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Stubby and others like him are why I can't buy M-80s in PA forget about it in MD.
We cant legally purchase fireworks in Illinois either, but good old Wisconsin border is a little over an hour North. There is a gas station/convent store that sells the good stuff (or did years ago). Many people from Illinois frequent there to stock up on their explosives.

I haven't done that for years, just not as appealing as when I was younger.
 
Willie Seats in sports cars are slightly tilted back causing the driver and passenger to be lying back in the seat.

Most seats in model sports cars are not correct.
Model figures are made to sit upright. (Very few people do that. They slouch.)
File the back of the bottom and lower back of the driver.
Place the driver to almost sitting on the seat with the body laying slightly at an angle; thereby lower in the car.
It may mean amputation of the feet or lower part of legs.

Hope that helps
Generally I cut the legs completely off, but I try to leave them when adding drivers/passengers to convertibles, even though they might not be visible when the vehicle is on the upper level like these will be. The figure that I used as an example came from a set of seated passengers, probably made for a bus.
 
Stubby and others like him are why I can't buy M-80s in PA forget about it in MD.
I'm not sure that true M-80's are legally available anywhere in the US since the late 60's. They can be found at some shady fireworks stands around Texas from folks who bring them in from Mexico. But the profit margin isn't as great as some of the other smuggled goods from there.
 


I'm not sure that true M-80's are legally available anywhere in the US since the late 60's. They can be found at some shady fireworks stands around Texas from folks who bring them in from Mexico. But the profit margin isn't as great as some of the other smuggled goods from there.
Maryland has had strict regulations on fireworks for many years. PA is more lenient, I used to go there for fireworks. When I asked about M-80s in PA I got a blank stare and a delayed response "you can't even buy them in Ohio" I have no idea what that meant. I only wanted to show my grandsons what Poppy used to play with.

I haven't seen an M-80 since the seventies. The guy I used to get them from sold "other" imported things as well. He did a lot of traveling and picked up all kinds of things. Last I heard he is still in jail, in South Carolina, I think.

This song would defiantly be on the soundtrack of my life.
"When I ran the hounds of hell
Twisted my foot, I nearly fell
I was lucky, I was alive
One look back I could have died"
 
The figure that I used as an example came from a set of seated passengers, probably made for a bus.
That sounds right. People sit more upright on a bus. In a sports car, more laid back. That's why I suggest filing the back of the bottom and lower back to give a sloping back effect.

Sitting in my daughter's sports car I am 'almost on my back' with the bucket seat. Great once in. A s*d to get out again.
 
Baltimore's Inner Harbor Fireworks and Drone Show. Photos from the Baltimore Sun.
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Two options exist, replace it with an N scale one, or move the entire crew away and just have them work on plain track instead. I need to mull this one over.
You bring up a point that I have been thinking about for a while now. I don't use two many, a crossover, a small yard, and two Industrial sidings. I was wondering how well an N scale switch throw would work with Atlas and/or Shinohara switches? Any ideas?
 
You bring up a point that I have been thinking about for a while now. I don't use two many, a crossover, a small yard, and two Industrial sidings. I was wondering how well an N scale switch throw would work with Atlas and/or Shinohara switches? Any ideas?
I have begun to use the N scale ones on newer installs. They have just enough throw for an Atlas switch, I can't comment on any other brand switches. I use the 5218S five packs.
 


Afternoon all,

Got the grandkids to mow this morning. Both had all 10 fingers, so I guess the 4th went ok. I ended up running the string trimmer as the grandson was in shorts and the stuff kicking back was bugging him. It looks better as the tallest stuff was clipped back, not to my normal standards, but pretty good for a one armed man!😁
 
Afternoon all,

Got the grandkids to mow this morning. Both had all 10 fingers, so I guess the 4th went ok. I ended up running the string trimmer as the grandson was in shorts and the stuff kicking back was bugging him. It looks better as the tallest stuff was clipped back, not to my normal standards, but pretty good for a one armed man!😁
Patrick: Boy, 10 fingers - what planet are they from? o_O

And I will bet that one arm got really tired/sore!

Later
 


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