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Eating chocolate ice cream at 4 a.m.

Polish Soul Food Not many reasons to go to Detroilet anymore , Paczki is one . Dogs are not allowed in Hamtramck because they pee on the poles.....

I was able to pick up a couple of these trucks from Speedway , mostly for the goodies in the box , took the case box flipped it up side down because of the way its tapered , sanded the top off made the lid from .040 Evergreen stock then added a set of handles from the WW II Jeep to make a cooler out of it Then fab'd a water cooler from Evergreen stock for the water jugs

Last week there was a gas price war in Houghton Lake Michigan . Prices got down to .46 cents per gallon http://fox17online.com/2016/01/17/no-joke-gas-is-47-cents-per-gallon-in-one-michigan-town/

Long time member of MCM , Tim Ridout : Bigphoto passed away on January 8 . 2016 . He was only 51 years old . R.I.P Timmy

That's better than getting jabbed in the eye with a sharp stick ! Congratulations to you and your wife .Ray . It takes two to make it work .

I have a dog in this fight-Ron is my friend , I called him Christmas night and found him in the hospital...again , besides loosing his pinky finger last summer , it also damaged his ring finger . Then there have been a few skin grafts . He's had hundreds of hours of physical therapy . To say Ron had a bad year is an understatement . I know Ron is not a liar or a thief-but most important-I know he's not a quitter ! I have it on good authority that he wants to finish this project more than you guys want it done . To ask him to explain or to apologize is asking a lot . is up to him ,

Just wanted to quote this incase some one came along and edited it. Nowhere did I read that this build is over -so saying it's the third time you've seen them end this way is not accurate. I've been following along this build from the start also . Ron hasn't vanished nor has the kit that Casey (the guy who told you where to go) donated . You're right about voicing our own opinion -this is mine .

Love those Hitch & Tow die casts . I picked up one of the '67 Impalas with a Bambi Airstream last year , passed on the '67 Bronco because I already had a Johnny Lightning first gen Bronco on the shelf . Turned the white walls around on the pick up and think it looks better with black walls then stripped the trailer to repaint to match our Shasta re-issue

Picked up two of these , one to stash and one to play with. 1/64 1962 Dodge pick up and Shasta Airflyte

......BaBaBooey.........

Nicely done ! I like that. What did you use to attach the seat to the seat frame ? -does your seat flip open ?

Today is October 21,2015-----So much for the Cubs winning the World Series .

Over the last 10 years or so since these on line model forums have come to be , there have been a few people that were members and passed away . A few that come to mind : Ed>62ss Jerry>LUKE'57 Matt>Mojo Doctor John>Fastback340 And a few resin suppliers : Ron Cash Ray Parson Ross Gibson as time goes by I'm sure we will lose more people , it's a fact of life . We should be grateful to have this forum and the opportunity to know these people that share the same interest . Maybe instead of being so quick to judge each other as just characters on the internet and understand that we are all real live people on the other side of the screen with real life struggles .

After the chrome wheels were stripped and repainted , tires still need to be de-burred and a little chalk dust to weather them . Engine de-chromed and re painted So far I like this kit a lot and plan on getting a few more .

Very Nice ! Here's a picture of mine

This it what I've come up with so far for the two piece tires on the Trail 70 kit , Stripped the chrome because the 1:1 wheels are an aluminum shade not chrome , then glued the two wheel halves together . Slide a tire half on over the bead and make sure it's seated all the way around then slide the second side of the tire on . Made sure the knobby pattern lined up . The pressure of each half presses against each other to seal the gap ..........no glue yet if at all ?

Hey Ray , What are the chances of showing a picture of your 1:1 Trail 70 ?

Just ordered an MPC Honda Trail 70 today , Besides the scale difference, the price of the MPC is a lot less than the Tamiya kit ( if you can find a Tamiya Trail 70 )

Back to the Future ?

One of my favorite Red Green skits .

Last week we sold our 1999 31 ft. camper that weighed 2 1/2 tons and bought this today 2015 Shasta Airflyte Retro

Thanks , Lieutenant Dan

That is how I do it too . But I like to use BMF because it leaves a crisper line-also use a compass to generate the radiuses (or is it radii ? ) of the wipers .

I never really got into cowboy movies but I like The Outlaw Josie Wales---------Dirty Harry is the reason I never put ketchup on a hot dog.... My favorite Clint Eastwood performance was when he was talking to an empty chair.........