Harry P.

Once I had the chassis built, I started on the engine. I like to build subassemblies that will be a single color first, then paint those subassemblies as a unit... like the transmission, the oil pan, and the engine block, for example:

The chassis is made up of separate frame rails and crossmembers. The X-member is molded in one piece, which makes chassis assembly a lot faster and easier.. I assembled the basic chassis and front and rear springs and axles, etc, then sprayed the whole thing semi-glosss black as a unit. Much easier to do it that way than to paint each individual component and then assemble. The only thing I added to the chassis are simulated bolts on the upper shock arms in front, made of hexagonal styrene rod.

Since I just finished the Minicraft MGTC, my buddy Skip Jordan suggested I built it's spiritual ancestor, so here goes! This is the 1/16 scale Minicraft issue of the Jaguar SS100... It looks to be a pretty nice kit... lots of parts, high level of detail... but like almost every Minicraft kit, it has its flaws, like flash, mold misalignment on some parts trees, and too large attachment points for the prts on the trees (which is really only a problem on the chrome tree, as most parts when removed have big "scars" in the chrome where they were attached).

Remember, don't post any hints or answers here! PM me with year, make, and model. The answer: 1938 Pierce-Arrow Model 1801

Greg... this isn't "off topic" and really belongs in the General section, which is where I'm moving it. I've noticed that you post a lost of topics here in "Off Topic" that aren't actually off topic at all, but have to do with either model cars or 1:1 cars. Feel free to post stuff like that where it really should go, the "Off Topic" area is meant for stuff that has nothing to do with cars, either models or the real ones.

I don't get it.

Hmmm... I never saw "Us and Them" as a makeout song. Must be the sax solo..

I like the original, but I prefer the Eagles' version. I've always loved the way the Eagles sing their harmonies.

The Eagles doing Tom Waits...

I noticed that too. Very odd looking.

I'm just the opposite. I never turn it off, except by shutting down the car... so it's on again as soon as I start up the engine, And now that the carmakers are pumping fake engine noise into the car's interior, the rumble of a V8 just ain't what it used to be...

Now that's a cool car!

This week's car is a 1939-40 Aero 59 Dynamik. http://www.aero-ig.de/cont_aero50_sodom_dynamik.htm Who got it right (not many!): dw1603 blunc jaymcminn Badluck 13 bbsbase

It's a book: http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Years-Mustangs-History-Scale/dp/1495245004/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1428023065&sr=8-2&keywords=fifty+years+of+mustangs

From ehow.com: By the early 1960s, modern heaters became standard on all GM cars. Read more : http://www.ehow.com/about_5421362_history-car-heaters.html

I doubt that heaters were optional in 1967.

I could live without A/C... maybe even without a heater. But without a radio? No way!

People used to do it all the time...

Uh... what was the question?

Now that's different!

Yes, it's ok to leave old software on your hard drive. It doesn't hurt anything, all it does it take up some space... if you have enough room on your hard drive, it's no problem. It's like keeping an old shirt you never wear anymore in your closet. Yes, it takes up some space in your closet, but it's not hurting anything by being there, as long as you have enough room in your closet for all the clothes that you do still wear.

April Fool...

I get it. It bothers me, too. I was just trying to make the point that the month listed on the cover has nothing to do with anything, really. But I do see your point, and agree with you.

I get the feeling that's the single biggest obstacle to progress.

C'mon, Danno... you can do it! Danno! Danno! Danno!