Dave Ambrose

Unlikely. The ship is probably worth more than the cargo and they don’t own it.

Good that the crew is safe. Fire on board a ship loaded with flammable cargo is a very big deal.

He's got it all wrong. You're supposed to use yellow paint. Using some other color won't add nearly as much horsepower.

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We don't like to admit it, but we were once that ignorant. You have to expect mistakes. There's no unified manual, and everyone has gaps. The nice thing about getting old, is that you learn where those gaps are and react accordingly. If they don't repeat their mistakes, you'll be doing well enough. I hope he pressure washed your tires too.

I'm going to refer this problem to our provider. Unfortunately, we can't do PDF distributions at this time. We're working on getting MCM on other reading platforms.

When the pandemic began, we asked that people not discuss COVID topics other than ways to cope with the lockdowns that were in effect. Primary reason is that those discussions quickly get political. There are better sources for COVID information and discussion. If you need them, please use those instead. I've locked this topic as it was quickly heading for places that were going to be unpleasant for everyone. I'll also pin that topic again as we've had a lot of newcomers to the board. Please be mindful of this request

It looks great. My first car was a '62 MGA. I still want another one.

We have similar situations here too, but we thankfully never get snow down this low. They leave us lamenting our lack of ion canons.

I can't promise to post your bail, but you'll certainly have my sympathy if you punched that dude. I can authoritatively state that Gregg is not planning to retire at this time. The magazine is an ongoing enterprise that we want to have around for many years to come. The published of Model Car Builder is retiring. They just published their last issue.

The Back Issues page is on the web site again at https://www.modelcarsmag.com/back-issues-2/

PM me, and I can check your subscription. We are supposed to have a back issues page. But, some bone-head (that would be me) made it inaccessible. Let me get that fixed, and you'll be able to buy a 211 as a back issue.

What kinds?

@Mike C. @Redisetta @showrods @Lunajammer Are you all on mobile devices? (e.g. phone or tablet) I've seen it on desktop, but only rarely. This looks to be some unholy interaction between our forum software and Google Ads. Our first step here will be to update to the current version of the forum software. I will get that scheduled forthwith.

Bill, They must like beer.

Driveability aside, that car looks wicked.

Turns out the decal sheet is available for a modest amount so I've decided to build mine in Amelia Earhart colors.

I’ve had my eye on this kit for a while. Found it for a reasonable price. Going to get the Amelia Earhart decals for it.

Have him register for this board, then you can PM each other.

Most likely some machine broke it. I bought a book and a Dan Gurney poster from The Petersen Museum. They get here, and the package is crushed in the middle. Book and poster are damaged. I contact me, and they send out another one. Crushed exactly the same way, but this time the book survived. Third try, the guy at the Petersen double-tubes the poster. The box still arrives crushed in the same place, but this time the poster survived, and it's now on my wall. This was a LOT of hassle for a $20 clearance poster. Sadly, this never seems to register as a problem with the shipping company. Maybe that's something else Amazon has going for them. I almost never have shipping damage with them, probably because that directly costs them money.

I'm frustrated by the poor built-in search too. The software vendor has offered a solution, but that solution takes a lot of work to install, and some unknown amount to maintain. I will eventually take a look at it, but at this point, I too many more urgent things that need my attention.

At this point, the forum serves that function for the magazine's readership. There are a lot of reasons for that, but the big one is timeliness. It's over a month between the latest time for us to receive the material, and the time it gets mailed. Then it takes weeks for the post office to deliver it. Usually, by the time something contemporary gets published, it's irrelevant. It's unfortunate, but that's just the environment we're operating in now. It definitely affects the type of content we publish. If you want to comment on the magazine itself, you can either post it here, or send me a PM and I will share it with the rest of the editorial board. Otherwise, you can post in General Automotive or the Off-Topic Lounge.

I've asked my kids not to fight over my kit stash. They smile and say they won't. Not sure who's going to end up with the Disney Nautilus, but anything they don't want can go to our model car club.

What a great concept and execution!