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I'm making a pin hole viewer. With the 2017 event at work, everyone was grabbing old boxes from receiving. I also have a bird bath so I can see the reflection safely.

They have the same old same old by me. I already have anything that interested me. I pick up some primer and K&S stock, they have some Evergreen plastics too. Their CA glue is quite good.

Ugh... radiator hoses... always fun to do. I just did a set for my '77 GMC wrecker. Managed not to drop them this time. I'm using something a little softer so the tweezers take a bite into the material. I started using 1/16" shrink sleeving over some .040" wire I somehow have a huge bag of. No idea where it came from. I shrink it over a gas stove flame and it comes in around .055". My radiator and engine fittings I use .093" aluminum tube that has an inner diameter of .062".

Pactra paint bottles were 10¢ in the local hobby store. I preferred Testors however, I recall they were 15¢ around 1963 when I first started painting models.

I felt the 2 or more right at 6 PM. I texted my sister in Bohemia, she was home and felt it too, so did my girlfriend in Rocky Point. My buddy down the street... he did not notice either and he runs an auto repair shop close by. My son works for the MTA in Coney Island and he felt it. I slept in my bed last night, if something else happened, I slept thru it. In my house, the whole place shook, nothing really audible like glasses in the cabinets.

My dad knew of 2 brothers who sold used cars. They bought wrecks and fixed them up for the most part. One thing they did was to mix different parts that were certainly not factory issue. Mercury roofs onto a Ford body, customers scratched their heads but their cars did sell.

We used to pick up Auto World model car magazines at the corner news stand when we had 50¢ to splurge. By today's standards the cars were quite primitive. But we got tips that we used. I recall my older brother buying a Zona razor saw that we saw in one issue.

We had an aftershock at 6 PM. I felt at least 2 of them. In 2011 we had one, I was at work. My wife worked in a GLASS building up by the Expressway. Just to be safe I will sleep on the main floor in a comfy recliner tonight. The cat was glued to me all day.

I'm in West Islip and it lasted maybe 10 seconds. Scared the cat... I got up and saw a TURKEY in my yard, a first for that here. Animals will do weird things before a quake hits.

I think someone made a resin years back, maybe SMH? He sells on eBay, I will shoot him an email. Mike from Mike's Decals may know a source.

I've been using Mopar touch up paints I get on eBay. Much less drama with them. Of course I use a lot of Tamiya sprays. My complaint with them is they fo not stand up to a lot of handling.

I swap engines and do away with the axle thru the oil pan. Aluminum tubing is easy to cut vs a steel axle.

Mine was either the Monogram Green Hornet or the Black Widow. When I run across the tires or moon discs at swap meets, I get an instant flashback to 1961 or 1962. We had a Christmas gift exchange when I was in 2nd grade in our school, it had to be real cheap stuff, new or used. I got a Pyro Jersey Bounce kit... not my style at the time. I swapped it to my older brother for a used Hardy Boys book.

For the axle through the oil pan thing, I just cut 2 stubs of 1/16" aluminum tubing and CA them into the chassis or straight axle. I patch the oil pan holes too.

You could back the broken pieces up with some thin (.010") styrene strip and let it overlap on the inside so it will be mostly concealed when put back. If you could find a junk body of the same color, make a replacement piece out of that.

I have had more Duplicolor issues within the last 2 years than in the previous 20 years of using their products. Just like that, it is no longer my go-to primer and top coat choices. I do use a dehydrator, but never overnight. I also let the fresh paint flash over (15 minutes) before it goes in and give primer maybe 1.5 hours and lacquers 2-3 hours total. Also, DC is not intended to be used on plastic model cars.

I recently put a 312 Ford into a '40 Ford. I had to use the short transmission, anything longer would have required major surgery. I don't recall how long the '53 Ford truck transmission is.

Some Trophy Series engines will swap back and forth, but maybe only in the '30's Fords? Those had stubby transmissions on them. I did a recent swap and made up a cradle type crossmember for it, not a Trophy Series kit however.

Then there was the de Havilland Comet... https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/neither-money-nor-manpower-the-story-of-the-de-havilland-comet-and-the-crash-of-boac-flight-781-36db2a3435ce

I have a real quiet cat. It may be a result of being born feral, how many generations, who knows? He will meow at birds outside now and then, rarely inside. Mainly if he wants treats or wants to explore a closet. The one we lost in 2022, she yakked up a storm. The most vocal cat I have ever had.

I picked up some heim joints from Ron Coon Resins. I have to see how the stud portion goes into a piece of aluminum tubing.

Tamiya had a red primer I was considering. I made up a couple of samples and eyeballed them before opting for the Dull Red.

Well done! I have never seen that kit before.

The TS-33 Dull Red is great. I just used some on an AWB Chevy II and cleared it with a Hobby Lobby matte clear. I bet that Tamiya TS-65 clear pearl would look great over it.

I'm still chipping away at it due to lower back issues. I'm barely able to sit upright for more than 20 minutes at a time. I will take more pictures later. I have the under-hood completely done, the radiator mounted, rear lights installed into the tow plate.