Ricks

Whos all going to the Cincinnati Challenge 14 April 18th.. Were heading down to it. Ive been told its a great show and I hope with the NNL going on the same weekend it will still be. If anyone goes be sure to come by and say Hi.. Im not sure where our table will be yet but you wont be able to miss us with our huge banner.. Hope to see a few of you there.. Rick

Man I barely get home and Pat already has pictures hosted.. Great pictures BTW.. Not sure how I missed the mustang sitting in the parking lot.. I did see a bright red new camaro on I-75 on the way there though.. It had regular plates on it..

I dont think the morgans are related.. At least Joe has never said anything to me about it.. Im up in Oxford. Alot of MI folks in here..

Nice.. I was told that it was cancelled by Joe and we would do it next month? Did you guys do the dirty santa and all that?

James. Theres actually a parts lot on ebay right now.. It has a dually crew cab and a regular truck. The crew cab is an old aam body. It has some warp to it but its a start.. http://cgi.ebay.com/Chevy-Crew-Cab-Dually-...p3286.m20.l1116

Picked up a few goodies also at the Detroit NNL sunday.. Main thing I was looking for was no where to be found(Tamiya Hiace) So I had to settle for this.. 2 Monogram S-10s one for 5 one for 10 AMT snap Dually for 5 AMT Blazer for 5 and I got this killer built up for a steal from my buddy Kevin Thanks to all of you who stopped by my table and said hey. We had a great show and alot of what we brought went home with new owners. Thanks Rick @ScaleDreams

At the Detroit NNL last year I had my models on my vendor table when i was packing up..Yea I know not a good spot for them but model pickup and vendor packup where about the same time. Anyways A young man about 9 or so comes over and grabs my MINI.. He picks it up looks at it and then sets it down and tries to push it.. Instantly I say please dont touch that.. He dont listen. I then say HEY DO NOT TOUCH.. He responds to my raised voice and leaves the model be.. His dad however decides that I shouldnt talk to his kid that way and give me a nasty scowl.. Like I did something wrong. Great fun.. I have kids.. They have been to shows with me.. They know You dont touch anything. Point of story..My mini survived undamaged and some people just dont respect the work that goes into our hobby.

How I organize... Aftermarket stuff... PE Aluminum I use small home organizers. I have 7 three drawer units. I have them sorted as interior, chassis, engine, grills, brakes, etc, etc. Wheels.. For hanging wheels like pegasus I bought some cheap squares of cork. A few tacks and the wheels are organized. Boxed wheels get put onto the shelf.. I also use a tackle box for loose wheels and parts. I also find that the top portion is a very safe and secure place for decals. Smaller loose parts I sort all my smaller loose parts into Plano Stowaways. There clear storage containers mainly used for fishing stuff.. There pretty cheap to buy but hold a ton of stuff.. You will also notice my tools are in the pencil boxes.. Excuse the mess.. I dont get over to the bench much these days so stuff kinda piles up now.. Larger parts, rebuilders and the like.. I use either plastic shoe boxes or a large plastic tub.. I bag each kit seperatly to keep it all togther but I put them all together in the tub.. I have also used sport card boxes alot. The larger ones IIRC 900count hold a rebuilder or project nicely.

I cast alot of small parts and use all smooth on products... AFX uses smoothon garage cast used smooth on scale modeling by chris uses smooth on time machine uses smooth on Scale repro plus uses alumilite Theres a few past and present casters that i know what they use..

Heres a preview pic from the Dream Cruise.. It was on preorder for 32 bucks..

SMBC

opps.. forgot about the rare estes one..The great garage. Its basically a 2 solid wall and two clear wall display case but it also has some killer tools. Its long oop but they do pop up on the bay from time to time.. expect to pay around 30-50 Just be sure you get the right scale as they also made some 1:43 scale kits..

Scale Modeling by chris has a few real nice garage kits.. MRC reissued the texico station.. it runs about 50 retail but has lots of nice tools in it.. Fujimi has there garage.. its basically a display case with two solid walls and two clear walls. There tool set is great though.

AFX Theres a working link..

Has anyone been to Afx's website lately.. Theres a message there about new ownership.. Anyone have any word on this??

heres a peak at the amt promo.. They look real good to me.. The pic is from the Dodge booth at dream cruise. You could order them for 30 bucks and get them in nov..

