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    What Irked You Today?

    in The Off-Topic Lounge

    Posted · Edited by Kit Basher

    48 minutes ago, Jim N said:

    According to Forbes, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam dump more plastic in the oceans than everyone else combined!   Their article was dated April 21, 2018.  The Ocean Conservancy was cited as the source and this was based on 2017 data.

    While we can do a better job of recycling, we are not the problem.  Personally, it gets more than a little tiresome that the environmentalists will not point out the real culprits of the problem.  I get it that they have their agenda to push, but if they are not going to go after the real polluters, then what good are they really doing?

    Certainly the countries you mention do not have adequate, if any, trash disposal systems. So their trash, including plastic, gets dumped all over the place. Since they are coastal/island nations, a lot of that trash ends up in the ocean.

    However, some of those countries have been importing huge amounts of plastic from the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia and others, supposedly to recycle it, since it is not cost effective to do it here. I suspect that some percentage of their "recycling" consists of just dumping it.

    Recently, China and Malaysia are no longer accepting foreign plastic for recycling. In fact, Malaysia is returning hundreds of tons of plastic to the countries of origin. We will see what happens then.

     

    '59 Cadillac Eldorado

    in Model Cars

    Posted

    15 hours ago, Dragonhawk1066 said:

    Well done! That had to be a BMF nightmare. The Ecto-1 was enough BMF for me, I can't imagine how much was needed for this one.

    Thanks, Craig! The BMF wasn't particularly difficult, but there definitely was a lot of it.

    9 hours ago, Tyler62990 said:

    Extremely well done Caddy. I had to pick one of these up today after seeing this one. Definitely one of Revell's better kits in terms of underhood detail, that's for sure.

    Thanks, Tyler! I think you will enjoy this kit.

    Thanks, Matthew!

    some corny jokes

    in The Off-Topic Lounge

    Posted

    4 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

    My teacher told me I'd never be good at poetry because I'm dyslexic.

    But so far I've made three jugs and a vase and they're lovely.

    That one took me a second to figure out, but I like it.

    '59 Cadillac Eldorado

    in Model Cars

    Posted

    7 hours ago, 72 Charger said:

    Still looks ok as for the rest of the car it looks great. I have built 3 of these caddis . I think that they are one of Revells best kits

     

    Thanks, Dave. I agree it is a very nice kit.

    What Irked You Today?

    in The Off-Topic Lounge

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

    I'm a little beyond "irked". Somebody is killing my cats. I found one by the side of the house obviously shot in the throat. Small entrance wound, exit wound tore half its jaw out. Cat was trying to get home and bled out. Now two more are MIA.

    Killing pets is aggravated cruelty to animals here, a felony.

    I hope that moron spends a lot of time in a jail where they have aggravated cruelty to inmates.

    '59 Cadillac Eldorado

    in Model Cars

    Posted

    Thanks, Jim!

    Thanks, Bill!

    8 minutes ago, 72 Charger said:

    Fantastic work  just to let you know that the part of the hood you have made chrome is actually on upside down

     

    Thanks, Dave!  You're right. Plus it's not supposed to be chrome. Since it was a separate part, I just ASSumed it was meant to be chrome, and didn't attach it until after the hood was painted. When I went to attach it, I realized my mistake. I wasn't going to repaint the hood, so upside down and chrome it is.

    Porsche 904 Indy

    in WIP: Model Cars

    Posted

    3 hours ago, 89AKurt said:

    I'm not into doing a WIP anymore, this is embarrassing. :unsure:

    No reason to be embarrassed. Murphy is the hardest working man in America, but sooner or later you'll catch him on a break.

    '59 Cadillac Eldorado

    in Model Cars

    Posted

    Thanks Kurt! My kit didn't include any chrome tape. They provided decals for the body chrome. I used BMF instead. It took me a long time to build this kit, but I really enjoyed it. Give it a try, you can handle it.

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