MrBuick

That's good...we need to start making some breakthroughs in alternate energy so there are viable options in place before we start hitting serious shortages with coal. Since nobody wants to touch Nuclear energy anymore, we need viable alternatives.

Wow, stunning interior detailing!

Just placed the order for my Skylark...got a '65 Chevelle chassis and interior bucket from eBay for $6. Now I just need to source an engine, and decide what I want to do for wheels. Stock Buick Rally's, maybe some Crager Keystone's or Super Sports, what do you think?

Very nice work!

Well, I could even see it if someone sent you something, and you received it, but didn't have a chance to hop on the forum for a few days and you just forgot to sent a "thank you." But, if you've got two or three messages from someone checking to make sure you received everything and it was what you needed, there's really no excuse other than just being inconsiderate. That being said, I guess it's possible that something unexpected came up...out of State\Country travel, health issues, etc, but the more than likely scenario is just "I got what I wanted and that's that."

I think it's just an extension of the general attitude of so many people today..."why should I do ____ if I don't wanna?" I doubt there are many who would argue that a pair of shorts\pants and a tshirt\polo is more comfortable than a suit, but that doesn't make it appropriate for many situations. If your work, event your attending, etc requires or encourages you to dress nice, you should. Plus, I don't know how they're not uncomfortable attending...let's say a wedding, and being one of the only people dressed like a homeless person...just being the under-dressed a-hole of the room would make me uncomfortable. It also bugs me when people try to make excuses; "I might have to touch something dirty, etc." Heck, in my job there's no telling what I'll be doing that day. I may be sitting in the office all day with little/no human contact, I may be out of the office, interfacing with other people all day, I may be racking 100lb servers in the Data Center, I may be crawling around in a drop ceiling running network cable, or I may be cleaning up toner out of a copier that some moron dumped all over the place. But, because my job frequently requires me to interact with students, staff, faculty, upper administration, or even administration of different Colleges, it's imperative that I dress professionally, and you know what? It's not that big of a deal. I keep a pair of jeans and a polo at work for the "dirty days" as I call them and change as needed, and I quickly got used to the "less than super-comfortable" attire. But, I think you hit it on the nose with "dressing like you respect yourself." How am I to be convinced you have self respect when you're standing in line at the grocery store in your pajamas at 2 o'clock in the afternoon? Or if your juvenile "suns out guns out" attitude leads to you being at a sit down restaurant in a sleeveless shirt and camo-patterned cargo shorts? But heck, people pay EXTRA for jeans with holes already in them, or pre-faded\worn, so sometimes it's clearly a style choice some of us just don't understand.

Yeah, it was the first Carnival we've been on, probably will be the last. They seem to cater a lot more to people with kids and the party crowd. That said, we got a 7 day cruise for less than $800 for the two of us, so I suppose you can't expect too much. We had a balcony on the Royal Caribbean cruise and it was okay...it was nice to have a somewhat private balcony, but we don't spend that much time below deck, so short of a cruise with 3+ sea days, I wouldn't pay for it again. I'd like to take a Panama Canal cruise...our next one with either be that or an Alaskan cruise.

Even a tailored suit is fairly uncomfortable in my opinion. I have a pretty thick neck, so it's extremely difficult to find a dress shirt that fits the rest of my torso without being tight in the neck if the top button is done...if I find one that fits my neck, it's way too big everywhere else. I don't get my shirts tailored, because I have to wear slacks and a dress shirt every day to work, and I'm not going to pay extra for my shirts just so they fit better in the neck when I wouldn't button the top few buttons anyway...my suit was expensive enough for something that I wear maybe once a year. And I don't really like wearing the jacket, simply because I don't...kind of a "just because" situation there. That being said, if I have a funeral, wedding, etc to attend, I can deal with being moderately uncomfortable for a few hours, though I don't even own a tie, partially because of the reason I mentioned above with the shirts, and partially because I don't think they look any better than going without one. It always baffles me when people show up to "dress up" events in their shorts. I went on a cruise in January, and on the boat they have a formal dining room and an informal dining room. "We" chose to dine in the formal dining room most nights because my girlfriend LOVES to dress up (and if I'm being honest, I love seeing her dressed up). There were so many people showing up in shorts and sleeveless shirts, it was pathetic. I thought they'd make people go and change, AT LEAST the ones in sleeveless shirts, but they didn't. It sort of defeated the purpose of having a formal dining room in my opinion. That was a Carnival cruise...a few years ago we took a Royal Caribbean cruse and they were pretty good with it...they made people change and had jackets for those who didn't have one...we probably won't take a Carnival cruise again (many reasons, but that's among them).

Great idea, looks awesome so far!

That specific kit isn't all that great, the tooling is pretty old. There are some other great MPC kits out there though, so I wouldn't let that one turn you completely off the brand. The '70 Super Bee for instance, is a great kit...very clean and everything seems to fit well.

Very nice Boss!

I feel like you're just taunting me!

What's your favorite kit or personal build of all time? So far, mine is the Revell '67 Corvette...both the Coupe and Roadster. I've got one of each that I'm putting together now and I love them. Everything fits very nicely, and it's one of the best looking cars of all time in my opinion.

Very nice looking build...the paint is beautiful and you did a great job with the detail. I'm not crazy about the wheels though.

Awesome, lots of good ideas. In the interest of not spending a ton of cash on plastic bins, I think I'm gonna get some plastic baggies and just keep parts in old kit boxes until I find some other things on sale or at garage sales, etc.

Wow, some great/cool info. Thanks guys!

It seems Hot Wheels is releasing "reissues" of the Hot Wheels that were around when I was a kid...they're not "vintage" by any means, but I'm starting to see a lot more that are modeled after actual cars again...for a while, it seemed the majority of what you could find were the weird 'A+ #1 Super Fast Rocket Car' toys instead of something that I would deem actually collectible\cool. While I agree, they won't be worth a lot of money probably ever, at least they're fun to collect and display (and heck, it's probably one of the cheaper things a car-guy can collect!). I prefer the Greenlight and Johnny Lightning 1/64's myself due to their more detailed and accurate look, but I still pick up some Hot Wheels when I see one that catches my eye (heck, I can usually get like 2-3 Hot Wheels for the cost of a Greenlight).

Can't get enough of these builds...I've got two of these kits sitting there waiting to be touched...every time you all post a completed one I bump it up in the mental build queue.

A co-worker has been having a lot of financial difficulty lately and has been trying to sell her house in order to downsize and have some extra money. Fortunately, the house was willed to her and is paid off, but isn't in the best condition and she's been having a lot of trouble selling. She finally received an offer today that's enough where she can get into something smaller and have some money in the bank to boot.

Hey guys...I'm starting to acquire quite a few spare parts, and am starting to run out of room in my little plastic tackle box...looking to steal some ideas on how you store/sort your spare parts.

Man, that thing is slick. That'd sure be a fun grocery getter!

Wow, that is REALLY cool. Love the diorama, and LOVE the car. Great job!

Ah...I wonder if filing down the back and opening the flat area would make that easier...maybe those sides would be more accessible that way? Or, another idea is depending on how rough it really is, I wonder if some polishing compound applied with a q-tip would work...or for that matter, some fine grit sandpaper wrapped around a q-tip. Also, maybe an old toothbrush could be utilized to help knock some of the roughness down.

Shouldn't the deepest part of the grille be black\hollowed out anyway?

Wow, great site...that's for taking the time to do that, it's very helpful for those of us who are new to airbrushing.