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southpier

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  1. Precision Scale has some brass hinges if that's of any help. http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/391079541295?lpid=82&chn=ps in the catalog i believe there are 3 sizes.
  2. reminds me of the sopranos episode when paulie walnuts was throwing out shoelaces because they touched the floor in the men's room.
  3. definitely worth the effort
  4. if you don't mind small game, Preiser makes a pretty broad selection of 1/25 scale shootees.
  5. maybe not rods, but interesting http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/05/19/bonjour-america-french-cars-at-the-lane-motor-museum/?refer=news
  6. geeks gotta eat & pay cable bills, too
  7. http://assets.blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/01/60thtruckshoot_02_2000.jpg
  8. http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2014/09/12/from-the-archives-1925-ford-snow-flyer/?refer=news
  9. so, reading between the lines, it's a unanimous vote that Revell should issue an entirely new line of Parts Packs!!! just think, another 50 or so choices without buying whole kits. i'd even spring $1.99 for a body, $1.79 for a complete engine, and maybe $1.39 for 4 wheels - and tires. anybody else in?
  10. T & A is the way to go. anyone know why a company would not be consistent with their scales of the same genre (automotive-in this case) ? snooping for some steering linkage details yesterday, and noticed Revell has both 1/24 & 1/25 scale kits. http://www.revell.com/support/instructions.html i understand BIG jumps; the old guys need 1/16, 1/12, & 1/8 on account of their eyes and coordination giving out - same reason i've gone from HO 1/87 to O 1/48 - and now On30 gauge with 1/35 everything else with my railroad modeling! and kudos to the forum member making models from trophy top cars; beyond me.
  11. interesting development ideas, considerations, & methods.
  12. just you look around this forum and maybe something will pan out for you: http://z8.invisionfree.com/Scale_Racing_Lobby/index.php?showtopic=10199 "Resident member of Scale Racing Lobby and approved to offer original and reproduce Early Years Resin items and authorized Plastic Performance Parts dealer. See me for your short track, flathead and L.S.R. parts. Quick change rears Fuel tanks and cells Flathead heads Flathead intakes Offset generators Ardun heads SCoT blowers Small block Ford and Chevy intakes Ford and Chevy valve covers 6 and 12 volt batteries Jalopy and early modified seats Finned drum brakes Backing plates Split wishbones Center mount steering boxes Ignition boxes Multiple radiators And SO MUCH more!!" the member you're looking for is Tom - USMC E5 he apparently took over Roy's casting business. i have some wheels and parts from EYR and they were good with some clean up. join that forum if you like that roundy-round stuff. emoticons drive me batty, but it seems how they like to communicate.
  13. for anyone seriously interested in this subject, there's a fantastic radio show on W-RIU Radio every friday morning from 6:00 - 10:00 dj'd by Carl Eggert aka "the Egg Man". he "plays those tunes that have fallen through the cracks" and fills in with all sorts of trivia. been doing it for about 20 years. he's got a facebook page which posts the playlists later in the day. check it out: http://wriu.org/listen.php just click 'listen on line' over on the right. you'll be glad you did; seriously.
  14. doggone it; knew i should have had that second cup of coffee. you are correct; 1/32" = .0313 inches (or .7938 millimeters). young whippersnappers ...... this link might work: http://www.btc-bci.com/~billben/convert.htm
  15. any real vehicles guilty of using vertical grain? somehow doesn't "go with the flow" to mine eyes. Q: wood (sic) it be any advantage to use 1/64" plywood? might bend with less fear of springback & no jig needed to bend. Midwest makes it in different size sheets. http://midwestproducts.com/products/1-64-x-6-x-12-ply-wood 1/32 is close to 2 scale inches this (.7938 - http://www.btc-bci.com/~billben/fraction.pdf)
  16. hurt feelings. take my marbles and going home.
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