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That is an evasive non-answer, Mike. Personally, I don't care one way or the other if somebody has them in their sigs. I was playing devil's advocate. It also doesn't matter what percentage of members see them. They're still seen more often by regular users because they are in every single comment posted by the individuals including them and that could total thousands of times because of post counts as opposed to a single political comment made during a particular discussion in a single topic. Would political statements in a sig be treated in the same manner since the same small percentage of people would see them? I doubt it. It just reinforces my assertion regarding selective enforcement of the rules. If one can't be used because it would violate policy, so neither can the other. I was a member of a now-defunct flightsim board which had a sub-forum, Goose's Bar, in its OTL section. It was a no-holds-barred, free-for-all with no restrictions on subject matter or language which are prohibited here. It was set up so that members could blow off steam by keeping things off the main board. One had to request admittance by agreeing to keep discussions there and not to let them spill over into the regular fora. It was inaccessible to everyone except those who requested to join thereby precluding any vicarious snooping. One was allowed to say whatever they wanted, how they wanted with virtually no moderator interference. Anyone who violated the agreement was permanently banned from the site. It was one of the most popular sections because members could speak their minds without worrying about getting penalized or banned. Nobody ever continued any discussion, disagreement or argument into the main board. There was never any animosity carried over. There also was an invitation-only section for religious topics where members who were so inclined could proselytize to their heart's content. The same rules for the free-for-all section also applied to this one. The site owner, and the mods, didn't act like hall monitors and believed in treating the members like adults. Is it the consensus of the board staff here that the membership isn't intellectually or emotionally mature enough to handle something like that? No apology necessary, Noel. I was only goofing with you. I don't care how someone addresses or refers to me. Just don't leave an open tab under my name. How many times have you referred to, or called, somebody a jerk in the course of real life? That is one of the definitions and that word is commonly used in that context exclusive of any sexual innuendo or reference.

I concur with Casey. I asked Dave about the biblical quotations and references used as signatures and he didn't reply. Using them is an violation of the board policy regarding prohibited subject matter. So, Dan, Mike et al, why do you let that obvious flaunting of board policy continue? Rules are rules and ignorance of the rules is no excuse. Remember writing that, Mike? If you're going to penalize members for inappropriate subject matter, political content,alleged sexual innuendo, maledicta, etc., the mods are obligated to flag and discipline ALL violations. You'll probably catch hell from members who use them in their signatures; but, being a moderator is a thankless job which all of you volunteered to do. You're all delegated the responsibility to enforce board rules and policies without bias.

That one poster is me. Is it too inconvenient to refer to me by name? Why should any poster get penalized due to someone's lack of knowledge concerning the definition of a word or the context in which it was used? If you're unsure of a word or term, google it. Takes a few seconds and doing so can prevent someone from receiving a possibly unjustified penalty. Perform your due diligence and get it right. Posters deserve the benefit of the doubt before being disciplined.

It can't be a standard procedure, new or otherwise, unless it's evenly enforced across the board encompassing all subject matter which is prohibited, including religious references. Case in point, the "Off-Topic Lounge" has a warning/advisory which states: "General discussions on anything EXCEPT politics or religion! Keep it clean... all forum rules apply!" That's concise and needs no further explanation or clarification. It makes it very clear that neither of those subjects can be included in any post in any manner or form, not only in OTL, but in any other part of the board, no exceptions, period. However, this isn't the case, as I pointed out to you in a read but unanswered PM. If what I mentioned can be excused and continue to be overlooked by every member of the moderating staff, this shows a distinct and obvious bias in favor of the individuals who break this rule by flaunting this particular, longstanding, allegedly set-in-stone policy. You can't have it both ways. Either the policies are equally enforced to the letter; or, the policy itself is flawed and unenforceable because of selective and unequal enforcement. If enforced as intended, there will be numerous complaints and cases of butt hurt from the members who are affected. Well, that's too bad. As the saying goes, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. Like anyone using "inappropriate" language and the like, members who openly violate other conditions of the "new" and previous policies should also be held accountable and face the same consequences and heavy-handed scrutiny for violations. I would also suggest that the moderating staff keep up-to-date on slang terminology to be better informed on present day colloquial usage and not to jump to ill-informed and incorrect conclusions as to what they thought was implied. What you might consider as "inappropriate" by the strictest definition of a particular word doesn't mean it was intended as such when used. These words have many other, less vulgar definitions which are used in the context of those other definitions in everyday interactions by "nice" people from all walks of life and age groups. "Nice", for example, began as a negative term derived from the Latin nescius, meaning “unaware, ignorant.” This sense of “ignorant” was carried over into English when the word was first borrowed (via French) in the early 1300s. And for almost a century, nice was used to characterize a “stupid, ignorant, or foolish” person. Will those who use "nice" to describe someone's WIP or finished model be penalized based on an outdated definition because it could be construed as a personal attack and that someone was calling another member ignorant or foolish? Don't play word police unless you are knowledgeable of all the definitions and usage. Look up the word before making arbitrary decisions as to whether or not the word is actually "inappropriate".

