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    Junk Yard Progress Pictures

    Oh , Ok . I guess that whole thread could be transferred to this one if you would -- thanks.
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    Junk Yard Progress Pictures

    Andrew: That thread is almost 40 pages long now , might as well leave them where they are . Perhaps starting a new thread would make it easier to find something rather than wade thru all those pages to find something?
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    Junk Yard Progress Pictures

    Well, for one thing it's going to be smaller, & I think it's smooth to boot. I have not looked at a gum wrapper since I got my dentures, :cry: ,cigarettes don't stick to my teeth. sign1 I use them for running board covers & trunk mats too Here is how they look when they are used for...
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    How about a scale vehicle thread

    Progress Pics on junk yard. OK -- I have been posting pics on the wrong thread , there are a bunch of progress pics on a junkyard Hudson truck in the scratchin & bashing thread . Here are the latest pics, The wood bed is in , a headlight on & the dash in . Not much to go , a bit more...
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    Junk Yard Progress Pictures

    Rats, I had forgotten about the vehicle thread. I've been posting all these pics in the wrong place. I don't whether to delete them all or repost in the right place from now on?
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    Shamus - Health update

    SUPER Good to hear of some improvement Shamus !!!
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    Junk Yard Progress Pictures

    Thanks everybody!! Nice to hear from people who know that just taking a hammer to a model car won't produce a wrecked car ! Non modelers think that should do it!!wall1:curse: Take look at this -- think I'll have any problem passing this "custom 40 Ford off as a HUDSON now? Just wish that...
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    Ebay & A*&&holes !!

    Ok ! Anybody want an MDC "Goose" --- its all wrapped & ready to go all I gotta do is change the address!! sign1
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    Junk Yard Progress Pictures

    Andrew : I make the seat spring base out of a piece of some kind of elastic, here is a pic of it. I have no idea what it's called or where it came from, probably something from a fabric store, I prowl them every now & then they have a lot of very interesting things for a modeler. You just have...
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    Ebay & A*&&holes !!

    I Wish you had Kevin, at least you would have know what yu were bidding on. Probably wouldn't have tried to get me to "come to Jesus" either. sign1
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    Junk Yard Progress Pictures

    Here is the stock hot wheels.
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    Junk Yard Progress Pictures

    Here are a few pics of the progress of turning the "custom 40 ford truck into a hudson truck , which is what it looked like anyway Here is the truck stock , a Hudson truck & the wreck progress. This is the interior , hope the tattered seat comes off OK. OOPS wrong truck in the first...
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    Ebay & A*&&holes !!

    What they did was pull his refund out to hold till the complaint was settled --- AND froze my EBay & paypal account till it was. The only thing really open to me was to "agree to refund" --anything else would have taken forever & in the meantime everything was locked up.
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    Ebay & A*&&holes !!

    I had about gotten over my mad on when I got the kit back -- when I found he had NOT opened it it just all came back . He completely screwed me .
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    Ebay & A*&&holes !!

    Rats!! E Bay sure has fixed sellers with their changes. Sellers have NO options but to do whatever E bay & paypal decides you must. I sold a MDC kit for a Battle Mountain Galloping Goose , for those not familiar with it , I'll describe it : it was a non powered beast made from a box cab...
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    Really bashed vehicles.

    Progress pictures. I've been asked to post progress pics on the junkyard. I did a few last night, today here is a couple of grills I made. The one in the pickup I made with the spatter screen I showed on another thread last night. I soldered the grill surround to the screen, then with a...
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    Need some window screen??

    I already found a use for the screen in the spatter guard. I made a grill for one of the junk yard cars with it. I made a surround with some .025 square wire, soldered it to the screen, then removed the verticle strands & left only the horizontal ones to make grill bars. It will go in the...
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    Need some window screen??

    Oh I will! I wonder if they are more expensive at Victorias Secret than K mart. bounce7
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    Need some window screen??

    You know , I had completely forgotten about the nice mesh in panty hose. I used to use them to cover RC airplanes with years ago. They wouldn't be free for me , no wife to snag them , but still a good idea --- Panty hose -- not a wife .:p
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    Really bashed vehicles.

    The blue truck Hot wheels calls a customized 40 ford . Take a look at the pictures I found when I searched for Hudson Trucks --because thats what the truck reminded me of. Notice that the 51 hudson is at a NEW car showing -- It was a production model!! Looks like a homemade jobbie doesn't...