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Xarana-X, I drove a square back through the southwest that had a Porsche engine in it in the 70s. Wicked fast. I was picked up hitch hiking and the owner let me drive it. My favorite of the variants was the rarely seen notchback.

Old Pyro motorcycle kit tires are known to melt the kit wheels. Some kits have the plastic tires which were molded in red. Use those instead of the rubber ones. Those make good diorama bits in a garage seen. If you open sealed vintage kits, or even new ones, the best thing to do is wrap the tires tightly in a paper towel and tape it shut with a bit of scotch tape. If you never open a collector sealed kit, that really don't matter. Also wrap the glass in tissue or paper towel too.

Pete, I just looked through your pic collection. Very well done kit builds and the scratch built vacuum formed cars are awesome. I especially liked the roadster with the dogs running along side.

If you want plot, see faith Grainger's Deuce Of Spades. She tours with this movie and it's out on DVD. She is making another movie about the Deuce. She's practically funded this thing on her own and did a lot of the work...produce, direct, write and act in it. Very good movie.

At Milwaukee NNL, the photog puts a little round sticker on your entry sheet notifying they want to do pics of your model. You see this and you take your model to the photo booth. If you don't see the sticker or you don't want a pic for the mag, well, that is your choice.

"Looks like a roll of Quilted Northern on some Daytons." LOLZ

In this day of liabilities and licensing to sell cars, that is indeed rare. There are several of these groups in Wisconsin that cry for cars all the time, but are sold for scrap. It's nice to hear of some entity actually offering the cars for sale at good prices.

Hemmong's Muscle Machines magazine seems to cover many different types of cars. I suppose we could call the 64 GTO the "official" start of the term "muscle car", but the list of "muscle machines" covers a wider assortment. 1957 AMC Rambler Rebel is considered an early muscle machine. My grandfather had a 69 GS Buick, but it wasn't. It was a Skylark Custom that had all the same bits a GS had. Nothing on the car called out GS and had no hood bulge. You could order that if you knew the codes and had a savvy car dealer friend.

I remember this. My dad worked for The Milwaukee Road. He had me come see the unloading at the yards. it was pretty cool to see.

Another idea for large scale kits is to do what I've seen European modellers purchase. There is a company called D'agastino that offers subscription model kits, that is, you buy a subscription much like a magazine and they send you monthly a segment of the model for you to build as is or refinish and detail as you want. The kits are generally 1/8th scale and are quite nice. I have seen some of the builds over on Britmodeller.com. Hence this lovely build of James Bond's Aston martin DB5. http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234956830-18-aston-martin-db5-james-bond/

Always interesting going to Chicago. I had to pick up my step daughter at Midway Airport (apparently landing at Mitchell costs way more) when she returned from a birthday trip to Tampa. I'll say that I had quite the adventure driving the toll roads. Mostly uneventful but there sure was the traffic going down. Driving on Cicero Ave was like being in a demo derby or obstacle course. Trucks flying out of driveways and people just crossing the road in front of you. WOW! Going back was faster...you guys in Chicago do not obey your speed limits at all. Snow plows were plowing off the shoulders keeping up with the traffic. wasn't too bad except for the one time I was put in white out conditions when the plow near me hit a drift. At 40 mph that would not be so bad, but at 80mph it was "o ###### o ###### o ###### o ######" until I cleared it. ######!!! I think my anal orifice did not relax until I crossed back into Wisconsin.

The Image Harry posted is blurry, but on his own computer it is OK. Can't judge by a screen shot.

That was cool.

I remember where I was when Kennedy was assassinated. I was in my 3rd grade classsroom. I do not remember where I was when the Vipers got the order to be destroyed.

Depends on what car they used for their "model". However, in the first years of production from 1908 to 1913, the Model T was not available in black but rather only grey, green, blue, and red. Green was available for the touring cars, town cars, coupes, and Landaulets. Grey was only available for the town cars, and red only for the touring cars. By 1912, all cars were being painted midnight blue with black fenders. It was only in 1914 that the "any color so long as it is black" policy was finally implemented. It is often stated that Ford suggested the use of black from 1914 to 1926 due to the cheap cost and durability of black paint. During the lifetime production of the Model T, over 30 different types of black paint were used on various parts of the car.These were formulated to satisfy the different means of applying the paint to the various parts, and had distinct drying times, depending on the part, paint, and method of drying. Model Ts were also produced 'round the world in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Geelong, Australia; Sao Bernardo de Campo, Brazil; Toronto; Walkerville, Ontario; Copenhagen, Denmark; Manchester, England; Berlin, Germany; Cork Ireland; Cadiz, Spain. those places may have added or deleted a color choice as well.

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/02/28/field-thousands-classic-car-dreams-up-for-sale/?intcmp=obnetwork

The windsheild on the 32 Ford roadster came from a 1/32nd scale car, probably Lindberg's old Lincoln kit.

on April 12, the 22nd NNL Milwaukee will be held at the Excellence Center in Waukesha N4 W22000 Bluemound Road. 3 to 9 PM email mdowd@rr.com or scottiek1@charter.net for info

I worked in a plastic molding factory before my time at Custom Wire. The shop was spotless. Those old JoHan pics look like they never introduced Mrs Floor to Mr. Mop.

...and the Isuzu Faster was sold here but labeled the Isuzu P'up, short for Pick Up. LUV on the Chevy stood for Light Utility Vehicle.

A shame you donated the car to charity as I know what they do to them. A lot of charities don't want to deal with selling a car and liability issues, so they just crush them.

I can hardly wait for these. I already have the Opel.

I work in a factory that makes wiring harnesses. I'm the only male on the floor. Women can multi task which means they can inspect parts and build and sort at the same time. Has nothing to do with getting them to work cheap. I am the longest employed worker and thusly I make more, but my female supervisor makes more than me. They all start at the same wage, get the same bennies and have the same oportunity for raises. A lot of the stories you hear about women getting less pay is because of averages. Most women occupy service jobs like wait staff, barrista work, maids and things like that. In industry, they are pretty much equal, especially in union plants. Women execs can and do make as much as men.

Good job on the Birkie, Cal. In other news, I wish I could have gone to Dupage. I had to stay in West Allis and be at the World Of Wheels for our car club. Random meet up yesterday with Lou Gramm from Foreigner. Nice guy.

It would be interesting to see them do a hot rod kit just to see their take on it.