Joe Handley

Why do I have "Girls, Girls, Girls" suddenly booming in my head after looking at those kits..................................... I'm thinking of a joke here, but it's beyond inappropriate for a family site like this???

I picked up the current re-issue of the '65 Riviera at mine over the weekend and found Evergreen sheet and shaped products in small quantities there recently too!

That is true, forgot about that!

Don't see how large quantity vacuum formed parts would be an issue with the right buck, durability wouldn't be an issue since this is used for packaging and r/c car bodies and airplane canopies. There might be some detail related issues, but you should be able to mold a headliner into it to if you wanted to.

I have a '59,Rambler Wagon in black, '56 Plymouth sedan in primer grey, and inassembled Turbine Car promo in white, all of which I bought from Okey in the last few years at the Dupage show, would those be Ok to put in a dehydrator at the lowest setting?

Thanks Dave, we have found she has been a huge boost to Mom's morale too, because of her limited mobility, ahe can get down in the dumps and straight out depressed easily, but the pictures alone seem to bring her out of that funk, then even moreso when they bring her over. Speaking of which, got a couple new pics and she will be 2 weeks old tomorrow!

Ditto, in fact when it comes to real vehicles, I've owned 1 coupe (Dodge Shadow, which was technically a 3 door, but coupe shaped), 2 sedans (my 4dr 200 and 5 dr Lebaron GTS), and 2 5dr Jeeps (both of which have been unibody and basically station wagons too), I'll take a 4dr if it's an interesting to me subject.

I have no interest in the A-Bodies, but would probably buy at least a few of the '62 Fury, then one or two of each of the '62 Dart and the C-Barges. I am the one who has a few L-Body Charger and G-Body Daytona kits laying around too though, so I'm definately would be considered solidly Lunatic Fringe to for many Mopar people, let alone those who aren't.

I haven't watched drag racing on a while, didn't realized Pro Stock had gone so far down hill! Does make sense, it some extent, when you can buy production bodied COPO Camaro, CJ Mustang, and Drag Pack Challenger straight from Detroit and race, let alone get variations of those cars in street trim that need little work (compared to decades past) to make monsters out of them.

The Main Squeeze, bringing the FUNK! Have a Cigar No Quarter War Pigs

Picked this up the other day for a weird future project that I'll probably work on after the Convertible Charger Prototype from a General Lee Snap Kit is done. The kit is one of the AMT Camaro kits, but the snap-it version of the kit, and a SS 1LE, which is the handling oriented version of the SS. It's a nice looking model and is molded in 3 colors, matte black, matte dark grey, and dark gunmetal gray for the wheels, not to mention prepainted clear parts that look really nicely done! It also includes 2 decal sets, one peel and stick and a waterslide like the General Lee Snap-It kits had. Now, on to the pics! Aaaaannnnd here's a hint to what my plans for this kit with an idea of how the new side window line is going to flow from A-Pillar to a where the C-Pillar currently is I do apologize about the clear tape though, it's all I had handy when I took these pictures

No, it's just basic, plain, black from what appears to be an unpolished mold, the wheels are about all that received the Gunmetal treatment. They did fully paint the windows and tail lights though! If I don't do it tonight, I'll post out of box pics this weekend.

Black, Dark Grey, and Dark Gunmetal Grey, all in matte finishes.......and no, I'm not making that up

This showed up yesterday, just a snap kit, but I have something pretty weird planned for it?

So long as there's T.P. when I need it, I really don't care how or if it's hung up

Finally broke down and bought a dehydrator for model use on Sunday, ordered it that night and it showed up today?! Can't complain there!

That, or a Top Fuel engine cackling at idle? Maybe even blower surge, complete with programing to make the car move along in time at idle to the sound! I'm not sure what would be funnier, a little EV like an i3 or Bolt idling through a parking lot making any of those sounds?

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I figured it wasn't going to stay dead for long, not as long as Mike Patey was alive and able to start wrenching right away. The damage didn't look horrible, that said, what little airframe knowledge I have comes from seeing wrecked R/C planes and he seems to know exactly what he's doing in top of it.

Welp, I just broke down and ordered one of these with a package of the extra nesting trays, should be in on Tuesday! https://www.walmart.com/ip/Presto-Dehydro-Digital-Electric-Food-Dehydrator/45074199 Quick edit, got a notification that it arrived today!

New Pics! Look at this smile!

It probably wouldn't have made it past '73 anyway and into a 4th generation. You're right with that being all for the better too, automotive styling in this country took a nosedive after '74 and never truly recovered until the 80's.

No arguement from me there Bill, here's February of 2011 for us, and 2014 was either this, or sub zero, all..winter..long!

Lol, Thanks! I may be old enough that I like won't have a chance to be a Dad myself, nut you do have to be careful with such purchases, those can always comback to bite you if their parent has the money once you have a kid?ffrom Luckily when Mom did that to her oldest living sister back in the 60's, who then vowed revenge when on her when she became a Mom, my Aunt didn't have the money to return the favor when I was born! All that said, a good friend from when I worked at the local HTU have already been conspiring with me to get her into R/C Cars and I want to get her interested in models too.....I'm still hoping that Revell can do a Cruze Ramirez or Sally Carrera snap kit....if not both some day! Both parents are artistic, her father builds Gundams as well, both grandfathers have turn wrenched and driven trucks and Dad spent decades in the railroad industry, then she is still part Handley, so there will be a natural interest in such things there anyway. This will be an interesting journey from here on now, no matter how things go.

Thanks Bucky, at this point I'm set for this project, but will keep those in mind if I need any other white walls!