Tom Geiger

Reminds me of a story... Before I moved to Pennsylvania, I used to take a certain NJ road on my way home from work every day. It was a speed trap. The road had a 40 mph speed limit, then went up a hill and turned sharply. Right at that turn there was a 25 mph sign, and very often a cop sitting right there to snag people before they had a chance to slow down. I knew about this, so as I hit the hill, I'd let off the gas and coast down to 25 mph right before the sharp curve. One afternoon I had a big Ford 4x4 pickup on my tail. He started honking and I could see him swearing and waving his arm in my rear view mirror. Right at that curve, he decided to pass me on the double yellow line. He pulled up along side me and gave me the finger. And the cop sitting there turned on his lights! I guess that guy figured out why I slowed down!

Who needs mirrors on a self driving truck? ?

I agree with your Power of Six to a degree. Here's how bulk mail is sorted: Mail gets bundled as follows: 3 - All mail going to the same sorting center, that has the same first three digits. In the zip code 07730, 077 is the sorting center. It's gotten a bit more compact in the last few decades as they eliminate sorting centers, but they've stuck with the 3 digits. C - CITY - All mail going to the same city that has multiple zip codes S - STATE - All mail going to the same state D - DEPARTMENT - All mail going to the same zip code (your power of 6) - actual regulation says 15 or more pieces, but may be less for magazines F - FIRM - All mail going to the same company location So as you said, a bundle of mail going to the same zip code gets there in one step. Other mail can go through several sorts and steps per the list above. Each step can take some time, but they're pretty fast these days since most sorting is now automated. The part you didn't mention is that when the mail does make it to the final zip code, they have a period of time to deliver it. Some skids are marked "Deliver By 11/12/19" which would be time sensitive sales flyers and the like. I don't know the current time frame magazines need to be delivered by. The carriers sort their regular mail into their bins in the morning. If they have additional time, they are supposed to go to the mountains of bulk mail and sort as much into their route as they can. They start with the expiring "Deliver By..." stuff. And that's why you get a ton of flyers and junk in Saturday's mail... it's expiring and needs to be delivered. I have noticed that my Exton, PA 19341 post office is slow to sort and deliver the bulk mail. My magazine has probably been sitting there a week or more... If you do want a copy of the huge postal manual, I have a pdf I'd be happy to email to you!

I'm watching for your impressions on this kit. I will be starting one soon with Rookie Resin's GMC conversion bits and a long bed.

Still nothing in Exton, PA... maybe Monday

I have a 68 convertible in my unfinished project pile. Used the trunk area from a ‘66

A red Volkswagen

Could it be the attack cat chasing them away??

No matter what it is, and no matter what you think, you have to agree that Tesla got their money's worth in free publicity over the last day or so! ?

I have his 1950 Olds wagon. Wonderful piece, Modelhaus quality!

It kinda goes like this... when radical designs have been introduced throughout history, you get the reactions we see here. We like what we know, and don't have a "future eye" because it's new and foreign to us. It's happened many times. Cars we think of as old and boring now. The new Taurus wasn't an instant success. It was too radical. It took six months to a year for the public to get used to the look. Ford was careful after that and when they completely redesigned the pickup, they sold both the old and new side by side for at least six months. When Dodge first came out with that radical Ram style truck that looked like a mini Peterbilt, they anticipated how it would be received. It was different. Their focus groups showed that 90% of new truck buyers would reject the design. That was okay because they aimed to capture 10% of the market, which was aligned with their production capabilities. And of course there was a lot of comments when they released it. Funny thing though, they were sold out! Couldn't make them fast enough and at year's end they had sold double what they anticipated. Tesla has made it's mark by coming out with radical ideas. This is the latest one. And they are right to display it two years ahead of release. It will give us all time to digest the design. And there are people right now ready to write checks. And it will influence truck design in the future! Be ready!

Tape it off and give it a quick spray with something like Tamiya semi gloss. That would bring it to a realistic shine level

Short answer? It's a really nice kit that builds up well. Below are photos of a finished one that I own, I didn't build it. One suggestion is, that if you have the version with the soft top, cut off the mounts and glue it onto the model. Note that you can see the mounts on the edges, in my photos right above the side windows. If you have a version, like the Spider Man, which doesn't use the soft top, the mount hole may still be visible on the top, even though plugged. Look for it and putty what remains if needed.

