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So, what's the holdup, maaaaaaaaan? Check out TCP Global . In addition to other absotively neat stuff, they carry beaucoup airbrush models and accessories at really good prices.

There's no need to get actual yellow zinc chromate primer. you can get Model Master Acryl 4851 - ANA 627 Yellow Zinc Chromate. You can also use Vallejo Model Color 70923 Japan Uniform WWII and Humbrol 81 Matt Pale Yellow are good too.

I've noticed that "drill" has been used. If you mean using a power tool, like a Dremel, therein lies the problem. That's plain overkill and you're asking for trouble, especially with clear styrene..Use a pin vise. You won't have to worry about excessive bit speeds melting or cracking the clear plastic. You also won't have to be concerned about the bit jumping, either. You have complete control of bit speed and making sure the bit stays where it's supposed to stay. Use the needle on a compass to mark the center of the hole to be drilled and the bit won't skip. I've hand-drilled through .8mm acrylic sheet and various thicknesses of clear styrene and acetate with no cracks, no melting, no burrs.

LACFD equipment is painted reddish orange. Testors Italian Red is a good match. The LA City Fire Department paints its apparatuses in......what else.....fire engine red.

Hey, we don't see bonus parts anymore; but, we do get free whoopee cushions.

If you check out the box to the left of the bike, AMT lists not only the kits containing the Triumph parts, but also the kits containing the Go-Kart parts. They're all '62 model years. It'd be nice if Round 2 re-released these eleven kits if they still have all of the molds. Then, you'd really hear the collective moans from the guys who forked over three Franklins for one of the originals.

Here you go, Ed. I could only find four out of five. S-122: S-522: S-622: S-922: Sorry about S-722. The instruction sheet isn't posted at Drastic Plastic, I don't have a copy and I couldn't locate one online. Perhaps somebody here can fill that order.

Aside from the '62 T-Bird kit, these are the other Styline kits I found with the bonus Triumph motorcycle parts: 1962 Ford Galaxie Hardtop S-122 1962 Buick Electra S-522 1962 Pontiac Hardtop S-622 1962 Chevrolet Impala Hardtop S-722 1962 Corvette Hardtop #S-922 S-722 contains the elusive frame.

There's an old, rundown candy store near my kid's school and this kit was sitting on a shelf with a few other car and plane models in decrepit, waterlogged boxes. They were all marked with equally ancient $2 price tags. I should have grabbed them when I had the chance. When I stopped by a few days later, they were all gone. The next time I saw this kit, it was in a "vintage" (read hipster-operated junk emporium) shop a couple blocks away for $75. I'll pass.

We only got 2 cents for soda bottles in the '60s. Fishing for change through subway gratings using a small padlock with a little Vaseline or Bazooka gum on the bottom was our racket. Best spots were at bus stops and grates near bars. We fished enough money to keep us in models, Spaldeens, candy and tops indefinitely. .

Well, around Jefferson Park, Zywiec, with spirytus rektyfikowany chasers. Na zdrowie. Hic. Time to go light a candle at the Lucas Duda shrine.

The movie is definitely fantasy. On the other hand....the Cubs winning the World Series.......a bizarre delusional disorder experienced every April since 1909 by the denizens of the Second City. A ten game losing streak followed a couple cases of Zywiec beer snaps them back into reality. * * I'm not a psychiatrist. I only portray one online and when appearing as an expert witness in Small Claims Court.

Looks good to me. Great job on this one, Randy. Now, I gotta grab me one of these.

Yeah, you can use Monokote instead of tissue since it already has a heat activated adhesive on one side. Instead of doping the tissue, you can spray Krylon Clear Acrylic, as I mentioned previously. Some guys use a 50-50 mixture of white glue and water, which is brushed over the tissue in order to stiffen it.

Expert craftsmanship never gets old. Fussee movements can still be found in some of the most expensive mechanical watches. There are train modelers who use fussee chains to operate various mechanisms in their layouts. Top Studio makes what is essentially PE fussee chain for detailing motorcycles. Unfortunately, it's 1/12 scale and reeeeeaaaaalllllly expensive.

Fussee chain is made from spring steel; so, it can be chemically blued. The fussee chain to the immediate right of the match head is .25mm thick and .63mm tall. That is just about 1/25 scale for a bike chain.

Although balsa frame and tissue, Guillow's makes some really nice kits. The B-17 is humongous! Instead of doping the tissue, you can spray a couple fine mist coats of Krylon Clear Acrylic to seal the pores and stiffen the tissue.

It'll look equally awesome on the bikes.

I apologize once more. Testors was acquired by RPM in 1984 and then Floquil-Polly S. Polly Scale and Floquil Paints

Some of us are guilty of looking at these Renwal kits with a jaundiced eye. We keep comparing kits of that era with what we have available today. Just remember how much fun you had building one of these when you were a kid. If you happen to run across one of your old favorites, just build it and enjoy.

Paul, walking into Polk's was the equivalent of dying and discovering that Heaven is a giant hobby shop. Back in 1976, Polk's was selling the first primitive home computer. It was the size of a large microwave oven and went for around 5 Grand. A close second was America's Hobby Center on W. 22nd St. Mostly train-related; still, it was a place like you won't find anymore. Your comments about young people's lack of manual dexterity skills is true. Remember when every high school offered shop classes? My old high school, Brooklyn Technical H.S.( the largest high school for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the United States, btw. ) offered drafting, wood shop, where you made full size patterns of what you drew in drafting class, foundry class where you used the patterns to make sand molds and cast them in metal and, of course, machine shop where we learned to use drill presses and industrial grade multi-speed engine lathes. The architectural engineering students used to build a two story wood frame house in the AE lab as their senior project. My aero engineering class had the availability of a static thrust test stand to fire up an old low thrust jet engine. Foundry was a compliment to the required Industrial Processes course. All of this was cut in the 1990s by the principal at the time. From what I heard from the Alumni Association, there are plans to reintroduce these classes in the future.

Or oranges. The average average car buyer is described by this chart:

Most kits don't include photo etch parts. So, adding something as small as buckles isn't worth the effort from the kit makers' perspective. There are a bunch of AM sets which do contain seat belt hardware; so, one can always go that route. You can also use some thin aluminum sheet (soda can) and point oh small styrene strip to make your own. A bit tedious; but, it's doable. If you're building a bone-stock pre-1968 American car, don't sweat it. Seat belts weren't mandated until Jan. 1, 1968. you could play it off by explaining that the reason the seat belts aren't visible is because they are where everybody shoved them back then - between the seat cushion and seatback.

That certainly puts things into perspective.