bobss396

I bought my house largely for the fact that I have no close neighbors. I back up on state land on 2 sides. My closest neighbors are across the street, they have been there since 2017. I have yet to meet any of them.

Many stock car kits had them.

I use Tamiya tape and get it off as soon as possible. I take care to pull it off slowly.

So that's that. I'll build up mine as close enough.

Ivan's baby picture. This is where my son worked and we guess Ivan was 3 weeks old. This was in an old Corvette in a shed. Eventually the momma cat got locked out of the shed and my son grabbed him before something bad happened to him.

I gathered that the grille itself would not work. But to shell out $49... I dunno. The kit needs a lot of other help, like the rudimentary chassis and engine that does not cut it. I'd think of using another chassis under it. I have a few 3D printed FE engines and I'd like to whack 12" out of the bed and make the tail gate work.

Watch the front tire clearance against the inner well/shock towers.

For something that can't be pinned, I'll cut a "window" in a piece of masking tape, place that over the hood, etc then attach the part in question. I'll use epoxy, clear paint or white glue. Tamiya X22 clear holds pretty well.

On the move... watch out!!!

I saved them as a seller. I did see them at the NNL East, didn't think of asking them about the 1971 kit.

Recently I got a kit with a partial Testors red/white tube in it... right into the trash. The old yellow Revell tube glues were cool. We would talk grandma into giving up a hat pin as a stopper.

48 F at 5:30 am. Looks clear so far. Friday was a total washout. Torrential rain all day into the late evening. I was supposed to do some bicycle work and start planting vegetables.

Detail Master has something similar. With separate top plates.

I'm considering doing the same project, I just may build it up as the 1969 and be done with it. Someone a while ago may have had the grille, etc in resin. Maybe The Missing Link casters?

This is really a terrible kit IMO. The body proportions are quite bad. The engine is weird, so is the interior tub/chassis construction. I built one of the OG kits as a kid and thought it was great.

57 F today, overcast and looks like rain. Yesterday hit 74, I was glad I got my main garden tilled very early.

I'm really not anywhere close to liking anything that he does.

I realize that my ADD has caught up to me. I like the early part of a build the best. Making stuff, doing something nobody else <smirk> has done before. It is too easy to go off on a tangent and crack open another one...

I have had parts like headers warp long after I received them. They were stored in the box they came in.

Ivan relaxing last night with me.

This is what I started to realize. I'd tell her that me and the models are one combined unit. I am the models, the models are me. Some women don't like to see the husband having fun. My brother's wife is also one of those. Being largely single again and living mostly with just the cat for daily company, I am very content.

My girlfriend supports my modeling. She asks to see what I'm working on. She helps me sell at shows and sees models on the contest tables. By now she knows what is good and what is not. I could have used this support 30 years ago.

If the metal axles are .062" you can drill the wheels for .093" aluminum tubing.

I like to think that our skills have improved through the years. We have better glues, more supplies like metals and plastics to help us out. So now a seasoned builder has a chance with this kit. I had a '56 that I never finished. I made the Nomad into a battered beater

57 F right now. I haven't had the heat on for at least a week. It has been rainy since Sunday afternoon, real heavy rain all day Monday. Today, only light rain. I did get my patio pot vegetables planted. Also cleaned out my front steps flower pots.