Harry P.

And the other side of that coin is that WE have a section for airplanes and anything else called "Other Models."

The answer: 1988-91 Gurgel BR800. Not too many right answers on this one... only: carsntrucks4you Junkman Badluck 13 trogdor MIKE THE MANIAC mr chips Chillyb1 More here: http://en.wikipedia....i/Gurgel_BR-800

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I can see making a 1/25 scale engine with internal parts that move... but to make it actually run? As in internal combustion, cams moving rods that open valves. etc? Not in 1/25 scale, unless you had a few million bucks worth of incredibly precise and accurate machine tools and some sort of miracle alloy that you could create 1/25 scale cams, valves, etc. that would be strong enough to actually take the physical stresses,

It's basically impossible at 1/25 scale, even in metal. The tolerances would have to be microscopic.

Even if plastic would actually work, the size of the internal pieces needed (cam, connecting rods, etc.) would be so tiny that they couldn't possibly take any stress at all. It would never work.

The only point I was making is that Future is clear acrylic, not a lacquer or an enamel. Yeah, it's not 100% pure acrylic, it has certain additives. But I would assume that any "hobby" acrylic also contains additives. As far as whether or not it's safer than Tamiya acrylic? Don't know, but my guess would be that a clear acrylic is pretty much the same no matter who makes it as far as any health hazards are concerned. I doubt that Future would be any more dangerous or hazardous than any "hobby" acrylic.

Nice!

Looks real! And your photos are great.

I was assured when I signed on to this forum that participation here would not involve math...

They have a lot more going on than just the airport! http://www.miniatur-...lerie/overview/ Scale is HO: http://www.miniatur-wunderland.com/exhibit/technology/

Do they park on the sidewalk in Russia?

Remember, don't post any hints or answers here. PM me with year, make and model. The answer: 1988-91 Gurgel BR-800

Doesn't the idea of letting people post topics and then immediately lock them, thereby basically insuring a "one way" conversation, run counter to the whole idea of what a "forum" is supposed to be all about? It's like having a "debate" where person A gets to state his side but person B isn't allowed to reply.

Send me five bucks and we'll call it even... Actually, since it's a slot car body I probably should have put it in the "Model Car Racing" section...

I don't know where all this talk of showgirls suddenly came from, but "Showgirls" was on TV the other day. Of course the "narrative" was hard to follow because they chopped out all the juicy parts!

When you copy and paste a long link here it automatically gets shortened. Still works, though. For example, click on this link... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ford-Galaxy-promo-model-car-1966-/320751064762?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aae40d6ba Then check how long the address really is.

And my guess is that it's a whole lot safer than any clear lacquer or enamel.

Future is nothing more than clear acrylic. It doesn't discolor over time. And it doesn't crack either, at least not in my experience.

I would agree. And since America is such a large country, the percentage of long trips taken is higher than in Europe. In America the car is king, the plane takes over when the distance dictates it, and the trains are left to collect dust (at least as far as passenger service goes. Railroads are used in the US mainly for the shipping of goods cross country).

I know what you mean. Sometimes I wonder what he is smoking!

In order to be a viable enterprise, Amtrak should at least break even. Why not even make a buck or two? The fact that is doesn't proves that the economic model doesn't work. There simply aren't enough people willing to use the system to cover the system's cost of operation. American taxpayers are being forced to fund a transportation system that we don't want to use... at least not in numbers enough for it to make sense, financially. You can't hold a gun to the people's collective head and force them to ride the train. And left to their own devices, Americans in general have shown to prefer their own car over rail travel for almost all short-to-medium trips, and airplanes for long-distance trips. In America the trains are basically limited to tourists and vacationers with plenty of time on their hands (NY to LA takes days, a plane will make the trip in a couple of hours). They are not a serious form of day-to-day transportation.

It would seem to me that if rail travel was what people wanted, many more people would use it. We have a pretty comprehensive passenger rail grid here, yet Amtrak can't turn a profit. Makes you wonder... Yes, we spend tax money on the roads. But that money is collected largely from the taxation of gas, so the peole who use the roads pay for their upkeep, which is as it should be. But every American taxpayer is forced to subsidize Amtrak (via federal tax $$$). I've never ridden Amtrak in my life, yet I've had the "privilege" of contributing to it for many years.

That's weird. I typed the words into my sig, there can't be an embedded link. And like Gregg, I don't see those links. Very strange..

What makes you think he doesn't already do that anyway???