Kit Basher

That is COOL!

I wish I could oblige, Ed. Unfortunately, my little toy camera wasn't up to the task. I tried taking pictures, but the lack of any telephoto, and the stupid "digital delay" made it almost impossible. I couldn't get the timing down so that there was a car on the screen when the "shutter" went off. Here is the link to the group that was running: http://www.vrgonline.org/. Lots of pics on there. The event today is called the Jefferson 500.

Vintage racing at Summit Point raceway. Not much American iron, but some cool cars and some good racing.

My first thought was a pickup truck. In those days you could throw the rug rats in the back and nobody thought anything of it. But for longer trips it would be nice to be more comfortable, so I'm going with a 1953 Cadillac sedan. Or maybe a Willys station wagon. With four wheel drive, that would be perfect. Except didn't they top out at about 50 mph? Heck, I don't know........

You are correct, sir! (Did I make that sound like Ed McMahon?)

Anybody have a "Crash Mobile"? If I remember right, it was all held together with rubber bands, and kind of keyed together. You pulled it back, then let it go. It would roll across the floor until it hit something, then fall apart in a bunch of pieces.

It sounds like the same one. Mine has a sort of "steering wheel" that turns and raises the ladder. There is another one you turn to extend the ladder. It was thoroughly played with, but never went outside. I suppose that is why it survived. Unlike the many metal vehicles that slowly returned to their native molecules in the sand pile.

Mine is a Tonka.

My all time favorite, Ingrid Bergman Edit: Dang Joe, you're fast! Your answer popped up while mine was posting.

Oh man, that made me laugh! We had one of those radio/rifle things. My Mom had a couple of the brats in the truck (me and my sister) and she pulled up to the drive thru window of a bank. One of us pointed that thing at the bank teller, her eyes got huge with surprise, then she started laughing. My Mom turned a perfect shade of red! Aren't kids rotten?!

Julie London (I've watched too much "Emergency")

Yeah, Remco Bulldog tank. Speaking of never had one, I always wanted one of these and never had one. It's a Tonka.

Yeah, this thread does fire off some brain cells that haven't been used in a while. Reminded me I had one of these: It was pretty cool, drove forward and reverse, fired bullets and ejected the casings. And it was big! Probably almost 18 inches overall.

Dang, Harry! You had some cool toys!

I still have this: and these: The bus was dug up from the sandbox when my Mom was converting it to a flower garden. I've also got a Structo construction set with dump truck, concrete truck, front end loader, and sand hopper. My Dad's old Lionel, and my Uncle's Marx train. I had one of those Mold Master things that would make cars, tanks, jeeps, and boats. You couldn't sell one of those now, they would burn the stink out of you! I had an Erector set that would make military vehicles: tank, halftrack, bulldozer, jeep. I took that apart and put it together a lot of times.

I got some from Amazon.

Thanks JC, I like that idea. I can't do it this time, but I will definitely try it next.

Is that Gilda Radner?

Thanks, David. Actually, I wired the distributor myself. I do have some stuff I could use for boots, but in this case the boots are already molded into the valve covers. After some further experiments, I will report what worked for me.

Thanks guys. I'm going to get some medium CA and see how it works with the needle trick. I may also try the PVA that Bill recommended. I've got some different ones, from Testors (very thin) to Weldbond (very thick).

Thanks, Sam. It sounds more and more like I need to get some medium CA.

Thanks, Mike. Since the Plastic Magic is a solvent glue, I wonder if it is friendly to paint. However, that Pin Flow applicator gave me an idea. I have some hypodermic needles, like the one in the video. Surprisingly, they fit perfectly on the spout of my bottle of CA. I still get more glue than I want, but it's much better. I think a smaller needle or medium CA might be perfect. So thanks for that suggestion, it really helped a lot!

Thanks, Mark That's a good idea, but them covers aint popping off. They're glued on there good. I should mention the distributor is already wired.

I've tried a toothpick, a pin, and the eye of a needle, both solid and cut off so it's like a fork. Using thin CA, the toothpick and pin won't pick up any glue. The needle sometimes picks up glue, but won't always transfer it. Should I be using medium CA?

How do you apply the glue so you have some control over it?