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I certainly did. Read this last post I made. The E & A have NOTHING to do with the gaming company.

Bus companies rent out the buses to other groups, not just schools.

The EA you see is only the letters E and A used in the word "GEARZ". The stylized G, then two gears with the letters E and A, then the stylized R and Z. the letters have in no way anything to do with the video game company. It is not EA's trademark. Dang, do some research first before you assume. Did the research for you. Google is my friend. http://staceydavid.com/black-book

Go Green Bay Packers!!!!!!!

Hmmm, was hoping for the newer kits like the 57 Ford or the 50 Olds to be on that list...OK, then I will build a Viper.

First off Belts...not safe in a school bus because of the logistics of having to unfasten or cut loose jammed belts after a crash. I drove a 72 passenger 1973 International behemoth. You think it's gonna be quick unloosing all those belts after a crash and maybe the bus has caught fire? The seat backs are designed to keep riders protected.Trust me, they work. I got hit by a speeding motorist, all the students walked off unscathed. The same cannot be mentioned of the people who hit us. Plus all those belts would have to be bolted to an actual structural piece like the frame. You won't see belts in over the road buses like Greyhound, either. AC....School district owned buses maybe not, but here in the Milwaukee Metro area, all bus service providers are private companies that contract to the school districts. The private firms have AC in the buses because they rent them out for other non school events like pub crawls and trips to Lambeau Field and the UW and other university's sports events. They are a good alternative to the fancier coaches.

These types of transports (sedan chairs) developed independantly in the East and The West. However, the earliest mention of that type of vehicle was in India, known as palanquin or from the Hindi, Palkhi in 250 BCE.

Good luck on the project. Yer gonna have to reshape the fin where it wraps around down at the bumper too. The trunk goes further down to the bumper than the Impala does as well. The trunk lid will have to be reshaped.

Got a visit from the great Jimmy Flintstone last night. He dropped off a bunch of HHR bodies in panel and window versions. This is a slammer body as the glass areas are solid resin. He's got them if you want them. I got several ideas for these. They will accept a shortened by 1/8 to 3/16th inch PT Cruiser chassis. As it's meant as a slammer, there is no glass or interior.

From Revell AG 1/24 VW Beetle sedan AND converetible, vintage yet unknown, NEW TOOLS VW Van, from Samba Bus tool, MODIFIED REISSUE BMW M3 DTM, NEW TOOL M-B 300SL-24, 1989 car, REISSUE

I think I have only two vintage sealed kits, an MPC Ford mark IV with clear Transport Trailer and an MPC Gangbusters Chrysler. The Mark IV is pretty cool with it's trailer and you can find the trailer as it's own kit cheap and the Mark IV is out there. The Chrysler has had reissues of it as well. Don't think I will ever open those. I have a bunch of Renwal 66 Revival kits and built ups plus an IMC Ford J car that are opened, and I intend to build them...eventually.

Personally, I think the building itself was the culprit. When there are open sections of roof, water will get in and play hob with the electrical circuits.

Having been in that store to look through the bin for used HO scale trains for repair parts, I can attest to the shape of the building. I was afraid to walk in certain parts of it for fear of falling through. The basement had about two feet of water and mold grew everywhere. The guy that ran it had a bug about another hobby store and told me that other store was plotting to put him out of business and vandalized his building. Kind of a conspiracy nut I think. The guy could be real rude with people too.

http://fox6now.com/2013/01/01/happy-hobby-store-in-west-allis-damaged-following-fire/

As was mentioned, Battalion is spelled wrong. Also the "POLICA" should be POLICIA. I went to a Mexican Police car site and checked.

The brand has gone through many owners, starting with Willys, which produced the first Civilian Jeep (CJ) in 1945 and who were the first granted the trademark in 1950. Willys was sold to Kaiser Motors in 1953, which became Kaiser-Jeep in 1963. American Motors Corporation (AMC) purchased Kaiser's money-losing Jeep operations in 1970. The utility vehicles complemented AMC's passenger car business by sharing components, achieving volume efficiencies, as well as capitalizing on Jeep's international and government markets. The French automaker Renault began investing in AMC in 1979. However, by 1987, the automobile markets had changed and even Renault itself was experiencing financial troubles. At the same time, Chrysler Corporation wanted to capture the Jeep brand, as well as other assets of AMC. Chrysler bought out AMC in 1987, shortly after the Jeep CJ-7 was replaced with the AMC-designedJeep Wrangler or YJ. Chrysler merged with Daimler-Benz in 1998 to form DaimlerChrysler. DaimlerChrysler eventually sold most of their interest in Chrysler to a private equity company in 2007. Chrysler and the Jeep division now operate under the name Chrysler Group LLC. Jeeps have been built under licence by various manufacturers around the world including Mahindra in India, EBRO in Spain, and several in South America. Mitsubishi built more than 30 different Jeep models in Japan between 1953 and 1998. Most of them were based on the CJ-3B model of the original Willys-Kaiser design. Toledo, Ohio has been the headquarters of the Jeep marque since its inception, and the city has always been proud of this heritage. Although no longer produced in the same Toledo Complexas the World War II originals, two streets in the vicinity of the old plant are named Willys Parkway and Jeep Parkway. American Motors set up the first automobile-manufacturing joint venture in the People's Republic of China on January 15, 1984. The result was Beijing Jeep Corporation, Ltd., in partnership with Beijing Automobile Industry Corporation, to produce the Jeep Cherokee (XJ) in Beijing. Manufacture continued after Chrysler's buyout of AMC. This joint venture is now part of DaimlerChrysler and DaimlerChrysler China Invest Corporation. The original 1984 XJ model was updated and called the "Jeep 2500" toward the end of its production that ended after 2005. A division of Chrysler Group LLC, the most recent successor company to the Jeep brand, now holds trademark status on the name "Jeep" and the distinctive 7-slot front grille design. The original 9-slot grille associated with all World War II jeeps was designed by Ford for their GPW, and because it weighed less than the original "Slat Grille" of Willys (an arrangement of flat bars), was incorporated into the "standardized jeep" design.

Nope! It's the hood. In older Euro cars, it was cabriolet or a Drop head coupe.

Personally, I don't find those starving, synthetically enhanced model attractive at all.

The boot is the trunk.

Here is a couple that get me rankled. It's per se, not persay. It's Voila, not Wallah, or wa lah, or wah la. Also the term welp, as in Welp, here we go again. The word is Well.

Nicely done

That is a very nicely done Vette racer. How did you do the widening of the fenders?

The kids got me a hotwheel VW and a $50 debit card for use at the LHS. Today I picked up the 75 Gremlin and the Revell 57 Ford kit. I just kinda quickly glanced at the 57 grille and I was impressed with the clean mold of that. I've never noticed the strong chemical smell from a kit before and the Ford made my eyes water.

Building Airfix, now that was a term I found interesting. Saw a special on TV about the Airfix company and how the show got kids nowadays to build Airfix again. It would be like USA modellers saying they were building Revell.

If you are taking it to a chain store (Jared's, Kay's, Shaws) you won't ever be satisfied. Find an independent jeweler who's business requires that he does the job correctly, not some second year art student doing summer work. Research it, ask, like Charlie8575, people who have stuff made a lot.