Mine's no secret-I'm a life long scale modeler. A bit of my work is posted in the appropriate thread. I also build R/C aircraft (kits, not ARFs) and my own furniture. Also enjoy putting little holes in paper targets from great distances on occasion.
Recent Battle of Britain anniversary builds:
Yeah, a lot of changes in the hobby since I got into it. All my radios will have to be upgraded. My cornerstone was an Airtronics 7 channel and I don't even know if they're in the business any more-never looked. Pretty sure that pile of Futaba FM radios are right out too.
Pretty boat. Love the...
I've planted plenty of balsa trees back in the day, but fly?
I got into the hobby way over my head in 1990 or so. The body shop I was working at the time had a customer with a '64ish Ford Falcon ragtop he wanted painted and we got to talking about the PT-40 my GF bought me for Christmas that...
Oddly, I had more blue ones than any other color.
Can't directly answer the question but I can share this: Green cars are the least likely to catch the attention of law enforcement officers. Of course, red is the most likely.
I always thought Queensrÿche's Operation: Mindcrime was the quintessential 80's rock album. SO much good stuff on there:
Empire came out in 1990.
I was big hair back in the 70's so when the 80's came along I was right in it. So many good shows, too many bands to list. I've been in a...
I know he was an Englishman and this is an international board, but according to the Constitution (and if there's any truth to "mean spiteful manner"), yes. Yes it was.
The fires on board after the Japanese attack got out of control and the ship had to be abandoned. You don't abandon a ship in a combat zone and leave it for the enemy to recover. The death of USS Hornet after the Battle of Santa Cruz is a very telling story of scuttling a Yorktown Class...
I have a book of verse packed away somewhere that dates back to the 1880s (1882 I believe). My oldest personal possession is (of course) a stuffed animal. Mom bought my sister and I a stuffed kangaroo with a baby in it's pouch when I was maybe 3 or 4 years old, making it over 50 years old. She...
I did battle with migraines some years ago when I was working the night shift. Even experienced a migraine aura once at work and thought I was going blind. Endured some pretty extensive testing (including a CT scan) and it was when an eye doctor showed me an artist's rendition of an aura that...
Slept right through it. Little Dog might have noticed but I had no idea until I surfed on the news that morning.
Had my fair share of them when I was living in NoCal tho...
Ken
In an exciting development, Martin Shkreli has been named CEO of Photobucket. You'll not see any change in your Photobucket experience but there may be changes in our pricing structure.
PB Press Release
FWIW.
Ken
All my scale modeling discussion groups are pretty torn up about this. A couple of them are still Network54 and they sponsor PB. I had to stop using photosuckit some 6-7 years ago when the ads started hanging up my browser. About a month ago I started picking through my accounts saving photos I...
I work in the business so I have trouble remembering all the bands I've seen. I'm working now in semi-retirement I suppose at the local university fieldhouse. They book shows during the school season and the last one was Def Leppard/Poison/Tesla. I spent a significant chunk of my life working as...
There's a scene earlier when Harrison is talking to someone at a stoplight and you can see the steering column in the '55 move around with his movements.
You didn't sit on a stranger's car unless you were looking for trouble. You really didn't sit on a nice paint job. And only the naughty...
Agreed (I feel the same way about ozzy, but my anti-ozzy rant is not appropriate for a public forum :silent: ). Besides, he didn't join The Who, he was a founding member. That band made him, and way to bite the hand that feeds, there, Pete.
Ken
I'm in Quincy-it's a couple hours northeast of Chico up in the mountains. Close enough to Reno that it's where I do my shopping. Being a long time Wisconsin resident, I have no idea where Martinez is :-k
Ken
Having lived in NoCal for a few years now, I can say if I was looking for a "rust free" car I would look in New Mexico. Maybe.
Another option to consider (be it this car or a different one) is to find a bodyman to do it as a sidejob. I do them from time to time and the last one (a 65 Mustang...
'96 Grand Prix. Bought it in 2004. I've replaced the 3.1 with a 3.4, new transmission, front & rear suspension and painted it back in 06. It's done me well but it's starting to get tired. Time to get that Lexus, I think :-P
Ken
I currently run the paint shop for a government contractor-we restore/remanufacture ground support equipment for Lockheed aircraft. I have a long history of auto body work, most of it in frame off rotisserie restorations. No pics from the "old days", but I get the occasional side job and here's...