southpier

no: I think it was!

mighty gto = Ronny & the Daytonas although there really was no "Ronny"

what? no "Tell Laura I Love Her". whippersnappers .......

Melissa

guy at the hobby shop gave me some Model Railroader magazines from the late '40s, early '50s. not unusual for hobbyists then to build entire brass locomotives at the kitchen table...

figure Chuck would have wanted it that way

Jake's wheels? that's cold man ...

if there's not a wire imbedded, they'll be mighty fragile

when I was a boy ... the Leaders would make us urchins forage for our gruel

actually, a closer & sideshot would help me appreciate this level of detail (hint - hint)

but then I'd have nothing to read in the "what irked you today thread"

a good diorama should tell a story, and based on picture #1, here's my take on it: Jake had been feeling a little punky since he found out the gal at the hay & grain was already seeing someone and had made plans to get hitched that spring. he needed to take a drive and think about things. the old Coast Road offered plenty of pull offs so he could admire the view, roll up a Bugler and set a spell. soon, he needed to, err, "check the air" in his front tire. as he was finishing up, a semi with a load of logs was heading up the hill. the driver was - yes - the hay & grain gal's beau. he knew Jake from long afternoons when they'd sit around the pot belly stove at the store and take turns spittin' on the stove just to hear it hisss. Leroy was starting to pour on the coal to get his logs up over the grade when he gave Jake a long tug and two short pops on his double air horns as Jake looked up from his "business", he lost his footing and slid down the cliff into the angry waves below. no one really knew whatever happened to Jake. people in town just figured he'd moved on to another hay & grain with another stove to spit on. the gal got married to Leroy and now they're a happy couple. Jake's poor truck sat so long that the license plates rusted off and some kids stole the old engine for their hot rod. the Coast Road doesn't allow truckers anymore. there's a cut around which let's them move product faster into Tyler City.

there's certainly more than one "sad story" here

the Alexander Brothers are gonna be ticked . . . . .

sounds like complaining at a free lunch.... on another note (!!!), I've got a piece of flash or sprue stuck Under oNe of my sHift keYs and iT"s driving me - nevermind, I think it's ouT, nOw.

TRaK café, my brother. no paperwork involved, either.

isn't variety the spice of life? maybe breakfast at one, dinner at the other.

what's the reason...? isn't that Ed's casting company?

HAMB thread. anyone remember Clint Curtis & the Road Knights comics?

raised roof panel is an interesting addition.

I still run into people afraid to use the internet (and not just for shopping). and don't want to be bothered by learning!

sometimes I get over-whelemed (sic) and can't get focused, not because of lacking projects, but too many. clean up the bench, get a new kit and snip parts off the trees, organize your spare parts and reduce inventory, or simply do research. it'll come back.

JC Whitney used to sell a "cut-out" kit with a choke rod control. probably still do.

Taxi!

how do small windows cause children to be left in cars? by emergency personnel?