I am writing to inform you that the statutory debt limit will be reached on December 31, 2012, and to notify you that the Treasury Department will shortly begin taking certain extraordinary measures authorized by law to temporarily postpone the date that […] Continue Reading…
Re-issue of AMT’s old Opel GT kit. Has lots-o-extra parts for what could be optional builds, yet no mention in the instructions, and extras are not complete.
I though it would look neat with a supercharged V6 engine. There were some extra parts suggesting that at one point you could get the kit with a supercharger.
There are no attachment points for the engine, it’s secured at the transmission mount.
Classic ‘stingray’ look of the Opel GT. The rear wheels are smoothies, which came with the kit. However, only three come in the re-issue. You get two complete sets of stock type wheels, like the ones on the front.
The small instruments are gauge faces I printed on paper. The large instruments are dry brushed.
The kit’s interior looks a lot better with a little creative painting.
The rear ‘meats’ (fat tires) came from a kit of a 1990s Corvette. They actually look small on the Corvette.
The front tires are the kit issued stock tires.
The fan belt set up came with the kit, and is obviously for a supercharger, yet no supercharger came with it. I used a supercharger from a old AMT 1940s Ford kit. Of course it had to be shortened for the V6, and I flipped the belt drive pulley to clear the distributor.
The kit was a last minute build as a gift, so no time for engine bay detailing, which this old kit sorely needs. Note how big the V6 distributor is, most distributors for V8 kits are half this size!
The kit came with drag racing headers, which exhausted under the car, yet there is no mention of them in the instructions. You’ll discover there are a lot of missing steps in the instructions.
Why didn’t Santa bring me a real one?
KIT BASHING: HOBBY BOSS F-5E TIGER II, NOT AN “EASY ASSEMBLY” KIT, BUT WELL WORTH THE LITTLE BIT-O-MONEY IT COSTS!
“Many Americans believe that if we simply pass the right laws, future horrors like the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting can be prevented. But this impulse ignores the self evident truth that criminals don’t obey laws.”
“The president and other government officials denounce school violence, yet still advocate for endless undeclared wars abroad……U.S. drone strikes kill […] Continue Reading…
On 24 December 2012, the Associated Press revealed that the United States is deploying thousands of troops to 35 African countries.
Approximately 4,000 personnel from the U.S. Army’s 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (Dagger Brigade, based at Fort Riley, Kansas), will deploy in March 2013. This report follows earlier reports that plans were being made […] Continue Reading…
A recent economic report from the UN says western economies (Europe, North America, Japan) will not see any recovery of the tens of millions of job losses since 2008, for at least five more years.
UN economists point to low projected GDP numbers as proof: “This pace of growth will be far from sufficient to overcome […] Continue Reading…
ISAF said: “An International Security Assistance Force service member died following an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan today.”
In Badghis Province, local government officials reporting that at least ten local cops joined the Mujahideen. This is the largest group defection in the province, so far. People of the Chehl-Gazi area, in Abkamari district, […] Continue Reading…
24 December 2012, prefectural health officials, in Miyazaki Prefecture, say the hospital’s bad hygiene habits, and diagnostic incompetence could be to blame for the latest norovirus outbreak in Japan.
The hospital also delayed reporting deaths.
Officials say the hospital did not report any norovirus infections until three days after the first person died. The hospital did […] Continue Reading…
23 December 2012, the norovirus is making a comeback; cruise ship passengers getting sick in Texas, firefighting crews getting sick in Montana, warnings for Coloradans, local media from Minnesota and North Dakota reporting increased cases of infection, a report showing that standard kitchen disinfecting will not […] Continue Reading…
21 December 2012, the United Nations renewed its peacekeeper observation mission in the Golan Heights, but Japan says no more and is pulling out.
On 19 December, the UN Security Council extended the Golan Heights mission to 30 June 2013. On 21 December, Japanese media reporting that Japan’s Defense Minister, Satoshi Morimoto, ordered the Japanese […] Continue Reading…
21 December 2012, the government of Japan is hitting Mitsubishi Electric with hundreds of millions of dollars in fines, after an investigation revealed that the manufacturing giant ripped off taxpayers for at least ten years.
Japan’s Defense Ministry says Mitsubishi Electric overcharged taxpayers on military contracts, to the tune of $295 million USD.