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    What Pleased You Today!

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    There's no school today because of Veterans Day so I'll resume working on my vintage AMT 61 Ford Galaxie convertible for today and on Sunday. I'll be at a parade on Saturday honoring those who served our nation. I'll also get holiday pay from the Big Boss.

     

    USN 1985-1989.

    How about a laugh?

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    Despite constantly asking my insurance company whom I insure my car through to drop it, I keep getting emails from the company encouraging me to claim a rebate on my car insurance for all of 2022 which amounts to (Drum Roll) a whopping 20 cents.

    What did you get today? (Model Car Related Items)

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

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    The latest addition to my growing promo collection arrived an hour ago in the mail. A Johan two tone blue over ivory white 1959 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight 4 Dr. with a signature of the late Bill Cosby on the roof that I got from from EBay. It even has the famous Johan smile which doesn't look all that bad. Overall, the car is clean and in real good shape.

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    Is it just me or are Verizon phone rates way too high?

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    The Bog Boss at my company has benefited from the cellular phone business. When I went to work for him, he issued Nextel hand held two way radios to all the school bus drivers and the service was fairly pricey. When drivers started to get their own cell phones, he concluded that why should he should waste money with Nextel when he and the General Manager could reach the drivers via their cells. He ditched Nextel and saved a bundle. He could also send one or two text messages to all the drivers at once. My own flip phone has texting features.

    Besides making the home land line phone obsolete, cell phones have also rendered the one familiar corner pay phone the same way.

    Is it just me or are Verizon phone rates way too high?

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    The Bog Boss at my company has benefited from the cellular phone business. When I went to work for him, he issued Nextel hand held two way radios to all the school bus drivers and the service was fairly pricey. When drivers started to get their own cell phones, he concluded that why should he should waste money with Nextel when he and the General Manager could reach the drivers via their cells. He ditched Nextel and saved a bundle. He could also send one or two text messages to all the drivers at once. My own flip phone has texting features.

    Besides making the home land line phone obsolete, cell phones have also rendered the one familiar corner pay phone the same way.

    Is it just me or are Verizon phone rates way too high?

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    After I got my cell phone service and flip phone from Consumer Cellular several years ago, I jettisoned my Verizon landline phone service because it kept jacking up the rates. At the time I was paying $85 a month for it versus $30 a month for my CC service. The latter included unlimited calls and voice mail so it just made economic sense plus I can be reached via my cell 24/7 where ever I'm at at home or on the road in my car or school bus.

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    Classic Plastic Model Car Show for 2023.

    in Contests and Shows

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    On 10/18/2023 at 9:15 PM, peteski said:

    Did you notice the very small shadow-box diorama depicting a young modeler's bedroom?  I almost missed it.  It had buttons on it you could push to turn on various lights in the room.  It was also well done.

    I missed that one. I was occupied checking out the junkyard diorama.

    Removing rusty screws.

    in Model Building Questions and Answers

    Posted · Edited by John M.

    22 hours ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

    Soak them in WD-40, let them sit for a day, and then try again.

    If it doesn’t work, I would personally just cut the chassis around the screws and then remove the screw posts.

    That’s usually one of my first operations anyway as I normally replace the chassis with something more detailed, and nothing kills a nicely detailed engine faster than those ugly screw posts on the radiator bulkhead.

     

     

     

    Steve

    I tried it Steve and the screws came out with ease after giving all four a good soaking of WD 40 and let it do it's thing overnight and the posts remained intact. The screws can be reused after gently removing the rust with a small wire brush. Thank you for the solution and to the others who responded.

    Removing rusty screws.

    in Model Building Questions and Answers

    Posted · Edited by John M.

    My recently purchased 61 Ford Starliner convertible is a screw bottom model and the flat head screws that secure the chassis and body together are rusty as can be. Is there a method that can be used to safely remove them without damaging the posts that they tap into or a product that de rust them? I also don't want to run the risk of stripping them. I'm all ears.

    Classic Plastic Model Car Show for 2023.

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    Thanks Peter. That's the diorama that I saw.

    22 hours ago, peteski said:

    And the food was excellent (as always).  :)

    That diorama is built by one of the CPMC members, and it is over 25 years old.  He occasionally adds another junker to it. It is featured on our club's website.

    Go to http://classicplastic.org/people.html  then click on Joe Baril's name.  If you click on each photo, you will see a higher resolution version.

    Thanks Peter. That's the diorama that I saw at the show.

    Classic Plastic Model Car Show for 2023.

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    On 10/12/2023 at 5:12 PM, peteski said:

    It was a good show. We had 300 models entered in the contest, a nice selection of vendors, and lots of familiar faces were mingling in the crowd.  It will take some time to get the website updated with a sampling of this year's models.

    That it was a good show. Some of the vendors were doing quite a brisk business and the models that were entered were truly awesome. One participant had a diorama of a junkyard that was among the best that I've seen.

    What did you get today? (Model Car Related Items)

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

    Posted · Edited by John M.

    I got in from the Classic Plastic model car show/contest in Lawrence Ma. not long ago and I scored 8 very nice builds of which the cream of the crop is an MPC 1973 Chevy Impala. (My collection is now up to 122) I also scored a decent one piece grill/bumper for my recently purchased 1960 Ford SW promo by Hubley. After the shopping spree, I checked some of the cars and trucks that were in the contest. All were sweet as can be. I had a great time overall. The trip also allowed me to give my trusty Accord some exercise on the interstate.

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    What Pleased You Today!

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    I have direct deposit for my paycheck and after checking my balance in my bank account, I made more money than I thought from the OT that I worked last week. Some of that will be used to continue to feed my styrene addiction at the Classic Plastic model contest on Sunday in Lawrence Mass as I check with the vendors for parts for a couple of rebuilders and the ever elusive MPC 1974 Chevy Caprice annual.

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