Harry P.

Yeah... just not feeling it right now. But I will, eventually. I have too much money, time, and effort invested in the woody to just drop it. It'll get done. Same with the Bugatti. But my interest in building seems to come and go... always has... and right now I'm just not motivated. Weird, because last year I think I finished 13 models or so. This year so far, zip.

Don't take my comments as dissent. Nobody appreciates your work more than I do. Just was a little fuzzy on your intent, which you have explained.

I Love L.A.? Randy Newman. Somehow the "big nasty redhead" line is giving me the clue...

Ok, I guess I'm confused. You weathered parts of the chassis beautifully, yet other parts are showroom fresh. You show wear and tear on the seats beautifully, yet the carpet is untouched. I'm confused by your presentation.

From irs.gov... "There are clear warning signs about these scams, which continue at high levels throughout the nation,” said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. “Taxpayers should remember their first contact with the IRS will not be a call from out of the blue, but through official correspondence sent through the mail...

Pretty sure I read somewhere that the IRS will never contact you via phone or email... only by mail. If you get a call from the "IRS," you can be pretty sure it's a scam.

Not to be a wise guy... but... shouldn't the carpeting show a similar amount of wear?

That's a very nicely built model. Not my cup of tea, but from what I can see, beautifully done.

To be honest, your foil work is a little ragged in spots, but overall it's a good looking model.

I have fond memories of Sears. Pretty much everything my parents owned came from Sears! And the annual "Wish Book" Christmas catalog was something I always looked forward to. And yes, I used to get my car serviced at a Sears auto center. Good memories. These days the only time I ever set foot in a Sears store is if I'm at the mall and park near the Sears entrance... and cut through Sears to get to the store I actually intend to get to!

Sears is the perfect example of how not to run a retail business. At one time they were (I believe) the largest retail chain in America (this was before Walmart came along). They were the big dog, number one. And Sears had every opportunity to put into place the same savvy business/retail techniques and practices that Walmart has done, but they didn't. Now they are on a gradual death spiral, closing stores and losing hundreds of millions every quarter due to poor business practices, bad executive decisions, too much expansion into other areas unrelated to retail (like Sears mortgage, for example), and mismanagement. Walmart thrives, Sears is on life support. That's how it goes in the world of free enterprise. Some companies get it... some don't. If Sears had been as sharp as Walmart has been, they might still be number one today. And if they were, some would be bashing them.

So what you're saying is that Walmart has very cleverly and intelligently figured out the best model to run their business. And they're very successful at it. For being smart and running their business the best way they can run it, and being very successful at it... we bash them? That's like saying the kid who studied hard and aced his finals is a loser because he did better than his classmates who slept through class and flunked their final!

Joe... if the free market is open to all comers–big-box stores and mom-and-pop shops alike–how do you protect the mom-and-pops when the big-box opens next door, selling the same stuff, but for less money? I also like "diversity" as far as shopping choices go... I like the idea of supporting the little guy and local businesses... but as altruistic as that may be, it's not going to stop the market from evolving and shifting. The only way to keep the big boys from putting the little guys out of business is government regulation of the big boys in some way... and if we do that, we no longer have free-market capitalism. The answer is that the little guys have to figure out a way to fill a need the big boys don't or won't, whether that's more personalized customer service, carrying items the big boys don't, or some other value-added service. If they can figure out a way to carve out a small spot of their own in the marketplace, they'll survive. If they can't out-do the big guys in some way or another, they won't survive. That's just the way free-market capitalism works.

Oh, ok, I see now. It looked like maybe you had used a twin-carb intake manifold by mistake. Nice model, by the way!

What's the story here? Did you use the wrong intake manifold?

The scale tells you the size of the model compared to the real thing. A 1/25 scale model is 25 times smaller than the real car. A 1/12 scale model is twelves smaller than the real car. A 1/32 scale model is 32 times smaller than the real car. Works the same way for every scale. No matter what the scale is, it tells you the proportion of the model's size as compared to the real car's size. To convert scale dimensions to full size, just multiply the in-scale dimension by the scale of the kit. For example, if the 1/25 scale model body is 8 inches long, multiply that dimension by 25 to get the full -size dimension. (8 inches x 25 = 200 inches in full scale). Works the same in any scale.

I agree!

Or another way to look at it is... free market capitalism at work. Some win. Some lose. No way around that. When the market is open to all comers, the big fish are going to swallow up the guppies. If you're not comfortable with that concept, then you're not comfortable with free market capitalism.

I knew it! He's wearing glasses. Everybody knows that if you wear glasses, you're smart...

Got an invitation the other day to my grandson's 2nd birthday party next week in downstate Illinois. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that I am an actual grandfather... I still remember my kids as little children like it was yesterday. Little League, dance classes, parent-teacher conferences, etc. Time really flies. And the fact that my baby (my youngest daughter) has a two-year old son of her own is mind-boggling! But it's all good...

And you also might need actual conections between the engine and the radiator... As in radiator hoses.

Nice work! I like it. The only problem is the "magic floating generator"...

Ditto Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, etc, etc. Not to mention Curt Cobain, Buddy Holly, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Lennon... and many others. Lots of unrealized potential in the world of pop/rock music.

He got pretty regular airplay here, too. Mostly on FM "progressive" stations.

So who won the match?