Dragline

Hideous..... Once you see something, you cannot un-see it. Thanks

Currently reading Stephen R Donaldson's "The Last Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant". Pretty Epic stuff. If you like Fantasy/Sci Fi Donaldson is one of the best. Bob

Geez that B#da$$ Wayne...... Bob

The car is worth asking price. Is there another better? Will there be 50 years from now? A Pittance if I'm asked [which I wasn't].... This is GRAIL, not some 69 Camaro with manufactured provenance, and we have seen a few of those. This is Muscle Royalty properly documented and case delivered. It's like the 39 mile 1970 Chevelle SS. It's a fact... It's documented. No one wishes to pay its worth... TODAY. Cripes!!! I'll be dead and gone [most of us will], before most of these cars enter the regions of the unattainable. They are attainable NOW. Pony up Beotches, You got a chance.... Bob

WOW, LUCK is the only word that comes to mind here. I am very happy that things were only as bad as stated. It could have been far worse. Your son did a wonderful thing and helped save that boy that was on the road side. I hope there was a lesson learned and that the future will see them BOTH wearing helmets. In 1985 I was in in Daytona during bike week on my scoot. At only 15 MPH I was run off the road and stuffed underneath a mailbox with multiple fractures, punctured lung and a broken bike to boot. All by a 72 year old retiree who was late for his Tee time. I had a small skullcap on which is my preferred helmet and that was all that saved me from being a drooling idiot for the rest of my days. I still have most of the scooter and [arguably] most of my grey matter. I consider myself lucky and I'm certain they do as well. 6 years later I was AGAIN run off the road at a much higher speed and again was saved by my admittedly small skullcap type helmet. Although considered a minor accident by the police and Ins co it was not minor to me. Bike accidents are NEVER minor. Nice to know they are in good nick. Bob

Geez! What those other guys said.......................................................... Bob

Shane is BACK!! This pleases me.. I too have been on hiatus building wise but your return may signal mine as well buddy It's looking great as per usual Shane. Bob

A Masterpiece!! Bob

I've been playing Battlefield II for almost 7 years now and Batllefield III since it came out. That and M.A.M.E. and the bench can get lonely. All on PC of course. Bob

Short drive from B-More, I'm in Ken Bob

Nice build of a super cool kit. Bob

Gosh darn it, that's nice!!! Bob

Your builds are always super tight. A pleasure to look at them Bob

VERY cool. A tad poppy for my tastes, but they chose cleverly. Looks like fake me out Tamiya to boot. B

Flakier than an ex girlfriend. I like it. Bob

The best 2;21 I've spent in months. Thanks Bob

Guess I'll throw it away then..... Bob

Crickey that's HOT stuff..... Get some wiring and motor detail and it's a world beater. Well done........ Bob

Very nice indeed.... Got to chat with Don at NNL East and he is an affable young fella. I enjoyed his finished cars there very much. But let's see what i can do with the "Dragline" method. All shot from cans.. A Tamiya mid 80's Porsche I bought at that very show. Paint is Black Gold Euro red with El-Cheapo Acrylic clear. Then polished to what you see here. There are many methods it seems. Bob

Mark, exactly how many built ups do you have??? Nice BTW. Bob

Keep it or send it my way and I'll say I knew you when...... Bob

Here is my Yellow Feather build. I also have the Mongoose car tins painted and polished. I'll post them later. Bob

I think something has been forgotten here. It's a simple little thing that has gotten overlooked throughout this entire thread. Back in days of yore, cars were not quite as necessary as they seem to be now. Some families had ONE only. There were times when a family car was passed on through a couple of generations. My own Grandfather bought a 1964 LeMans [326 4 speed] off the lot, then drove it for 26 years!!!! Garaged it every night and i can tell you this. It STILL looks like the day it was purchased. Still in the family [my brother Rick now owns it]. and it's only on its 3rd clutch. You can eat off the floor if you like and that brings me to the thrust of this post. My Grandfather clearly loved that car. We all did and do. He took care of it and the local garage did all the maintenance for him. He was a carpenter not a mechanic so he took it to the pros. But the fiction is that over time people were sold on the "gotta get a new car every 2-3 years" thing. This is and was always great marketing on the part of the car companies and only stupid people who buy into being told what to do are to blame. I have purchased ONE new car in my life and that was for my wife when we married in 94. We got her a new Jeep Wrangler. She had the car for 10 years before it finally gave up the ghost on her. For me my first car was a 71 Duster, after that it was a late 70's Monza, a mid 80's K car [i know], but that car ran strong and was reliable. During this time I owned about 4 different H-D's but my main bike was a 73 ULH, of which is the basis for my current rigid chopper. I also had a Pro Street Vega for a couple of years [Lots of trouble in that car], an 86 IROC [which I miss terribly] an S10 and the Audi. A few years back I bought a creampuff 88 Omni with literally 45,000 miles on it. It was so mint it still smelled new. I actually GAVE that car to a fellow worker here in Maryland when i made the deal for the Cavalier I now drive. I'm not certain how many foreign parts were on any of those cars. They needed repairs at different points and I bought them from NAPA and maybe AutoZone so there were probably lots of repair parts that were offshore made that I put on them. I workd in a garage for 17 years as the only mechanic and all I ever worked on were Volvo, Audi, Mercedes, Saab and Astons, the odd Jag and 2 Rolls Royce [Long story] The used car lot I worked at only sold Euro since that's all the clientel drove. My boss would buy them at auction during the weekends and i would get them up to snuff Mon through Thurs and take local jobs Fri and Sat. I did this for those 17 years so I may be out of touch with the rest. But I also did warranty work for Chevrolet and their Subaru subsidiary and i know a thing or two about those cars. The Chevy's were usually good cars in the 80's with the WORST interiors known to man. The Subarus generally fell apart but the motors were decent. I've worked on Accords and Camry's and while they run well when maintained, the quality of the rest of the car was always pretty bad. But, they were easy to work on. I put a clutch in a 83 accord in about an hour or so once. That was tear down and test drive. That was amazing to me since clutch jobs are usually 2-1/2 hours. I realize I'm out of touch for the most part. I've not worked in the garage in now over 12 years. I do however work at NAPA where I sell parts every day. I sell more jap chassis than anything. I get to see them as i pick em off the shelf and the parts are flimsy and downright poor looking to me. And we sell Altrom parts which are top o the line Jap made replacement stuff. My next car may be a Jairus special. Over 40 years old, easy to work on and solid as a rock. I'll even make sure the lighter works. Bob

My bike is a 1973 Shovel. Bob

In my hometon New Bedford Mass we had George O'Hara Chevrolet. He had a 53 vette in the showroom for decades. I would end up doing their warranty rebuilds in later years as well as their Subaru stuff. I always hated working on the Subaru engines since they were so weak I would constantly snap bolts on em. It got to the point where i would get complete bolt kits when i would do their work. I would reuse Chevy bolts all the time and NEVER got one back. Whether that's a testiment to chevy or me is debatable but the bolts were always good. Now, it seems like a head gasket job demands head bolts every time. Back in the 80's I picked up an NOS 68 camaro grill and hideway canisters for my friends car from O'Hara Chevrolet. How cool was that? Bob