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rattle can man

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  1. I hit them with liquid decal film before applying. They didn't break; they wrinkled when I applied setting solution and never flattened back out.
  2. looking for the red/yellow/orange hood decal for an MPC El Diablo kit (GMC version of El Camino). First one I tried was water damaged, second one reacted badly with decal solution.
  3. Another irk: poorly written headlines. From a local TV station news page: How did someone from KS get on a Russian mission in 1972 and survive this long? That's the way the headline makes it sound.
  4. Had a broken wire shorting out to the engine block, blowing fuses as fast as I could plug them in. I spliced in a new connector, since it was actually broken off there. I soldered everything with resin core solder and shrink tube over any bare wires. Mowed twice uneventfully, but now no electrons are flowing to anything with a fully charged battery. It's now a honey-do on Sunday.
  5. Best Model Car Parts has precisely 1 conversion kit listed on Etsy. cab, grille hood, and bumper.
  6. The mower I fixed has electrical issues again.
  7. wracking my brain to remember where I saw a conversion kit recently. I'll post if I remember.
  8. At least they had the guts to try it. Not my cup of tea. It just goes to prove that old adage: just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.
  9. the Atlantis re-issue has the hemi and a parts-pack Pontiac.
  10. Nothing in the clearance aisle. or toys, main aisle, back wall, crafts etc.
  11. It circles every afternoon, almost like clockwork I just happened to be out there to catch its interest today. I just wish it would have been the bald eagle that's in the area.
  12. I would go for 1 or two. Different is good!
  13. I don't recall the title, but in elementary school i read a children's book about Jimmy Murphy's 1921 Le Mans win many times.
  14. Well, they lasted a whole month at my nearest. Nothing anywhere to be found today.
  15. An interesting observation: I have three identical releases of the Lindberg /AMT '34 pickup. The last one I picked up has tire melt, but not the other two. I wonder if it was storage conditions or just different batches of tires.
  16. Define working on! I've got three with major mods, two I'm trying to finish, and 15 to choose from on when the first 5 get me frustrated or are drying.
  17. went to the Post Office today. It was filled with the sound of chicks on their way to a local farm supply store for a chick day. And a hawk circling maybe 10 feet above me while mowing.
  18. So many kits in my stash. So many ideas in my head. So little time. That and the weather never co-operating when I am ready to paint. And of course glue that will attach anything to your fingers, workbench, jigs, etc., but not the two parts you want to join.
  19. I can build whatever I want, however I want to.
  20. The cost of living is always the same-- every penny you earn.
  21. leaving space between cars when stopped is to allow people a chance to get away from carjackers, kid nappers, etc. (or a pickup sliding at you on ice-- been there; I no accident because I had enough space to turn into a parking lot). But a full car length is more than what is needed for evasion, if you actually know how to drive. I guess that is where the lack of spacial awareness comes in?
  22. The decals are from 1979. MPC kit of the El Diablo GMC (El Camino clone). I have one more set for a second try, if I dare.
  23. Does anyone have a trick for getting decals to release from their backing? I tried some older decals last night and even after 5 minutes in warm water they would not release. I was able to carefully rub the paper backing off, but it sure was tedious and I did have a breakage.
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