Looks good to me! I had a memory of a Grand Prix of that era in that same color scheme. Back in the day, a friend of mine would change cars often. He never had the patience to sell them, so he'd just drive perfectly good cars to the junk yard. I'd see some of them driving around town later on, so even the junk yard was taking the effort to sell his cars. So he had this Grand Prix. I don't remember what got his fancy, that he was done with it but when he mentioned junking it, I told him to bring it to my house. I'd sell it and split the proceeds with him. He went for that. I put an ad in the local paper (this was way before the internet) to sell the car for $800. I anticipated selling it for much less, but went fishing. My first call was a couple who came to see the car. They agreed they wanted it and would pay $800. Then the guy retrieved a bag from his car. He counted out bags of cocaine onto my kitchen table. He said there was $800 worth there, all I needed to do was sell it! I froze. I never anticipated anything like this. I told them to pack up and leave. Fortunately they did! The second customer was a guy and his step son. He was trying really hard to win this kid over. He was just about ready to get his license and this guy was buying him a car. He bargained me easily to $600 and paid for the car. They drove off with it, their fake plate and all. A few days later, the guy comes back. He tells me he screwed up and the kid doesn't like the car. He figures I'm selling cars out of my driveway, so would I take the car back at a profit? I tell him no, I was indeed selling it for a friend and I had already given him the money. The guy gives up and just leaves the car with me, title and all for free. So I have to sell it again. This time I put it back in the paper for $600 since it was all my profit this time around. And funny thing, I don't even remember who I sold it to. But this time it stuck. I never saw it again.

What da? I don't see any issue with Ron's post. He did the body weathering and posted it on top of a diecast chassis. Looks good to me! And as far as finishing projects, some folks never finish one. There are no rules! I have probably 50 unfinished projects on my shelf. They stall for different reasons. I have made an effort to finish some of them in the past few years.

Thank you guys! I ordered the box of real X-acto blades that Casey listed. I'm happy to pay $20 for a box of the real thing. The Chinese knock offs could have been had for $10 a hundred, postage included and shipped from China. Here's a photo included in that auction. Even branded.

full of monkeys

Back in the day I wound up with two boxes of 100 Exacto brand number 11 blades. They've gotten me through the hobby for years, and I can see the bottom of my last box. So I'm looking for the same box. I checked both Hobby Lobby and Michaels and they do have Exacto brand, but nothing more than a dozen blades. Apparently the 100 box isn't available. Then I hit the 'bay. I see tons of cheap blades, in 100 lots, mostly sourced or being sent directly from China in the $10-20 range. All the ads mention Exacto, so they snagged my keyword, but I'm not finding the real thing. My big question... where is a good source for blades? And do I need the name brand Exacto, or will these cheap knock offs suffice?

On either side of me. The guy downhill from me seldom does anything in his yard. I'm looking down on a large branch that's been sitting in the middle of his back yard for months. Uphill, the single lady who lived there waited until every blasted leaf was off her trees to have the lawn service come once! As a result probably about half of her bounty wound up in my yard. That house changed hands over the summer and a couple from Texas moved in. They are overwhelmed with the leaves, said they had nothing like this before. But they're putting bags out front so that's a good start.

Yup! I have a wooded acre in Pennsylvania. Most of the trees are in the backyard and the leaves can get two feet deep if left untouched, so you have to keep after it. The trees in my front yard dump early and if I get at the leaves am I done? Nope, the wind will blow all the leave down the hill from the wooded front yard next door. I've already put out the equivalent of 50 bags for the first two pick ups, and it looks like I haven't touched the yard!

I have a home made spray booth which has it's own shortcomings. I had been planning on buying one of these for a long time. A buddy o' mine told me I needed the 36" wide unit, which is about double the cost of the 24" unit, so I kept putting off the purchase. Then one day I decided to measure my current booth, which works just fine for me, and realized it's shy of 24"! So the smaller unit would be just fine. My question, how do these work with spray cans? That's considerably more paint than with an air brush.

I have probably 2 or 3 of those boxes, I'd have to go digging! I haven't built one but I have built a Cavalier! And it wasn't a half bad experience!

Before using putty, try to fill as much of the gap with plastic. As with all putties, apply it in multiple thin coats. Let it dry between coats. Where it gets wonky is when you put on too much and it takes forever, if ever, to dry. Good luck, things are coming right along!

I love those wheel covers. Did yours come with the red center piece? There should be a red bullet peeking thru all those holes!

Congrats Ray and family! ? Enjoy!