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Uh, plastic straws were specifically mentioned in that particular hint; and, they were around in the technologically primitive 1960s.

Cap's Hobby Hints debuted in March 1966 in DC Comics titles. It was originally titled "Cap's Hobby Center". The idea to ask readers to submit their hobby tips arose from the fact that DC Comics featured a lot of ads from model companies and would be a great way to promote the advertisers.

These were the only important ads in DC comics when I wasa kid. Free admission and rides are always swell. Those ride coupons were worth their weight in gold to kids going there on a summer day camp trip:

1955 Chevrolet Body Styles 1956 Chevrolet Body Styles

You weren't looking in the right place. Price 30 clams: Belly Tanker

You're approaching something extremely and painfully simple in execution with needlessly complicated solutions. Check out Hauler Models HQT004 Stainless Scribers HERE. The one on the upper left is perfect. I used it to open the front grille of a Johan '64 Caddy ragtop.

Yeah, it is. Funny thing about this is that this car, a '56 150 4 Dr. sedan, is missing the front trim normally found on the '56 150 4 doors. It doesn't look like it was even on it in the first place. '55 150 4 Dr. sedans didn't have any side trim. Plus, the lower color looks more like Coral than Sierra Gold. It might be that Aussie GM products of the time differed from the U.S. models in trim and colors offered. The India Ivory/Coral combination and '55-style trim options might have been still available for Australian-built Chevys.

Upper color is India Ivory and lower color is Coral. The two-tone combination code is 629 with the upper color Ditzler code 8026 and the lower is 70573. These are the colors available for 1955 model year Chevrolet cars

P.O. boxes cost money.....no kidding. Of course I know. I don't live on Tobacco Road. Check the statistics on mail fraud. P.O. boxes are typically used as drop-offs by and for con artists and other species of scammers. I don't need to worry about when a package is delivered, wait at home for the mail carrier to arrive or if my stuff was dumped on the stoop so some skell can get a five finger discount. The carriers here won't/can't do that, especially if a signature is required. Besides, the lobby man in my building accepts all incoming parcels and secures them in a package cage until a tenant stops by the front desk to retrieve their items. Despite all of the wisecracks made about NYC, it sure is swell to live in a place where civilization, and all of the expected services, exist.

Just received my $20 Azpen tablet delivered by USPS. To my door. Now, I can get some posting done! Self righteous? Nope, just using street smarts daddio. P.O. boxes are typically used by individuals perpetrating scams. If you want to be precise, you weren't scammed by the guy since he paid for the decals. What he did afterward sucked; but, that is beyond your control.

It's a muscle car, not a shopping mall shuttle.

As long as the brick was stowed in a cargo pocket, that would not be considered a fashion faux pas.

Software engineers also made electronic fraud, identity theft, and oodles of other fun activities possible. Life is dull only if you allow yourself to be addicted to and controlled by the technology and, for one reason or another, you lose access or the ability to use it. Like I stated before, technology is great. BUT, there is no physical permanence to software and what it creates. It exists only in the abstract in the form of lines of code. You can't touch it. If your hard drive fizzes out, all that neat collection of electrons which constitute your life in the modern world is gone. Just playing devil's advocate, don't take it personally.

"I you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with b*****t." Every profession follows that precept to a degree, some more than others.

That translates into "We specialize in vague generalities."

Technology is great......until it stops functioning. My point is that if, God forbid, a major catastrophe occurs and civilization as it is presently exists comes to an end, an overwhelming percentage of the population would not be able to cope with what's left. Techies are useful when it comes to working with virtual reality. It's a whole different ballgame when having to use your hands, as well as your brains. When their magical devices no longer function, the jig is up, pal. They're as useful as attempting to screw in a left-handed light bulb into a right-handed socket. I don't need a computer to perform mathematical operations or to design something. I can use a slide rule, drafting equipment and hand tools just as easily. I appreciate technology; it's that I don't depend on it anywhere nearly as much as some other people might.

It'll be a really helpless society if ever the power grid C R A P S out. Us OFGs can be the real life versions of Negan and run things.

Murse - carried by beta-males. If it doesn't fit inside your trouser pockets, you don't need to carry it around. That goes for double for the hiking backpacks lugged around by dumb*sses on subways and buses. You're going to work (maybe), not on an expedition through the Andes.

Yup. Just like no "real" Jeep had four doors or was built on a Fiat 500 platform. There's something terribly wrong within the time-space continuum, man.

I'm with you on that. What's up with a 4 door Charger, anyway? The two Challengers up front show what happens to almost everybody after 40-odd years........you get fat and develop a double chin.

There were the Chia Hair commercial from 1990 and the Adobe Mexican import Clay Car commercial from 1986.

A 1 oz. bottle is enough to paint a small car body. Depending on what you plan on painting, you might need to get a 2 oz. size. This is the application guide from the ScaleFinishes website.

Art, I didn't say that it's not doable. I pointed out exactly the same thing you wrote in your response. The plastic still requires to be etched prior to being placed in the electroconductive solution. My point was that it's an involved process and the kits available are still fairly expensive. The refills can be just as costly as the kit itself.

The Eastwood kit isn't usable on plastic. First of all, plastics are non-conductive. In order to electroplate plastic, it must be etched with an oxidizing solution, placed in another solution containing copper or nickel ions which chemically bond with the etched plastic and provide a conductive surface for electroplating. In short, it's an involved process which isn't worth the effort or financial layout to plate model parts at home.

The problem with spraying a fixative on chalk or dry pigments is that they will absorb the fixative and darken,and in some instances, very significantly. My POV is from my primary interest in modeling AFVs. The petroleum and oil based weathering products impart a more realistic look and are better suited to handling.