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My bench adventures yesterday, working on the trailer for the custom speedboat: I made a license plate a few weeks ago, but printed it on heavy cardstock just for fun. I sprayed it with several coats of clear to seal it. I went looking through my PE stuff for a frame and came up empty handed. I found a piece of painter's tape that had a partially used set, and cut one off of the fret. Problem was that the fret had been stuck to the tape for probably four years or more. Of course, I bent the frame trying to get it unstuck from the tape. Straightened the frame, and decided to try that Pledge Floor Wax/Dessert Topping stuff that y'all love to attach the frame to the plate. Clear sealant be darned, the New Shimmer soaked right into the cardstock and did nothing to attach the frame to the plate. Giving up on that, I decide to add some taillamps (kit doesn't have any). I can't find my epoxy anywhere. OK, everyone of a certain age remembers the Holsclaw trailers that always came with game-show boats, right? I have no idea what brand the prototype for this trailer is, but I made some "Holsclaw" decals for it, just for fun. My decal paper must have gone bad, because the decals would not stick for anything. I put some MicroSol on a brush, and the decal curled up like a dead leaf instantly. Then I noticed the bubbles in the clear on the right fender that I didn't know were there. Oh, and I have been fighting the parting line seam on the boat's engine as well. Lots of glue, scraping with a knife, sanding stick, filler primer. It is still visible. I have mostly killed the little one on the front, but I can't make the one on the transmission go away and I think it will be somewhat visible with the engine compartment doors open. I drank some beers and watched TV instead.

Runway swimsuit models?

It's a 66 Super Sport. It has big-block fender flags, but I haven't looked at it under a magnifying glass to see if it is a 396 or 427. Kid I knew growing up had one like it for a family car, 327/275 and a PowerSlide though. It was sold to some cousin or something, but they bought it back around 1975 when Greg started driving. It was the same color as my diecast. I have four of the Hobby Lobby 1/64 semi-truck cases on my desk at work with 12 1/64 cars parked sideways in each one. ?

Went a little crazy at the Auto World website.

Didn't some of the original MPC pickups have a similar wheelcover?

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I bought some to use on models. Before I did, I actually used some on an unsealed tile floor. I hated it so much that I never used it on a model. How does it hold up after several years, for those who have used it on your models?

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Is red oxide (or grey) primer as a final color on a floorpan considered paint or primer? Anything that requires cleanup or filling gets primer so I can make sure it won't show in the final paint. Anything else, maybe or maybe not. Black suspension parts, stainless exhaust, etc. typically doesn't get primer.

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Joseph at Fireball Modelworks makes a similar cap. These are the only Pontiac poverty caps I can remember seeing.

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Maybe embossing powder? It might be a little too textured, but it's what I thought of looking at the second photo.

I store mine in a cup, tip end down. Seems to keep the tips moist. Maybe leaving yours in that position for a few days might restore it?

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I go through fits of kit-thinning on e-Bay, and you are exactly right. I use Priority Mail and a "normal" US kit is $14.20 pretty much anywhere east of the Mississippi for me. I ran out of Amazon A3 size boxes, so I bought some new 10x8x6 boxes from Amazon for a reasonable price. I have a 1:1 car distributor on my "to sell" list, and I will probably use a flat rate box for it because of the weight. I have excellent luck with Priority Mail (so far). I try to end my auctions on Friday evenings. If the buyer pays right away, I drop the package(s) at the local Post Office on Saturday morning. Even with "2-Day" Priority, the buyer usually has their kit on Monday unless they live a long way from a regional sorting center. I dropped off five boxes one Saturday and everyone had their kit on Monday, even the guy in Puerto Rico!

Never mind. Already ordered one.

Can you get a (reasonably sized) sticker with that? I needz one for my 2016 Mazda 3.

Well, Testor's used to make it. Maybe find it on eBay or Amazon? I have one can that hasn't puked in the cabinet, and I hope to use it on my Revell 69 Boss.

I hiked up Thumb Butte a few times and it was a lung challenge for me in my late forties. Of course, my home base is 96 feet above sea level.

I would like to point out that Kurt is riding at 5500-6000' elevation.