jar he instantly painted his laundry room and himself a nice bright green! You have to let the dissolved propellant have a chance to get out of the paint.

I am aware of the three IPMS clubs in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Are there any car only clubs? I am doing some research and was wondering if anyone did just cars and was not an IPMS club.

I decant paint all the time by punching a hole in the can and slowly letting the propellant out. I do it so often that I made a fixture to puncture cans to let the propellant out safely, but I refuse to share either the fixture or the design because I am just too afraid of someone hurting themselves and sending their attorney after me. This is definitely a do at your own risk deal. As I said I designed my fixture to be safe and support the can and release the pressure slowly(it takes over night) so I am not afraid of it. Good luck.

Very nice choice Harry. Found it, no hints or comments.

I voted model and judging from the votes so far being mostly in favor of model, I have to believe we are wrong! Still can't get my head around the metallic top. I don't recall ever seeing such a thing on a car of that era. Doesn't mean it's a model, I just don't remember ever seeing one until now. Now it is time to do some research and see if I can find it.

I have been through the Tamiya plant and it is amazing to see. It surprises to hear of defective parts, though with all the kits they make each day it is difficult to make them all perfect. The technique they use s a massive program of weighing them and human eyes and hands. Every line has a scale that all the parts pass over and get weight to within a 1/10 of a gram. They also have to pass visual inspection, as the parts are loaded in the box, they are reweighted and then the box gets reweighed again when it is finished. They also have a small area with people randomly taking kits off the line and building them. Well, I suppose it is better described as assembling them. No paint just cut the parts from the sprue and glue them together. If something doesn't work, they shut it down and find out why and break the whole run down and put the good parts back on the line and trash the bad parts. The other company that amazes me is Lego. My kids have hundreds of kits from them and I don't ever recall getting a kit from them that had an extra part or was missing a part. Has anyone seen a Lego piece that was a short shot? I haven't.

Defective part??? That is the first time I have heard that one. What happened? Easiest way is to call 800 Tamiya a. That is customer service.

Don't forget the Ford GT 40's the Mk Is were all British Fords and the Mk IIs were Modified Mk I's.

That's easy, it's Harry's Chicago Saloon!

Shawshank Redemption - Still can't get over it being a Steven King piece Casablanca - Bogy at his best Men In Black - So full of one liners it is just great fun to watch Patton - George C Scott did a masterful portrayal Star wars(IV) - Watershed movie in the SiFi genera Top Gun- For a pilot it is just pure fun

Squadron has just opened a web site specifically for their contest/convention Eagle Quest. I have been to the show the last three years and had a great time. I look forward to attending in June 2015. Here is the web site. http://www.squadroneaglequest.com/

Nope, still ugly. Sunglasses do not improve the ugly of a gorilla. Though wiping the lipstick off did help

Bingo! A real classic movie. Bogart and Hepburn 1951

No one on this one?? Here is a hint, it is the line just before the torpedo explodes at the end of the movie.

This should be an easy one: " Just a walk in the park Kazanski"

Here is one that is a classic and a bit more obscure. I think that Harry may be the only one old enough to remember it besides me. "By the authority granted to me by his Imperial Majesty Kaiser Wilhelm the Second I pronounce you man and wife - proceed with the execution."

Other memorable quotes from MIB: "No Elvis is not dead. He just went home." "They are really beautiful aren't they. I never look at them any more." "Sugar....In water.....more"

Loved Tommy Lee Jones in Men In Black!

George C Scott as Patton

Kidney and Gall stones. If you have not experienced them I hope you don't. Breaking a leg is less painful!

I agree, but there are times when the parking lot is so small you don't have a choice, like this morning at the Doctors office. Also, I don't know how many times I park out in the middle of no where and some ######## decides he has to park next to me in his 1970 POS wreckmobile!