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I don't think it was so much survivors guilt as it was the last thing that Waylon Jennings said to Buddy Holly before the plane took off, as I've heard the story told Buddy Holly told Waylon ' I hope your 'ol bus brakes down' And Waylon replied 'Well, I hope your 'ol plane crashes' I think that's what messed with his head the most..........

That's very true, If the Big Bopper had not been sick with the flu Waylon Jennings would have been on that flight instead- Waylon Jennings was a member Buddy Holly's new band after he broke away from the Crickets. Waylon went on to make some really good music. Ritchie Valens "won" a coin toss to get his seat on the airplane. As for Ritchie Valens-check out 'Fast Freight' or 'Big Baby Blues" - He could really play the guitar !!!

Early this morning I got a text from my 'ol buddy Ron (Slantasaurus) that today is the 55th. anniversary. February 3, 1959 R.I.P Buddy Holly Richie Valens The Big Bopper Roger Peterson (pilot) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAsV5-Hv-7U This was a little before my time but the impact they made lives on. Any one here old enough to remember that day ?

THAT is really sad to hear, West Point was a great hobby shop. I used to ride my bicycle there when I was younger (before I could drive and kids still rode bikes to get around) West Point was the shop I still judge all other hobby shops against-the only other shop that even came close is Riders in Grand Rapids. Now I deal with Model Empire so it's 50/50- I order and pay on line with them like an internet store but they are a 'Mom and Pop' operation .

I agree with everyone above but had a few thoughts to share. I'm pretty sure the 1967 Eldorado promo you have was made by Johan. Some of those Johan promos had a pressed nail type fastener like the one on the left instead of a slotted screw there's not much of a head to grab onto and it's a spiral twist thread, so I used a pencil soldering pen to heat the "nail" in the center of the head, after a few minutes I took a pair of needle nose pliers and pulled it out , then replaced them with small sheet metal screws from the hardware store. Once you get the chassis apart from the body and if you want to take the wheels and axles off, be mind full they are also pressed on with a thick spline so you can't twist them apart, they have to be pulled apart I used a pair of wire side cutters as a type of small pickle fork like used on 1;1 ball joints and tie rods to drive the wheel from the axle spline. Here's the '65 Rambler American I'm working on-before- as it sits right now-

Sad news, such a great talent . He also played 'George Willis Jr'. in Scent of a Woman.

Very nice workmanship !! I like the fact that you are building your trailer from scratch instead of buying a resin , not that the resin trailer is bad at all, It's more fun to watch one scratch built.

That is FUNNY- In a sick and twisted way.........

We live way back in the woods, on a secondary road, which means the county does not plow our road for a day or two after a good snow. I used to plow my driveway and continue down our road about a mile to the paved road, it took me about three passes to clear the road as shown Two winters ago I was plowing the road when a county road commission supervisor flagged me down and started yelling at me-threated to call the police and have me fined for plowing a public road. My family attorney told me there are two things you don't want to know how they are made-Laws and Sausage I think they are both made with the same recipe.

We got a foot and a half last night here in West Michigan-here's a shot of my driveway

Either of these products will strip the paint, but I prefer the one on the left, made by Klean Strip

For $12.50 I had to pick up two, one to stash and one to play with Revell '37/'38 Ford frame and resin wheels

That is coming out GREAT, Dan It really looks like your 1:1 camper and quad trailer ! P.S.= I have been looking for some type of quads for you but have not found much so far, most are over sized and toy-like. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for looking at my boat model and the encouraging comments ! I am sorry it's been taking sooo long to get the paint work done on this project but it's been so cold here that even using the paint booth is sucking the warm air out of the room when I turn on the fans-then the furnace has to run more (the L.P. gas isn't getting any cheaper) but I did get some done--->

Some times that's how it goes for us modelers-Stop and Go. Wait for parts, fix equipment ect. and find time for our real lives. When I got ready to start building my trailer the first thing I had to do was spend a few hours repairing my miter box. I like using the Mid West Products plastic miter box (found that picture on Google) I like the plastic boxes better than the metal ones because it's not as bad on the Exacto razor saw blades-but a by product is that over time you'll end up cutting thru the box, so I cut a piece of .080 sheet stock to patch it and it will last another couple of years now (I'm a cheap skate) Your trailer looks good so far- the wood decals look real too, I wouldn't have known it wasn't real wood if you had not said so. Have you looked at Wal Mart for die cast quad runners ?

