Harry P.

Yeah, the trolley assembly is apparently not particularly accurate... where the kit calls for wrapping the joints with thread, it looks like the real thing has some sort of mechanical fasteners. Oh well... too late now, I'm not going to go back and re-do the trolley. But the photos on that site do reinforce a lot of things that I was questioning. The kit is actually a lot more accurate that I thought it was.

I'd need a minimum of three drinks to sit through that.

Oh man! I wish I had those photos before I started this! Better late than never, though. Thanks, Skip. Once again the master of online research comes through!

Uh, aren't they sisters?

And this?

Killer live version of Neil Diamond's "Solitary Man" by Chris Isaak and Stevie Nicks...

Welcome aboard! Glad to have you join our little family...

Who is this?

Mick said it years ago... Time waits for no one...

The Shah-ette of Iran?

Rich, sorry about that. I generally ignore my email on the weekends... it's a welcome relief from the chaos of Monday-Friday client email mania. Yes, I got it.

Don't know what to tell you. I see what I see. And so do others. To start with, no need to post images at 300dpi when standard monitor resolution is 72dpi. And BTW... regardless of the image size thing, that's a beautiful model, squished or not. Superb!

I'm assuming the kit designers based their work on an actual Stuttgart tram. I couldn't find any photos of that particular Stuttgart tram that showed the trolley details, but I did find this photo of a Hungarian tram car. Same era, very similar trolley structure. If you look closely, it does look like the trolley joints are wrapped somehow...

21 inch monitor.

Doesn't work for me.

Here is a screen shot of what I see on my monitor...

And Steve Ferrone used to be in Average White Band!

You need to reduce the size of your photos. They are waaaaaaaay too big, exceeding the size limits of the forum, and look "squished" because of that. Your photos are 300 dpi. Standard screen resolution is 72 dpi. I resized this photo to 9x6 at 72 dpi...

If you're shaving and putting on makeup, you have bigger problems...

Just following the instructions. Maybe the real thing had some sort of wrapped joint? Don't know... I can't find any photos online that shows that detail.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Mike Campbell (lead guitar), Benmont Tench (keyboards), Ron Blair (bass), Scott Thurston (guitar, keyboards, harmonica), and Steve Ferrone (drums).

And here she is, many years later... same song but with a full band, doing it live. Benmont Tench from the Heartbreakers on keys...