LennyB

Skill saw sound you hear in the background is Andy Warhol coming back to life to obliterate that last sentence.

The rear cross-member on the kit chassis is upside down compared to the '57. The exhaust cutouts face the ground when they need to face the floor. That will need to be inverted. This now sits more like the real car. Next we have to add the inner frame rails. Crafted from some .100 x .188" styrene strips, which are slightly larger then the other rails but will be sanded down to size. I pinned them in place until the glue set. I took a liberty on the top side of the new rail where it passes below the chassis pan. Rather then carving into the pan which would then create a domino effect on the interior I scalloped out the rail a bit. That center rail mount, the one original to the chassis will need to be moved to the inside of the rail. Then we need to add some bracing at the front and rear intersection where the rails unit. Bob, any photos of those braces would be welcome. That's a wrap for now, catch ya next time.

Game Play seems to have gone out the window here and the rules followed along behind it, now they are both lying outside smoldering on the ground and will soon become the ashes of yesterday's intelligence which alas is no more to be found.

Job at MCM

Thanks Bob, lots of good shots there. That will be a big help. I could use some chassis shots if you have some.

Elliot, I think you may have read that wrong. Hershey accepts vehicles before 48. I would say there are probably 500 pre 48 cars at the show.

Land Before Time

Very nice work, I can see a lot of planning and thought went into this. Look forward to seeing more.

Thanks Jon, it was a lot of fun😮

Nope, it's anything older then 25 years. So we are breaking into a new century. I did get some research done.

Skills these days required to climb the corporate ladder include who you know, who you pay off and who you mess around with in the dark, they have nothing whatsoever to do with real talent.

Racket is right, maybe I have to go dig up Jimmy Hoffa

Figure it's time to get back to this one and blow the dust off it. On the left is the frame from the '57 Ford with the AMT '39 Wagon Rod on the right. Took the frame from the '39 Rod and started chopping away. Lining up the Rod chassis you can see there are more then a few issues. So in brief what needed to happen here is the front of the Rod chassis was too narrow and the rear didn't fall in the right spot on the Ford floor pan. So the front was widened and the rear completely chopped off and replaced with the rails from the Ford. Also took the rails and did a bit of adjusting so that they flowed around the width of the floor. The Ford frame had some nicely detailed mounting brackets so those were scavenge off the frame for a transplant. Why make use of what you already have. Fitting a whole lot better then when we started. Still need to add some more bracing at the rear corners and that second set of rails that run closer to the center of the floor. And a few dozen other things. Then we will have to hang the suspension and she how she sits. That's all for now, time to go feed the dogs.

Results were in and the tortoise beat the rabbit by a hare.

yup, yup, yup (now what was that from?)

I spent more money on food then anything else. And with the prices that wasn't hard to do. Nothing for the 1:1's 🙁

stained beyond hope

Sauce with meat is the way my wife prefers but I would rather have it with meatballs and some Italian sausage thrown in for extra flavor.

I certainly hope this doesn't happen to anyone else but I find it hard to believe I'm the only one with these problems. So anyone with an E-Z Pass account might want to check theirs. I use my account primarily for work and get text and e-mail updates whenever my balance runs low and the account is automatically replenished. Recently it has seemed to replenish more frequently and I was planning to look into it. Well, last Friday it went off the deep end. I got a text stating my account was replenished and my balance was now $25.34. An odd amount as my account is set to replenish when it goes below $10 and $25 is the replenish amount. So my balance should be $35 or higher. Also odd is that I was on vacation and had not used E-Z Pass in a week. Then the next day, Saturday, I get notification again the account was replenished and my balance was now a negative $2.63. That makes even less sense but it doesn't end there. Yesterday another notice and now my account balance is $22.37. So I was charged $75.00 over three consecutive days and my balance is only up to $22.37. Back from vacation and I log into my account to see recent activity which amounts to none in the past week other then the three replenishment's. So on 10/2 my balance was $21.34 to which they added $25.00 on 10/10 to bring it up to $25.34. That's some creative math. Then on 10/11 they add another $25 to bring my total to -$2.63. oh heaven's to Betsy!???. Then another $25 on 10/12 to bring us to $25.34. Well at least the last one calculated properly. But my balance should really be $96.34. So they screwed me out of $71. But I'm not done yet. I started checking my statements and for the past 2 months they have been over-billing me. I have a commuter plan and get a discounted price. But starting with my Sept 11 statement they billed me the "Toll by Mail" price. Which by the nature of it's name should not appear on my account. Toll by Mail is for people who don't have an E-Z Pass account and they send the bill in the mail. I have not received anything in the mail. And they clearly know I have an account as they are billing me. This does not compute. Unfortunately it is the weekend and I can't contact them but I pray I can get someone on the phone tomorrow who has enough brains to be able to understand the problem. Don't have too much hope for that.

Menu sounds like it’s for a meeting between Hitler and Mussolini.

During the American Revolution hand wrought chains were floated across the Hudson River to keep the British from getting up stream the links were anywhere from 15” to 36” long and weighed as much as 100lbs each

Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes it gets you, but when you get the bear it makes a very fine stew.

Attention to detail will go a long way in producing an accurate modeling subject.

The rusty ruins

Days have changed as the storm heads up the coast and destroys the dreams of leaf peepers as what remains of their passion lay in a soggy wet pile on the ground.