Thanks for commenting everyone. Yes indeed, Dan Since the last post I've gotten the trailer painted and is hanging in the paint rack, then finally got a nice coat of DupliColor heavy red primer/filler on the boat it self. Tonight I'll sand it down then assess it again to see how all the scratch's are filled before the aluminum color is applied , that silver color will show every scratch and imperfection. It made me laugh when you look at the original box in my first post, in the bottom left corner it says "No Cutting no Sanding" On a side note, I installed a new piece of drier tube to the back of my paint booth to vent it out the window, when I turned the fan on it wasn't blowing OUT the window as planned but blowing back thru the box, when I took it apart I found that when I clamped the tube onto the back of the fan motor there was a flap that I had clamped shut, had to pull it apart and just removed that pesky flap. Now it's working better than ever. Right now it's -9* here so painting out side is not an option.

Your camper is coming along great, Dan Your scratch building is fantastic - keep in coming !!!

Thanks for looking in and the nice comments on the boat model !! I was looking at some old pictures of my Gramps boat while building this project and found these That was my dog "Devo" and her favorite thing to do was to bite at the waves-till she fell out I have been working on this project, but thanks to Dieseldawg142/Dan whom has gotten me motivated to dig out another old project to go along with the boat Monkey see, Monkey do-Dan's building a camper so I had to build one too.

I always start off with the best intentions......... But end up indulging in my other favorite hobby.

The first brand new car I bought was this 1986 Mustang with a 2.3 4-speed. (that's my ex-wife standing next to it-never looking better ) When it was 2 years old it burned up one of those modules too. A friend of mine was into those 2.3 engines and he knew right away what the problem was-same as mentioned above, I started carrying an extra in the glove box, like how I used to keep an extra ballast resister in the glove box when I drove a few mid '70s Chrysler products

Thanks for posting pictures of every ones Modelhaus scores. For some reason I can't use the quote function- but I really like that '68 Barracuda, John ! I've wanted to build one like the car in the movie "Gone Fishin" (Your 1;1 is really nice too) When I was 15 I wanted to buy a '67 Barracuda coupe with a slant 6 /three in da tree, the car was really clean but had a rod knock that was so bad you could dance to it. The guy wanted $75.00 for it but when I took my Dad to look at it, my Dad said "no way" because of the knock-back then a slant from a junk yard were dirt cheap-but the 'Old Man had the last word. I think the '67 coupe is going to be on my next order from Modelhaus.

Thanks for the nice comments on the 2 dr. sedan I built ! (Being a scale snob) It is the only choice for a 1/25 scale '53/'54 Chevy in plastic. I had a few of the older issued sedan delivery kits with opening doors back then but glued the doors shut-It was my only defense. But I'll be the first to say those kits are poorly done at best. The yellow sedan delivery pictured above had panel lines were so shallow-even after scribing them, after primer, paint and clear the panel lines were gone. The Model King 2 dr. body was molded in white but was almost see thru-maybe opaque would be the right word ? Even though those kits are rough as a cob of corn-I'm glad their still around.

Other than the body's the 53/54 sedan delivery and the 2 dr. sedan,( which I think depicts a Chevy 210-not a Bel Air) are the same kits. Over the years I've tried converting them a few times to stock form. The first sedan delivery I tried and gave up on. Then I got one of these Model King re-issued 2 dr. sedans Kit bashed it with an AMT '51 Chevy and for the most part it fit very well, the tail lights are not correct for the '53 or '54 (but closer to the '54) Although I used a Ken Kitchen Buick Straight 8 instead of the '51 Chevy Straight 6 I also have a re-issue sedan delivery and another AMT '51 Chevy donor to build the same way now that I've learned how the 2 dr. sedan went together.

Hey John/Fastback 340- What did you get from them ? I'd like to see what you got.

Thanks Ron !