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No pictures but last night was OLIVE GARDEN! We beat the crowd, got there by 4:15 and were seated right away. Bread sticks, big bowl of salad to start and a 22 ounce beer for me. My girlfriend had a ravioli dish, I had spaghetti and sausage. They have those $6 to-go deals, I got 2 with meat sauce. Before the tip, the total was $68. And we had leftovers too.

I have some old stalled builds like that. One is a Lindberg '34 truck and another is a resin '30 Ford chopped coupe. I shelved them maybe 15 years ago due to not having enough goodies for them. Now with better parts available, like 3D stuff, I have to dig them out.

Thanks all! I picked up a smaller chain last night that may work. I'll keep in mind the Micro Mark chain and the ship one. I can stop at Michael's too. I have some small brass pins I use quite a bit. The pin part measures .020" and the head should be okay.

Got some junk parts to practice on? Of course those always come out perfect...

I have a couple of pick up trucks in the works and wondered if anyone has tips for making tailgate chains. I started making a set using Detail Master side-terminal battery terminals and some 30 awg wire... but it is hard to work with. I have some craft store chain, but I need something smaller. Or I can skip this Detail completely. Thanks!

I have some of that. I have used it on stock car grilles.

Are you looking for Plum Crazy? Extreme Lacquers has or had a good match to it. I picked up a can of Mopar touch up paint that is the correct color.

I have cut similar parts apart being careful with a razor saw. Paint and rejoin them after.

Mr. Beers very busy supervising kitchen activities.

As it was mentioned, get all parts clean. I like lacquer thinner on metals. Glue, try Slo-Gap. It sets up slower giving time to position parts. At times with metals, regular CA glues set up instantly.

My ex had a '65 Falcon with the 170 and 3 on the tree. This was around 1977. We split up and she sold it cheap to spite me. Radio delete, black outside, red inside. It got 28 mpg constantly.

A couple more of Brie from a few days ago.

We used to get those dittos with numbers 1 to 9 vertically and horizontally. Practice made perfect. I had OCD, ADD and dyslexia working against me. I had to learn how to learn on my own. I took those skills all through school and into college.

People believe what the idiot box in their living room tells them to do. Save the world, buy an EV. Although some come with rebates and so on, they are no bargain. The news and manufacturers gloss over what it really takes to make an EV battery. Virtually tons of raw ore is mined to make that 500-700 lb battery. Then it has to be processed and refined.

I have a couple of resin 3 window chop tops for these cars. One was made by Norm Veber.