Harry P.

Soak them in diluted vinegar.

And exactly who are these "poster children?" As the moderator, I'd be interested to see who I let get away with "pretty much anything." If you're going to make statements like that... back it up. If you can't (or won't) back it up, don't make the statement. PM me with specifics.

As a Chicagoan, I can officially say... very cool!

I like that PU.

This is just cool, no matter how you look at it!

George... I'm a huge TJ fan, so I like all of the ones you posted! Sweet Cherry Wine is probably my second favorite, after Crimson and Clover. I also like this one. Tommy James wrote it but gave it to a group called "Alive and Kicjing," who recorded it and had a huge hit with it. I bet TJ was sorry he didn't record it as a Shondells song! Here is TJ and the band doing it live, in 2010, many years after Alive and Kicking had the hit version...

ChromeTech is just a middle man?

Same here. Also have heard good things about ChromeTech. They both use the same process, so I would assume the end result would be pretty much the same whichever one you use.

I wouldn't want to see the eclairs at this point...

Not sure when, exactly... but why? Same as every other fad. Because it's something "new" and "different" and it "makes a statement," etc... at least until everybody starts doing it... at which point it becomes mainstream and trite and lame... and the next fad emerges. Lather, rinse, repeat, over and over again...

Very nice!

Here's something interesting... the dinner menu for April 14, 1912. The last Titanic dinner menu...

Same here. I have several books, an avid interest in the ship, but certainly am no "authority" on it.

As far as I know, the center propeller could not be reversed, but the outer two could.

Actually, even though Titanic had way too few lifeboats on board, it actually had more lifeboats than the law at the time required! So I can't fault Titanic's designers or the White Star Line. They met the requirements of the day and then some. Now, the cheap rivets, on the other hand...

Ok, googled it. It appears that is a theory based on one guy's hypothesis. No wonder I never heard that story.

Interesting. I thought I knew pretty much all the details of the sinking, never heard that before, ever.

I'm taking a temporary break from building. Just don't have the urge right now. But it'll come back... it always does. And besides... I have my Pocher woody RR and Bugatti to finish up. I paid too much for those kits to just abandon them. I'll get back in the saddle... but for now I'm enjoying not building, as weird as that may sound.

Hmmmm... not a whole lot of suspension travel possible. Must be a rough ride!

The open vent windows are a nice touch.

Never heard that story before. Where did you get that from?

Bamb?

Huh?

Seats look great!

Yet another Titanic fun fact... Technically her name was "RMS Titanic." RMS stood for Royal Mail Ship (or steamship), a title that was given to ships that were officially designated to carry mail across the Atlantic. Obviously, Titanic was designed and built as a luxury liner, meant to carry passengers, but technically she was a mail ship.