MrMiles

Tickles in his bag

christopher ward c60 gmt. it looks so good in person. i have been wearing it non stop since i got it and only took it off to sleep. its pretty heavy on my wrist compared to my citizen and seiko5. i really love it though. https://www.christopherward.com/int/dive-watches/C60-Anthropocene-GMT/C60-42AGM3-S0KW1-B0.html

the watch came. man it is stunning. it is everything i could have hoped for

hoorrray my watch is actually only 15 minutes from my house, in the same town. its not out for delivery yet, but it is finally really out of customs and ready to be on my arm. the duty fee on it wasnt bad, 95 dollars. for the watch, i had a 10% coupon, and my credit card had a deal that i got 200 back if i spent some loot. the watch will cover that entire amount, so i will get the 200 back, plus i got the 10%. so the 95 dollars addition, is still technically free money i wish it would come today

their customer service is pretty lacking, but from what i understand they are one of the best for international. anyway, it says my package was given a release by customs. hopefully i will get it tomorrow. its only 45 minutes away from my house

100% of the kits will have at least one major part warped

i got an email from DHL. i had to give them my SS# or tax id number, full name, address, etc, and i had to fill out some form about the watch i got. i called dhl, and they confirmed that it was needed. i had no idea about the questions, so i contacted the seller, and they said i shouldnt have needed to do it, that it was all included with the package. they sent it to me, and i forwarded it on. i got a response from dhl that they submitted everything to customs. i didnt like that i had to give my SS#, but i asked the watch company and they said its pretty typical for some states customs to ask or the information since its a high dollar item. i will also have to pay import fees on top of the sales tax, which i did not know. i dont know how much yet, but this gift i bought for myself, is costing me more than i thought, but i have no choice at this point. i might have chosen a different brand that was sold in the usa. i wont buy internationally again thank god my wife hasnt asked how much i spent yet because she is going to be really mad.

i ordered something international and paid express shipping. i got a message last night that some documents were needed. i contacted dhl, who told me everything was fine. i didnt believe it because right on the tracking page it says information missing. so i hung up and got on the chat and got someone competent. they told me they would put in a request to have someone call me to find out what was missing. they didnt call, at the end of the day, i tried one more time to find out, and i got on chat and the dude told me to hold for 1 or 2 minutes. 10 minutes later, i got disconnected and said, they were now closed. meanwhile, i contacted the shipper, and it turns out they were notified of what was missing and sent over the information. i contacted dhl this morning and they told me if it was sent over, dhl has not yet entered in the information. i havent ever had this issue, but i dont think that the customs is looking for me to provide information, but they are from the shipper. this is all new to me, as i have only ordered overseas a couple of times and this is the first time i got a message that stuff was missing. anyway, the package that was supposed to be delivered today, will not be, because its still in customs waiitng for some kind of paperwork to be entered in. my wife said her company is constantly having to resend documents, that it gets lost somewhere in transit and its typically stuff that was definitely included with the shipment, so this is not uncommon and usually takes a day or so to resolve. i think im just worried over nothing, but its quite expensive for me and i dont want any issues with it

there is a limit on how long you can put in a complaint. hopefully you havent missed it. i thought it was 45 days

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my wife got a letter from the dmv that her license is going to be suspended for not having insurance on a car we sold 5 months ago and was removed from our policy. apparently they are now enforcing the plate return when you sell a car. previously if you didnt pay to renew it would just expire and thats it. i turned the plates in today and we have to send proof of the day we traded in the car by mail, fax and email (all three they suggested). i was the 4th or 5th person that was in line for this at 8am im waiting for my letter because i got a new car in april and havent turned in the plates. i guess i will turn in my plates next weekend before i get my letter

I had a similar thing. It took what they said. Not a day early but it did arrive. By the time it came I lost interest in the kit

I'm trying to decide if I should paint the grill black. I saw one yesterday and it was black and it looked so much better than the chrome

If it's not from the kit I'm not sure. I never buy aftermarket parts. I had an original wild hoss and the model king. I was taking the best from each kit. I thought they were the same

if i remember correctly, they were box stock. although it was from the model king version with the trailer and racecar

Mine have scratched windows for the side and back on all 3 kits. Not sure why I got unlucky on it

It's on the bottom of the box under the bar code

admittedly, i am a model hoarder. i ordered a total of 3 of these kits. the last time i built this, i needed 2 kits to get it right. here is what i found based on my earlier comments. the glass, all 3 kits have the exact same glass scratch lines, and i mean exactly the same. they have the same curve to it. i suspect its in the mold or something with how its being released or packaged, i dont know. the body being pushed out, only happened on the first kit. the others are fine. i am not sure how this happens, but i guess i will use that first kit as a junker if i cant get the body squared. the dirt on the hood and other parts. the first kit has a lot of dirt, on the hood and interior and other pieces. the second kit had none at all. its perfect. the third had a little dirt, and only on a couple of pieces. nothing like the first on the bottom of the box, they all have 03/03/2022 as the molded date. i have seen in the past, with amt kits, that sometimes an issue will appear. i have bought and returned 4 of the 1978 ford pickup kit all with the same molded date, and they all had the same serious warping issue on the bed pieces. finally i went to a different store, and they had a newer mold date and that was OK. could be coincidence. i am curious if a later mold date will have no issues on the glass the chrome is perfect on all the kits. if anyone is interested in pictures side by side, i can do it, but only people care.

i dont know if anyone knows or cares, but i got email spotlighthobbies got it in stock. i like them a lot

Here is is friend

This is one I built a couple of years ago and I put it in a diorama. It's meant to be a couple camping but I didn't capture everything in the picture

This is the spot in the hood. I tried to clean it with wet qtip but it didn't help I will need to sand it I think