How are they going to force you?? Simple.. do it or leave.. Thats how it is everywhere.. Take off your shirt and go into BK.. they make you leave. Bring a beer to church.. they make you leave.. Its there website they get to set the rules for it. Im sure it will be set up with a paypal account having to be attached to your ebay account. Kinda like how years ago they made selles attach a Credit card. You were not allowed to buy or sell untill that action was done. Im sure they also wont allow a trading of address untill payment has been made..even then im sure only the seller gets an address not the buyer. They control now what you can send and how you can send it.. I can not mail in ebays system a website. Im sure they can program it to pick up zip codes and addresses.. The can prevent you from contacting outside of ebay to exchange addresses by not releasing your email to the buyer/seller so you have to use ebays in house mail that they control. Yes there may be loop holes but they will plug them fast. I sell a good deal on ebay.. I love paypal.. With money orders I have to go to the bank, cash or deposit money order, go to post office, wait in line, ship package. With paypal..print shipping label Drop package in mailbox.. done. Its a huge time saver. Ebay is also going to start limiting the amount of shipping people can charge. Also shipping is expensive.Its gone up a ton in the last few years. Shipping small detail items is cheap but go over a pound and it gets pricey real fast.. The last few kits ive shipped have run me around 6 bucks. a kit to canada cost me 12 and thats first class mail.. not priority..

garage cast offered them.. Not sure is Russ is still in business or not. You can still find them around on the bay sometimes..

Steve.. Im doing the Detroit NNL this year. I am going to try and go to Toledo but not as a vendor. Clayton.. The air tank sets will be on the website tomorrow. I havent been able to get much updated on the website the past few days. Thanks everyone else for the compliments. Were working hard at bringing new products to the market for you all. If theres somethign you would like seen done feel free to drop me a line. Thanks Rick

Well Ive been busy coming up with some new stuff for you all.. First we have a GMC resin grill with billet grill.. This is a upgrade on the promo grill. this one features real headlight buckets. JUst add some clear covers and your good to go.. 5.00 Aluminum and resin air tank set up.. Two different size air tanks each kit incluse one air tank, resin compressor, braider leader hose for compressor, and six hex fittings. 6.00 each set Heres a teaser of our next products. Keg gas tank and round gas tank both include gas cap and are machined aluminum. keg 5.50 round gas tank 4.50 Let me know what you all think.. Thanks Rick ScaleDreams.com

Everyone has nice things to say about the new testors clear but I have had no luck with it. It sprayed great looked glass smooth when i was done spraying but when I came back a few hours later it had so much orange peal on it and it wasn"t very glossy. Ill have to try it again and see if i got a bad can or something..

Am I the only sucker who is old school and uses the good old super glue and baby powder.. LOL.. I used to use evercoat alot... Put after having two half cans go bad on me I will never buy it again. So I starting using sg and baby powder.. Works great for me. I dont fill huge areas with it or anything like that but for small jobs works great. If you do try it be sure you get your own baby powder.. The wife gets made when you steal the babies.

the copyright issueis real easy to overcome..Do it just like the big boys do.. Change some of the angles a little and call it a day. Look at torque trust wheels there about 10 1:1 makers of them. All a little different. As long as you change the wheel a bit you should have no issues. as for tires a sidewall like mr model does would be nice. simple with size and his name on it.. Gives it the detail without worry of copyrights.. If you do it I will buy a whole bunch. You can never have to many wheels. Ive looked into doing my own wheel line but its out of my budget now. Wheels in 18-24 inch scale would sell. Anything smaller wont sell much remember xs tuning wheels. I would love to see some billet style wheels. Centerline, Bonspeed, Bad billet and so forth.

smooth on direct.. www.smooth-on.com Ive never found anywhere that sells the stuff cheaper then smooth-on direct also never found anywhere that takes paypal for the stuff..

Brad.. This is Rick.. We talked a bit on Sunday.. Im the younger guy who took all your money..lol.. I checked a few stores on my way home.. Toys R us, big lots, kmart, meijers, and wallys.. None had a smaller tractor.. I do have a feed type store local here and Ill check there for you to.. If i find a decent one Ill snap a picture before i buy it. Ill keep ya updated..