I found out about this forum from Rich Sipos, but don't be too mad at him, he's a really nice guy. I've seen a lot of talk on here about copying or doing my resin, and I understand that. Modelers are sometimes impatient guys and when they want something they don't care how they get it. When I started if anyone remembers, there was a lot of talk about me copying Carl's resin, and I actually had to take every piece I could get of his and show modelers that I did, or had someone master from scratch any body I wanted to do. He did give me permission to direct copy ONE wheel, but that was it So basically it's okay to copy anyone's stuff if you master their stuff on your own without using their exact piece. And actually there is NO law that says you can't actually cast a guys stuff, but you do need to let your moral compass be your guide. If you don't have a moral compass, you won.t feel bad about copying someone else's resin.
Now for me, we finally got moved to Chapel Hill Tennessee. We down sized, so moving to a smaller farm just kills me. I did have a large 30X50ft shop built, but right now, it's filled with a lot of our stuff from when we moved. No, I did not shut down the old forum site, as I was hoping that GO Daddy would eventually figure out how to read and transfer data to to their forum systems, but it hasn't happened, and now that I see how well everyone has resurfaced and come here, there's no reason to worry about it except to claim all the past data and save it to my computer. I still have all the molds and have even made some new molds for some drag racing items. When all the dust settles around here, my hope is to sell items on Ebay with a store front. I won't take orders but I will refill stuff on the store when it gets to "0". Prices will be "Buy it Now" prices, but they will be the same prices like when I was at shows. Shipping will not be gouged like it is now on Ebay. That's all I have on that subject right now. Gail is having the house remodeled, so I won't be able to get electricity in the shop until the house is done, and I can get all of the house stuff cleared out.
Everything looks awesome here and the Birkeys have done an awesome job. I've seen people here that left my forum, and that's great to see as well, and another credit to the Birkey's. Now that my forum is gone, the pressure has been lifted. However, if there is Anyone that feels they will leave if I'm on here, just say so to me in a PM, and I'll leave with no problem. It's not a big deal to me anymore that I have to be on a forum. Great stuff here, and Awesome job by the Birkey's, Congrats!
