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I posted this in the other thread regarding adhesive foil - application starts around the 15:40 marque:

At the +/- 15:40 marque Hasegawa Mirror [?] Adhesive. Mr. Lin typically paints brightwork around the windscreen, backlight, drip rails, etc. - here he's employing the Hasegawa trim on the sides.

That is exactly the one. I'll peruse the selection again in a couple of days.

Thanks much for your reply and for sharing your experience with the Gun Chrome in particular. I performed a test of it by brushing it over two separate spare chrome plated parts (I just wanted to see how it would look atop plating), and it presented quite nicely on one part, but was grainy on the other part. Same brush, same mixing before using (about 10 minutes apart). Now I am eager to employ me Prevail to paint the trim on me current project... but am at a bit of a loss on which thinner/"leveller" to use for that purpose. I recognise that Gunze offers via their Mr. Color line a couple of different thinners/levellers; but I'm a neophyte when it comes to proper thinners/reducers/levellers in respect to the type of paint. I would appreciate your opinion (and others' opinions) regarding this. Thanks.

I hope it's moulded in white, as I need to get one for its interior so that I can finish building a stalled project - the interior panels are a P.I.T.A. to keep aligned, and have virtually zero attachment points. My mistake? I'd painted the parts individually, then attempted to assemble them. The whole shebang kept coming-apart no matter what, so I abandoned the project. White styrene -sans complete paint - will get me where I need to be.

Mother, Jugs, and Speed would be considered "inappropriate" these days, in both name and content

Does it have engine options? I seem to recall that it had either the BOSS 429 or the 427 SOHC - or am I thinking of another kit?

Manatee, Man O'War, War and Peace, Tony Banta, Fanta Soda... freeform word association

Quite nice! Good, clean build-up! The kit actually doesn't look half-bad in spite of its wonky proportions (definitely not any shortcomings in regard to your work). Did you happen to check if the AMT 1970 Camaro body would possibly fit the kit's chassis?

On The Run , on Dark Side of the Moon, while a fun instrumental piece, doesn't hold a candle to the earlier works of Pink Floyd from 1965-1969.

I was thinking of the 1982 reissue of the Warhorse (see attachment). Yes, that's the one. I suppose that since that kit wasn't on me radar at the time of its reissue (1982, and then the newer R2 issue), I didn't realise that there was a connection; that they were the same kit, with different decals/packaging.

Maybe the Maverick Funny Car? That hasn't been issued since the eighties, as far as I can recall...

I love it! I'm digging the side pipes, too.

...not what I had in mind ages ago whenst I read A Poison Tree

The two CVS locations near me have interesting selections of (+/-) 1/25 scale diecasts. The most interesting one (to me)? 1978 Chrysler Le Baron wagon! Unfortunately, the two which the one location had were missing - broken-off - bumpers. I couldn't find the missing bumpers anywhere on or near the display rack; I relented. These newer (last +/- 20 year) crop of diecast vehicles are quite nice, and have features that only the more/most expensive diecasts had when I was young.

Generation X is what I'm classified as -- it's also the name of Billy Idol's band in the seventies.

Shelves are a great place to store sardonic musings

Gorgeous lady!

I'm not at all up to date on the year-to-year differences between grilles on Bumpside --and Dentside -- pickups : So, other than the obvious change in horizontal bars (number of them; ostensibly a 'unique' centre bar) and vertical bars (width), turn signals' fluting, and the headlamps' buckets, what are the "improvements", etc., vs. the 1:1 grilles? What makes the '1968' grille such an inaccurate piece and a disappointment?

Thanks for the clarification & new-to-me information. I'd figured that the '34 Pickup tooling was 'transferred' or whatever during the Matchbox et al. sale, but wasn't clear on the how.

Full-circle on at least one one-time/long-time Lindberg labelled kit: 1934 Ford Pickup. For absolutely years I'd passed on that kit because of the 'Lindberg' association... my mistake! In relatively recent year (+/- last 12 years) someone on this forum provided an exhibition of the: - Original, c.1962 issue AMT version - More common Lindberg- labelled version (sold to Lindberg in the 1970's, perhaps?) - 1967/1968 reissue of the AMT version (Hillbilly Hauler) It was the latter which piqued my interest as I'd seen an auction for one -the 'psychedelic' 'pop art' "Hillbilly" version - on eBay. I was flustered that I was "sniped" at the last minute (bidding ended when I was at work). Then someone mentioned the then-currently-labelled Lindberg '34 Ford is, other than tyres and (ugly) 80's custom wheels, the exact same kit as the Hillbilly Hauler. sans the psychedelic 'diorama'.

Nissan's CVTs have a bad reputation (likely due to lack-of maintenance by the vehicle's owner), and are horrible in real world settings. Toyota's CVTs have been quite good; reliable, and not as "revvy-and-obnoxious" as the models used by Nissan Somebody please feel free to mention the suppliers/manufacturers of Nissan's CVTs and Toyota's CVTs, et al. My personal experiences with CVTs are few: first was my friend's 2005 Prius. Like others have mentioned, a CVT is perfect for hybrids -- the one in that Prius worked well (including traversing the Cajon Pass, etc., to-and-from Las Vegas). Where I used to work; firstly were a couple of brand new Chevy [Suzuki] Sonic "things". Absolute junk. Then a few Nissan Leaf 4 door liftbacks. More junk, but not nearly as bad as the Sonic et al. CVT. In 'defence' of the Nissan Leafs' CVTs: received the vehicles used, and with +/- 35,000 miles on them. I mentioned to the manager of the auto parts store where I was working, that they need to drain-and-fill the CVTs in both cars, as there's more than 30,000 miles on them, with unknown history. "You worry too much.", they'd told me. Fine. You're right. Six months and 17,000 miles later, guess what happened? BOTH of those Leafs' CVTs were overheating, due to low fluid (no way for the everyman to check the CVT's fluid level), excess miles, past-due servicing, and abject abuse. Personally, I prefer a good old planetary gear set transmission, with a full-quadrant (none of these 'P', 'R', 'N', 'D' only settings!). Travelling downhill in a CVT-equipped car just plain sucks! No way to 'compression-brake' the engine by selecting a lower gear! That's where the real world failures/deficiencies present themselves with CVTs. With all of that being said: I admire the engineering and theoretical-function of CVTs.

Best box art EVER. Hopefully Round2'll reissue it with that awe-inspiring box art -- with a disclaimer stating Ghoul Head Not Included.

Long Agos and Worlds Apart is one of my favourite songs on the Small Faces masterpiece Ogden's Nut Gone Flake