Danno

I use the cheap water bottles (8oz to 12oz) for painting small parts ... after drinking the bottled water, I partially (about 1/2 to 2/3) refill the bottle with tap water and recap the bottle. The weight of the water prevents the bottle from tipping over. Then a piece of doubled over masking tape on the cap and a small part can be stuck to the top. I use the plastic bag that my newspaper arrives in (for rain protection) as a cover for my left arm and hold the bottle near its base, spraying with my right hand. Once the part is coated, the bottle is its own drying stand. And, I reuse the bottle until it gets so caked with overspray that I just can't stand it any more. Then, I pour out the water into a potted plant and toss the bottle into the recycling bin. One other thing ~ ~ ~ the bottles/parts holders are short enough to fit in my kitchen dehydrater (the oven) for drying/curing the paint. And, I've found the tape/water bottle system is good for holding small parts while detail painting by hand, too! Gives you a good, solid handle for stability. I, too use toothpicks and bamboo cooking skewers of various sizes for holding larger parts or multi-surfaced parts (like engines, etc.) where applying paint to all surfaces at the same time is desirable. Then I can just stick the skewer into a potted plant or ... guess what ... one of the water bottle paint stands (after uncapping it). Again, the weight of the water keeps it stable and vertical and the small mouth will hold the skewer reasonably vertical.

OUTSTANDING!

Harry and I have a lot in common ... he channels Barney Fife and I am the Saguaro Sheriff ... Captain Cactus! PS: Crankster, just why are you looking so closely at my prickles, any way?

Like this isn't?

Every time I think up a witty retort to something inane, it gets deleted before I can post my pithy observation. Every time I go back to review the other nonsense in order to conjure up a witty pithy, the whole dang thread gets locked. I'm gonna quit this wild, unruly forum and go to that other one where nothing is allowed aloud! I'm also gonna join IPMS and learn to enumerate rivets.

Wow! Those are very nice builds! Welcome aboard and keep 'em coming.

Fiat Dart. Shorten that!

Are you guys build counting? Doesn't that lead to build-***ring? Just askin'

Oh, yeah! I've SEEN Agent G's personal car ...

Agent G's Model Club

Englewood was the one I couldn't recall. Yep. Loooonnnnnnnng time ago. Again, nice builds!

Very nice looking '84 Camaro!

Sad news, indeed.

Sweetstuff!

Nice! 'Spose they ran at Lakeside? Or Erie?

That's pretty nice!!

Wow! That's bright and busy! Outstanding decal-artistry!

Sweet! I, too, am a Corvair fan! What Nader did ~ in the name of the almighty $ and self-agrandizement ~ should have been deemed criminal. I don't think it's too late to string him up, do you?

Beautiful build! Love the license plate!

Now that's a cool idea!!

That ain't gonna happen!

Marshall Teague and Herb Thomas were the only two drivers that campaigned the Fabulous Hudson Hornet team cars. Some interesting trivia regarding that: The crew chief for the Hudson team? None other than Smokey Yunick! Teague put together a multi-faceted deal with Hudson Motor Company, Pure Oil, and its tire company to campaign a NASCAR racing team. He sought out Yunick and got him involved. Then Teague persuaded Hudson and Pure Oil to sponsor a second car team with Herb Thomas as its driver (Teague was a big fan of Thomas' driving). So Hudson gave the racing operation four (4) Hudsons; two for tow cars and two to race. The whole deal was dropped on Bill France, whose fledgling NASCAR organization was still dealing only with independent teams and local sponsorships. The Hudson deal marked the first time in NASCAR history that a manufacturer backed a racing team, the first time a two-car team was fielded, and the first time that a major national sponsor underwrote a race team for an entire season (rather than just an individual race at a time). At the time, France had no idea the significance of the history-making arrangement. They won the NASCAR championship in 1951; they were second in 1952; won the championship again in 1953; and were runners-up again in 1954. Over the four seasons they won 39 races, at least once at each track and twice at Darlington. Following the 1954 season, Hudson Motor Company was sold; the new owner - who also owned Kelvinator, Nash, and both Autolite and Presto-lite Spark Plug Companies - installed George Romney as president of the corporation which was named American Motors. Roy Chapin was installed as Hudson's president. Romney and Chapin convened a meeting to decide whether to continue the Fabulous Hudson Hornets racing program. Teague, Yunick, and Vince Piggins (later of SEDCO and Chevrolet racing fame) learn that Romney is pushing to market the Hudson Jet ~ a badge-engineered version of the Nash and drop the Hornet. Romney can't be persuaded to continue the Fabulous Hudson Hornet and the racing program dies; Teague elected to stay with Hudson/Nash. Yunick, Herb Thomas and Piggins depart ... only to land at Chevrolet in time to campaign a new Chevy V-8 for the 1955 racing season. There's a LOT more detail to all of the above ~ ~ ~ and the racing adventures of the Fabulous Hudson Hornet team ~ ~ ~ in Smokey Yunick's book "Best ###### Garage in Town." It's a great, fascinating read!

Yeah, but you've got to leave the limo-tinted windows 'up' ... or else everyone will see all the showgurlz inside!!!

Love it!

Impressive!