rattle can man

my shoulder is feeling good, despite lack of "adult supervision" yesterday and doing more than I have total in the week and a half since surgery.

almost any RWD vehicle is not great on ice & packed snow. You have to add weight to the back and adapt to the different vehicle dynamics

opened 3 stubborn paint bottles. I sanded some stubborn paint that won't strip, clogs sandpaper really fast/ seems impervious to sanding, seems to react with any paint you use over it, even another coat of the same paint. Slow healing process for my shoulder.

Arnica seems to work good on my arthritic hands and feet. What irked me today is a stubborn bottle of paint I can't open. I will try again tomorrow, when I can try bigger, better tools without supervision (My partner has been holding me to docs orders, but she will be out of town for a few hours tomorrow).

brushed a second coat of paint on an interior for a Lindberg'32 roadster. Then reality of being only a week out from shoulder surgery hit. Note with the freeze warning tonight. I did pick the last of the garden before that. perhaps more time at the bench tomorrow.

And to make things worse, they buried hazardous chemicals in the pits as backfill or just dumped them down old mine shafts. But it is of the unmapped, unknown old mine shafts with timber supports from almost two centuries ago that are the scariest. you never know when and where a collapse might happen.

Riding in old mining areas can be dangerous. I grew up in a coal mining region in PA. between drownings in old strip-mining pits and people, vehicles, and even homes disappearing into abandoned mineshafts a lot of people have died.

temporary repair to a radiator hose. wrapped the area with duct tape then applied a hose clamp over top of that. worked like a charm to get me home.

I agree the website was not the best. I would still like to order from some of the vendors If they have found an alternative to Shapeways.

Neighbors dog barking non-stop for the last three hours.

just colored decal sheets could work since they were just straight strips io reflective vinyl. but white decal on white truck would not be as obvious as a reflective/ sparkly material.

Great news. You'll be up and dancing in no time!

just thought I'd ask before diving in. I'm busy scheming and dreaming since I'm not even a week since shoulder surgery.

It could be something else, Deer like birdseed. I once caught mama deer batting my feeder with her nose and her two young ones eating it off the ground.

There is an intact, but retired Bucyrus Erie in KS. If you ever come through, check it out. much more interesting than the World's Largest Ball of Twine. Big Brutus, Inc. – Dedicated To The Mining Heritage of Southeast Kansas. But I can't say if it is more interesting than The World' Largest Collection of the Smallest Versions of the Largest Things since I haven't been there yet

I just haven't seen anything new in that thread. I assume people who sold thought them would have found other companies to sell through by now.

I would assemble the engine then assess the fit. many real world factory engines have the exhaust manifolds configured differently on the right and left sides for packaging and controlling the heat exposure of other components. Does one manifold have the exit at the back and the other further forward? Are the cylinders staggered when looking at the top of the engine?

Does anyone have info on where to find the vendors that previously sold on Shapeways?

Two questions as I plan out a build: Is there a source reflective stripe material? s[ecifically in solid blue and white to run the length of the truck. Or do i just use metallic paini and spray them? is there a source plain old fleet front bumpers? as in no rub strips or wind deflectors. just seeing if I can avoid surgery and chroming. Thanks in advance.

just because you can doesn't mean you should

Teal metallic and white '60 Caddy convertible with color-matched trailer and FED. I was driving, so no pic.

No offense to Porsche lovers, but I never thought someone could make them even uglier.

If I recall correctly, that kit was based off of the matt and Debbie Hays T-Bird. That's why it is a tad short.

Still no rain. Nothing significant since August.

Scale Motorsport has them. I have no idea if they are the same as the originals.