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Sunday Photos - July 5th Edition

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Posted by Frank-53 on Tuesday, July 7, 2015 7:36 PM

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Where does the time go?

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Posted by Firelock76 on Tuesday, July 7, 2015 5:12 PM

The original "Blues Brothers" movie was on about a week ago.  Lady Firestorm and I were shocked when we realized it came out in 1980!  Holy smoke, we saw it the week it opened!

Where does the time go?

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Posted by Frank-53 on Monday, July 6, 2015 7:21 PM

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Now THAT'S impressive too!  But where's Jake and Elwood? 

We cobbled the photos together from available resources and had neither Jake nor Elwood figures available. Neal Jeter did find a 1/43 Blues Brothers vehicle from a place called Greenlight Collectibles:

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Posted by Firelock76 on Monday, July 6, 2015 4:39 PM

Now THAT'S impressive too!  But where's Jake and Elwood? 

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Posted by Frank-53 on Sunday, July 5, 2015 7:42 PM

How insensitive of me! Indifferent

So here are some shots of a second building I designed. Andre just finished the first one:

Ray's Music Exchange is based on the part played by Ray Charles in "The Blues Brothers"

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Posted by Firelock76 on Sunday, July 5, 2015 5:53 PM

I take GREAT exception to that 1950 Ford parked by that sleazy joint!  My father drove a '50 Ford like that and would have NEVER frequented such an establishment!

Just kidding!  Great shots and a nice looking model.

The building.  Not the floozy.

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Sunday Photos - July 5th Edition
Posted by Frank-53 on Sunday, July 5, 2015 8:21 AM

This is a new compact, low cost structure I designed with Andre for River Leaf Models. Andre made the prototype:

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