>>oh, brain cells are dying off as a type. the bus closed the door on
>>me before I could get on.
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> OM
On Jun 11, 10:59 pm, some...@some.domain wrote:
> In article <q58154p6upftbotcd4o5lh2p42016sk...@4ax.com>, OM <om@all_trolls_must_DIE.com> wrote:
> >On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:47:32 -0700 (PDT), "cr...@earthlink.net"
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> you mean people got high on that stuff?
> gee, whodathunkit?
anyone old enough here to remember when dad pulled into the gas
station and all the kids rolled down their windows to smell the ethyl
gasoline fumes? what childhood memories.
then we went home and built kits with the lovely Testors tube glue and
all those gloss testors paints. And now Trumpeter wants us to
build kits with over 1000 pieces. ha ha. I'm lucky these days just
to find this group, much less get two pieces of plastic together...
Craig
OM - 12 Jun 2008 17:06 GMT
>anyone old enough here to remember when dad pulled into the gas
>station and all the kids rolled down their windows to smell the ethyl
>gasoline fumes? what childhood memories.
...My best friend in the whole wide world called me this morning, and
we were discussing Old Red Tube, and he revealed that he'd found an
unused tube of it out in his father's garage while cleaning it out
after he'd passed away about ten years go. The bad part was that it
had apparently solidified, otherwise he'd have used it for the fumes
under the circumstances.
...Quick poll of the elders here: did anyone else notice whether Old
Red Tube held models together better than the new formula as I did, or
whether it yellowed any worse/better over time?
>then we went home and built kits with the lovely Testors tube glue and
>all those gloss testors paints. And now Trumpeter wants us to
>build kits with over 1000 pieces. ha ha. I'm lucky these days just
>to find this group, much less get two pieces of plastic together...
...Old Red Tube + Thousand Part Kits = How Transformers Were Invented
:-)
OM

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Bruce Burden - 13 Jun 2008 03:54 GMT
: ...Quick poll of the elders here: did anyone else notice whether Old
: Red Tube held models together better than the new formula as I did, or
: whether it yellowed any worse/better over time?
Ol' Red - how I hate thee! How many models did thee string!
Bruce

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someone@some.domain - 13 Jun 2008 06:27 GMT
>: ...Quick poll of the elders here: did anyone else notice whether Old
>: Red Tube held models together better than the new formula as I did, or
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> Bruce
of the 3 that i have built from the 50-60's, they are still holding together.
the glue in some places is yeallow, but 1 that was in the dark the whole time
is still clear/whiteish. i suspect uv has an affect.
MySelf - 13 Jun 2008 16:23 GMT
> ...Quick poll of the elders here: did anyone else notice whether Old
> Red Tube held models together better than the new formula as I did, or
> whether it yellowed any worse/better over time?
The modern formulas don't leave the little strings like the old stuff
did. Used to drive me crazy!
John D.
willshak - 12 Jun 2008 21:03 GMT
on 6/12/2008 9:31 AM crw59@earthlink.net said the following:
> On Jun 11, 10:59 pm, some...@some.domain wrote:
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> Craig
Hmmm, I wonder why I liked the exhaust of diesel powered buses in NYC?

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Mad Modeller - 14 Jun 2008 04:35 GMT
> on 6/12/2008 9:31 AM crw59@earthlink.net said the following:
> > On Jun 11, 10:59 pm, some...@some.domain wrote:
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> In Hamptonburgh, NY
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One of my fondest memories of train-chasing is standing on a highway
bridge whilst a diesel locomotive passed underneath. Fortunately it
wasn't an Alco or I'd have looked like I was in a minstrel show.
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.