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That exactly describes the human nature.

Not a one specific favorite, but I like the already mentioned "Porky Pig's Blue Christmas", and also "I am Santa Claus" (parody of Black Sabbath "Iron Man", and "Walking around in women's underwear". All by Bob Rivers. The "Dominic the Christmas Donkey" also grew on me (since I'm from the area).

I resemble that remark!

Ok, thanks for the explanation guv, but it was not very clear to this Polish Yank. Sometimes using shorthand is not in the best interest of clarity. I also roll my eyes whenever I see "dizzy". DIZZY?! Gag me with a spoon, fer sure!

Nice tutorial Bill, but "ally" is not a word I'm familiar with here, on the northern hemisphere of our world. Aluminum? Since this forum is for for plastic kit modelers, maybe using machinist terms is not the clearest way to do tutorials. Just sayin'.

Beautiful model! The photos do look a bit flat, but your photo "booth" looks fine. The photos seem a bit underexposed, and the contrast is weak. I took one photo and punched it up just a bit. Original: And punched up. The shallow depth of field is the reason the rear part of the model to be blurry. You are probably using a cell phone, and can't adjust the lens' aperture, so you can't control the depth of field. If you can control where the focus point is, you might focus on the vent(?) door behind the front wheel. That way the front of the car might still be sharp enough, and the back of the car will be in better focus. I'm also curious what you used for outlining the door and trunk lines, and how you tinted the windows, but those are probably answered in your WIP thread.

Gorgeous car, gorgeous photos! The difference in the photos is like night and day (literally ). Thanks Jason! I wonder how that photo would look like as your avatar. I still use my ancient Nikon CoolPix 8700 camera (not a DSLR), but I use a tripod, long exposures, and lots of light.

The trucks look really nice and well detailed. So, since these are propelled by the underground cable, there are no traction motors in the trucks.

I saw a '90s Nissan 240 SX convertible in a supermarket parking lot in Manchester NH. Just like this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_240SX When I first noticed it from the distance I didn't know what it was. Only after walking around it (seeing the Nissan logo and "240SX" on the rear bumper) I knew what it was. I can't remember last time I've seen one of these cars. I don't think they were very popular even back, here in USA in the '90s.

I cut out the "shelves" in all but 2 stackable rings.

The only magazine which has not changed since its inception is the Collectible Automobile magazine. Still has thick glossy covers and quality paper pages. It also has no ads, other than few of its own products, But it also costs a lot more than other "regular" magazines, so the subscribers are actually funding the magazine.

. . . and no eye for esthetics. That thing is UGLY!

Thanks Casey! I ended up acquiring a set of those Desert Dog tires, from a member of this forum.

Yes, we do know then new BMF Chrome foil sucks. We have been discussing it for some time: I never liked Model Master foil. I bought one sheet when it first came out, tried it (hated it) and put it aside. I still have that sheet with very small piece missing. As for the glue residue. I believe that I mentioned earlier in this thread that I have been using "follow the masking tape" technique for decades, but I apply the tape to the model first (under the foil). Then burnish the foil over the tape, cut, then peel off the tape (with the foil) on it. Then I usually have to do some additional burnishing of the foil's edge. Works really well.

Well, it one really wants to split hairs, matte (or any) aluminum foil will never look like the original BMF Chrome. BMF Chrome is made from some sort of alloy of low melting temperature metals and it has a "warm" silver tone. to me it actually looks more like nickel than chrome. Nickel also has a slightly amber "warm" tone, while Chromium has a "cold" (almost bluish) tone. Aluminum has a more whitish (or cool) tone. So, regardless of how polished the aluminum foil is, if placed next to BMF chrome, there be a visible difference in the color. This is also why the vacuum-metalized with aluminum ("chromed") kit parts look just like 1:1 Chromed parts - the aluminum's hue is very similar to Chrome. The bottom line is how anal the modeler is. Some might find the hue mismatch quite acceptable, while others will not like it.

Beautiful model Jason, and the photos look nice, but they are very dark. I'm talking about the initial photos on the light background (I realize that the black background photos are "artsy"). Maybe crank up the EV on the camera to show more details (especially on the engine photos).

If the info in the missing thread was accurate it would have been beneficial to let it stay to warn members about the scam. While some posts seemed a bit extreme, others seemed to provide what appeared to be accurate info. I'm surprised that the moderators didn't just delete the extreme posts, and left the warning posts readable (in a locked thread).

When plastic with metallic particles is injected into the mold, the particles can often show the flow of the liquid plastic inside the mold. It is normal to see this type of artifacts.

Very nice. I really like white cars. They look elegant (and in real life much easier to keep clean than black cars)..

It looks really good in those photos Mario! Was the light bar included in the kit?

Interesting . . . There was a thread about her here just last week, with some "interesting" info, but it seems to have vanished.

Some interesting info about modern headlights is at https://www.iihs.org/topics/headlights . We aren't the only ones noticing the problem, but it doesn't seem like the situation will ever improve.

They sure do! Nice!

Looks good Joe!

Here is an example of one of the scam emails I got today (viewed in my web Browser). My email provider already put that email in my SPAM folder, but to show you what I look for, I hovered my mouse cursor over what looks like no-reply@amazon.com address. As you can see, the "real' address shows up in the little window below between "<>", and is the fake address used by the scammer. The genuine looking address is just a text field within the email that usually holds the name associated with the email address, but anything can be put in that field, so scammers use it to make the address look legitimate.