Beetlebaum

[Modlbldr]

So, I live in Eastern WA state and on 9/20 I ordered a bottle of BMF adhesive off of eBay. The vendor (nothing against them) is in Illinois. Said package was shipped via Economy shipping to my home. Here it is Oct 1 and it still hasn't arrived. Now, I am not really complaining, but this made me think of a story an older friend of mine used to quote from. Whenever we would play cards and he was losing he would say "....and here comes Beetlebaum" so I finally had to look up the reference.

https://youtu.be/Xp9xJ9PbclE

I just didn't know that FedEx used retired old race horses to make deliveries......

Later-

[Brian Austin]

FYI, the name is Feitlebaum .

[peter31a]

1 hour ago, Brian Austin said:

FYI, the name is Feitlebaum .

Yes but the Spike Jones version is beetlebaum. I had a Spike Jones record at one point. This was one of my favourite songs. Probably most of them would be considered politically incorrect these days.

[randyc]

18 hours ago, peter31a said:

Yes but the Spike Jones version is beetlebaum. I had a Spike Jones record at one point. This was one of my favourite songs. Probably most of them would be considered politically incorrect these days.

Wow, been a long time since I heard a Spike Jones reference.   But I can hear it in my head!

[Modlbldr]

7 hours ago, randyc said:

Wow, been a long time since I heard a Spike Jones reference.   But I can hear it in my head!

It's got me thinking of doing a build of drag race team with an old, slow car. "Beetlebaum Racing". Now to find a good subject car. Great. Another project idea.

Later-

[stavanzer]

Tom K.  How about an AMT '58 Chevy, or even the AMT/MPC '76 Caprice? Big, Slow boats.

[Modlbldr]

21 minutes ago, alexis said:

Tom K.  How about an AMT '58 Chevy, or even the AMT/MPC '76 Caprice? Big, Slow boats.

That's along the lines of what I was thinking. An old, worn-out family sedan. I'd like to find a rebuilder of the Johan 75? Cutlass. My old girlfriend had one in the late 80's.

Later-

[randyc]

76 CAPRICE GASSER?  lol

[stavanzer]

Yeah. Makes me want to dig out my kit, and build one. I DO have at least one copy of that kit. I was gonna build it as a Patrol Car of somekind, but a Gasser sounds much more fun.

Now, Where can I find some "Supersonic Elephant" decals?

[randyc]

7 minutes ago, alexis said:

Yeah. Makes me want to dig out my kit, and build one. I DO have at least one copy of that kit. I was gonna build it as a Patrol Car of somekind, but a Gasser sounds much more fun.

Now, Where can I find some "Supersonic Elephant" decals?

I wanna see that!  I don't wanna build it though - you do that!  

[stavanzer]

Stop given' me Ideas, Randy!!

Do I paint it Grey or Pink..........?

454? or Small Block?

Blown or Injected?

Hypersonic Heffalump, Supersonic Elephant, Bronx Bomber, Passionate Pachyderm..........?

So Many questions!

[stavanzer]

Another Famous Beetle Bomb.

USN Blue Angels flew an all Yellow F8F Bearcat, Called Beetle Bomb.

Here is a link.

https://imodeler.com/2019/07/148-hobbyboss-f8f-1-bearcat-beetle-bomb-blue-angels/

 

[Brian Austin]

On 10/2/2019 at 1:22 PM, Brian Austin said:

FYI, the name is Feitlebaum .

OK, I just found the record label does in fact spell it as Beetlebaum.

Nevermind...

[randyc]

18 hours ago, alexis said:

Stop given' me Ideas, Randy!!

Do I paint it Grey or Pink..........?

454? or Small Block?

Blown or Injected?

Hypersonic Heffalump, Supersonic Elephant, Bronx Bomber, Passionate Pachyderm..........?

So Many questions!

Wow, gray and pink never crossed my mind.  But pink over gray might work!  What about a Gasser painted like an LA lowrider?  

Blown with injection? I'm liking Hypersonic Heffalump.