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KenM

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  1. Yes it was fuel conservation as the had long distances to go before getting into the fight.  The Yamamoto raid  600 miles out in a round about way and 400 straight back, the grey was caused by the lead in the fuel. You could see that on on cars from the sixties, I remember coming back from the Street Machine Nationals in St. Paul MN in 1977 my buddies 70 Hemi Cuda  had grey almost white exhaust tips going down the highway great mileage to almost 12MPG !!!

    Ken

  2. 1 hour ago, okthree said:

    Agreed

     

    Back 30+ years ago when Sports Illustrated named Greg Lemond Sportsman of the Year your typical Joe Six Pack sports fan was all up in arms about it.  The common complaint was “he’s no athlete, all he did was ride his bike for 21 days”.  Those complainers didn’t understand the stamina required to complete the Tour let alone the strategy require to win.   
     

    The top NFL players are for the most part a bunch of overpaid cry babies. 

    What Greg LeMond did to beat Laurent Fingon in the final time trail in the 1989 Tour de France was unbelievable to make up 50 seconds  and beat him by 8, Fingon should have cut off his pony tail.

    Ken

  3. Yeah that's a tough one because you rarely see a P-47 with the flaps down, as Joe says natural metal since the first M came off the assembly line Oct. 8 1944 According to Warren Bodie's book. It will look cool I did Dottie Dee II about 12 years ago still looks cool.

     

    Cheers Ken

  4. Yes Testors got bought out by RPM but that was in 1984 so you can't really blame the parent company, my guess is either declining or flat sales and rising costs. The other thing is the way the hobby has shifted older crowd, more artistic, other companies ( AK, AMMO by Mig , etc.) offering tons and tons of new product, if you want to stay on top or close you have to keep up with trends once you fall behind it's hard to catch up.

    Ken  

  5. Are the new paints better than MM I'd say yes as the don't tend to rub off  when handled and don't need  sealing also a wider variety of colours,  as far as prices go check Sprue Brothers prices are in line eg. MM $3.99 1/2 ounce bottle. Alclad II $7.49 1 ounce bottle same value. Check out YouTube reviews there are tons out there.

     

    Ken

  6. Well I don't think Rustoleum's the  reason for the decline as they bought Testors back in 1984. The problem as I see it is that the hobby has shifted from a general one to a more specialized one, you see that guy's like AK, Mig and Vallejo are putting out stuff left, right, and centre,  Testors hasn't kept up. As far as making money well if your'e selling something for $3.00 you have to sell A LOT !!!!! and I've seen certain colours sit on hobby shop racks for years. One last thing is that the Hobby in North America is an older crowd compared to Europe so more expansion across the pond. Sad to see them go but sometimes that's how it goes.

    Ken 

              

  7. Addicted HAH ! I've built 4 Tamiya razorbacks have two on the workbench 3 bubble tops and  six in the stash never mind my 4 Hasegawa  Jugs  I need help I'm hooked 

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