Ace-Garageguy

I'd love to see just exactly how that statute is written in your state legal code.

Whoever builds this thing (I have one going too), just be aware of the massive engine setback, which requires serious firewall and interior surgery, as well as fabbing all the radiator surround sheetmatal, engine mount plate, etc.

What...no Festivus? I'm offended.

Problem comes and goes. This evening the site's been hanging while trying to load photos. Reloading the page seems to force it to go.

Yup. Always wanted one of those, but never ran across one.

Arrived today...a NIB (barely started) HO scale Bowser UP 4-6-6-4 Challenger locomotive kit. Out of production only a few years now, the kit was originally introduced in the early 1950s, and with a careful buildup will rival high-end brass models costing thousands in appearance and performance. It is predominantly high-quality die-cast zamac with brass and steel parts, and requires substantial mechanical skill, particularly to rivet together the tiny, functioning valve gear. A reviewer once said it was one of the strongest pulling loco models in existence, and that it would "pull the rear bumper off of a '57 Chevy". Only two of the 105 real engines remain in existence. One is on static display, and the other, ex-UP 3985, is being restored to operating condition for the second time as I write this. https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/3985/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The same company, Bowser, manufactured the HO scale Pennsy T1 locomotive kit I bought a few years back, from tooling purchased from Penn Line...another kit that dates from the 1950s. Sadly, not a single one of these fantastic machines escaped the scrapper's torch, but there is an ongoing project to build a full-scale functioning replica from original blueprints. https://prrt1steamlocomotivetrust.org/

Nah. A real cowboy doesn't strain his coffee. He chews it.

Merry Christmas to you too, and to everyone who looks at this thread.

Merry Christmas 2023

Howard the Duck's more like it.

Cowboy coffee.

Navy beans and Spam chili...it just doesn't get any better.

Ohhh!!! The humanity!!!!!

Yup, the only time I see commercials these days is with the news streams...which more and more I just watch long enough to see if anybody has nuked anybody else yet, so I can start practicing my old duck-and-cover moves.

Poverty is what you make it, and Spam isn't really all that bad for every meal.

Funny you should mention that. I fix things with bad power cords all the time by reusing stuff like that. The RCA connectors on cables are appropriate for hooking up all kinds of "obsolete" sound system components in cars for troubleshooting, etc. (my in-home system is "obsolete" too, and outperforms anything I've ever heard), and that old reel of Cat-5 cable I pulled out of a dumpster connects all the hardwired sensors around my house. I just re-corded an electric engraver with a carbide tip (still working fine after 40+ years) using an old cord salvaged from something else. Guess if I was a smart and hot-hip-happenin' mod-ren kinda guy, I would have thrown it all out and bought a bunch of cheap offshore POS that would quit in a couple years max, out-of-warranty, or with disappeared websites and zero support. Sorry fellas. I can think of plenty of better uses for money.

I'm right there with you, but with real-car parts and "obsolete" tools. Funny how much of what was viewed as scrap metal back then is worth its weight in gold now.

Thank you, sir. Hoping to get a little more time on her after Christmas.

Another one I have no clue about...

I'm getting this message frequently as of this morning's site activity from Chrome (had to login from Firefox to post this) Gateway Timeout The gateway did not receive a timely response from the upstream server or application.

Not as funny as tap water in a bottle is available for sale to drink.

Nah. I just have a head full of mostly useless knowledge.

Did you design and print this little guy? If so, very nice work indeed.

Nope. First off, it's not a Chrysler hemi. It's a DeSoto, which is an entirely different engine (though produced by Chrysler Corporation in the same period, it shares nothing with the Chrysler-branded engine). Second, it's in the AMT '53 Ford pickup, not the Revell '56. The optional engine in the Revell '56 is a Pontiac.