Harry P.

Jairus, looks like you are right!

Hmmmm... several other sources say it's not true. I'm going to have to dig into this a little more...

http://www.snopes.com/lost/poseidon.asp And many other sources.

Another interesting fact about Titanic: Even though the Titanic carried more than 2,200 people (passengers and crew combined), there were only 20 lifeboats (16 wooden boats and 4 collapsible ones) with a total capacity of about 1,100 people. In the best-case scenario, even if all the lifeboats had been filled to capacity, at least half of the people on board were doomed to die. But because of the chaos and confusion, most of the lifeboats were actually launched with only a few people on board, far below their capacity. Originally the Titanic was to be fitted with 64 wooden lifeboats, giving a lifeboat capacity of about 4,000... more than enough to accommodate the ship's maximum capacity of 3,600 people (passengers and crew combined). But the ship's owners felt that all those lifeboats would make the decks look too cluttered. And existing law at the time only required a ship like Titanic to have a total lifeboat capacity of about 1,100 (16 lifeboats) anyway. So in fact, even though Titanic's lifeboat capacity (16 wooden boats plus the 4 collapsibles) was only enough to accommodate roughly half the people on board, the lifeboat capacity actually exceeded the minimum requirements of the time! And most people who died didn't drown... they froze to death, because the water was so cold.

From what I've read, the fourth funnel contained air vents for the first class smoking room, the engine and boiler rooms and the galley, and a ladder (ladder from what, I don't know. Or why there was a ladder in there in the first place and what was the point of climbing up inside the funnel?). So on a cold day you would see a bit of steam coming out of the fourth funnel, but not thick black smoke like the other three, which were the actual engine exhaust stacks.

Pretty close vote: 25 REAL, 33 MODEL. It's a MODEL! 1/8 scale, scratchbuilt (not a kit).

The court just ruled in their favor... that is, they have the right to do what they do. Kind of ironic that their right to mock dead soldiers (freedom of speech) is protected by the Constitution of the United States, and the United States is protected by the very soldiers that they mock.

Where is the engine from?

Also: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10064748

Maybe the most ironic bit of trivia about the Titanic: On the night it sank, D.W. Griffith's 1911 movie "The Poseidon Adventure" (about a sinking ocean liner!) was the movie being shown in the second class dining room! True!

I think those are all rebadged Testor kits. None of them are new, they've been on the market for a while, IIRC, under different brand names.

Titanic trivia: Did you know that only three of the four funnels are "real?" The designers added the fourth one because they thought the ship looked cooler with four, and they thought people would be more impressed with a ship that had four funnels instead of only three.

I have this model waiting to be built. Yours turned out well. The kit is pretty nice, and having the PE parts that replace the plastic molded parts is a nice option (you can use either the plastic molded parts or their PE replacement, the kit supplies both).

No, it doesn't. As long as the bottle is tightly sealed it'll last forever. I bought a bottle several years ago, it's now more than half empty but what there is left in the bottle is exactly as the day I bought it.

They still make it, but now it's called "Pledge with Future Shine." Different label, different (and stupid) new name... same product as before.

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I guess the guy who paid $1,000 for his must feel pretty bad right now...

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

Where's the log???

Which kit are you talking about? There are a couple of new Moebius kits due out.

The car is a 2010 VW Saveiro (sold in Brazil). http://www.chrisleso.com/new-2010-volkswagen-saveiro-compact-pickup-truck/ Who got it right: sjordan2 The Creative Explorer MrObsessive Badluck13 stasch trogdor Draggon mark taylor carsntrucks4you mr moto Nitro Neil publicsafety

Don't really know what to say. I found this while doing a search for something else. Let the commentary begin!

If you call the number listed on the masthead and tell them what happened, they'll send you a replacement copy.

How many times while building a model do you come to a point where it would be incredibly helpful if you had three hands? It happens all the time. You need to hold the model with one hand, then you still need two hands to do whatever it is you need to do. I build a lot of 1/9 scale motorcycles, which are fragile. They have a lot of thin, weak and highly breakable parts, and they're not that easy to hold (where do you grab on without breaking off something?) For example, say I need to attach various engine parts or linkages or footpegs or things like that. How do I hold the model in one hand and attach the parts? It's kind of awkward. My solution is a piece of foam. I got it in the fabrics section of Hobby Lobby. The foam is used for seat cushions, stuffing pillows, etc. It comes in various sizes and thicknesses, I use a piece 1" thick and 12" square. Now I can lay the model down on the foam and work on it. The foam surface is soft enough so that small and fragile protruding parts on a model bike (like handlebars, shifters, etc.) won't break off. Plus, the model won't slide around while you try to attach parts. The foam is the perfect surface for laying down awkwardly-shaped or fragile models (like motorcycles) and letting you keep your two hands available for building.

A friend of yours spray painted the inside of the glass black??? Why???