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  1. Brian Austin
    I was wondering what material the ambulance portion was made of. I now see that it's ABS and not diecast metal. The price listed doesn't surprise me one bit, as the various 1:8 scale diecast kits (Eaglemoss, etc.) tend to cost $1000 or so, IIRC. The page linked above is interesting that it includes the names of the manufacturing crew.
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    Long ago I once tried my hand at plating at a small metal finishing facility, so I can picture the vats described in the hexavalent type of plating. Chemicals were fairly nasty, and in the end I'm glad the job didn't work out for me. Society has moved on from lead additives to paint and gasoline. We can survive a change in metal plating.
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    Have you considered viewing the issue from their point of view? This sort of rhetoric isn't very helpful.
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    https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/05/hexavalent-chrome-plating-ban/
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    There is a way to plate classic car parts that involves fewer chemicals, Trivalent vs Hexavalent. "...The trivalent chrome chemistry does not pose the same toxicological and carcinogenic concerns associated with hex-chrome, therefore, the potential litigation (a la Erin Brockovich) can be mitigated because in general, it means worker safety can be improved. ..." https://www.pfonline.com/articles/switching-from-hexavalent-to-trivalent-chromium-plating
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    So big two people do the unboxing...
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    Watertown, MA (B&W 1991, color circa 1995). Note the brickwork at the back corner, and the grease ramp outside.
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    Natick, MA (B&W 1990s, color 1998)
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    On with the show. Cambridge, MA (1999).
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    FWIW I had to modify my initial post. There was some late-breaking info and a picture to add.
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    Central Massachusetts (Brookfield). Still standing, I believe.
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    Central Massachusetts (Webster). No longer standing.
  14. Brian Austin
    Over time I'll be posting my pictures of gas stations and garages, etc. Here's one from western Massachusetts (Belchertown). B&W pictures are from 1992, while the color ones are from 1999. UPDATE: I have come across a recent picture showing the present condition of the structure. While it does still stand today, it has been much modified. I was unaware of this configuration, as I had not seen the building since 1999. I have added this image, from the historical building archive of the state of Massachusetts known as MACRIS. According to the historical survey, this one originally dated to around 1939, and was an ESSO station.
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    What's the plastic like? Have any of you cut yours up yet?
  16. Brian Austin
    It's kinda odd that while Weaver hoists seem to have been fairly popular in the day, most models and toys seem to represent either Holmes style booms hoists or simple A-frame types.
  17. Brian Austin
    I understand Europe is riddled with hidden old bombs. It seems to be fairly routine to uncover them in Germany and France. In my town's case, there was a "NIKE" anti-aircraft missile installation in operation during the Cold War, but that's the other side of town from where the magnet fishers were. Perhaps there are more mysteries lurking in the muddy Charles River. Speaking of the UK, there is a connection to my town with the UK relating to WWII. https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/needham-times/2021/07/16/british-flag-marks-needham-memorial-1944-royal-air-force-crash/7978593002/
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    A few nights ago I heard a small but very noticeable explosion. Then a minute later I got an alert from my town's PD on my cell phone. Earlier in the day some guys were "magnet fishing" off a bridge and picked up a 12"-long shell. What I had felt was the detonation of that live shell. Then this morning they found a bazooka round the same way, at the same location. That too was detonated. https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/what-is-magnet-fishing-unexploded-ordnances-charles-river/ https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/video/bazooka-round-recovered-by-magnet-fisher-in-needham/
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    Be sure to take note of how the eclipse effects your surroundings. ?
  20. Brian Austin
    I won't disagree with this. I was just picturing future complaints. ? I recall a toolbox and a folding table. What else was there besides the standing figure?
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    I saw this one in Cambridge, MA in 1992. This is a cropped portion of a picture I took of an old garage. It's possible I wasn't even aware of the Chevette El Camino at the time.
  22. Brian Austin
    Gurneys were available in a variety of styles. https://emsmuseum.org/collections/archives/cots-and-stretchers/cots-yesterday-today/ https://everythingprops.com/item/vMEkUVpN9lp87OfHyL18
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    Here's one of the rally figures from the Chevette kit. There was also an awkwardly-posed standing figure as well. Note the crude hands.
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    Smaller one
  25. Brian Austin
    A young Canadian YouTuber recently restored a pair of flood-damaged Rivarossi/AHM locomotives.
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