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Re: Using scale people ? - Tom - 07-06-2009
eightyeightfan1 Wrote:Ok Ralph.....
Big...Glass windows......Interior!!
Church St Pizza.
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Is that dude in line scratching his butt?
Re: Using scale people ? - Tom - 07-06-2009
But does anyone make a 30 something year old Soccer mom driving an SUV, talking on a cell phone, chugging a Starbucks (ew!) and painting her toe nails while driving? That's what we see often on the roads and freeways in the Peoples Communist Republik of Kaliphornia. I have a good friend that can do her makeup and talk on the phone while steering with the tops of her thighs (if she is wearing shorts, tight Levi's or a skirt) while doing 80 down the freeway. Scares the crap out of me!
Re: Using scale people ? - eightyeightfan1 - 07-06-2009
Tom Wrote:But does anyone make a 30 something year old Soccer mom driving an SUV, talking on a cell phone, chugging a Starbucks (ew!) and painting her toe nails while driving? That's what we see often on the roads and freeways in the Peoples Communist Republik of Kaliphornia. I have a good friend that can do her makeup and talk on the phone while steering with the tops of her thighs (if she is wearing shorts, tight Levi's or a skirt) while doing 80 down the freeway. Scares the crap out of me!
Gees..Talk about multi-tasking.
Re: Using scale people ? - nkp_174 - 07-06-2009
Tom Wrote:But does anyone make a 30 something year old Soccer mom driving an SUV, talking on a cell phone, chugging a Starbucks (ew!) and painting her toe nails while driving? That's what we see often on the roads and freeways in the Peoples Communist Republik of Kaliphornia. I have a good friend that can do her makeup and talk on the phone while steering with the tops of her thighs (if she is wearing shorts, tight Levi's or a skirt) while doing 80 down the freeway. Scares the crap out of me!
Comrade,
I must confess that sometimes I shave while I drive. At first, it drove my wife crazy, but now she accepts it as normal since I only check the mirror at red lights. I seem to have inherited it from my father.
Don't forget the decals for the car! Some of them have to have their signage!
Re: Using scale people ? - Tom - 07-06-2009
Decals for the back window: "My kid beat up your honor student", & "I'm bored, flash me". If I could make them in white and small enough to fit the back window of HO vehicles and still readable, I'd do it.
Re: Using scale people ? - foulrift - 07-06-2009
Ever try driving an 18 wheeler while eating a double beef Whopper and trying to read a road map? I have!!! That was in my younger days.
I remember when I took my driving test the tractor I used had two shifters in it and during the road test I went to shift I steadied the wheel with my leg and used both hands to shift. Not the preferred method and it scared hell out of the guy giving me the test. BTW,I did pass the test. 
Bob
Re: Using scale people ? - eightyeightfan1 - 07-06-2009
Tom Wrote:Decals for the back window: "My kid beat up your honor student", & "I'm bored, flash me". If I could make them in white and small enough to fit the back window of HO vehicles and still readable, I'd do it.
HO scale Garfield stuck to a back window?
One of those stickers that look like a baseball hit the window.
How about one of those Halloween decorations where it looked like a witch on a broom smacked into your backend.
Christmas wreath..on the grill?
Intersesting details, and with a little work, could be done.
Re: Using scale people ? - Sumpter250 - 07-07-2009
Quote:But does anyone make a 30 something year old Soccer mom driving an SUV, talking on a cell phone, chugging a Starbucks (ew!) and painting her toe nails while driving? That's what we see often on the roads and freeways in the Peoples Communist Republik of Kaliphornia. I have a good friend that can do her makeup and talk on the phone while steering with the tops of her thighs (if she is wearing shorts, tight Levi's or a skirt) while doing 80 down the freeway.
No........and my LPBs would kill me, as I slept, if I ever scratchbuilt one!
Ever since "texting" started, I've had to drive more miles of "shoulder", than highway. My choices have gotten rather thin!
a. die in a head on crash with a texting driver.
b. die in a head on crash with a tree, trying to avoid choice a.
Where are the "Mothers Against Distracted Drivers" when you need them!
:oops: :oops: I forgot!. . . . . Cell phones weren't "made by the devil"
Re: Using scale people ? - Sumpter250 - 07-07-2009
The next most needed invention....
A mandatory Cell Phone/"electronic device" jammer, that comes on the moment the key is inserted in the ignition, and doesn't shut down until the key is removed!
It's "for the children".
Re: Using scale people ? - nkp_174 - 07-07-2009
Sumpter250 Wrote::oops: :oops: I forgot!. . . . . Cell phones weren't "made by the devil"
I recently made friends with a gentleman from Saudi Arabia whom said that many Saudis did believe that radios (when they arrived in their country) worked because there were demons in them. Just like in Borat, he said that "Made in Israel" gets a similar reaction.
Texting while driving is quite insane...unless you are at a red light.
Re: Using scale people ? - nachoman - 07-07-2009
Sumpter250 Wrote:Ever since "texting" started, I've had to drive more miles of "shoulder", than highway. My choices have gotten rather thin!
a. die in a head on crash with a texting driver.
b. die in a head on crash with a tree, trying to avoid choice a.
Now we are getting way off topic, but my state legislature decided against a ban on texting while driving. I am glad they got that hot button issue settled as opposed to, say, passing a budget before the July 1st deadline
I can't wait until the next election...
Re: Using scale people ? - MountainMan - 07-07-2009
Tom Wrote:But does anyone make a 30 something year old Soccer mom driving an SUV, talking on a cell phone, chugging a Starbucks (ew!) and painting her toe nails while driving? That's what we see often on the roads and freeways in the Peoples Communist Republik of Kaliphornia. I have a good friend that can do her makeup and talk on the phone while steering with the tops of her thighs (if she is wearing shorts, tight Levi's or a skirt) while doing 80 down the freeway. Scares the crap out of me!
That sounds like a large-scale diorama in the making!