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That fan came out of my spares box. When I go to model shows I'll sometimes I see these fellows with a box of odd part that some look at as junk. I can usually buy the whole lot for peanuts. Take it home and sort it out. I have storage containers with seperate compartments that I itemize everything in. Had about 15-20 fans to choose from. I have no idea of it's origin. I actually made the brackets from plastruct and the fan clutch is serving as the drive motor. Ken
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Been working on the radiator this morning. Good time to do it 21 degrees outside. I'm a firm believer in ading nut and bolt detail to make things more realistic. I think this comes from my many years as a model railroader. All you need is a piece of styrene rod. Just cut tiny pieces and glue in place to replicate fasteners. Makes for a much more detailed part. Here are a few pictures. Ken
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Real sorry to here that John. Just hang in there.
Ken in Georgia, formerly from Brooklyn, Nu Yawk
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Well, it's been a while. Like I said before I build slow. Holidays and new grand baby slowed things down for a while. Now I have to go for double hernia surgery on valentines day, so that will slow me down again. I'm slowly but surely getting there. I've gotten pretty far, just scratched up a radiator. Will be putting an electric fan on the front of it after it is installed. Lots of small details left, like mirrors, wipers, brake lines, the rest of the steering gear, air lines etc. have to install the grill also, after radiator is completed. Here it is. All comments and criticism welcomed. I'm giving it my best. Ken
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I build ships as well. They are beautiful. When my grandfather was in the navy he started out on sailing ships. Then went on to steamers. He sailed around the world with the great white fleet. He built models of his ships also. Quite a few sailing ships. When he passed away in the early sixties my uncles got all of them. I never saw them again. The only thing I got was a large clipper hull about 30" long that he carved. Found it in my mothers house a few years back. Make sure you hang on to those ships forever. Hand them down to your kids. Ken
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What kit is this based on? By the way, how is that Victoria Bitter? We have some Australian beers here, but I don't recall ever seeing that here in the states. If we did I'm sure I would have tried it.
Ken
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I've said this here before, go to http://dealoz.com/ It's an internet search of books for sale. If I remember right this book was listed at a rediculously high price, but one seller had it listed at $40. You need to check it out. When you look check out all versions of the book. Most of the time a later issue is nothing more than a different cover. Ken
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I snip the long straight pieces and use them for paint stirrers.
Ken
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Yep, the detailing is great, and in 1/35 scale to boot. Spokes are pretty good. I really wish we had some 1/24 Harley type motorcycle kits. Ken
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Haven't been at the bench in about month or so, work, family and holidays have taken their priorities. Was going through an old cabinet of stuff and found this. I started doing this about 10 yrs ago. Didn't want to list it as a work in progress or as a completed project either, so put it here..............
WITH THIS...................................
YOU CAN DO THIS..............................
1/35 scale motorcycles. There are a bunch of riders in the box. I think I might resurrect this project in the future. Not much to put with it in this scale. Could put up a building for a diorama, a lot of figures are available, and weapons. Maybe I could make a biker shoot out diorama. lol. Thought it was cool and maybe someone could use the idea. Happy and healthy New Year to everyone. Ken
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Insane, that's all I can say. I wonder what happens when the auction has ended and the dust settles. I payed how much for what? I'd be curious to see if that's relisted due to non paying bidder. Ken
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John, I know exactly what you're talking about. Some these cars are engineered without the technician in mind. I worked for Chrysler for over 40 years. Just finished up. When Daimler took over the component engineers told me that they were getting together to make design changes so that seperate components could be worked on without having to take the vehicle apart. Some things did change for the better, but some actually got worse. And as far as the convertible tops, the hard top and the soft top did work as designed but were very delicate. The very early releases had fit issues and when a dealer tech who had never seen one before yet alone never been trained to repair one got his hands on it, it was destined to be a problem car. You had to be very carefull of what you put in the trunk if you were going to lower the top. Well, most of these vehicles went to rental agencies. A lot at the airport (luggage). The rest is history. Privately owned vehicled faired much better. Ken
