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ditto. the block of wood thing just doesn't do it for me.

maybe just buy her a new vacuum for christmas? i've been told that's the perfect gift!

looks good. any chance you could tweek the cowl lower and the radiator back a tad? high rides are nice, but now it looks a little "bent".

we could leave for another 5 and i doubt things would get better. for the cost of monthly cable, i could buy a half dozen CD's of real car action. <iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OaaNDn4n6JY?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

merge http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=66863&hl= ???

i'm certainly glad i report all of my earnings to the IRS every april. and never call in sick then go out a play a round of golf.

i shouldn't make copies of CDs or movies, then?

PVC tires .... cut them on a chop saw? lathe? resize the tube to fit the wheel, or just got lucky? could you please elaborate?

for the next one, remember the Z brace on the door goes from outside top to hingeside bottom. that way, when the door starts to sag, and they all do over time, the Z brace comes under compression and somewhat arrests the distortion.

that scale switch is a trick i like to use, too. a 1/24 flathead in a 1/25 roadster looks "beefy". i'm also trying to figure out how to shoehorn a Revell midget flathead into a 1/48 scale Davenport locomotive. it will be used on a 1/35 scale railroad layout.

first we need to define "original". every idea is based on something which has come before it. all boils down to the filters applied by the "originator".

snivelling http://thesaurus.com/browse/snivelling

whatzat little pokey out thing on the grille?

Great reality check. i think we sometimes discount R&D time simply because there's nothing tangible at the end of the night. i trust you've seen this, too:

12" rule. if it looks good from 12" away, go with it.

the Hobby Shop was definitely the mecca for a 10 year old's aspirations

Norton did the same to me!

now .... back to some "scratchbuilding" because that other thread has gotten a little out of hand. i want to make some nerf bars for a dirt tracker. someone sent me a scan of an old magazine article that captions a photo of a front end including "... nerf bars made from concrete reinforcement...". i thought if i rolled some .050 styrene rod between 2 coarse files i could texture it enough to look convincing from a few inches away. Q: anyone think of a better way to make re-rod? thanks

"enthusiastic operation" - love it! somehow i missed this post and figured folks were tired of me asking inane questions. thanks for the in depth answers.

okay, okay. now i'm going to work on my new build. its a scratchbuilt kit from Revel

hopefully yes, but the inane drivell is getting out of control

could this thread be

no. you see it was a little play on nouns being used as ver........ oh, just forget it. i have to get back to scratch building my period correct roadster kit

jeeze ......... bet youse guys are a lot of fun to party with ............