RE: [ihc] Great Christmas Gift for your Scout II friends..

["Pete Shubin" <pshubin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paint?  For it to be a true model it should have come with rust and bondo.
I think I'm going to pick one up.  I have a brother-in-law that loves
putting models together.  He has all the special tools and even wins model
competitions on occasion.  I have a true to detail 1959 VW Bug model he made
for me to match mine a long time ago.  He even color matched it and lowered
the front end for me.

I wonder if I could find some 33s and a 4 inch lift for this model.

Pete

-----Original Message-----
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 11:09:37 -0800
From: John Hofstetter <hofs@domain.elided>
Subject: Re: [ihc] Great Christmas Gift for your Scout II friends..

I'd had one of these on order for quite a while, and then a couple of 
weeks ago it arrived. The thing that really didn't register when I 
ordered it was that I was going to have to go out and buy paints to 
make it look right when I assemble it. Hmm.

I don't know what I expected when I ordered it, but i guess the truth 
was that I didn't think about it before ordering it.

John

On Dec 6, 2004, at 10:16 AM, Jeff Bade wrote:

> Not sure if anyone knows this yet or not...
> Maybe it's old news..
>
> But as of Nov 04 Ertl Has released a Scout II model again..
> I picked up a few at the local hobby shop this weekend..
> I happened to walk down that isle and something caught my eye..
>
> I almost fainted.. It was like a little kid in the toyshop..
>  Here is a URL
> http://www.ertltoys.com/brand/amt/2004/pm_hot_trucks.shtml
>
> Anyway...
>
> Just wanted to let everyone know..
>
> Happy Holidays..
>
> Jeff Bade
>
>
John Hofstetter
Ol' Saline
www.goldrush.com/~hofs

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Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 12:28:32 -0700
From: "William Cunningham" <slypigs@domain.elided>
Subject: Re: [ihc] Re: OT but neat/Cog

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 11:43:03 -0700
"John M. Adams" <jma@domain.elided> wrote: 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ihc@domain.elided [mailto:owner-ihc@domain.elided]On Behalf 
> >Of
> > Ryan Moore
> > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 9:14 AM
> > To: J. Michael Daugherty; ihc@domain.elided
> > Cc: dgregg@domain.elided
> > Subject: Re: [ihc] Re: OT but neat/Cog
> 
> > I forget how many times it took to get it right... but it was a
> > LOT of them!
> 
> I think it said 606 "takes" to get it done...
> 
>> John A.
Thats what I felt like yesterday, Glad I did'nt look at that add until 
today. Why? If you have ever installed a new alt in a 1988 Honda Civic 
with air, you know what a cascading series of events gets set into 
motion.

  Made me laugh.

Willy

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Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 13:34:05 -0700
From: "John M. Adams" <jma@domain.elided>
Subject: RE: [ihc] Re: OT but neat/Cog

> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Cunningham [mailto:slypigs@domain.elided]
> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 12:29 PM
> To: John M. Adams; Ryan Moore; J. Michael Daugherty; ihc@domain.elided
> Cc: dgregg@domain.elided
> Subject: Re: [ihc] Re: OT but neat/Cog

> > > I forget how many times it took to get it right... but it was a
> > > LOT of them!


> > I think it said 606 "takes" to get it done...
> >
> > John A.

> Thats what I felt like yesterday, Glad I did'nt look at that add until
> today. Why? If you have ever installed a new alt in a 1988 Honda Civic
> with air, you know what a cascading series of events gets set into
> motion.
>
>   Made me laugh.
>
> Willy

I had one of those once... I seem to remember spending a whole afternoon on
a belt replacement that would take 5 minutes on another vehicle. I was too
amazed even to be mad. It's like the engineers had looked at too many Dr.
Seuss machines, or MC Escher drawings...  Even though it had been a pretty
good runner, I decided to sell it soon after. I try to remember stuff like
that when I start to get frustrated with my trucks. Anyone remember the VW
guy's (Muir?) mantra "feel your tools"? I use "remember the Honda" and it
all gets better.

John A.

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