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A good personal friend of mines son works for Nissan as a field rep. We were talking about this vehicle over the Christmas holiday. He said that there are a rash of problems with the top. Not latching and not closing all the way. Coming into the dealer with inside weather damage. Similar to the problems I had at Chrysler with the later Sebring drop top. Told his dad to stay away from it. Personally I don't like the looks of it. Maybe a good Florida top down all the time vehicle, but not my money. Ken
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Chrysler came out with a fix for the transmission in the high torque cars. You can see it here
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I've been an ebay buyer/seller since 1998 with well over 2000 transactions. 100% feedback, made a s**t load of money, and also made many great purchases with maybe 1 problem transaction. I think that's pretty good. Yeah they charge a lot between ebay and paypal fees, but the amount of people I reach and the amount of parts I can sell makes it worth it. As far as cadillacpat says he never gives a tracking number, I do just the opposite. I always give a tracking number.I feel it makes the deal more stable and done in good faith and doesn't hurt anyone. I tell them your item was shipped and you can track it at whatever.com and your tracking number is whatever. We both then know it was shipped and we both can track it. I use it as a tool, not a weapon. Oh yeah, just for your information 90% of the time priority mail is cheaper than parcel post (yes check it out), makes the buyer happy because it's faster and if you have an account and do your postage on line it's cheaper and delivery comfirmation is free. By the way I never got this email from paypal. Ken
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I've heard that thier parts are very good, as is thier service. i just can't bring myself to pay the insanely rediculous shipping charges. Ken
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Designing and casting parts is a very time consuming thing to do, and takes alot of talent as well. I have a 1:22 scale R/C tugboat that I made a fiberglass hull for and resin cast my own port holes and water tight doors for along with a bunch of other small tidbits. It was quite a job to make the masters, they have to be perfect because any imperfection shows up. Been working on this thing for over 5 years on and off. I'll cast my own parts, nothing major for some car projects but would never even consider trying to do it for profit. Remember, spend the time to get perfect masters built. Cast the parts using quality resins and equipment (expensive). Then try to sell for a profit. Time and money vs how many of these parts do I have to sell to break even or make a profit. Ken
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Something brought over from my armor builds, Polly Scale flat finish diluted with Windex. Gives your rat rod that dead flat finish. My gloss finishes just don't come out to my liking no matter how had I try. I think I need to get off the cash and buy that DVD that Dr Cranky said was soooo good. Ken
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I build everything, but my trend has been towards cars. I like the fact that I can build a 32 ford street rod and put whatever engine in it that I want and not be criticized for using the wrong engine. And yes, something that I did overlook that was mentioned here is that the aircraft models are extremely high priced. Ken
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I think scalenut is right about armor and aircraft modelers being rivet counters, but I don't think that's why the kits are engineered better. I think that most of the car kits are older molds that have been touched up. Most of the armor and aircraft are new issue and done with more advanced techniques. The older aircraft and armor were not really that good. The newer release car models are very good. I belong to 2 local clubs, an auto club and another club that is models in general but mostly aircraft. They are a great bunch and don't beat you up. One of our members was talking about going to another clubs meeting (aircraft) and some of our guys said "you won't like it there, those guys will be measuring everything and checking the rivets". The car club is the bomb. Good ole boys having fun. I love going to those meetings. Ken
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I thought it was funny and didn't really bother me even if it was off topic. I posted about putting future polish on the floor the other day and got 2 pages of positive replies. Had nothing to do about models. There's a post about bicycles, music, guitars etc, etc here that has 100's of replies. Sometimes you have to have a little and have a little laugh. It never hurts anyone. Ken
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I was at hobby lobby a few days ago and they had 3 dragulas on the shelf, 2 marked $23.99 and 1 marked $17.99. Which one you think I bought? Ken
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- I thought this was the GENERAL forum, where you can discuss and post about anything that's on you're mind. Was that cartoon inappropriate? I thought it was great. Face book? Ken
- I thought this was the GENERAL forum, where you can discuss and post about anything that's on you're mind. Was that cartoon inappropriate? I thought it was great. Face book? Ken
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I'm at about 350+ kits now. My biggest problem (if you call it a problem) is when I'm ready to build something from my stash, I get this funny feeling and go out and buy another one to build. I need to start building from what I have.
Ken
1949 Ford - update 03/07/12
in WIP: Model Cars
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yeah, how did you make the grill? Ken