JollySipper

It's cool that some of you like licorice.... A lot of people don't! Right after Easter, the local 'dollar' stores have huge bags of jelly beans for cheap. You can get a whole bag of just black licorice jelly beans...... Mom does that most years. Things like melting Rolos onto pretzels, no-bake cookies......... The best thing she makes are Ritz crackers with peanut butter in them, then dipped in white chocolate!

I used to have a scary looking but very sweet EBT..... It's usually the more intimidating looking dogs that make the best pets, as their demeanor rarely matches their look!

Emmett's couch is oriented to where he can look out the front door......... That's all we get to do right now, as it's raining out!

The realist lesson that I've learned in life is that we're all kind of alone in our ordeal.........

On this old build, I used Dark Garnet Red Pearl DupliColor over gray primer.........

Here's another from Kokoroko! Their other albums are more like RnB, where this first album is all jazz songs..........

Knew a good dog then, you did, because Goldens are usually sweet and friendly dogs........

'Station' is a Meat Puppets' song, and another musical reference is St. Elsewhere, which is an album by Gnarls Barkley.........

Final primer on the NSX.......... Rustoleum primer really is good to work with. It sands smooth and holds up to the lacquer paints really well. Just steer away from using their paints for bodies! This will get DupliColor..........

Something that always leaves me wondering........ The way things are packaged, food stuffs are nearly impossible to open sometimes, but cleaners and chemicals, most you just open the lid and there it is! Bleach and Draino have a 'childproof' lid, but most others don't......

Now, That would be nice, an LS swap! There must be thousands of those engines in the pick-n-pulls here.......... Even the little 5.3 would be plenty........

Got a bit more done to the Acura......... Pretty much finished with the chassis and interior! I still need to apply the decals to the center caps and install them.

Thanks for the replies, fellas! Here's a link to the ad for the truck, so you can have a better idea of it's condition...... https://raleigh.craigslist.org/pts/d/raleigh-1989-mazda-b2600i-5spd-manual/7862640615.html I wouldn't be against swapping in another stock truck engine, but the one in it has a bunch of miles on it, so it may not be worth a rebuild.........

This is kinda the reason I was thinking the Miata would be a good donor, it being RWD........ and there's a bunch of them around here! I'm sure the engines are nothing alike, but I had a Mazda hatchback for a while as a work car. It held up until 250K miles! The clutch finally went out...... That little car got me to a bunch of jobs!

Here goes my question...... I've found what could be a cool little project pickup on Craigslist. The guy only wants $300 for it. It would need an engine, but is otherwise in good shape! So that has me wondering, has anyone ever swapped a Miata engine into anything? The little truck is a Mazda, and short of an RX7 engine, I believe the Miata would be a peppy little transplant. Here's a pic from the ad............ I can just picture it with fender flares and a sticky wheel and tire combo to aid in enjoying the little engine! A bit of a corner carver........... So, what say my mechanic friends? Would a Miata engine be a good idea?

Dad had a little gruffer version........... 'Don't let your mocking bird mouth overrun your hummingbird behind' He had a way with words..........

Forgotten old songs like 'Bird Dog' by the Everly Brothers mention their 'quail', and that you were to leave their lovey dove alone.........

I hate that you're having snake problems! I've always heard that mothballs will drive them away.......... Depending on where you are located, you might have King Snakes around. They eat the lesser snakes, along with rats and such.....

A line from a Beastie Boys song that hits similar......... 'Darkness isn't the opposite of light, it's the Absence of light'

Details that can't be done cleanly by myself usually get omitted, as poorly done details do more to detract from the model than them being left out.......

Hamburgers here are sometimes topped with chili and cole slaw........

We've got us a rolling chassis now! Also put on the initial primer coat. It's Rustoleum flat black primer......... It will get some clean up and another coat before it gets it's silver/gray paint job.

Hangover symptoms include doing the technicolor yawn, or calling 'Ralph' on the big white phone...........

"his brain is squirming like a toad........."

That really makes a huge difference! Armor-All used to make this stuff called 'Armor Plate', which did exactly the same thing that your mixture did. We used it a lot at the detail shop I worked at as a teen........ Good for hiding swirl marks and the like too.