KingSix

the 5 negative feedbacks he has are enough to make me want to steer clear of him. I know what you mean about the vintage pickup kits he's got.. I'd love to get a few of them .. I've been wanting a Revell "Ice Patrol" forever

When I lived in NH I was close friends with the morning DJ crew of a local Portsmouth radio station. They were doing a remote from NHIS while NASCAR was in town. They were doing an interview with "Mikey" and the guy was a total a$$. When they went to a commercial break he'd pick up his paper and ignore everyone until the came back live. Then he'd chat it up like everything was cool. This happened 3 times. The looks on everybody's faces were priceless. Not a class act at all ...

I restore classic cars for a living. We have a saying, "there's an a$$ for every seat" checking out this guys feedback .. he sounds like a real winner

Getting back into the hobby in the past few weeks and seeing how much things have changed. I was checking out eBay , pricing kits and whatnot and found this seller.http://www.ebay.com/usr/pj-toys . This guy is unboxing OOP kits and selling the parts individually/ Now before anyone corrects me , I know they are his to do with as he pleases .. but I'd like feedback from other builders on how they feel about this selling tactic ..

I got a new self healing cutting mat, some evergreen rod some plastruct sheet and some new #11 hobby blades ..

I used to live in Pittsburgh .. A B Charles Hobbies in McMurry is possibly the best independent hobby shop I've ever been to. Prices are a little high but not ridiculous like HobbyTown. The owner is a great guy and will trade with customers too. Wish I had a place like that around here ..

I haven't seen an independent hobby shop in years .. and when I did the selection was not so good

I was just shocked at the prices. Ebay is so common now and the prices are so much better ..

Ok, so I've been out of the hobby for a bit, but a recent injury has me down for 6-8 mos. I tore my left Achilles Tendon .. they are trying to repair it without surgery but .. Anway, the subject at hand. I went into a local HobbyTown USA tonight to get some Evergreen Styrene and a self healing cutting mat. I looked at the prices of the kits. $33 for a snap together ? $60 for the re-release of the Mad Max Interceptor ? $26 for a run of the mill Revell-o-gram 1/24 kit ? Have they completely lost their minds of have I been out of the LHS's too long ? I know I can find any one of these kits online for 50-60% cheaper . I guess what I'm asking, does anybody actually buy kits at HobbyTown ? If so, why ?

I stopped buying parts at NAPA because of Waltrip Racing. I can't stand him.

Here's a little digital art I've been messing with, 1st attempt

I use a Plano 737 tackle box for most of my stuff .. it's worked very well with very little modification .

Thank you !! I finally figured it out . .024, just shy of a 1/4 " sometimes I forget what I know , if that makes any sense

I want to remove 6 scale inches from a 1/25 scale model, what would that be and what's the formula ? anyone ?

It really is a shame Dodge dropped out, but hopefully they'll be back in 2014, that's the rumor anyway ..

I use Purple Power, it works like a champ, has no harsh chemical odor, cleans up easily , works relatively quickly.

hmmmmmmmmmmmm http://cgi.ebay.com/Pocher-Ferrari-Testarossa-Spider-/140509717893?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20b7082585

wow, three of us from Canton ...

No Way, Your in Canton GA ? ME too Nice build BTW

and that would be about 50% WRONG, the hoods are interchangeable, but you have to change the cowl vent, and on the 90 and newer you also need to change the hood latch assembly. I know I'm building a 1:1 78 Ramcharger

that would actually be a 79... 78's still had the birdbath hood ....unless you just swapped out hoods

Very sweet build, very sweet indeed. BTW I noticed you lived in Nashua, I lived there when I got out of the Marines, worked for RH White construction, can't say I miss it tough ..LOL

Taking part in the 50th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion, and calling my Dad in Maine on a SATCOM phone from Utah Beach where he was 50 years earlier on D-Day. It was emotional.

Truly, ignorance is bliss, sorry to hear your out of a job, , but does that mean you're out of smarts also ? As a matter of fact I DO wear eye protection, ever gotten a piece of metal in your eye ? I also wear a mask when painting, its only common sense, I do it when I paint a 1:1 car. As far as "mark up" goes, I agree, but if you look at these units, they are BY DESIGN made for painting, a computer fan is not. PC fans are made to move AIR, not explosive fumes. To a lesser degree bathroom fans are designed to move SOME fumes , but not the concentrations in a small paint booth. Think about the square footage and air volume in a bathroom then look at the concentrations in small paint booth, you don't need a slide rule to figure it out. Look, an electrician has told you, a firefighter has told you and a body man has told you, this is an UNSAFE and extremely hazardous thing to do. We live in a free society thank god, and you can do what you want, provided you are not breaking any laws. However, since you are unemployed , my guess is you have no insurance, so when you blow yourself up , who pays the hospital bill ? Not you, no, that gets pushed on the people that go to work everyday and pay their bills through higher insurance premiums. I replied to this thread because I saw something that was unsafe for kids to try, the original poster edited it , and I was done. You were the one that started "flaming" me by calling names ("pompuss" although I'm not 100% sure what that means, unless you meant pompous ? , which by the way makes no sense in the context you used it. Pompous: 1. Affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important )I was using these forums for what they were intended , passing on information, nothing more ...

I'm not sure I get the point of your post. What I'm hearing is "screw safety, and enjoy the hobby even if you can't afford to do it safely" ? I guess I was raised differently, but I was taught from a young age that you always use the right tool for the job, and if you don't have the right tool ( including the education ) you have no business doing the job. My whole point of raising an issue with this posting was NOT to be a stick in the mud, but in fact, to point out the inherit dangers of this particular set up. You say you can't afford $200-$500 for a booth ? How many kits do you have ? Stop buying kits for awhile, the cost of the booth will offset itself in a year ( given the current prices of kits ). Not to mention the fact there are are several alternatives , that have been pointed out in this thread alone , for paint booths for well under $200. As far as the guy who set fire to his shop , even with all the safety equipment ? Well, you can't fix stupid. ( this also applies to your theory of the individual who "smokes or whatever" next to a "proper" paint booth ) The connection between drinking and driving makes no sense either, I mean really, where do you get this stuff ? How does taking the time , effort and cognizant thought to build something, that you know is dangerous, then use it, endangering yourself and others around you for a hobbies sake equate to some moron who chooses to get behind the wheel of a vehicle while his judgment is impaired by alcohol ? Makes no sense any way you cut it. Really reaching here.... You are right, you do have the right to do what you want in your own house, but not the right to endanger others around you. I mean I think we've all done "unsafe" things in our lives, but seriously why tempt fate for the sake of a hobby ?