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11 hours ago, High octane said:
I don't play those lottery jackpots as I have a better chance of surviving a fall off a cliff as the odds of winning the jackpot is more than terrible.
That is the problem - the odds. Few years ago both the Mega Millions and the Power Ball changed their rules (increased the pool of numbers to pick from) which greatly decreased the odds of winning the jackpot. Under the old rules the jackpots were usually between 30 and few hundred Million Dollars. They also doubled the price of the ticket. With the new lower odds of winning and doubled price to play the jackpot grows much higher, but is that really good? I would rather see more people (including me) winning smaller (but still very large) jackpots more often. But the lottery is not about the players - it is about the lottery (government) making money.
I have heard lottery being called "tax on poor people" because while that part of the population pays no, or little taxes, they buy lottery tickets with the little money that they have, and usually they have nothing to show for.
As for what to do with all that money, I'm sure I would find something to do with it.
And I'm sure that one can easily adapt to the lavish life of the rich and famous. You won't know that until you actually have that money at hand. I have also heard that many average-folk lottery winners go broke. Spending money is easy.
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Dave, thanks for the update. Your health comes before anything else (especially a silly free online forum). Take care of yourself, worry about the forum later. Like you said, if you are not 100%, you do not want to deal with the problems.
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I've seen that message from time to time on my Win 7 laptop running Seamonkey browser. It doesn't seem to affect the functionality, so I ignore it. Nowadays there are so many compatibility problems between browsers and websites that I'm surprised things work as well as they do.
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41 minutes ago, Tom Geiger said:
I am all out of K&S brass rod. That's why I tried to hit the Hobby Town in West Chester, Pa that's no longer there. Then I went out of my way to go to Mainline Hobbies in Plymouth Meeting, Pa, who had an Evergreen rack but told me he got rid of the K&S brass rack because they sold it at Home Depot or Lowes... he couldn't remember which. So today I hit both Home Depot, then Lowes and nope neither had K&S brass. I had already tried Michaels and Hobby Lobby but out of sheer desperation I went to AC Moore which also didn't stock the product. I am going to New Jersey tomorrow, and I will scream out loud if that hobby shop doesn't have a K&S rack! If they do, I will make a sizable purchase and will be able to finish my Model As.
Looks like it is time to start buying directly from the source. http://specialshapes.com/ No online ordering, but you can actually call them, speak to a real person and place a phone order. Actually Special-Shapes is a division of K&S. I have been ordering brass shapes and thin-wall tubing from them long before they were acquired by K&S. Take a look through their website to see what thy offer - lots of useful items (much wider selection than the usual K&S stuff in hobby shops).
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25 minutes ago, NYLIBUD said:
:Well I guess,now I've got to spend a lot more time with my girlfriend..
If that is how you feel about it, isn't it time to trade her in for a new model?
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While this thread is not in the wrong section (here), it might get even better response if it was in the Trucks section.
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Yes, this thread is pointless in the world we live in now.
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This is similar to the timid drivers who stop at the end of the on-ramp entering the freeway as if threw was some invisible stop sign instead of the "merging traffic" or Yield sign. I've seen them do that regardless of whether there is any traffic in the right lane of the freeway! This really sucks if you happen to be behind them, expecting to pick up speed to properly merge with the freeway traffic. Now you slam on the brakes and entering the freeway suddenly becomes very difficult (unless you own a super-car capable of 0-60MPH in 2 seconds).
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42 minutes ago, Oldcarfan27 said:
There are some very kind, helpful, and generous guys here on this forum (they know who they are)
Treating kindness for kindness, this world would be a lot better if we were in competition to "outdo each other in generosity"
Yes there are many very helpful people here - like you: Thanks for those Good Year Wrangler tires!
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2 minutes ago, DEL said:
No offense Pete but I would have a heckuva time seeing any impurities in chrome work on those parts. at least by the pic. They look nice! Small objects with many twists and turns and bump ins & outs lend themselves somewhat to playing tricks on the eye.
The larger parts were already cut of of the rack in the photo. The one was not all that bad. I don't have the parts which had the worse flaws anymore. I posted the photo to show that that I rack the parts myself and that for me stripping and re-plating would not work due to the extra work involved.
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7 hours ago, 1930fordpickup said:
So I take it that those the feel it is in bad taste do not watch movies and TV based on a true story?
Not at all. Do I small a bit of trolling here? The bad taste is the fact that it is a toy made for kids to bounce on (and have innocent fun with lots of laughter). When watching a movie depicting carnage, a normal person does not have fun, laugh or enjoy themselves. They usually feel sad (and even shed a tear sometimes).
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On 10/15/2018 at 6:04 PM, peteski said:
Same here - dust in the "chrome". Of course I was offered a free re-plating, but I wasn't about to try stripping the inferior finish on many delicate parts. Too much hassle. I'm not going back.
Just to show why I declined the free re-plating offer, I rack my own parts, with many parts being small and delicate pinned to the rack. I wasn't about to try to strip those. Here is a photo of one of my racks (some parts and pieces of the rack itself
have been removed at the time I took this photo).
