Harry P.

Really? That's all? No other magnification, like a magnifier lamp? Wow... it's amazing that you can do such fine detail work without "help." I know I can't!

Do you use any sort of magnifier when you work? If so, what kind?

Forgot "I'm Only Sleeping" and "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" and "I'm a Loser."

I'd be happy to get a third of that temperature aroud here.

Agree with the guys... that's some very nice work.

Please post model building questions in the Question and Answer section.

I guess Atlanta officials didn't want to repeat their total embarrassment by the inability to cope with two inches of snow by overcompensating with complete overkill.

Me too. Some of my favorite Beatles songs: And Your Bird Can Sing, Don't Let Me Down, Helter Skelter, I'm a Loser, I'll Cry Instead, Her Majesty, etc. The "big hits" are great, but there's so much more than just the songs everyone knows.

Check these guys out. Click on the video than on the "Watch on YouTube" link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb5bI0I1LI8

Are they also a Beatles tribute band? There are a lot of them, I've seen 5-6-7 different ones on youtube. They are all really good... some of them can recreate the Beatle's songs so perfectly, note for note, you'd swear it was the real Beatles. Some of the guys in these bands even look a lot like the real Beatles.

The highly simplified Lindberg engine doesn't have a water pump, so I again raided the Fuman Mercer kit. However, while the highly-detailed Fuman Mercer kit had the water pump driveshaft, it doesn't include the actual water pump! Looking at the Fuman instructions, the end of the shaft where the pump would attach just sort of hangs there in space! The only online photo I could find that showed the water pump was of a Mercer engine, but since the Mercer and Stutz engines are so visually and mechanically similar, I copied the Mercer pump and scratchbuilt one. The lower radiator hose, that connects the radiator and water pump, will be added later, once the engine and radiator are installed on the chassis.

The white one with the red stripes? I remember that.

Too soon. The show was taped the same day the Grammy's aired (2-3 weeks ago?) So maybe too early for a DVD. Maybe in a while?

I knew it was real metal by the way it acted when I tried to sand some of the plated parts smooth. I didn't realize it was gold, though.

Spark plugs installed. The engine is starting to take shape... more still to add, but it's looking good.

"Rain" is pretty good. I've seen them on youtube.

No "Across the Universe."

But awfully tough to get at the cargo area now...

The spark plugs are made of three pieces each. The body (the insulator part) of the plug is aluminum tubing. The hex-shaped part is hex-shaped styrene rod that I drilled out and slid over the aluminum tubing. Then I painted the hex-shaped part silver and the insulator of the plug off white, and of course finished with a Future/acrylic black wash. Finally, the electrode is brass rod slipped into the aluminum rod (the "insulator" part of the plug).

Video games aren't exactly cheap, and look how popular they are. I don't think cost is the major factor in today's kids not being drawn to the hobby like we were when we were kids. I think it has more to do with the fact that today's kids have such a wider range of choices available to take up their time... far more choices than we had. Video games, the internet and social media, smart phones, YouTube, etc.... NONE of which existed back in the '60s when model car building was a very popular pastime. So with more choices and shorter attention spans, naturally today's kids are less likely to flock to model car building (or stamp collecting or woodworking or any other of the "classic" hobbies).

I know what you mean. I have one of those sets of "basic" colors from Testors... the one with the little bottles of blue, red, yellow, green, white, etc... and the little bottle of thinner. I don't remember why (or when) I bought the set, and I never thought I'd need that green either. But the day has finally come!

Said in my best Ted Baxter voice: ALERT! ALERT! This just in to our newsroom moments ago... our latest WeatherTracker data has determined that it is WINTER, and continued cold and snow are expected to continue for the next several weeks. We advise all within the viewing area to take this weather warning extremely seriously and take proper precautions. To repeat... it is WINTER and we expect to see several more weeks of winter ahead. More details as they become available. This has been a WeatherTracker "Weather Scare" update. Now back to our regularly scheduled program already in progress... Hey... maybe I could be a newswriter!

The Vee Jay/Capitol "who released the first US Beatles album" is pretty confusing. http://ultimateclassicrock.com/introducing-the-beatles/ Of course, this all took place after their first British album ("Please Please Me") had already been released.

Our "paved" roads are paved with potholes!

Only for pitchers/catchers. The "real" spring training with all players hasn't started yet.