19 December 2016 (14:44 UTC-07 Tango 06) 29 Azar 1395/19 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1438/21 Geng Zi 4714
“All U.S. citizens should avoid area near Embassy compound until further notice….avoid travel to southeast Turkey and carefully consider the risks of travel to and throughout the country.”-U.S. Department of State tweet
19 December 2016 (10:44 UTC-07 Tango 06) 29 Azar 1395/19 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1438/21 Geng Zi 4714
Get ready for a Great Migration of workers from one side of the United States to the other, and from rural areas to metro areas. Blame minimum wage increases taking place in 2017.
21 states and 22 cities are jacking up how much […] Continue Reading…
Retro issue of early 1970s kit. It was also issued as the ’33 Willys Panel Truck.
It should have been an easy build, not quite.
They even re-issued the original instructions, which reminded me why I had so much trouble building car kits as a kid in the mid-1970s.
Exploded view instructions are vague, lack sequential steps (which turn out to be important) and actually leave out required parts. Hence the mantra Always Dry Fit before glueing.
I used black light reactive paint.
Supposed to have tilting hood, but not really (unless you want to spend more time scratch building a true hinge system).
Not only does the hood not tilt, the tires-wheels don’t rotate. You have to scratch build your own axle rod/pin system.
Black light kool.
Without and…
…with the hood.
The decals came from a NASCAR kit.
Spartan drag race interior, but there’s plenty of room for kustom kar ideas.
Woooo, it’s the ghost of Willys’ van!
REVELL 1937 FORD PICKUP OR WHY MODEL ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS CAN BE WRONG!
MULTI-MAVERICK OR WHY MODEL ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS CAN BE WRONG!
Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss announcements and shutdowns for November 2016.
Germany based VolksWagen (VW) upped their planned global layoffs to 30-thousand, including jobs in the United States! News media keeps blaming it on VW’s diesel scandal, but it’s really part of VW’s shift to all electric and self-driving car production (as part […] Continue Reading…
The United Kingdom, the mortal enemy of the United States, tried to show goodwill by taking USAF personnel on a goodwill flight with their new European made Airbus A400M Atlas. It took place at Scott AFB, Illinois, December 2016.
Sears Holdings settled a lawsuit brought by ten California counties. The suit accuses Sears of knowingly selling nutritional supplements with inaccurate labels. Sears agreed to pay $235-thousand USD to settle the accusation.
CNBC revealed that 80% of Kmart leases, and 50% of Sears leases, expire within five years. This is significant because most of the Sears […] Continue Reading…
More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise. Incomplete list of U.S. internet/high-tech/communications job destruction announcements in November 2016:
Alabama: Operator of high tech golf driving ranges Topgolf revealed city administrators of Birmingham are giving Topgolf $1.5-million USD in tax incentives! Topgolf uses golf balls with RFID chips.