Harry P.

This is the last model I ever got from DM, a 1948 Chevy. The quality of the detail, the fit and finish, the paint, etc. speaks for itself. Check out the upholstery pattern, for example. DM had it going on... too bad they came to such a sad end. Nobody did 1/24 diecast models better.

Oops. Right you are.

Wow! That is a beautiful model! I had no idea something like this existed in that scale.

The website is temporarily shut down, due to the overwhelming amount of orders coming in. http://modelhaus.com/maintenance.html

That's pretty cool! I like it.

Perfect.

"Classicgas" looks to be a new screen name being used by a former member who was banned. So "Classicgas" has been locked out from posting. This whole DrDevil/chopperlover/Classicgas thing is getting on my nerves. My suspicion is that it's all one person using multiple accounts. I can't prove that, but from what I have dug up, it sure looks like that. So to be on the safe side, I locked him out for the sake of the forum.

Midnight Rambler is a great song!

Got an email from my youngest daughter today. She wants me to move downstate so I would be closer to her and her sister (who both live downstate). Totally out of the blue. But I have to say, I was touched that she wants me to move so I would be closer to her and her sister. Maybe a small thing, but if you're a parent, you understand...

Agreed! A real beauty! Did you blackwash the wheels or are they just that well molded? Either case, they look great.

Are you saying that model is scratchbuilt? Awesome!

I sent Jim Haught an email earlier today.

This show was only two hours... guess they're not gettin' any younger!

You want to talk parts count on a vintage kit? Here ya go... Pocher Rolls Royce Torpedo Phanton II Convertible... 2,905 parts.

Wow... you could build that kit during a commercial break...

NO POLITICS, please. Just a huge "attaboy" to Mick, Keith, Charlie, Ronnie, and friends for playing in front of an estimated half million people in Havana the other day, at no charge, in an effort to bring people together. Way to go, Stones.

Wow. That is pretty ridiculous.

Is the separatist movement still alive? Geez, you'd think that with Justin Trudeau having been elected PM, the Frenchies would be happy... Ooops... that politics. Can't say that here. Oh, wait...that's Canadian politics. Never mind, I'm ok...

When you're in youtube, on your video's page, all you do is copy the URL address (at the top of your browser window) and paste it here. Presto! We see the video!

There can never be any forgiveness for Justin Bieber! In fact, Justin Bieber is Exhibit A for why we need a wall on our northern border!!!

Now that's a cool idea!

I'm not a customer so I have no firsthand knowledge, but I have heard good things about LifeLock. They monitor everything, work to prevent identity theft, and I think they offer a million dollar ID theft guaranteed coverage. Might be worthwhile to check them out. Like I said, not a customer... so this isn't any sort of recommendation. But I have heard good things about their services.

It's a muddled picture. From what I've been able to find, this locomotive was based on Trevithick's previous 1802 Coalbrookdale locomotive, which was very similar in appearance and function, but the Pen-y-Darren had several differences. Apparently no drawings of the Pen-y-Darren exist... so it's anybody's guess as to which configuration is correct (front-mounted piston rods and guide bars or rear-mounted). Obviously, operating recreations have been made in both configurations, but I guess there's no way for sure to know which is correct.

You can't be serious! That's bothering you? If the instructions don't say which is which, then you can decide. Problem solved.

Matt... I guess it depends on whose recreation you want to believe... http://www.f-lohmueller.de/pov_anim/ani_6020d.htm