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Thoughts and ideas that hold forever true..........
Big John replied to JollySipper's topic in The Off-Topic Lounge
Ignorance and Inaction are weapons of mass destruction. -
What did you see on the road today?
Big John replied to Harry P.'s topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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Work, that thing I have to do more of now that I am retired!
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1937 Bugatti 57G
Big John replied to TC's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
She must have been talking to my wife! There is that whole "red light /night blindness" thing, though it appears that the 39 car had a white light. -
1937 Bugatti 57G
Big John replied to TC's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
I would expect that the lights were used to illuminate the pit marker boards on a dark and stormy Le Mans night. Must have been useful sicne they were used on both the 1937 and 1939 cars. -
Wow, This caught on like Wild Fire in wet grass, Maybe get it kick started again... Not sure where else to put this. With all due respect to the original artist, I came across a very cool "electric speed record concept car" design on an internet search and was inspired to do a 1930s LSR car with Gilmore Record Breaker sponsorship. Below are the original and my shopped workup.
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Great Speedster! Were the spoked wheels printed also? Spoke size is pretty much right on!
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Show us your Engines - Post Dedicated to the Engine
Big John replied to TheCat's topic in Model Cars
Outstanding collection Bruce! -
Fool they called me when I put my life savings into that startup Apple IPO, if only!
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Show us your Engines - Post Dedicated to the Engine
Big John replied to TheCat's topic in Model Cars
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Who doesn't love a mock-up? Let's see yours!
Big John replied to Belairconvertable's topic in WIP: Model Cars
If you are going Oval racing you need to put the front wheel all the way to the right. Watch Jeremy Clarkson test drive one of these things on Top Gear. -
What did you see on the road today?
Big John replied to Harry P.'s topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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Ah Those were the days! Truly impressive workmanship and attention to details.
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Not sure how useful those tiny tongs will be in moving a half ton of red hot iron.
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"I AM Knot A Robot!"... Ai farms use vast amounts of power to operate. We saw what happened to the dot com industry when the power grid was manipulated with blackouts and rolling browns in 1999. Just takes one squirrel getting fried to take it down again. same with the "Cloud"
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A very nice set of decals from "STS scale model decals" from my layouts. Included are a set for a Wenmac Spirit of America, a rocket LSR, my Bugatti LSR, and Barber Warnock and Roar With Gilmore for a couple of early Indy cars. One less Reason to avoid my projects!
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What non-auto model did you get today?
Big John replied to chunkypeanutbutter's topic in The Off-Topic Lounge
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Thanks for the great info. I expect Marine or aircraft quality epoxy may be more stable than the general craft quality counterpart. I will have to try the microballoon fill technique. I found that the epoxy doesn't seem to 'wet' the glass cloth and allow the fibers to move as freely as with polyester needing more finesse to get it into tight spots.