From one of my brothers:

My collection is pretty modest in size, mostly 1/43 scale focused on the 70s and earlier race cars.

I miss the old LALD kinja days, too!

Great overview of the hobby and fantastic weathering! Gives me a valid excuse to post a couple of my 1/43 cars and dioramas.

Reminds me of when I was stationed in Wiesbaden, Germany with my National Guard unit, back in 1996. We had use of a diesel olive drab VW van for “morale” activities so naturally we went out every chance we could.

I hate to be THAT GUY, but was the Jeep registered and dare I ask - inspected? Just curious!

Uh-oh, that’s like 10 miles from my house. Must. Resist.

Not sure, but that was the most entertaining play of the season!

Flying down the rails in New England:

SO MUCH SCREAMING!!! AARRGGHH! It’s been awhile since I’ve watched women’s tennis but the constant bellowing has been cranked up to 11.

There’s still a bunch of waste even while recreational fishing. During a recent striped bass tournament, between our boat and a friend’s, both filled with kids, we probably caught 200 bait fish, mostly mackerel and pollock. Some we used as chum or chunk-bait, others we fished live. End result was maybe 10 striped…

I’ve read he’s terrified of stairs and inclines due to his poor balance; not to defend the Cheeto but jeez couldn’t she help the senile old man down the gangway?

Minor clarification with this sentence:

Curious, do you wear any hearing protection?

Wonder if he had anything to do with the MILES gear the Army uses for training. Had a lot of fun with that stuff, when it worked. 

No way can you push the meat through the tail with a tiny little fork. Use your thumb. Also, remember to strip the poop shoot from the tail before consuming!

That front end is 10% 2002, 90% Mustang.

Is any-

Brings back fond memories of the Montero I “appropriated” from the embassy in Belize back in the 90s. Based on nostalgia alone I’ll say NP!

Still seems smallish compared to the (primarily US) Reforger exercises back in the day. Reforger ‘88 deployed 125,000 troops for maneuvers. As a National Guardsman I took part in Reforger ‘89 (Centurion Shield) and can attest to the vast number of tracked vehicles roaring across the German countryside. Heck, they even…