Tom Geiger

I usually bring a few things just to participate. I am finishing up my chopped Model A. The phaeton should be following along and I hope to have my '63 Valiant stocker done by then. If I don't set deadlines, I don't get anything done. I lost interest in competition a long time ago. I'm there to see friends and have lunch. I'm very good at lunch.

Apparently someone has confused NNL East with NNL Nationals and has announced that NNL East will be ending in 2019. Fake news! NNL East has no intentions of ending. Our current lease goes out to 2023. In view of the announcements that NNL Nationals and GSL will be ending, at our last meeting we discussed how our role is becoming more important for the hobby and we are up to the task. No worries, we are working towards improving the show every year and being the best day of the year for the hobby! Our website is currently down, as we move from Linus to the C Panel server. I have everything moved, and have www.tssmcc.com running, but I'm gonna need some help getting the rest operational. Hope to have it all back up by the weekend.

Enough grief already!

It's interesting the electrical gremlins in newer cars. I drive 180 mile round trip daily and now that days are getting shorter, a good portion of that in the dark. I've noticed a good many newer cars that have no back lights. They have headlights on, and they have brake lights but no rear tail lights. Doesn't seem to matter the make or model of vehicle. I saw what looked like a brand new Ford van that way a few weeks ago.

Then I could finance Blues Brothers Three and wreck all the Vics!

I finished this one in 2009, from the snap kit. Back in the 1930s you could buy the drop in pickup box for a coupe. I believe you could find it in the Sears catalog. I thought that would be a cool idea for this rod.

You can go two ways with a '32 grille. You can drop the grille lower in it's cavity or you can cut some height out of the unit.

Nice truck! Engine doesn't need to be weathered much since it represents a recent transplant into the old truck.

I use eSnipe.com for my serious bidding. It costs about a quarter a successful bid, nothing if not successful. I have tried bidding on cheap items both with eSnipe and just bidding. I have found that an item with a bid attracts other bids. It's best to hit it with my best and final bid six seconds before the end. I've calculated that this is enough that I don't get locked out by a web lag, and nobody has a chance to react!

I have no idea how many models I have. I refuse to count. I have no disillusion of being able to build them all in my lifetime. I don't spend money needed for anything else. But buying a few things at a show, or on eBay make me happy. I enjoy owning them. I'm not selling them off, the day I die it will be "GAME OVER" and my wife has a few numbers to call to dispose of it all.

Send your parts to me! I'll brush paint them all Testors silver! I'll mail them back 6-9 months from now. Not responsible if paint never dries!

I used to work in an office where the department played. Back then I was driving my grandfather's Crown Vic with 200,000 miles on it to work. The clear coat was coming off the upper surfaces and people would kid me about it. But the car was rock solid and 100% dependable. I car pooled with a guy who bought a 2 year old Volvo. Whenever it broke down he'd call me for help and he said he hated that seeing that Vic effortlessly coming to save his Volvo ass. So one day we were sitting around the lunch table and the lottery was especially high. We went around the table and people told what they'd do if we won. Most everyone would quit their jobs and buy an island somewhere. When it got to me, I simply responded, "I'd get the Crown Vic painted." Everyone laughed! But ya know, it wouldn't have been that far off for me.

eBay now has a window that pops up when your bid isn't high enough to unseat the current high bidder. The window encourages you to bid again and suggests the next 3 increments. If the current high bidder has a proxy for say $50, I can hit the $39 button and the window will regenerate at the next increment set and encourage me to bid again. This will happen over and over. That's why it appears some bidders are nibbling.

Very pleased to hear your son is progressing so miraculously!

Since springs came up in this thread. Here's a reference photo of the interior in a '49 Ford. Note there is a lot of things happening here. There are a few different types of springs all within a wire frame, an "S" wire on the back. Here's my attempt. I believe ballpoint pen springs would be too large. I simply wound flexible wire around a round dowel. I wasn't all that pleased with this result, but once you add some random wire, rust it all and add bits of fabric and stuffing... and it will be sitting down in an interior, it may be convincing. Also mentioned was the layering of paint, then sanding down through the layers. Good technique, I wet sand mine. It comes out better than dry sanding, and without sanding marks. Here's a tool I use for rust. This is a set of acrylic chalks, the earth tone set, easily found at Hobby Lobby for something like $6. Sand the sticks to make dust. Then you can either apply the dust to your model dry, or as I prefer, paint with it using Testors Dullcote. I can create a post explaining my process if there is interest.

