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Here is something I've been playing with for awhile now. Almost done. Needs glass over the lights and decals made yet. Plus painting of the tail lights and roof lights.

Cal, you are turning out some nice work up in them north woods.

Today I went to my factory which is pretty much empty today except for the G scale train store we have in our plant. It was a bit chilly as the heat gets dialed back over the weekends. Anyway, it was quiet and peaceful. It's my away from the female time and just me and the plastic. Worked on the Renault Alpine A210 from Heller and got its windows installed, and body placed onto the frame. Wet sanded the Mazda Cosmo and did a second coat of primer on it and started the first coat of primer on the Celica. Zen indeed!!

That birdcage is pretty derned awesome.

Cool collection of cars. Nicely done.

Looks like I will be buying a fire extinguisher.

Yup, we are gonna see Star Trek style replicators soon.

I like Speedway, they were Super America too, then they folded them all to the Speedway name.

Our collector plates are blue with red lettering. They are actually issued to the car, but if you have multiple cars you get the same number tag with a letter suffix or prefix. If you wish, you can get the white one for your regular car. Registration period Non-expiring Fee One-time $50 collector vehicle issuance fee plus twice the annual registration fee for the vehicle type being registered. Number of plates Two (one for a motorcycle/moped) Plates remain with Seller Personalized available? No. A collector number is assigned as the plate number. Subsequent collector vehicles owned by the customer receive the sample plate number with an alpha suffix or prefix. Plate color Red characters on a light blue background Statutory reference s.341.266 DMV inquiry COL “TIME” system inquiry CL and we have antique plates Current design issued in 1980 Registration period Non-expiring Fee $5 Number of plates Two (one for motorcycle) Plates remain with Seller Personalized available? No Plate color Green characters on a gold background Statutory reference s.341.265 DMV inquiry ANT “TIME” system inquiry AQ And this is for hot rods and other home built types Hobbyist Available for reconstructed or street modified motor vehicles 20 years or older, for replica vehicles 20 model years or older or for homemade vehicles. Must have another vehicle currently registered. Cannot be operated during the month of January without a temporary plate. Motorcycle version available. See also Antique and Collector. More... First issued in 1976 Registration period Non-expiring Fee One-time $50 hobbyist issuance fee plus twice the annual registration fee for the vehicle type being registered. Number of plates Two Plates remain with Seller Personalized available? No Plate color Yellow characters on a green background Statutory reference s.341.14(4r), s.341.27(1), s.341.268 DMV inquiry HOB “TIME” system inquiry PE

So, as you see Roy, we in the states get rather creative with our tags. Some like Arizona's are quite colorful. In Wisconsin, the Native American Nations also have their own plates as they are considered sovereign entities within the State. http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/drivers/plateguide/tribal.htm You will notice that only the Menominee Tribe make reference to Wisconsin on their tags. I drive frequently through the Nations and see these plates all the time. We are home to Menominee, Ojibwe, Oneida and Lac Courte Oreilles. That last one is pronounced Lah Koodaray

Was that a "made in Germany" promo? I might think it's actually American made if not. A small plastics company in Wisconsin made them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_Miniature_Company

Awesome. This was the same point I was making in my rather long rambling post earlier.

This swap meet is very popular here. Mrs. Dunn, the organizer, has passed away. I will post more info as I find out. This was the one they held in Waukesha at the county grounds.

Go buy some cheap dish washing towels. fashion them into rolls and place model in a shallow box (shoe box, plastic box with cover you can get at any big box store) Place rolled towels on sides and at front and rear so model is stable in box. Place on floor board of car, not on seat. If you for some reason have to stand on the brakes, your cargo won't fall onto the floor.

A 1976 AMC Hornet X 304 V8. In about 1984 I found it sitting on a used car lot in the very back row on the north side of Milwaukee. It was one of those lots where cars go to die. With it's green metallic paint and rallye wheels, I really felt bad for it having to humiliate itself next to the four door Chevelles. $300 later and I was the proud owner of my third ever AMC. Cleaned her up and got the engine running right with a new distributor cap, plugs and a Pertronix ignition module, the kind that lives inside the cap. Later on a set of newer AMC alloy wheels and new rubber, plus heavy anti-roll bars, I was tearing up the autocross courses. Big mistake when I sold it to a neighbor after buying my fourth ever AMC (1978 Concord Coupe DL) known as the hell car or widow maker. The Hornet was wrecked down in Georgia driven by the guy I sold it to.

