Harry P. Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 the best is the time I spend with my eight year old granddaughter... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithJackson Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Outside of models, I am into photography and electronics. Of course, I don't really do enough of any of them. As my father says, I am the "Master of unfinished projects". However, I do have a photo blog if anyone is bored enough to take a look. A lot of the pictures were taken with my good friend. We try to get together a couple times a year to do some photo stuff. Our next outing is planned for July to take in the Redbull Global Rallycross race that is being held in Washington DC. Here is a link to my blog:http://www.keithjacksonphotoblog.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Ok, the kitten in the shoe is way too cute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithJackson Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Ok, the kitten in the shoe is way too cute! It crawled in there all on its own and went to sleep. At least until the other cats noticed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollySipper Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I like to do drawings on my computer......... These were done in MS Paint, on my old XP computer............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I collect toys and replicas of the Colt 1911 and Walther P.38. Here's most of my P.38 collection. One is real, one is solid metal, two are nonfiring replicas, and so forth. Someday I'll have to get the 1911s together and photograph them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10thumbs Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Snake, I'd be interested is seeing a pic of your 1911 Collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Snake, I'd be interested is seeing a pic of your 1911 Collection.Will have to see if I can round them all up sometime soon. Lessee, I have a CO2 .177 pellet gun (working), a Topper Johnny Eagle Lieutenant (spendy on eBay these days), two MACOs, one black, one white (!) (I had a bright green one as a kid, long gone now), I think a rubber dart gun, and a water pistol with an actual detachable magazine. One of the coolest is a water pistol replica of a custom combat Commander, with custom grips, enlarged safety, and combat sights. Whoever designed THAT toy was obviously a gun enthusiast. Might have a couple other 1911 squirt guns, too--will have to dig all those out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 (edited) Snake, I'd be interested is seeing a pic of your 1911 Collection. Okay, you talked me into it. I don't think this is all of them, but it's at least most of the cooler ones. Pic includes two REAL 1911s, the CO2 .177 pellet gun, the Johnny Eagle Lieutenant, three squirt guns, one that shoots plastic darts, and the two MACOs, which shoot a little plastic or wood pellet (about 10 feet, IIRC). The two real guns were hobby projects in themselves. A local holstermaker retired a few years ago and he gave me a good deal on all his molding forms--some solid plastic, some solid metal, and some welded-up real guns. It took about 20 hours of work each but I carefully ground the welds off a genuine 1926 Colt 1911A1 and a LW Commander and replaced the welded-up barrels and "top halves" (and some other things, as needed) with "new" parts. Brought them back to life, as it were. Edited April 23, 2016 by Snake45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
花火 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I like to do drawings on my computer......... These were done in MS Paint, on my old XP computer............. talent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollySipper Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Thank You, Hanabi.......! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Okay, you talked me into it. I don't think this is all of them, but it's at least most of the cooler ones. Pic includes two REAL 1911s, the CO2 .177 pellet gun, the Johnny Eagle Lieutenant, three squirt guns, one that shoots plastic darts, and the two MACOs, which shoot a little plastic or wood pellet (about 10 feet, IIRC). Anything from Pyro? They were more a toy and toy guy / ray gun manufacturer than a model maker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Anything from Pyro? They were more a toy and toy guy / ray gun manufacturer than a model maker.Only guns from Pyro I ever knew about were the 1:1 scale model kits of some real old-timey stuff. The only thing in that line that was ever of ANY interest to me was the 1973 Colt SAA (about the newest/latest thing in that line, too). They didn't do toy guns under the Parker name, did they? Parker Plastics (of New Jersey IIRC) pretty much owned the squirt gun bidness in the '60s. I had several of them myself. The "big guns" in toy guns when I was a kid were Mattel, Marx, and Topper. Somebody once did 1:1 scale models of the 1911 and Luger. I believe the 1911 molds went to MACO, who sold assembled guns made from them, like the two shown in my pic (the black and white pair). I have no idea what became of the Luger molds but I remember seeing one on the model shelf of a drugstore about 1964. I would have bought it but the box was open and I was afraid that some vital small part would be missing. I bought one of the 1911s off eBay a decade ago and still have it. Would have built it but the frame is heat-warped in one place, so the boxed kit is just a cool old conversation piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollySipper Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Snake, if you don't mind, I have a quick question........... My old man used to have a .22 rifle made by the Daisy pellet gun company. It had a synthetic stock, and was bolt- action.....How hard would it be to locate another one? It's the first and only .22 I've seen that was made by Daisy............