Harry P.

The first movie you took your future wife to see was Pink Flamingos???!!! Wow, that's hardcore dating!

A company called Xonex made 1/6 scale diecast models of all the Schwinn "Krates"... I have the Apple Krate (not this one, I found this photo online). They are very detailed, pretty cool models. Hard to find these days... they pop up on ebay once in a while, but not very often.

You can always save any image you see on screen by taking a "screen shot" or "screen grab."

Yeah, my Motobecane is a "big boy" bike!

I used to be able to ride a wheelie for a long way back then. "Stingray" type bikes were all the rage and I was pretty good at doing wheelies. My buddy Jose Gamboa had a gold Stingray, don't remember the brand, but I could ride that baby on the back wheel almost down the whole block! Good times! This thread is bringing back so many great memories...

When I was a kid Raleigh had a bike that I suppose was a response to Schwinn's Krates... it had a very unusual "wedge" type frame. For the life of me I can't remember what it was called. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

Andy, the Motobecane is a 27" with an extra long seat post (I'm 6'7" and that's mostly leg). That bike has seen many miles without a single problem. Beautiful bike.

Then there's the old "throw it against a brick wall" technique. It'll take apart the worst glue bomb every time...

I have a "newish" Trek 21 speed mountain bike, and an old Motobecane 10 speed from back when I was a kid (mid '70s). I used to ride it all the time, sometimes for 20-30 miles at a stretch. Then a few years ago I put the Trek away for the winter... and haven't ridden since. I really don't know why. I'll have to dust that baby off and get back to riding regularly, which was probably the only good habit I had! As far as the Motobecane, it's a really nice bike, beautiful candy blue. It's in good shape, even though I put a lot of miles on it back in the day. I wonder if it's worth anything to a collector?

I love that red Kustom Kroozer with the white tires!

Oh, yeah, you're probably right. I was thinking the 8-stack deal.

Hmmm... you'd need a bunch of headphones to do one model! Not exactly feasible...

Speaking of bikes... does anyone have an original Schwinn Apple Krate, Orange Krate, Lemon Peeler, Pea Picker, etc. from the late '60s-early '70s? Those bikes are very collectible and in good condition can go for big bucks.

What, no curb feelers???

I bet the rear wing on the Charger makes it go really fast!

Maybe it's just me... but it sure is nice to see a stock Mercury for a change!

A couple of his models are in the MCM contest issue.

Last post was Feb. 11...

Time to play games! Real or model? The answer: MODEL!

Uh, no. Would anyone???

That headlight fad has been going on for a while now. Seems like they're all "hopping" on the bandwagon!

Looks like it's melting...

I didn't write the software...

A couple of ways to do it. 1. Hold the area you want to dent over a candle flame until soft, then use a tool (a spoon, a screwdriver, whatever) to form the "dents." The downside to this technique is that you have to be very careful to get the body just soft enough to be able to "dent" it but not so soft that it starts to deform, or worse yet, melt or catch fire. It's kind of tricky, styrene has a very short "window of opportunity" between "soft" and "total meltdown." 2. A safer way is to heat up a spoon over a candle flame until it's hot, then use the hot spoon to form the dents. Obviously you'll need an oven mitt or something to hold the spoon as you heat it. 3. Another way, and a way that gives you total control but is more labor-intensive, is to cut away the part of the body you want to dent, make a replacement body panel out of thick aluminum sheet (like an aluminum pie tin or roasting pan) or brass sheet and "dent" that piece. It's not easy, it takes a lot of skill to cut away the plastic panel and replace it with an aluminum or brass replacement.

Yeah, thanks for that!