Mike 1017

Stay Strong.

Welcome back Tulio Mike

As of 2/18/22 I am RETIRED !!!!!!. Plans? I got lots of them. I am in perfect health so that is a wonderful thing. I think that good drugs, Heavy Metal music, and BAD girls (good girls are no fun) are why I am in good health. LOL I have not posted many of my builds because I didn't take the time to photograph them. Now I can set a side one day a week just to photograph. Get my bicycle tuned up and enjoy the rest of my life. So now I am in The Old Geezer Club and looking forward to be more active in this wonderfull community. Thanks Mike

We also watched Bosch . Good Stuff. I know that there is the Lincoln Lawyer movie. I was hoping that Bosch and Mickey Haller would team up for an episode.

The Who. Thier very first Chicago concert at The Chicago Stadium. The whole mezzanine was shaking. ,rocking and rolling. I think tickets were no more than $20.00 Mike

Reacher started streaming on Amazon over the weekend. It is very good and worth the long wait. They got it right this time. Lee Child fans are gonna love it. I like that on Amazon I can watch all the episodes at once and not wait a week for another new one. Mike

You belong here. For me this all 0's and 1's. Neutrons, electrons and protons. A touch of a button and all that is left is Cosmic Debris. Mike

You gotta pay attention to dimensions . Some are small and used to sample colors

What is your opinion of the bare metal Cobras ?

I have seen a lot of guys ask "I have screwed up my paint job" "Now what do I do?" IMO these Speed Shapes are the best to practice and experiment on. Better to screw one of these up than a body that you have painstakingly working on. I got a bunch off of Amazon $2.00- $3.00 a piece. I have only seen them in black and white. Mike '\

These Speed Shapes are the best to practice on. I have only seen black and white ones They are as big as a model car. I got a bunch of them from Amazon.

I ran across this today. These would be great for dioramas or photo reduced and used for decals Nostaligic Racing Decals (nostalgicracingdecals.com)

As car guys we really need thank the people who had foresight to keep such cars. Mike

We watched No Time to Die 007 James Bond last night. Excellent !! The Aston Martin DB5 stole the show.

I think Scott Brick is a great . For me Dick Hill is Reacher Dick Hill even narrated one of Janet Evanovich novels. George Guidall is another one I like. He did a fantastic job on Vince Flynns {rip} books. The Mitch Rapp novels are a great read. Mike

I also listen to audio books. I was so upset when Dick Hill retired. Scott Brick is no Reacher!!

Dwight There is a slot car track in Rockford ? I have been to Logan Ave 1 time to check it out. I am going to retire January 1st and I want to get back into slot car racing. I just wanted to connect with someone who races there. Are there any Slot Car forums. I know it is lame and you heard this thousands of times You are named after 2 Illinois towns ? Thanks Mike

Does anyone race at Logan Ave Slot Car Raceway ? Mike

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I make very sure that the masking job is perfect as I can. I make sure that the tape is burnished . As for curves I tape 2 knifes blades together and cut out thin strips from the masking tape. Using them as a base line burnish then mask again following the curve. Also airbrushing the Molotov in thin layers reduces any chance of bleed thru.

Tom Cruise made a farce out of the movies. Alan Ritchson looks the part. I wonder if it is gonna start when he is still in the Army or after. I hope that there is narrative about his thinking. Such as how is gonna beat his opponents to an inch of their lives in 3.2 seconds. His reasoning and deduction skills. I read The Sentinel by Andrew Child (Grant) Lee Childs brother and it did not disappoint. Mike

I saw a trailer for the Amazon Jack Reacher series starting on February4th. I have really been excited about it since I first heard of it. [VIDEO] ‘Reacher’ Trailer, Premiere Date on Amazon — Alan Ritchson | TVLine

I gave up on using BMF. Now I use masking tape and airbrush Molotov Chrome. Stick in my dehumidifier for a couple hours. Which makes the Molotov very hard and durable. I experimented using my dehumidifier because if it can dry Testors enamel paint it could certainly Molotov. It does work. Mike