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Looks great Steve. Here's a link for one of the most used laptops. Good reference photos. http://www.buytough.com/tb_19.asp

Absolutely! Name your time/place. G

Yet another beauty from the master of emergency! Harry when I retired, the darn car had a radio, siren/light control box, cell phone, lap top computer, rifle, and shotgun inside. This along with the radio on my belt, and personal cell phone literally gave me hundreds of methods to communicate. Trouble is you can only really talk to one person at a time.................... Other problem was an old wide body sergeant such as myself barely fit in the car. G

I was wondering where ya got off to. The old Jarhead in me says this is one fine build brother, keep it coming. When you finish we need to photograph this properly. Iff'n your camera won't work, holla we'll use mine. G

I received a whole bunch of Tamiya paints, Sprue Bros. had them on sale.They are apparently awaiting the new and improved relabled Tamiya. Thanks US Govt............not. Emoticon indicating p!$$#d off inserted here.

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Gotcha, thanks! Now get to work........................ Emoticon indicating laughing out loud here. G

Outstanding! John what did you use for those "metal" accents on the roll bar, waterfall and headrests? G

Cue my best Flounder voice: "This is gonna be great!" G

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One more point if I may? We have photos, recollections, and factory specs to go by when building something like the General Lee or a Sherman. What I have always proposed, is as builders, we are creating a "snapshot" of that vehicle. Our model General Lee, Sherman tank, or F double nutts Jetplane, is a screen capture, if you will, of that subject in a certain period of time. So, if 30 seconds later, it was destroyed in a stunt/attack/crash, would that version be any more accurate? G

Which is my point exactly regarding the General Lee. There was no "one" General, so who's to say build X is any more accurate than build Y? Keeping in mind the differences in builders LOL! Accuracy is the thing in the armor world, yet again there is a lot we don't know. A Sherman is a Sherman is a Sherman, not so, 56,000 were built in four years. Dozens of foundries contributed to the cause. Each foundry was allowed to cast major assemblies the easiest and most expeditious way. A Shermaholic can point out where the hull or turret came from, just by looking at details. Foundries added markings to their parts. Lot numbers, acceptance numbers and foundry logos, were the norm. Now days, nearly 70 years later, no info exists as to who, what, or where some of these markings mean. Then, different units added or modified the tanks to suit their needs, not to mention painting or repairing them. This was done on the fly, so to speak, adapting to changes in the climate, terrain, and enemy forces encountered. So, knowing all this, who's to say any one of my Sherman builds is more or less accurate than anyone elses? Sound familiar? G

At that speed, ground effects generate enough down force to render any suspension useless. Those puppies wear tires that put a rockcrawler to shame. The tires themselves are the "suspension". G

If you've never been on a dry lake bed, or the salt flats of Utah you will be surprised the first time. Actual dry lake beds aren't flat per se. You can get away with rigid suspension, to a degree. The salt flats are flat yet still posess a texture, if you will, to the surface. Vibration is a factor. Will a run generate vibes to a degree control will be lost, or will the suspension allow the car to take flight, despite ground effects, due to the vibration? Just rambling. G

When modeling armor, it's referred to as "rivet counting" which is not a "term of endearment". I've been following a thread on another site where a chap from England is building a Russian T 55 cold war era tank. His work is spectacular, and attention to detail superb. Trouble is the rivet counters began their inane babbling regarding the inside of the engine hatches. He has now rebuilt those PE and wire screen hatches three times. Remember, these are on a 1/35th scale tank. After all was said and done someone pointed out that this particular version of tank was built in Poland, and his original hatches were correct. 3000 miles away I could hear the screams. I always enjoy learrned discussion and input from the more knowledgeable. Point is there are a certain group who will always have "the answer" and if you don't believe them then you are the idiot. I fart in their direction. G

Freakin' Sweet ! G

Good looking build so far. I like the way you did the deck in balsa. Nothing says wood like, well, wood. Harry, US carriers had wood decks from day one until around '54 or '55. Right after Korea the old WWII designs were modified to better accomodate them newfangled jetplanes. The speeds, weight, and overall different landing characteristics of the new planes mandated steel decks. We had substantial issues in the beginning of WWII with carriers being quite vulnerable to air attack because of wood decks. Britain and Japan had already gone to mostly steel decks. G

I understand not building a GL but..............................what's so wrong with a pink polo shirt? emoticon indicating deep thought here G

DAYUM THAT'S NICE! emoticon indicating dropped jaw and bugged eyes here G

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Winking, nodding, and approving smiley! I really got to finish that Impala...............frown smiley here. G

DILLIGAF What I think of the General Lee................................... Similar to Falcon 2-6-9 As a grunt we used plain english, "W***T**F*** over" was my catch phrase. G

Here's an oldie for ya. Revell '32 Coupe sans roof. Here's my favorite. Revell '32 with the 421 from a '62 Catalina. This was broken beyond repair last year so a new one is in the works. G

I'm sitting here laughing my, ahem, off! You said the kit would take a lot of work to build right, yet you are bustin' your, ahem, on making a beater. I'm loving every bit of this. G

Used to be a South St Louis Hoosier. But I escaped................................................. G