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Part of my Easter suit for walking around in beautiful, isolated Rockaway Park. I didn't have time to put on the MOPP (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical protective) gear. Maybe tomorrow.
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Looking for an old thread.
SfanGoch replied to landman's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
That's your fault. The site's search engine is less than useless. You'll end up having to wade through multitudes of irrelevant posts and still not find what you're looking for. Check this thread out on how to find stuff without resorting to the "search" function here. Your chances of finding a specific topic/thread increase exponentially using this method. -
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Store bought is good; but, nuthin' beats homemade cake.
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Painting over Polar Lights Pre-Painted body
SfanGoch replied to Carmak's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
My landlord, who is a contractor, was gouged $31 for a pint of 91IPA courtesy of ebay. He reported the seller. -
Painting over Polar Lights Pre-Painted body
SfanGoch replied to Carmak's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Everybody needs to do their part. -
Painting over Polar Lights Pre-Painted body
SfanGoch replied to Carmak's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
I've been mulling over the comments about using IPA for stripping paint. Let me remind you guys that IPA is in dangerously short supply, or non-existent, in many locations. I can't get IPA within 100 miles of me in NYC. Like me, there are numerous people who have a legitimate medical need for IPA, but, due to inconsiderate panic buyers and profiteers hoarding all existing stocks, there is none to be found. Consider this: that last bottle of IPA you snagged at the pharmacy to strip your model could have better served a person who really needed it. You just might save somebody's life by not using IPA for what qualifies as, at this particular time, an extremely frivolous and wasteful purpose. -
1955 Chevy--Day 2 Add Ons
SfanGoch replied to stavanzer's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Ad in Popular Mechanics, July 1954, indicating the Traction Master Company was in business since at least the early-mid 1950s. So, a Day 2 '55 Chevy could have had these traction bars installed. Ad in Speed Age (1954) -
Painting over Polar Lights Pre-Painted body
SfanGoch replied to Carmak's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Yeah, well the way things are presently, finding 91IPA, or even 70, is hit or miss in a lot of places. Nobody's stocking up on ELO as a disinfectant. Yet. -
Painting over Polar Lights Pre-Painted body
SfanGoch replied to Carmak's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Get the ELO. It strips every paint known to man, you don't need to submerge the parts for hours, days or weeks and it isn't being hoarded. -
Any way to stop melted wheels with 60's AMT tires?
SfanGoch replied to Carmak's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
What you suggest will definitely protect the rims; however, it won't stop the plasticizer leaching from the tires. They're going to decompose regardless. It's the same thing that happens to rubber bands. As they age, they start turning into gooey, sticky messes. -
Any way to stop melted wheels with 60's AMT tires?
SfanGoch replied to Carmak's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Just as there is no cure for acetate promos from warping, there are no "time proven" methods to stop what amounts to a chemical breakdown/decomposition of the plasticizer in the vinyl. Chuck'em and get new tires. -
Love Yoo Hoo. Just the thing to go with a dirty water dog off the wagon. Believe it or not, TJ, Yoo Hoo, HQ'ed in Carlstadt, NJ, bought out Chocolate Cow in the early '80s because it was a direct competitor.
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DING, DING, DING! We Have The All-Time Darwin Award Recipient!
SfanGoch replied to SfanGoch's topic in The Off-Topic Lounge
I dare this guy to lick anything pulled out of either Newton Creek or the Gowanus Canal. Both are Superfund sites and you can contract STDs by just coming in incidental contact with Gowanus Canal water. -
Drake's fruit pies, Yodels, Devil Dogs, Ring Dings and Funny Bones. When I was a kid, we'd wash them down with Chocolate Cow. Forum members of a certain age who are/were NY'ers will remember this:
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DING, DING, DING! We Have The All-Time Darwin Award Recipient!
SfanGoch replied to SfanGoch's topic in The Off-Topic Lounge
"Ty-D-Bol Boy" is the same putz that started that highly unsanitary, video-fueled nonsense about opening up ice cream containers at the supermarket, licking the contents and placing the now-contaminated ice cream back in the freezers. I guess sticking to eating Tide pods was yesterday's fad. -
I'm a Negan guy myself. This character has the right amount of swagger and attitude required during tough times. Heck, I'd buy him lunch after I hand over my cut. The wimpy, indecisive behavior of the Hilltop/Alexandria/Oceanside gaggle make for boring TV. Too much angst-driven self-reflective B.S. slows down the show. It's like watching a existential Scandinavian movie marathon. Jadis needs to make a guest appearance, sorta like Burgess Meredith and Julie Newmar on Batman, to liven things up. Realistically, the whole collapse of society and government storyline doesn't wash. The Federal side would be able to maintain some type of control from the Doomsday bunkers. The upside is zombies aren't a strain on resources. They aren't eligible for Medicaid or tax credits. The downside, for politicians at least, is they can't be counted as sure votes.
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Painting over Polar Lights Pre-Painted body
SfanGoch replied to Carmak's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Testors Easy Lift Off. It'll even remove lacquer sprayed on unprimed styrene. -
Gluing ABS? Acetone or Methyl Ethyl Ketone(MEK)?
SfanGoch replied to crowe-t's topic in Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials
Like Rich and Bill said. Instead of Bondene, which comes in 2 Fl.oz bottles, you can get a pint can of Sci-Grip 4/Weld-On 3 for as little as eleven bucks, the cost of two bottles of Bondene. -
Painting over Polar Lights Pre-Painted body
SfanGoch replied to Carmak's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Strip the paint, prime and repaint.