I agree that WD-40 is not the right thing to use. At that stage, you need solvent, not lube. Get everything clean, then deal with lube. Combining the tasks insures a bad outcome. Use a brass brush to clean braids, and use the many "dunking" instructions on HRW to get the motor cleaned up.

Unless you are only running on ovals, the only thing that matters is front-to-back positioning for center of gravity. I have tried side pod weights in all kinds of situations, and unless its an oval, it just doesn't matter, no matter how much sense it makes. Meanwhile, the overall weight has to be p...

They are locking tuners, Ken. I can't help it- I'm going to go on and on about this... By the time I was gathering the last bits and bobs for this thing, I was going first class no matter what. So, they are British locking tuners, I forgot the name already. They are amazing. You want to restring the...

I have had that white kit for years and I keep chickening out. Yours looks great.

Jesla, that was Steppenwolf, 1968.

Isn't it funny how that simple little kit has been so popular that there are more of them that people held onto than anything else? Its happy hunting ground looking for these little trucks, and they are infinitely customizeable with loads of room inside. I even thought about reversing the chop of th...

Yeah. It was amazing what that man recorded. Some of his best were songs he wrote himself. Everything from traditional Bluegrass to country to progressive folk, to hard hitting rock blues. He's one of the ones I miss most.

Hey there, hill hopper! Hoyt Axton is so homey and familiar, he isn't so hard, but Jimi is impossible with my brain, drugs or not. I can't do Mozart either! If I did the drugs Steppenwolf did, I'd probably come out close to them, but NO!!!! I don' wanna!!!! I'll take reality straight, no chaser!

I'm very glad to see Andy's dream come true about these kits. Good for him and all the folks at Prof Motor!

I once cooked two 21 pound whole pork shoulders on my grill in a driving snowstorm for 14 hours. Neighbors worried about me and kept bringing me coffee, which ruined the flagons of beer I consumed. This is what happens when your neighbors all have darling sweet good girl children who bring coffee an...

Dave Kennedy is now working for Hornby/Scalextric! Let the bells ring out and the banners unfurl! USA slotters rule! Congratulations, Dave, you shutterbug slot rep you! Get ready for a new onslaught of HRW demands on your employment! You know its coming... Seriously, I am thrilled to report your bou...

I was in the middle of that one. 1/28 was never going to displace 1/32 or 1/24. It was apparently intended to establish a new scale, a huge gamble. Ninco had done a new scale plan of similar size that was a disaster some time ago, bolstered by an ultralight body and an unexplainably transparent chas...

Wait a minute... What happened to "The first hit's free, kid."?