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Snake, if you don't mind, I have a quick question........... My old man used to have a .22 rifle made by the Daisy pellet gun company. It had a synthetic stock, and was bolt- action.....How hard would it be to locate another one? It's the first and only .22 I've seen that was made by Daisy............I've never seen one. I do remember reading about them in old gun magazines. I know they tried to introduce a caseless .22 ammo in a rifle like that (which flopped commercially), but don't think I knew they also did them as regular .22 rifles. I have no idea how hard it would be to find one today or what one might cost. I know there are a lot of Daisy collectors so demand/price might be high. On the other hand, there's little shooter interest in them so price might be reasonable. You could go on one of the gun auction sites like Gunbroker or AuctionArms and see if you can find what they're selling for. Sorry I couldn't be more help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Here's a history of Pyro, the name Parker isn't mentioned but I wouldn't rule it out. I couldn't find a reference to Parker anywhere.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyro_Plastics_CorporationRead the above history, it's pretty interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Snake, if you don't mind, I have a quick question........... My old man used to have a .22 rifle made by the Daisy pellet gun company. It had a synthetic stock, and was bolt- action.....How hard would it be to locate another one? It's the first and only .22 I've seen that was made by Daisy............The rifle you may be thinking of is the Model 2201 Legacy. It was a bolt action single shot .22 not to be confused with their line of rifles that were VL models. There is one on Guns America right now for 170.00. I could not get link to work but a search on that site will take you to that auction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Here's a history of Pyro, the name Parker isn't mentioned but I wouldn't rule it out. I couldn't find a reference to Parker anywhere.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyro_Plastics_CorporationRead the above history, it's pretty interesting Interesting. I never owned, saw, or heard of any toy guns by Pyro when I was a kid ('60s). As I said, nearly all I ever knew of were made by Mattel, Marx, or Topper. Remco and Ideal also did a few but I never took those seriously. I had a Thompson submachine gun made by MACO, who also made the white and black DA 1911s in my pic above. As a kid, I had one of these molded in a bright jungle green and the maker's name was PLACO, but it was the same gun. Been looking for another like it on eBay off and on for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunajammer Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Lots of talk of hobbies in other threads, but I'd sure like to see more PICS of other hobbies our members have. I remember some great homemade grills and smokers, woodworking, collections, etc. I've been drifting over to art lamps, mostly in the steampunk style. I've two in the hopper I'd like to finish before I do another model. This one I finished earlier... This one is in the works. A ray gun lamp that started with this... Painted up like this... ...With conduit running to a lit "power box" like this... ...And sitting on a tower with a base that looks like this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Pretty cool lamps, Mike. My other hobby was stained glass but I just recently sold all my supplies and tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYLIBUD Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Does landscaping count? I redid my whole house's land scraping.And.It took about 4 years to complete it.And now I'm 99% finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 My other hobbies are pretty much car related as well. My main hobby is of course Drag Racing in Stock Eliminator class with our '74 Chevy Malibu. We've been doing this together with my dad since 2013 (I'm driving and we both work as mechanics, too). We have been able to get the car running pretty well now and last year I ran our first 11 second ET with that land barge. Then of course building / restoring 1:1 scale American Cars, currently building a '62 Chevy II as a Gasser for myself. And also I guess listening to old Rock 'n' Roll and Rockabilly music would count as well. Have lots of records at home and I enjoy going to gigs as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYLIBUD Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 8 hours ago, W-409 said: My other hobbies are pretty much car related as well. My main hobby is of course Drag Racing in Stock Eliminator class with our '74 Chevy Malibu. We've been doing this together with my dad since 2013 (I'm driving and we both work as mechanics, too). We have been able to get the car running pretty well now and last year I ran our first 11 second ET with that land barge. Then of course building / restoring 1:1 scale American Cars, currently building a '62 Chevy II as a Gasser for myself. And also I guess listening to old Rock 'n' Roll and Rockabilly music would count as well. Have lots of records at home and I enjoy going to gigs as well. What motor are you running in the Malibu?A friend of mine is restoring a 75 Laguna,and he plans on dropping a big block in it.Also,I really do like your car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Thanks! It's the 350 SBC from 1974 that is just bored .070 over. The Stock Eliminator rules limit very much what can be done to the engine, and because of that we're running with stock 882 heads on it (only valve job done, but stock runners, combustion chambers etc), stock cast iron intake and a Quadrajet. Cam lift has to be stock as well. There are bunch of other limitations, too, but that already gives an idea what can or can't be done. The minimum weight for that combo is 3757 lbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunajammer Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 On 1/5/2019 at 7:09 AM, W-409 said: My other hobbies are pretty much car related as well. My main hobby is of course Drag Racing in Stock Eliminator class with our '74 Chevy Malibu. Didn't you have a Vega? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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