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Got a surprise today. We bought a Volvo a few days ago. Happened to be looking on CL for cars and saw an ad for Volvo parts. Turns out the guy who posted it was looking at the same Volvo we got and called the guy to ask if he'd take a check. We bought the thing four minutes earlier. So, I called the guy, and I gave him the name and number of the guy we got the doors and B-pillar from. He seemed like he was trying to get us to sell him the thing ("I wouldn't trust it on the road again after that damage") but I still gave him the number. I guess it's a consolation prize, and at least it saved one Volvo being that we got it. (the guy wanted the front and rear suspensions and to scrap the rest... scrap a car with no rust and a perfect interior after taking some things you can find on any one like it in any junkyard...)

Looks good! I need to start opening trunks on my models, but fabbing the panels is usually too much trouble for the outcome... As for the picture posting, you can copy the direct link in Photobucket, then have it show up here by putting "[-i-m-g-]" then pasting the link then putting "[-/-i-m-g-]" afterwards (just take out the dashes.)

Two days ago now, I think it is... went and pulled the right-side doors and B-pillar off a Volvo for $260. Already past the magic threshold of spending more on parts than what the car was purchased for! Today, I got a Timex watch, a bunch of Hawaiian shirts (surprised much?) and some hi-top Chucks (which should be at the doorstep in about a week).

Saw an International Travelall from the sixties in fair shape on a trailer going into Brewer, then a little two-stroke Saab 96 was burbling back towards Brewer as we crossed the bridge into Bangor.

Say you've got a lot on your plate. It might stall him.

So I should have my kit Friday or Saturday... takes a week just to bring it to the carrier facility while my Willys Gasser took four days to go across the country...

Looks like a funny car that way, don't it?

Yep, that's the powder system I have as well.

Awesome. I'm gonna have to migrate further south if I have any chance of meeting these guys in my life!

I prefer DEF myself. I finally got my Willys Gasser kit in the mail. Now comes trying to decide on a paint color...

Seems to have fixed itself now.

I'd imagine it'd obscure a lot of details: small grilles, emblems, any rivet heads, etc. Worst case, it might eat plastic. Probably not, being rubber-based, but only a test would tell.

Yep, I used Krylon on the Scout. I did on the Datsun, at first, but some people said it had too much shine for what it was so I used Dullcote.

Well, a good SG clear would be Krylon Matte Finish. It says matte but shows semigloss in daylight. Maybe decant it and airbrush it if you'd rather, but experiment with the rattlecan.

Whenever I go to type in the PM message entry bar, the "attach files" thumb comes up and covers the entry space. I can't type anything. Any help on this?

Downeast Dickering is how everyone lives here, in some way or another! Buy something that you don't really want on the cheap, talk to one guy who knows a guy who wants one, trade it for something plus a little cash, repeat cycle.

So I woke up around 2:00, like I usually do. Parents weren't home, but I saw they had been out and back because there was a book I told them to buy at Goodwill. They came back about a half-hour ago and had a little booklet with them that said "Volvo" on it. It was an owner's manual for an '85 Volvo. Inside was a sales slip that said "85 volvo dl wagon sold as is where is $250" with my father's signature and the old owner's signature. Now I won't have to sit on the awful jumper seats in the Ranger on long rides.

The Ellsworth WalMart, in its original location, had a pretty good model section, I'd say about 8 feet. They moved to the new store probably 6 years ago. Off and on, they had some models. Then, they disappeared, then showed up in the clearance section, disappeared again... then a Revell '68 Beetle turned up in the diecast section, and after I bought that, I haven't seen any others.

Yep, I was going to buy about five bags of Woodland Scenics foliage stuff on Friday... then I saw they got the Rustall set in, so I bought that instead. Next time around, I suppose!

I think Tamiya has a set of weathering powders with "dust." If you'd rather make your own, I think white chalk or chalk pastel rubbed on sandpaper and cut in with a little yellow would make a good dust look. Try it on a test body first. A good spray of dullcote will seal powders well.

I couldn't massage the engine in that kit enough to use, anyways. Everything was crooked. BTW, are you going to replace the seats, too? They look pretty darn small in this kit, even for buggy buckets.

Anyone know of good ways to make foliage like what you see growing out of the hood of this vehicle in scale? Some ways to make dead leaves would be cool, too. Both would be really good for a model of a gasser I just finished.

Within the next three days, I should have my '75 Gremlin X for the group build and a '41 Willys Pickup for a quick project.

Sell it as a lot to a collector.

Either one works, but it seems the "copy image" route takes longer, buffering and such.