Pete I agree with you that the numbers they are hitting are excessive.. note that in my post I said 1.6 Billion was more than anyone could ever spend in a lifetime. I'd like to see some reasonable limits on the winnings, and several winners instead of one person coming into all that. There are some well grounded and reasonable folks on this board. Unfortunately the lottery has ruined some folks lives. People who spent like drunken sailors and wound up broke again, and I remember one guy who gave his granddaughter loads of money and she ODed on drugs she bought with the windfall. He certainly regrets winning the lottery. Deep down I know I will never win the lottery. But it's worth $2 a drawing just to dream about it. Eventually there will be a winner. Some goob just like us, so why not us?

Very cool rod.

How? You buy 22 models a month for 50 years! Some of us are on their way there! It's not hard to do, it's having the space to store it all.

Dave makes the plain Jane 2 door sedans. I believe the bench seat is part of those kits. You'd have to ask if he'd sell one separate. IS-64 1964 Chev. Biscayne 2dr. Sedan (1/25th scale) $37.00 (stock body, trunk lid, door panels, seats, wheels & vacuformed glass) (use Revell Impala Ht. kit for all other parts needed.) http://www.mcwautomotivefinishes.com/resin/resinlist.html

The hobby shop in NJ indeed had the K&S Brass rods I needed! Yippee! Now I can finish those Model As and have enough brass rod to last the next several years of projects.

Last evening we were sitting, eating at the bar in our favorite pub. Picture Cheers, where everybody knows your name. The lottery was the topic of the evening. Phil, a retired banker started talking about taking the cash option, the percentage of taxes and how to invest, etc. I stopped him. I basically said that was enough money that you could put it in a non interest bearing checking account and still not be able to spend it all in a lifetime! Seriously, 1.6 Billion is way too much money! I'm not equipped to live the life of the rich and famous. I have solid middle class values. I can see living pretty much at the level we do now, only we wouldn't have to worry about money anymore. I'd still drink Yuengling Lager. I'd immediately pay off college loans for all my nieces and nephews. I'd pay off all of our family's mortgages. Nobody would get a million dollars, everyone would still work for a living and instill those values in their children. I would not take the sense of achievement away. But they all would have a safety net that would guarantee they'd never be homeless. There would be a family fund for all future college educations. Me? I'm 60 and would be lost without a schedule and a project. Only I'd find something more interesting, that wouldn't need to show a profit. Maybe relocate the International Model Car Museum into it's own building in New York City? Who knows. Maybe restore some historic buildings just for the fun of it. I would take some time to wander. A few years ago my wife and I were unemployed at the same time and I suggested we sell the house, buy a camper and roam the USA for a year. She thought I was crazy. This time we'd do it. I'd take a month's drive across Australia and visit all my friends there. I'd bring back a Valiant VC Ute, I've always wanted one of those. I would attend the NNL in Australia and South Africa. And it would be nice to fund social projects. My daughter showed me a video of a drug intervention program in our NJ town, started by a guy who she went to school with. He had overcome heroin addiction and started a program to help others. He'd get some funding! And there is the downside. You'd forever be chased by people wanting money. You'd have to worry about relatives being kidnapped and managing the money. When my daughter was little she said she wanted to be rich and famous someday. I explained that rich was good. Famous wasn't such a good idea. Just like Bruce Springsteen cannot go in public without being spotted. Nothing is easy and without consequences!

It's looking really nice so far! Keep on going!

Great work! I like a cool light commercial model!

Lookin' good! I'm a fan of these!

If it was street legal I can see a Roxtor being a fun little vehicle to own just for play. I've held onto my 1991 Geo Tracker because nobody has ever produced anything like it. For instance if Kia did a 2 door convertible Soul or Nissan did the same with the Juke, I'd be all over one as a daily driver.