CultTVMan Hobby Shop has the Jupiter 2 Light Kit in stock for $159.99.

You assume everyone lives in a house and has a garage to store tools. If one lives in an apartment, one has neither a garage to store a car, let alone large quantities of power tools nor the space in aforementioned apartment dwelling to to do the same. Not everyone is fortunate to own a house with a garage. That's a stone cold fact here in NYC. I keep that in mind when offering advice and mention items commonly found in both a house or an apartment.

February of what decade?

Why does it seem like there's the universal assumption that everybody has a fully equipped machine shop in their house?

A spoon test will only indicate if the paint is compatible with the spoon. The styrene used to make plastic spoons is formulated differently than what is used in model kit production. Spray the paint on pieces of the parts tree to get an accurate idea as to how the kit plastic would react.

"Ally" is Brit/Oz/Kiwi shorthand for aluminum (a-LOO-mi-ni-um), guv.

I did point that out.

The K&S Engineering .016" brass I use has a hard temper and it can be easily (fairly) using a new #11 blade. I don't know about the commercial paper cutter. First of all, even the smaller models take up a good deal of bench space. Secondly, the are fairly expensive ($100+), which is a lot of mazuma for something which would see limited use. Okay, it might come in handy slicing cold cuts.

The one problem with using rotary tools with cut off wheels is that, due to the mandrel length, you're only able to make perpendicular cuts up to a maximum of 2" from the outer edge of a metal sheet. In order to cut parts with larger widths, you'll have to position the cut off wheel at an angle to the piece. This results in a beveled edge at the cut which can be a PITA to flatten evenly. Plus, it's difficult to maintain the cut off wheel in a straight line while cutting the sheet. If the bed and ramps are just composed of straight line cuts, you can draw the patterns on the smooth side. Place a straightedge on the lines then slowly and carefully score the lines with a scribing tool or, if you don't have one, with the backside of a #11 blade. The brass is soft and thin enough to allow you to scribe completely through the sheet. When you reach a point when the scribe line is almost through, you can bend the section until it snaps off. Use a file to remove any burrs and to smooth out the edges. I use this method when cutting parts from 0.016 brass sheet.

A couple whacks with a ball peen hammer on the door edge would even things out.

That's what I was referring to.

The door needs some work.

Bomber Seats (2) Set #1 1/25 Bomber Seats (2) Set #2, 1/25

Italeri 223/654 is a totally different kit. It's a straight Italeri tooling.

I once ran out of the regular chrome and had a sheet of the matt foil laying around. I put some Novus 2 on a piece of an old tee shirt and carefully polished the sheet until it was shiny. Then, I buffed it out with another piece of tee shirt. I applied it and burnished it with a Q-Tip. Couldn't tell the difference.

In my area, it's called "Not Available - Out Of Stock".

Need to go somewhere? You're a NY'er by default being from Joisey. Killing time is in your DNA, man. Take a walk around the neighborhood park, talk to the crazy guy playing a tune on the curbstone with his drumsticks, hit a gin mill for a couple of suds or a coffee shop and have a greaseburger deluxe, hang out with the giant cannibal pig outside the Italian pork store, anything but Hobby Lobby ferchrissakes! Look, I'm as much a model nut as the next guy here; but, I'm not going to keep going back to the same lameass store to stare at the same lameass kits I saw six months before. As my good friend Al Einstein would say as he was buying his weekly fix of lottery tickets, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”

Please explain to this bum from Brooklyn what's the seemingly irresistible need to look for model kits in this joint. Hobby Lobby is a "hobby shop" in the most general definition of the term. It's an arts & crafts store, just like Michaels. They sell some model kits and supplies, similar to how stationery stores and local drug stores from years ago might have had a back shelf with a couple of kits, glue and some paints. Their main business is DIY craft items and notions. If the main factor for shopping there is the 40% off coupons/sales, that really isn't much of an incentive because, according to everyone's griping, the selection sucks and buying something just to get that discount is being penny-wise but pound-foolish since it seems some buy the same kits ad nauseam. Sure, there are almost no real local hobby shops left to waste an afternoon in anymore; however, online shops offer a much larger variety of modeling products than you could ever find in Hobby Lobby.

Polish it. Buff it with a soft cloth and it will look like regular BMF.

If that's the case, it's not worth reading.

0.12" (3mm)-0.63" (16mm).