Let me try and coax you back off of the ledge......
As far as Rett's (Dirtman) collection goes, I think he is trying to indicate that he doesn't have it in him self to simply throw it all away...a few viable options where offered up. Personally, I do hope that if he decides to sell off a portion of his collection that he , at least, offers us a chance here at this forum to buy before selling to some where else. I too have bought from Freds Model World...I would much rather buy from Rett direct than to have to buy later from Freds Model World if he decides to go that route.....Nothing against Freds Model World, but there's no guarantee that what he has listed is still available....apparently there are quite a few builders that shop there.
As far as the martial woes.....I commend Dr. Kerry for speaking up and not keeping something like that bottled up inside....that can be a deadly poison....that took guts.
As far as small dose of lumbago blues ....sure, that's life.... we're all human , good days, bad days....feeling great, feeling lousy......things going your way,you against the world. I'm not one to divulge much about how things are going with me personally, I'm more with the stick to topic at hand crowd, but I'm taking a doctor prescribed med for my type II Diabetes that has me all out of sorts.....Im seeing my doctor in a few weeks and telling him it just isn't worth the side effects that I'm experiencing....I'm kind of stalled with the 1/8th scale '56 Ford pick up project because of this.
Now for something GOOD.
Despite what I just said, I'm still getting some quality time in with the 1/8th scale '56 Ford pick-up...albeit not as much as I want due to the previously described issue...my wife Amy has been supportive though , asking questions about my on line research and engaging me in conversations about the goings on in the hobby room. I have figured out how to set the desired ride height after installing the strut rods and doing a front end alignment that took up a few hours. I figured bigger meant it would be easier, I figured wrong.
While doing some on line research for the '56 Ford pick up build, I managed to get side tracked and down the Rabbit hole I went. While in the internet web abyss , I found the answer to a question that I have long had....just how do you make a Ford unibody platform (Falcons thru Granadas) into something that can stand up to the rigors of dirt track racing? Believe it or not its something that I have never dealt with, but here recently I picked up a Maverick body from Gator that I hope to get built using a mid 60's Mustang unibody platform now that I know how they where made race worthy.
