Tom Geiger

Looks super!

And rest home

Great thread! I’ve never owned a Miata but always have been a fan. I remember when they were introduced. The first time I saw one in person was at our friends child’s christening. One of the guests had one there and was happy to show it off and give us all rides around the block. It doesn’t seem that long ago, but we attended that child’s wedding last summer!

I am also a stamp collector. I just came from a stamp board I frequent, much like this one. They have a sales area. It brings in a different element. The folks who sell, for the most part, do not participate in the message center at all.They are just dumping their listings onto a venue. Of the 800 items for sale, 600 are from one seller, way overpriced and rarely sell. As buyers go through the sales area, and are forced to go through page after page of his overpriced drek, I'm sure many of them just stop looking, which destroys the venue for the rest of the sellers.

who sells batteries

agreed, leave well enough alone.

Or breathe lately

Ya know.... here's the "savings" of using cheapo paint. While I was looking for the correct color to match the hardware store paint on the truck, I bought a few cans of colors I thought it might be. This is Krylon Yellow over Duplicolor primer. Nothing but trouble. Can says "Drys in 10 minutes!" Nope! Can says "Recoat within 10 minutes or after 24 hours" Nope! I've recoated after a week to have it crinkle up instantly. I had everything to minorly acceptable until I decided to add the stripe to the hood. I've since managed to strip / sand this all down and I repainted it over Duplicolor primer yesterday. So I'll wait a week or so to see about a second coat. Sucks! If I had used Duplicolor or Tamiya paints I'd be on to final assembly by now! In the meantime I've been working on the bed. I was working on the rear steps and seating yesterday. Still pluggin

and smelling diesel

Looks nice Michelle! Happy to supply the engine since you used it so quickly!

The biggest item I've used the pen on were the wheel hubs on this Model A. Otherwise I've used it to touch up chrome and things like interior door handles. I'm pretty good with BMF and will continue to use it for body trim. I have cars that are 30 years old that the foil is still nice.

Agreed! The Molotow pen is not the magic solution people are making it out to be.

on the ceiling

Here's my one barn find... summer of 2002, a friend from work was telling me that his uncle had died and he had the responsibility to clear out the house. This was in Brick, New Jersey. He wasn't a car guy, so he told me of his uncle's "Model T" and that I could just have it if I had it towed away. So of course we went for a look! It wasn't a Model T at all, but a very rusty Model A 5 window coupe! He told me the car had been stored in the barn, actually a good size garage for 50 years. Upon looking at the car it looked more like it had been sitting outside 50 years and recently rolled into the barn! It was way too rusty for me to deal with, nor was I into these cars then as I am today. I didn't have anywhere to park or store it either. Still I was working towards acquiring it, and of course the story changed. Suddenly he got the bug that the car was worth something, so it was no longer "Free". That became my exit, and I understand he advertised it and got a few grand for the car. Hopefully someone restored it! Here's my album from that visit: https://public.fotki.com/modelcitizen/11_car_reference_library/the_free_model_t/

I have an old Falcon kit that looked to have very heavy yellowish glue on it everywhere. When I went to pull at the first joint, it just came apart. I figured out the model had been assembled with rubber cement!

All's well that ends well. My hand is fine now. I hit the wasp quickly, I don't think he had time to get the stinger in because I couldn't find one.

Frigging Wasps! I was working in the yard today, reached down to pick up some old leaves and found their nest! Ouch! One got me, I smashed him in return. Still hurts!

I don't mind bench shots, it's just a matter of cropping to the subject. I use a free program called Irfanview, and crop everything prior to posting! Just Google it and sites come up where you can download the program. Here's your photos after cropping:

Back in the day, factory seat covers shredded themselves to death pretty quickly. As you said, Sears and my favorite, Rayco, sold tons of seat covers!

just hearing that!

Agreed! Most of them will never leave pavement. And at these numbers most of them will be leased by people who make about that a year! And as you said, if that was a two door two seater... I'd be in love!

And since we're having fun with this reminiscing... here's the Stude as it left my property! AMF you rusty turd!

Everything will eventually break down and dissipate. But the problem is that plastics in the ocean are outliving the other garbage. Or at least the floating kinda stuff.

that is crazy cool! I can almost imagine what that would sound like!

anyone else notice that at Hobby Lobby the puzzle aisle is bigger than the model aisle?