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I glanced at the subject line and figured that I'll leave my 5 cents here too.
I don't think I will ever get tired of my "normal build subject". I build a wide rage of kits in scales from 1:220 to 1:6, including cars, trucks, motorcycles, some SciFi, ships, aircraft, and others. I'm also into model trains and electronics. I also spent too much time on my computer (and I'm not even on Facebook).
Currently I am working on bunch of model railroad related projects (including an animated and illuminated Merry-go-Round model for an N scale carnival). If anything, I have too many projects going on. Never bored!!
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23 hours ago, martinfan5 said:
The DS21 I believed is set to be out this month if we go by what HLJ has listed.
I sure hope they make a lot of them because the HLJ pre-order is closed.
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This is one of those questions which is repeatedly asked here. Of course the specific size of wire depends on the scale you are modeling in.
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4 hours ago, 1930fordpickup said:
Does it say Titanic on it?
Does that really matter? The point being made is that It's a large cruise ship sinking.
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Any news about EBBRO 1/24 Citroen DS21?
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10 hours ago, oldnslow said:
I saw those and started making my own , On30 scale that is .
This is "Tiny" ,
Yes, in 0n30, that is tiny. I model in N scale (1:160), which is much smaller than 0, but to get really really tiny, the smallest operating model railroad scale is "T" (not to be confused with TT). It is 1:450.
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These are fantasy (not functional, or logically designed) vehicles.
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Interesting model and creative use of generic household items - I like it!
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4 hours ago, John Pol said:
some people use apron to catch parts and put vecro on the side of the table and two strips on the apron
That's exactly what I do. My neighbor (RIP) made an apron for me (sewing was her hobby) and I had her put a strip of Velcro on the bottom edge. The mating Velcro strip is stuck under the bench top. I put the apron on, sit down and reach under the workbench to attach the apron to the Velcro. Even if I accidentally get up, the Velcro releases safely.
It is an age-old watchmaker's trick. It works great (if I don't forget to wear it)!
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On 10/14/2018 at 2:59 PM, Lorne said:
First time using Chrome Tech wasn't too bad, they responded on my email inquiry when asked if they had received "in good order", also the plating was good! . Sent another batch to them a year later and,...... wow! they really dropped the ball !!!!! I only used half of the parts the other half looked like they were dropped in a dust bin! They did not take the time to clean of the surface (dust particles underneath the chroming)!!!! Don't want to scare you off, I'm certain they are on the up and up. But, I am a paying customer and was really disappointed. Im surprised they don't have a quality assurance and a quality control person checking their plating. Social media can kill a business if you receive poor service.
Same here - dust in the "chrome". Of course I was offered a free re-plating, but I wasn't about to try stripping the inferior finish on many delicate parts. Too much hassle. I'm not going back.
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Is this stuff made in China?
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On 10/12/2018 at 11:16 PM, Pete J. said:
OKI data bought out the Alps patents many years ago. They still make printers that print white and other colors for decals(transfer media). They are kind of hard to find but can be had. https://www.oki.com/us/printing/products/textile-transfer-printers/c711WT/index.html
Well, things aren't that simple. Alps Electric is a large Japanese company producing electronic components. Alps MicroDry thermal-transfer printing technology was used and/or licensed by several companies. But AFAIK Alps was the only company making the hardware (print heads, etc.).
In the '90s Alps chose to enter the consumer printer market by producing a line of computer printers. The MD series of printers (MD stands for MicroDry).
They produced the MD2000 series first, followed by the MD1000 series (yes out of sequence numbering), then the last MD printers were the MD5000 series. These consumer printers were not a commercial success. While the print quality was excellent, and the inks were color-fast and waterproof, the printers were complicated and expensive, and the cost of consumables was also fairly high. They were ale extremely slow compared to ink jet and laser printers. Those quickly became the mainstream consumer printers with Alps falling behind. But Alps MD printers had some unusual and unique capabilities (like being able to retain the paper inside printer and printing multiple passes in perfect registration (the ability to layer inks), and of course the ability to pint white and metallic colors. Because of those capabilities and the waterproof ink, they found a niche market with modelers and small cottage industry producers of custom water-slide decals.
As I mentioned other companies either re-badger Alps rinters or utilized print heads for their own brand printers. Rebadged Alps printers were Citizen Printivas (MD2000 series), Powis Parker (DP5000 series), and OKI DP series (MD500 series). Alps also manufactured a higher-end printer which was sold as OKI DP7000 and also Kodak First Check.
Then in the larger printer formats, Roland DG utilized Alps technology in a series of their plotter/cutter printers.
All the above printers are discontinued and out of production. OKI and few others have developed color laser printers which use white toner, so they are capable of printing white ink. But compared to the capabilities of Alps MD printers, they have limitations and they are much more expensive (both the hardware and consumables). That technology is not related to the Alps MicroDry technology.
And I'm sure that one can easily adapt to the lavish life of the rich and famous. You won't know that until you actually have that money at hand. I have also heard that many average-folk lottery winners go broke. Spending money is easy.
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