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Definitely sold one more. Thank you, Erik! Charlie Larkin

So, Ford's gonna try the Edsel again? Charlie Larkin

Regarding wireless electrical transmission brought up earlier, this appears to be the company taking the lead in a lot of it. They've done enough work that Toyota is buying use rights to some of their work. http://witricity.com/ Charlie Larkin

We had a slush-storm with a little snow mixed in, with more to come tommorrow...well, later today, supposedly, and more end of the week. Tra-la, tra-la.... BLECH! To add injury to insult, I came home and found the heat not working- most likely need some oil. I'll go get some diesel in the morning (read: after dawn) to re-start the boiler and call the oil man. Charlie Larkin

Dan, that is absolutely gorgeous. Charlie Larkin

I like the fundamental idea, Doug, and I think you have a pretty good start. May I suggest adding some gray-scale? The idea, I think, is to make it look like black and white film. Just bought a roll because I'm bored with color and I'm waiting for a good snow-fall to hit so I can go take pictures of some of the pretty town commons/centers around here. That and I need to do a beginning-to-end process (except the printing, I don't have space for the tanks for contact prints). Charlie Larkin

Looks good, Rich. Charlie Larkin

Excellent models and photography both. As soon as I have some way/something to photograph, I'll be adding to this. Charlie Larkin

Very cool, Terry. One of my favorite cars simply for the weird factor. Charlie Larkin

Very nice job making a 4-door out of it. If you feel up to the task again, I'll bet that would sell very nicely as a resin kit. Charlie Larkin

A very different choice. And a rather pretty...umm, truck. Ironically, Packard did make trucks for a while, as well as cars. Supposed to be very good trucks, too. Charlie Larkin

Yours is positively spacious compared to the rather small, unstable tray-table I've had to use the last several years. Hoping to change that in the next month or two (finally!). Charlie Larkin

"Another blue Mustang?" "No, my first Shelby" Typical girl..... I missed this earlier, Mike. As usual, all is shaping up exquisitely. Charlie Larkin

The semi-gloss might actually be a better move than gloss for the interior parts. They tended to be a little flatter finish. A sauna? I would think the humidity in there would cause all kinds of problems with paint drying? I suppose when in Finland, you use what you have... Charlie Larkin

Either RWL or redlines look good, although the white letters stand out better, so they have an ever-so-slight lead. Charlie Larkin

Excellent work. Charlie Larkin

I still stand by my earlier statements. Just not in this case. Charlie Larkin

Very nice indeed. Charlie Larkin

Very nicely done 1989-91 grille on that. Well done otherwise, too. Charlie Larkin

Hello, Acme Pest Control.... Well, I suppose this is one way to do it. Charlie Larkin

Idiotic. I get principle, etc., but are we really SO binary (it looks like possibly on both sides) that we've lost all sense of reason and ration? Never have I seen a school around here have a problem with something like this. Now, I've never seen an electric car being charged, but I wouldn't be surprised if it happened sooner rather than later. If getting the kid home was a legitimate concern, the school could simply have told the policeman to bugger off. The Constitution states that thefts in excess of $20 are prosecutable; while there are some exceptions, this case may not pass muster based on that alone. I doubt that it would cost more than about $7-10 to charge that battery, based on the rates in this area (about 8 cents/KwH). This guy barely spun the metre. The point was brought up that this might not have been his first time doing it. So? If you're stuck in the middle of nowhere, and need a boost because you're trying to be all enviro-nut and insist on driving an all-electric car too far, even you deserve some measure of clemency and safety. As I've heard my dad say many times, "God looks after fools and us, too." If your dead battery is causing a potential safety hazard for you and others, and you have an outlet handy- darn right it's going to get charged. I wouldn't be surprised if this ended up being tossed out of court. The town certainly has more pressing matters than this. That it took eleven days to get this taken care of is telling me exactly how high on the importance scale this was, too. If the police are looking to make an example- they have, but it's of how foolish and unreasoning they are, not of stellar, intelligent law enforcement (a model we need to seriously re-think, as all too often, "law enforcement" seems to be used to brow-beat, bully and raid treasure from the public, and less about actually making sure laws are followed), as opposed to "peace officer", which says to me and most other people that the primary purpose was to preserve public order, not find ways to over-flex muscle. I am, curious, though, if similar charges are in a pattern or if other cases of people doing this is known? Charlie Larkin

Quick notes, Niko. Prototype research has shown that Revell's painting instructions are off. The dash and metal interior parts should be medium metallic gray. The steering wheel and column are both black. Gloss for the column/stalks, and flatish for the wheel rim with semi-gloss spokes and hub, except the horn button, which is more a silver finish. This is a very correct restoration and will give you an idea of what things should look like. http://www.classiccar.com/ford/custom/ford-e-series-custom_14916/?age_min=1957&age_max=1957&keyword=Ford&page=5&limit=18&back= Charlie Larkin

Well, we can stop guessing. http://www.ford.com/cars/mustang/2015/?hptid=bb-2194-mustang-reveal Not sure about the nose. I like the rest of it. Charlie Larkin

Something about contaminated tacos? Geez, you'd think they'd have better than Taco Bell in Mexico?? (No, really, I didn't understand a word of this). Charlie Larkin

That came out very nicely. I've seen a few cars two-toned in varying shades of brown and yellow. Sometimes...well, I'll let the colors do the talking. But- when the tones and quantities of each color are right, it looks very nice together. This looks good. Charlie Larkin