Harry P.

I'd settle for separately molded plastic wipers. I know that PE parts included with kits would raise prices too high for the average modeler. What I meant when I said "that's what I'm talking about" is how much better wipers could look if they weren't those molded-on blobs like most kits have. Even molded plastic wipers, if made as separate parts, would look way better than molded-in wipers.

Now that's what I'm talking about!

Too late. It's over. It's already been posted "Under Glass."

Well, it's working...

Ok... I can let it pass on models that were tooled up in the '60s and '70s and even the '80s and '90s... but on brand-new kits that have been tooled in the 21st century, why do they still insist on making the wipers a molded-in detail instead of making them separate pieces? Same for door handles. (I'm talking about subjects from the era when wipers were not flat black and hidden under the hood and door handles were chrome and not body color). It would look so much better and so much more realistic if the wipers were separate pieces. It would also make foiling the windshield trim easier, and separate door handles would make polishing the body easier.

You can't try and figure how USPS routes packages, because there are all sorts of variables in place. Where the package is going, where it's coming from, existing plane routes, airport hubs and connections, bundling loads of packages, etc., etc. They don't always ship a package directly from point A to point B, but they have their reasons. As far as the cost... the USPS is losing business every year due to competition for shipping (from FedEx and UPS) and competition from the internet (email and people paying bills online instead of getting a paper bill mailed to them every month), so they keep jacking up rates to make up for lost volume.

Those old "frigidaires" work longer than the new ones do!

To my uncle they're all "frigidaires"...

You're right! I've noticed that, too. I think the producers think it adds "character" to the set. My uncle calls a refrigerator "the frigidaire." "Hey, you want a beer? I think there's some in the frigidaire."

You can find Bleche-Wite at most any auto parts store, and I think Walmart also carries it in their automotive department.

Here's a good place to start: http://public.fotki.com/wackydave/cars_-_various_themes/engines/

To answer your question... you don't need to be an expert mechanic to wire a model engine. You don't even have to know how an engine works! All you need are good reference photos. The first thing I do when I start a new kit is a google image search. I gather up as many photos as I can find. I build a lot of models that I know nothing about... I rely on photos to tell me how things should look.

I agree... so I'm going to move this to the "How Do I" section and re-title it.

Be careful soaking a resin body in Purple Power. Some resins will absorb the stuff and turn into a rubbery mess. You're safer using a toothbrush and some dishwashing soap. A friend of mine who knows resin inside and out says that Westley's Bleche-Wite is a great product for cleaning any mold release from a resin body, and won't react with the resin itself.

On those cop shows, they have to change things around for dramatic effect. If those procedural shows actually went through the real procedures and showed the whole bureaucracy/red tape process step by step, the viewer would fall asleep from boredom. TV forensics shows are just that-,TV shows. They're for entertainment purposes, not meant to offer the average viewer a comprehensive class in forensics, biology or chemistry. I don't think they have to be 100% accurate to be entertaining, and besides, the average Joe wouldn't know the difference anyway. Yeah, if you are a chemist or a biologist or have some sort of degree in those sciences, you'll pick up on things... but the average viewer has absolutely no clue. But the obvious goofs in continuity or the guy "driving" down the road with the same exact traffic scene behind him happening over and over again... that stuff is noticeable to the average viewer. I've even seen scenes where something is happening while it's supposedly daytime, and then a few seconds later it's dark out. Stuff like that is obvious to the average couch potato. One of the most common mistakes I see is when a TV show or movie is set in a certain year or era and you see cars on the street that didn't exist yet at the time the show is supposedly taking place.

I'm not a fan of SUVs... but that one does look pretty cool.

How about this one? Real or model? The answer: REAL!

Try emailing their customer service department. Describe the problem and ask if they will provide a replacement set of tires. Their email address is customerservice@moebiusmodels.com

Then he should be more specific.

15 bucks: http://www.ebay.com/itm/MPC-1987-DODGE-SHELBY-DAYTONA-Model-Car-Mountain-KIT-1-25-FS-/360450860179?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53ec8ba493

Only the 21st perfect game in major league history! When you think of how many games played every year, and major league baseball is 130+ years old, and it's only the 21st time it's ever been done... pretty cool.

Relax! There was no April Fool's joke in the April issue...

Exactly.

Oh, you bet it does!

Yeah, I think we're safely out of snow season by now.