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Don, I have had pretty good luck using a toothpick for very small objects, the trick though is to get the smallest amount of paint on the tooth pick.
Your cars and van look great.
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(09-15-2021, 05:54 AM)Charlie B Wrote: Don, I have had pretty good luck using a toothpick for very small objects, the trick though is to get the smallest amount of paint on the tooth pick.
Your cars and van look great.
Charlie
Good tip Charlie, I'll give it a try. Thanks...
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Nice recovery with the replacement wheels, Don.
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Thanks Wayne, I thought about turning the gemstones facing out to add some bling, but I don't think the local PD would go for that.
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Don,
you have made simply the best out of these junkers
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Thanks guys, these were truly "el cheapo" vehicles, very little detail and about as thin as tissue paper. Whoever painted them also used about a tube of glue on the ones I couldn't take apart. But I enjoyed making them reasonably useful. Got a new project to start now.
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Well done Don!
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Thanks again everyone, I tried, and that's all you can ask for. Success is in the eye of the beholder... Now, here's a very interesting conversation that was overhead by that proverbial fly on the wall:
As Rolland Indough finished his morning coffee, he said, “time to open the bank, now where did I leave those keys?” His wife softly replied, “honey, there are no keys, you’ve been bringing a shoe box full of money down to Main Street and working off of a fold-up table for twenty years now, don’t you think it’s time to buy a real bank building?” Rolland thought for a few seconds and agreed, “there’s that old firehouse they took apart and it’s just laying in that Walther’s warehouse down by the railroad tracks, I bet I can get it for less than $20 and we can assemble it anyway we want”. He added, “Better call and buy it right now before they raise the price.” He was smiling ear to ear as he hopped in the yellow Porsche 210 sitting in his driveway. “Where the heck did this come from?”, he though, then he realized there was no steering wheel, no radio or even a motor in the thing, although it did have some real glitzy-looking wheels.... “Hmm, wonder if I could trade one of those gemstone wheels for that old firehouse”, he thought, always looking at a way to save a buck.
Well, after much negotiations, here’s a photo of the old fire station and what the plans are for turning it into a bank. Nothing is certain until we proceed and try to meet the town building code. No biggie there, in addition to being the only banker in town, Rolland is head of the town building committee.
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I have had several HO versions of that firehouse over the years. I currently have a slightly damaged one and seeing your plans has given me some thoughts about repurposing it.
Looking forward to seeing your progress.
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(09-18-2021, 11:42 AM)ezdays Wrote: Thanks again everyone, I tried, and that's all you can ask for. Success is in the eye of the beholder... Now, here's a very interesting conversation that was overhead by that proverbial fly on the wall:
As Rolland Indough finished his morning coffee, he said, “time to open the bank, now where did I leave those keys?” His wife softly replied, “honey, there are no keys, you’ve been bringing a shoe box full of money down to Main Street and working off of a fold-up table for twenty years now, don’t you think it’s time to buy a real bank building?” Rolland thought for a few seconds and agreed, “there’s that old firehouse they took apart and it’s just laying in that Walther’s warehouse down by the railroad tracks, I bet I can get it for less than $20 and we can assemble it anyway we want”. He added, “Better call and buy it right now before they raise the price.” He was smiling ear to ear as he hopped in the yellow Porsche 210 sitting in his driveway. “Where the heck did this come from?”, he though, then he realized there was no steering wheel, no radio or even a motor in the thing, although it did have some real glitzy-looking wheels.... “Hmm, wonder if I could trade one of those gemstone wheels for that old firehouse”, he thought, always looking at a way to save a buck.
Well, after much negotiations, here’s a photo of the old fire station and what the plans are for turning it into a bank. Nothing is certain until we proceed and try to meet the town building code. No biggie there, in addition to being the only banker in town, Rolland is head of the town building committee. Absolutely genius. Be sure all deposits are insured buy the GERN deposit insurance agency where your funds are 3% safer.
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(09-18-2021, 02:54 PM)Charlie B Wrote: Absolutely genius. Be sure all deposits are insured buy the GERN deposit insurance agency where your funds are 3% safer.
Charlie
They are, and because of that, we can provide a 3% higher return rate.
And yeah Tom, I've had this kit for a while, wondering what I was going to do with it since I already have a smaller fire station on Main St. I can see lots of former banks around town being used as other things (think: hamburger stand where they can lock up those expensive patties every night), but not the other way around, so we'll see how this goes.
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Old German proverb and bankster wisdom: "Was ist schon das Ausrauben einer Bank gegenüber dem Eröffnen einer Bank."
My attempt to translate:
Robbing a bank is peanuts compared against establishing a bank institute.
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(09-19-2021, 03:33 AM)Schraddel Wrote: Old German proverb and bankster wisdom: "Was ist schon das Ausrauben einer Bank gegenüber dem Eröffnen einer Bank."
My attempt to translate:
Robbing a bank is peanuts compared against establishing a bank institute.
Lutz
That's our banker, Rolland Indough's, philosophy exactly. He wrote a book, "How to rob a bank without a gun". It made the best seller's list in the Bankers Weekly Digest newspaper.
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