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Along the lines mentioned above about "writing in dialect" and therefore being somewhat illiterate, here's one I just saw for the umpteenth time. "Waiting with baited breath..." Eewww...what did you have for lunch? An anchovy sandwich? It should be "bated breath," using a shortened form of the word, "abated," meaning held back or lessened - you're holding your breath. "Bated and baited sound the same and we no longer use bated (let alone the verb to bate), outside this one set phrase, which has become an idiom. Confusion is almost inevitable. Bated here is a contraction of abated through loss of the unstressed first vowel (a process called aphesis); it means “reduced, lessened, lowered in force”. So bated breath refers to a state in which you almost stop breathing as a result of some strong emotion, such as terror or awe."

I don't think the family and friends of a serious modeler have a clue what to buy in that area, unless they're given a very specific list. Easy to buy for? I think not.

Actually, yes: "Before the pre-eminence of internal combustion engines, electric automobiles held many speed and distance records. Among the most notable of these records was the breaking of the 100 km/h (62 mph) speed barrier, by Camille Jenatzy on April 29, 1899 in his 'rocket-shaped' vehicle Jamais Contente, which reached a top speed of 106 km/h (66 mph). Before the 1920s, electric automobiles were competing with petroleum-fueled cars for urban use of a quality service car.[21] Proposed as early as 1896 in order to overcome the lack of recharging infrastructure, an exchangeable battery service was first put into practice by Hartford Electric Light Company for electric trucks. The vehicle owner purchased the vehicle from General Electric Company (GVC) without a battery and the electricity was purchased from Hartford Electric through an exchangeable battery. The owner paid a variable per-mile charge and a monthly service fee to cover maintenance and storage of the truck. The service was provided between 1910 to 1924 and during that period covered more than 6 million miles. Beginning in 1917 a similar service was operated inChicago for owners of Milburn Light Electric cars who also could buy the vehicle without the batteries.[22] In 1897, electric vehicles found their first commercial application in the U.S. as a fleet of electrical New York City taxis, built by the Electric Carriage and Wagon Company of Philadelphia. Electric cars were produced in the US by Anthony Electric, Baker, Columbia, Anderson, Fritchle, Studebaker, Riker, Milburn, and others during the early 20th century. Despite their relatively slow speed, electric vehicles had a number of advantages over their early-1900s competitors. They did not have the vibration, smell, and noise associated with gasoline cars. They did not require gear changes, which for gasoline cars was the most difficult part of driving. Electric cars found popularity among well-heeled customers who used them as city cars, where their limited range was less of a disadvantage. The cars were also preferred because they did not require a manual effort to start, as did gasoline cars which featured a hand crank to start the engine. Electric cars were often marketed as suitable vehicles for women drivers due to this ease of operation. In 1911, the New York Times stated that the electric car has long been recognized as "ideal" because it was cleaner, quieter and much more economical than gasoline-powered cars.[23] Reporting this in 2010, the Washington Postcommented that "the same unreliability of electric car batteries that flummoxed Thomas Edison persists today."

Is this the car you drive, or an example of your Photoshop work? I'm confused.

A BMW 328 sold at the recent Coys auction received their highest single vehicle sale price (£494,600) for December Auction sales. Your fine build looks very accurate. http://www.conceptcarz.com/articles/article.aspx?articleID=1212

I celebrate them all. In addition, I'm in favor of including Saturnalia. Saturnalia was an ancient Roman festival in honour of the deity Saturn held on December 17 of the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities through December 23. The holiday was celebrated with a sacrifice at the Temple of Saturn in the Roman Forum and a public banquet, followed by private gift-giving, continual partying, and a carnival atmosphere that overturned Roman social norms: gambling was permitted, and masters provided table service for their slaves.[1] The poet Catullus called it "the best of days."[2] The popularity of Saturnalia continued into the 3rd and 4th centuries AD, and as the Roman Empire came under Christian rule, some of its customs may have influenced the seasonal celebrations surrounding Christmas and the New Year.[7]

Hmmm. Maybe his paws were too big for the keyboard. I don't want to think about it. Anyway, back to the thread, sort of. There are also a number of subjects, not merely words, that seem to peeve some people around here. Today, someone revived an April thread on building or buying paint booths, and who would have thought it would have created such controversy? My recent thread on eye candy coming up at Barrett-Jackson seems to have inspired some B-J bashing. And you can always get a rise out of someone over what's true or not true about the General Lee. Etc.

No, his spelling and grammar were atrocious.

Mr. Baskin: Can you show an image of what it's supposed to look like on the 1:1?

Will the hinge be visible from the outside, such as down the center of the hood like 30s cars? You might have to improvise with a too-large hinge set-up under the hood and fake the visible part with rod.

That's a piano hinge. You can find some in photo-etched sets, but I've never found anyone who could show how they put them together (you have to form side A & side B over a wire). I've looked for years to find assembled piano hinges in a reasonably small scale for 1/24-25 and 1/16, with no luck. modelcargarage.com has them in various sizes up to 1-1/2" in length, so you'd have to join a few together.

I had a pet peeve once, but I had to put him down.

Hey, there's still a whole day left there. Personally, I'd go with Mayan time (Central Standard Time) - lots of time left.

http://standanddeliver.blogs.com/dombo/files/Marty_weather.mp3

Dr. Strangelove likes this.

I know there are a lot of people who dislike Barrett-Jackson for a number of reasons, but I just see it as an auto show with lots of eye candy.

Beautiful work. Love to see a well-done stock build of prewar cars.

Here's a custom '62 that will auctioned at B-J in Scottsdale in January. Inspiration? http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlinesubmission/lotdetails.aspx?ln=5015&aid=466&Home=yes

A similar lapse in taste is seen in Revell's "Museum" version of the 1/16 Rolls Phantom II Continental - it comes with fabric appliqué for the top, precut wood dash, museum display rope and base, klunky wire wheels instead of the regular wheel discs - and all the trim parts that are normally chrome are gold-plated.

The lot list that I posted looks quite a bit different from the typical B-J fare, because it includes a lot of super-classic, coachbuilt and concept cars. B-J is not a good platform for the kind of classics I like, because most of their TV air time focuses on 60s and 70s muscle cars and custom rods, in which I have no interest, and don't bring the kind of bidding excitement and prices they would elsewhere. Too bad that RM, Coy's and Goodings have no TV live coverage.

Here's a model painted in Testors Pure Gold (scroll about halfway down the page): http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=751266&showall=1 Here are some spoon tests of other golds: http://www.randyayersmodeling.com/modelingforum/viewtopic.php?t=43427&highlight=petty+blue+krylon

Model T snowmobile? Skis on the front?

Beautiful work, but a question: How hard is it to get rid of the seams in the middle of the tire tread?

Highlights of what's coming up at Barrett-Jackson, including the Hemi Cuda below and the original 1966 Batmobile. http://money.cnn.com/gallery/autos/2012/12/17/barrett-jackson-rare-car-auction/index.html

True. In the past, I've tried to put loose parts or unwrapped sprues in shrinkwrap, and the wrap does tighten up over time. For some small parts, I've put them on poster board, then wrapped them, with no problem. I've also simply made loose baggies by sealing the edges without shrinking the plastic, and no problem there. The heat gun also lets you control how tightly you wrap the box. You use the same technique of even passes that you use to spray paint a car body, and you can stop at any time. If you heat the wrap too much and get it too tight, holes will start to appear in it.