Still BPs up here in Wisconsin. I usually get my gas at Citgo, or Kwik Trip, which is an awesome convenience type store with a great selection of groceries. I buy our butter and dairy there. butter is usually about $2 a pound and eggs are 99 cents. All there hot food like pizza, sammitches and bakery is all done in each individual store. Our BP stations are generally among the higher priced places. We also have Marathon stations.

Get the car, and put some cool white scallops on top of the black paint, then paint roof a metallic color with heavy flake. Trim rings ans small caps or a smoothie wheel cover with white walls.

I read the back of the envelope and I see the USPS feels all they have to do is get to you, the damaged mail "expeditiously". Then further on they kind of put the responsibility on you like it's all your fault.

I have one. I looked up our local cable company and it did not have the number.

That is very interesting, Harry.

I'd rather buy the model. LOL

I started as a kid. My grandfather bought me model cars when I went with him to Sears & Roebuck store. Yup, Sears had a second name then. They also sold models in it's small toy department. I'd go look at the models while grandpa was looking for tools in the Craftsmen department which was right next to the toys. Grandpa told me stuff I could never believe like Sears used to sell real cars out of the store (rebadged Henry J called an Allstate). My dad, on the other hand never got my fascination about cars.To him, they were appliances to provide transportation. My first was a 61 Mercury, soon followed by AMTs 57 T-Bird Craftsman series kit. Nearer to the house was a shop my grandpa went to get ammo and stuff for hunting. Through a narrow hallway was their hobby shop, mostly carrying Lionel and other trains. But they had models!!! They carried a lot of the IMC kits and that started a long love affair with their hard to build, often fiddly, but oh so realistic subjects. I think I massacred that poor little 48 Ford on the kitchen table at grandpas house. He saw you could make a 46, 47 and a 48 Ford from the kit by using different trim bits. He got two more of them for me to make the whole set of three. He also had all kinds of enamel paint in One Shot sized tins by Rust O Leum. I brush painted all my models. This was before I discovered Testor's and Pactra. In my teen years, it was a means of escape from school troubles and home problems. When I left home and school, I became involved with The Jesus People and things like model cars and other hobbies were not encouraged. Traveled with a tent evangelist raising tents, fixing trucks and buses and working the portable kitchen to feed the hundreds of Jesus freaks that populated the ministry. i eventually left with issues. Having an intense love for Jesus but I lacked the discipline to live that kind of life. Kinda got messed up, and since they did not provide me with any kind of foundation, I fell away. hopped around the country for three years not having a home and depending on the kindness of hippies in communes and college kids who would take me in and let me crash in dorms or frat houses. I got so messed up, doing drugs of all kinds. Eventually I tried going back home but no one would help me out. Found work on my own and bought a $50 1964 Buick LeSabre and left for California. I was still without a home...but I had a CAR!!! I thought I was on top of the world. Still messed up though and some Christian brother told me about a ministry that helped people with my drug issues. I became a resident of the Drug Abuse Preventive Center in Santa Barbara, California. Went through the whole program and wound up working there for eight years. It was as well a Christian community, but with a bit of a difference...hobbies were encouraged. Art, cooking, wood working, auto customizing, and model building. So yes, I built models as a past time and as therapy during the long 6 week restriction when you weren't allowed to go anywhere except with staff members on center business, and the weekend leisure trips to the mountains or dirt bike track. I became a staff member after my stint as resident and wound up running their gas stations, driving the truck to pick up things for the second hand store. Worked out of Santa Barbara, then on to santa Maria, then finally San Luis Obispo before going back to SB. Another difference was they taught a work ethic, because drugs kind of take that away. They were also not a twelve step program. Once done and confident that you are off of your particular addiction, you are cured. Faith in the healing power of Jesus. No "recovering" anything. I have been drug free since and have no desire to ever return to drugs. So I build because of my love for cars and automotive history, to keep my focus, and for just plain fun. I also love talking up the hobby to others who may be looking for something to do, hobbywise.

True, we tend to praise our "friends" on the forum. But we usually have an idea of their age and / or skill level and praise accordingly. If we see someone's build where they BMFed the trim and it was their first time doing so, we'll over look the uneven blade work at the edges. But these posters aren't coming here claiming to be the next Juha Airo. I remember a guy on here who created models of cars not offered as kits by shaping bondo, putty, plastic into something obscure. They weren't the smoothest or the most accurate, but we were all amazed at the creativity of that builder.

Forty five years of experience, and he couldn't wire the engine? Plus the chrome scrapes and bad fitment.

Wisconsin allows a credit, for sales tax properly paid in another state, against use tax due. If you properly paid sales tax in another state, the sales tax paid may be used to offset the Wisconsin use tax due. Sometimes, tax isn't paid on items purchased online...and that tax you will owe the State of Wisconsin