oldcarfan

Here in central Texas we've been lucky this summer. Gas is currently around $2.47 per gallon and the most it's been is $2.79 whenever a new 'crisis' hits.

There are several decal sheets I meant to buy from China and now I'm hesitant. They usually run less than $10 US each but I don't want to order something only to have it get held up or have a big fee tacked on.

Love to see these old trucks still working.

On our road trip last month, we passed miles of train cars out in west Texas and my wife looked it up. The general online consensus is that the rail companies don't encourage it but will usually leave the work alone as long as the needed markings aren't covered. Some of the stuff is pretty artistic.

This shows the changes from 57-60. to me it looks like the 57 and 58 could be done with just a hood, grille, and emblem change. I'm not sure about the interiors, but I'd be happy with just the front end parts. Also, the old AMT 53 F100 step bed fits the 60 kit dimension-wise. You do have to shorten the frame but the bed works better than the Revell 56 F100's bed.

So true, they were laying there with In The Arms Of The Angels playing in the background. It was very touching. At least that's what I told my wife.

I wonder if this kit will be compatible with the older mid 2000s Chrysler 300 kit? I can see some interesting kit bash possibilities!

I have three of those kits myself waiting for the mood to strike. A hobby store had them marked down and they looked so sad I had to take them home.

Take this for what it's worth, but I asked a friend who had one back in the day and he said his had the bumps. He called them helmet bumps so if you were racing it had extra clearance. Apparently if you ordered it with the sunroof it had a flat roof. I have the Tamiya kit and it shows the bumps but my Aoshima kit has a flat roof.

For what it's worth I follow USCP on Facebook so I messaged them to double check and they say they are indeed shipping to the US with 10% added to the item's price. They have several things I'd like to have.

My Lexus RX has an eight speed trans and being a Toyota product it should last a long time, however, it never feels right somehow. Definitely not as good as my older 5 speed model. The new one always seems unsure what gear it wants to be in and sometimes you have to floorboard it to get it to down shift when you need it to. I've asked on the forums and the consensus is that's just the way it is. If they still made them and my knees were in better condition, I would rather have a manual or at least another 5 speed automatic.

I still have a few models I built in the 90s and the only one that has tire melt is the Revell Acura NSX. The Monogram and MPC kits seem to have fared well.

I've used it twice and applied it with a 1 inch disposable foam brush. It worked really well, but don't make a second pass over the paint once it starts drying.

When I was a kid, Testor's made a non-sniffable glue that smelled like citrus. I remember it sort of worked, but not as well as the red tube. I've never tried the blue tube stuff, but could it be the same one?

Out in west Texas I was behind a late model BMW at about a half mile. We were both going around 105, and the road was straight and flat and had been for several miles. Anyway, I saw something ahead and then brakelights and a bunch of debris. As I pulled up behind the car the driver was a woman who seemed frozen in place. It seemed a buzzard had misjudged his takeoff abilities and hit the top of the windshield. It actually caved in the windshield in the middle and dented the metal edge of the roof. No one was hurt except the buzzard though the woman was so shaken her friend had to drive them into the next town.

Thanks! I built from scratch based on pictures of a UHaul truck. I used quarter round from Evergreen and plastic from a for sale sign and eyeballed the dimensions.

That looks really nice! What scale is it?

I like it!

I'm currently working on this same kit. Not sure what I want to do with it, maybe a street racer or something.

I don't usually dislike whatever I build, bus I do tend to find flaws and to second guess myself. I'm trying to cut myself some slack though. I figure I'm getting too old to argue with myself.

You reminded me of something I need to look for! A few years ago I bought some 'Cigar wrapping wood' from Amazon. It was 25 sheets about 3" X 6" and I think they were cedar but they might have been pear wood. Anyway, I packed them away for later and promptly forgot about it. I need to see what happened to them.

This guy buzzed by me this morning. It's a late model BMW 3 series with full boy racer Fast N Furious drag. Lowered, farty exhaust system, bigger wheels, spoiler and a black and white wrap possibly designed by Two-Face. Not bad workmanship, and definitely not common in small town Texas.

Someone with more knowledge might comment, but it seems to me that the companies are about as confused as us.

I have a couple of tempered glass panes from an old jalousie window. I mostly use them for old Esci kits that have separate frame rails these days but they also come in handy for cutting tape into strips.

Reliable information is our best tool for this situation, so I hope this helps. This one is from Model Hiro. If we come across an official announcement maybe we can post them?