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They are quite delicate, so they prefer to assemble & chrome them. They fit any AMT tire and wheel back.

This was one of their many new products. The wheels come assembled and chromed.

A huge shout out to a great new vendor.

These were the Dodge Demon club entries, judging was people's choice. Lenny in the club won, he put a slant 6 in his entry.

I was vending so I didnt get around the tables too much. The wire wheels on the Buick are from Heath's Model Works LLC and are spectacular. They made the trek from West Sand Lake NY. Www.heathsmodelworks.com One of my clubbies made the Jarzombek #1 and hauler.

Waiting for breakfast...

I need to take some pix of my garage picked Schwinn 26" beach-ish cruiser. Coaster brake, no frills. I put new tubes & tires on it, and a rear fender rack. It rides great. My brother is into high end road bikes. I think he owns about 17 of them. He takes very long rides every week.

I did pretty well, 3 awards. 1st in open wheel comp with the '63 Corvette modified, same car best interior. And 2nd place with my GMC wrecker.

Locked and loaded for tomorrow's show.

Thanks, I hope so. I wasn't going to push to get it done, my girlfriend talked me into it after I told her it was a contest sub theme, only club members entered. I had a minor clear coat issue, I wound up polishing it out a few days ago.

Thanks. I wanted it to be a bit understated. I will probably pick up another one and use the decals on it.

Just finished, #2 for 2025. Just in time for the LIARS contest on the 8th. This is a sub theme, I think we have 10 or 12 cars in it. Box stock-ish. Paint is Duplicolor. Some 3D printed parts like the wheels from VCG Resins. I botched up painting the console insert, so I made an aluminum cover for it. Hood pins are Pro Tech items, quite nice. I'll try to take more pictures at the venue on Saturday with all the entries.

More Bird Buddy action. Looks like the bluejays pretty much took it over. One gave me a pretty good moon shot. ce1db40d-165e-4fee-a0de-658234479be4.mp4 e9596db4-5684-466d-aa27-c5c4a2e3db7d.mp4 5094f99e-33d5-4819-abfe-a5c710c5c59a.mp4 58bce90a-7a45-4356-b1a3-3de6f0cd5e13.mp4 8b7a8e9a-48c8-4678-be80-f23322f11c2f.mp4 9df2654e-d2fc-4ec6-9158-523fd3189ef3.mp4 a0dd6e80-659a-443d-96c1-2008720a7875.mp4

I have a bunch of floral wire I use in Evergreen 3/32" tubing. The I.D. is 3/64" if it helps anyone. I pin sections and the cage to the floor using 3/64" brass rod for strength. I use plastic rod as well. I think it was Plastruct that had one with wire inside of it. I used that up a while ago. I should revisit their product line.

Lounging with Brie yesterday.

I looked on Rock Auto for a gas tank, under $150. The bumper/fender fillers are definitely around.

I try to use up old stuff... but the 3D carbs blow away most slush cast resin pieces. The old stuff.. I generally give away.

I generally make my driveshafts from VCG Resins 3D printed u-joints and .125" aluminum tubing, sleeved with .093" tuning. The u-joints have .062" locating pins. Sometimes they have to be installed with the engine/transmission sun assembly. Which can be a juggling act especially with wet CA glue to deal with. So now I make the .125" tubing shorter by about .100" per end. I complete one end and let the other end .093" diameter telescope into the bigger tube. In this case the finished and I inserted into the transmission. Then pulled the other end out to go into the differential. This is where I glue it in.

The Foose truck has a ton of potential.

On stock cars, I often skip the clear coat. I'll maybe do some color sanding and call it quits.

It looks like the same finish as a wrap job.

I like his Predator carburetor, think the number is CARB-6. Very nice detail.

I ran a small machine shop out of my garage for 31 years, a complete legit business with tax filing. TIN number, etc. I made my own hours, but found myself working too late too often. Plus juggling kids, going to school at night took a toll on my health. This was in addition to my regular job. Things got real slow around 1995, I had some customers fold up on me. So I wound up working in another shop, sieved everything through my business. I was there until my 2016 heart attack. There I ran CNC lathes and mills. Then started setting up the mills. I also reverse-engineered catalog electrical motors. These were cheap-ish assemblies, but the market was good. I'd make rough sketches, take them to work and did the CAD work on my main job's clock. I got paid a premium for that service. I made my own hours, got vacation pay and an Xmas bonus. So it was the best PT gig I ever had.

I started on the diet Mountain Dew over the summer. I have to have about 2 a day now. My girlfriend mixes it with jalapeño tequila... not a bad drink!

Coolest job was when I was 19, the summer of 1974 between college semesters. From mid May to late August, I hung in. I also worked PT for Sears slinging tires, 12 to 16 hours. It was at a local lighting fixture factory housed in 3 old WW2 Quonset huts, they were immense. The owner was an old Brooklyn boxer, his son helped run it too. They ALWAYS had ads in the paper. They paid minimum wage to all factory workers, no raises, benefits after a year. I'd say that the turnover was around 80%. The assembly lines were filled with women who had been there for 20 + years. The rest of the force was HS kids, drifters, alcoholics, etc. The conditions weren't too bad, hot though. We were generally treated okay. I also drove delivery trucks locally and made dump runs with a guy named Felix. On those we took our time and sipped beers. I was "promoted" to assembly line forman of one side of the factory. The previous title owner was always running out of parts and quit in a sissy fit with the son. So I asked the son to give me a list of what was coming up to build. I have a good memory and knew most of the parts anyway. The stock room was a shambles. I took one of the HS kids, we spent 3 days organizing an entire stock room and took inventory. I did get an atta-boy. It was a great life lesson. While I was there, I saw probably 60 people come and go. Some lasted a week, some days, or less. I saw one kid walk in, take one look and leave on his 1st day. I had status with others who could not believe I had another job that paid me $3.60 an hour. I showed them one of my pay stubs.