bobss396

Look in the plumbing aisle of Ace or True Value hardware for Kester .062 solder. It comes coiled up in a tube but straightens out when rolled between 2 pieces of plexiglass. Think mine cost $1.49 and can easily make up a few sets of headers including throwing out some in the process. Bob

How tight was the dressing on your knee? When I had mine done I mentioned that the dressing was tight and I could feel my calf bulge. After it started to get hot, they re-dressed it for me. I was in for a week since the surgery was extensive and I was confined to the bed most of the time, so they were watching to see if a clot formed, which it didn't. Get well soon! Bob

My buying spree from 1997-2005 or so was spiked by maybe an irrational fear that some kits would not be available in the future. I did have a big selloff at one point to get down to 180 kits, now I'm up to 330 + once again. I do need to separate out the duplicates so I can get down to a core of 100 kits. In the hobby, constant kit-buying was called hoarding by many. I do have a stash of parts that I've forgotten what I have and am wowed when I run across something cool that I haven't seen in a decade. My modeling area was on the brink of looking like something out of the TV show and I cleaned it up quite a bit and it can use another tidying soon. Bob

I agree, he has mad machining skills. I don't have an open machine right now, making parts for customers only! Bob

In the main gallery, on my browser, your car doesn't show up! I had to go to the roll feature and bingo, there it was. They are also mis-numbered from feature to feature and I have a few red X images that may have thrown the count off. BTW, great color on the Olds. Bob

#167 is definitely mine. #169 goes with #171, think he was from the Newburgh Club. Bob

On out-patient surgery, they often let you loose with a nerve blocker to get you home... and then the excruciating pain sets in! I had major knee reconstruction (knee is great today) and have been there. I was stocked with percodans for the first few days and Tylenol codein from there on. Drugs not hugs will get you through! Bob

Warren always takes great pictures and has impeccible taste in his selections. My cars were # 167, 168, 186, 187, 224. My brother Will's entries are # 172, 173, 228, 229, 230. Bob

Unless the &*%$ hits the fan at work, I'll be there with my bro Will. It's only a 60 mile run for us. Bob

Mine was probably the Monogram Black Widow. I still get flashbacks when I see a built one, takes me back to 1961 or so, Bob

Hey, you guys did okay, that's for sure. Well earned loot, always glad to see your club at out show and all of the others as well. Like a meeting of the tribes. This marked my 12th LIARS show since I joined in 1999. Time flies when you're having fun. Bob

I'm glad you all had a nice time. Everyone seemed to be having fun and things went like clock work. We did the set up late Friday night with a crew of about 12 members. There were 297 models on the table, (a little bit up from 2009) and some great quality work on display. We handed out 81 regular awards and about 13 specialty awards, so 31% of the entries were recognized. There were a few first-timers who attended and they did pretty well. The same weekend is booked for 2011, the 2nd Saturday in November. We hope to see you all back and bring some friends. Bob

Look at some of the Impala sets offered by Model Car Garage. The 1965 set might have what you want. Bob

You should go down to the Post Office with the tracking number and have them look it up, maybe your seller gave you the wrong one? Like I posted above, I've sent model cars many times, heavy machine shop items across the country without a single mishap using the US postal system. Bob

I have had about 550 eBay deals back and forth as well as many private deals in the mail over the past 10 years and the US post office has never lost anything on me. I've used delivery confirmation on almost all of them and do offer insurance to all of my buyers. If it gets lost, its on them. Bigger deals that are of a considerable value, I build that into the price and let the buyer know up front. I hope you come up with the package, looks like awesome kits. Bob

1. What is considered to be Contest Build? Anything I build I strive for it to be contest quality. 2. How does one Achieve a Contest Build? I started by looking at other cars at contests and got a sense of what it takes. I joined a club in 1999 and got to see how the masters put theirs together, what they added, how they painted, etc. 3. How are Builds Judged? Every sponsoring club has their own method of judging. The car with the most detail doesn't always win either. As a judge, I look for nice paint and a squeaky clean build first off. From there cars are judged against other cars in that particular class. Complexity of build and the effort that went into the build are important. It comes down to the best of the best and at times the best of the worst! I've had to judge some novice classes over the years where ALL the cars in the class had glue on the windows, teetered on 3 wheels and were missing driveshafts and other parts. 4. Is there a Professional Standard That is needed for Contests? Some clubs use a point system and IPMS clubs have a set system that they use. I doubt there would ever be a standard that all would agree with. 5. How much does one usually spend in order to build a model up to Contest Specifications? Again, there really are no contest specifications. I've won at shows where I've had $30 into a build, others I've had over $100 into a car and it didn't even place. My usual range is around $50-60 for anything I build. Bob

Andy was on a mission, think he got them all? Note that they are in category order, lol. Great job Andy! Bob

Thanks Charlie, I appreciate it. I had wanted to get up to that show for a long time and finally made it. Bob

Thanks for taking some pictures, I didn't bring a camera! A few of us Long Island LIARS made it and did pretty well. It was a nice relaxed show that ran very smoothly. Looking forward to going back in 2011. Bob

I'm holding out for a $120K a year no-show position with my own parking space.

They built a new Advance store by me, had a sign up outside, a grand opening date, the works. This was about 4 months ago, today the store is vacant, no signs of any kind. Wonder what happened. Bob

I like it, came out great. I still build an AMT Merc once in a while, like a blank canvas for whatever you want to do. Bob

I agree, too time consuming and expensive to do any production work, but agree it would be good for master creation. We got a bigger commercial one at work last week, just about any 3D cad model can be saved in a format to make a part. I had heard of a smaller one for like $5k that was as big as a old fashioned toaster, obviously not out on the market as of yet. Bob

I thought the NNL East had a '32 Ford class a few years back. I'm still not sure what an "internet theme" is. But they're still popular to build, I have a Revell 5-window kit in the works myself. It's actually a pretty good kit with the Hemi engine, '40 Ford wheels, dash, steering wheel, etc. Norm has a bunch of resin goodies for it as well and more to come. If I finish mine in time for the show, I'll bring it. Bob

I have a JPEG format car picture that I'd like to turn into a line drawing. Is there a way to do it by a program? Or am I out of luck? Thanks, Bob