Dave Ambrose

We used to have regular sessions there, then we had to take it offline. I suggest just logging in to the chat room when you start reading the board. If you see someone there, go in and say hi. You never quite know what you'll talk about. Alternatively, suggest a meeting time and topic. See who's interested.

Thanks Dann. I wanted to do something a bit on the wild side. I still smile at this car every time I see it in the display case.

Agreed. When we're judging, we think more in terms of plausibility than accuracy. I happen to know a lot about MGBs, MG Midgets, and Morris Minors. But I don't mark down a model of one because of a minor inaccuracy. There comes a point when too much esoteric information spoils the fun for everyone. Matching colors to cars from photographs is always problematic. Case in point: If you're building Ernie Irvan's Kodak Chevrolet, you'd probably think that the color of the car matches the color on the Kodak film box. It sure looks that way on the kit box. And, indeed Insignia Yellow is almost an exact match. However, the real car has a lot more orange. I was surprised when I saw it, but that indeed is the case. And I'm very glad I haven't painted my Ernie Irvan cars. If I were to suggest one thing to work on, it would be to get the paint right. It's the first thing we look at when judging.

This would be Isaac Asimov. I want to say it comes from the Foundation and Empire trilogy. But it might have appeared elsewhere.

Cookie Monster?

Very nice indeed. Did you drill out the pipes, or fabricate new ones from tubing? If you did drill them out, how did you do it? I've had a lot of problems drilling "baloney tip" pipes.

General tools makes a good pin vise. The collets are reversible, and there is a second collet stored in the vise body. It works for drills from 1/8" down to #80. The head of the vise turns, which makes drilling much easier. I found mine at a local hardware store for about $10.

I'm building the FineMolds TIE Interceptor. Excellent kit! But I had the same problem. A google search revealed that some kind soul had posted a translation of the color callouts.I think the search was Kit maker and name color chart.

What he said!

I don't know of any. Should be at last as good as the old chat room.

I'll give another vote to Walthers Solvaset. The important thing is to get the decal positioned and tamped down. Then brush with Solvaset, and leave it alone. The decal wrinkles like an elephant. This will frighten neophytes and small children. But, left undisturbed overnight will be snuggled down to any details present. While it contains acetic acid, it also contains another solvent. Works better than either Microsol or Microset.

We had a pretty regular group in there for a while, then we had to shut it off due to expense and server load. If you're interested in chatting, just go into the chat room and wait. If you see someone in there, go join them.

Very cute. We have a later Sprite and MG Midget in our driveway.

Overall, I like it, but I'm ambivalent about the pipes. I like that they're different, but you're gonna smack the door on the pipes every other time you open it.

I like this look.

Good stuff. What motor is that? It looks British, but I can't place it.

Somehow, I would have never conflated "Leave Conversation" with Delete. Thanks for the tip!

The MCM photo crew was there. We should see some pictures in the contest issue.

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Let's see if this works -- I dragged and dropped the file into the area at the bottom of the editor. That seems to work, and actually work very well. The insert URL just sat there and spun its little working animation. I was using the direct URL from photobucket..

If you're having problems with the site, you should try these two things first: Clear your browser cache. This has been fixing some of the weird problems. Also, as we fix stuff with the theme, the cache may go out of date, but not update on your computer or device.Ensure that cookies are enabled for this site. They use them to maintain your login info, among other things.

Unless something else pops up that I just gotta get, I'm getting the new Proteus submarine from Fantastic Voyage.

Looks like the preview button is gone, and there's no setting to bring it back. If you mess up a post, you can just click edit at the bottom, and fix it.

One thing with pictures -- make sure there are no spaces in the file names. The error checking code gets confused. Accounts are determined to be unique if they have different email addresses, not IP addresses. If you inadvertently created two accounts, let me know and I'll fuse them together.

I understand your frustrations. It took me a while to get used to the new site. If you think things have changed here, you should see the admin pages. We upgrade for two reasons, useful functionality, and most importantly, security. Do you all remember when we got hacked? We were off the air for something like 5 days. The root cause was some software that hadn't been updated. Hackers got into our server, and started serving up malware. It took a lot of late nights to clean up after that. If you're in the web site business, you know that your site is under attack virtually all the time. Security is important. Sometimes, our upgrades include/require a new default theme. That was the case here. In exchange for having to learn a new layout, you get better rendering on tablets and phones. These, days, that's important. Ultimately, we'll reach a wider audience. Whether that turns into more new or returning builders will depend on how well we treat the noobies. The picture upload facilities have improved. I haven't tried them yet, but they look a lot easier to use. Drag and drop beats using Photobucket. Notifications should be working now. If they aren't for you, please PM me.