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One from Saturday...
For the past couple of months, I've been trying to finish up some of the stalled projects sitting all over the workbench. One of them is an original-issue 1964 Corvette Stingray. This kit was only issued once--in '64--and hasn't been reissued since. All I needed was the engine, and some of the chromed bits. Problem is, that even though the '63 kit (which is exactly the same except for some tiny details) is very common, nobody had one. So you can imagine my surprise (and delight) when I found a complete '63 at the shop for less than $20. Still with me?
Another little project I have going on, is a gas station diorama for some of my cars. I already have most of what I need--various machines you'd find in a garage, mechanic figures, tools, a hoist, engine stand, etc. But, because the diorama I'm doing is a bit larger, most of the "action" is confined to the far right. I felt that I needed something at the left to make it more interesting and realistic.
What better excuse to use more figures, than a bus stop? So after I grabbed the '63 Corvette kit off the shelf, I spied a set of Tamiya's "Campus Friends" figures. Basically a group of college kids, including a girl on a scooter. No big deal, right?
Wrong. As I'm at the register, the shop owner opened the box, to make sure that all 6 figures were in there. (He'd bought a couple of figure sets, and one was missing a figure.) As soon as he flips the Tamiya box over, the guy behind me...starts going on that I "couldn't put no slanty-eyed Japs in a Corvette"
Shop owner and I just look at each other, like
just happened? At least he didn't start ranting about how I was taking away "Amurican jerbs" by buying a Japanese kit... Seriously, I never knew that a set of 6 plastic figures could upset someone 
For the past couple of months, I've been trying to finish up some of the stalled projects sitting all over the workbench. One of them is an original-issue 1964 Corvette Stingray. This kit was only issued once--in '64--and hasn't been reissued since. All I needed was the engine, and some of the chromed bits. Problem is, that even though the '63 kit (which is exactly the same except for some tiny details) is very common, nobody had one. So you can imagine my surprise (and delight) when I found a complete '63 at the shop for less than $20. Still with me?
Another little project I have going on, is a gas station diorama for some of my cars. I already have most of what I need--various machines you'd find in a garage, mechanic figures, tools, a hoist, engine stand, etc. But, because the diorama I'm doing is a bit larger, most of the "action" is confined to the far right. I felt that I needed something at the left to make it more interesting and realistic.
What better excuse to use more figures, than a bus stop? So after I grabbed the '63 Corvette kit off the shelf, I spied a set of Tamiya's "Campus Friends" figures. Basically a group of college kids, including a girl on a scooter. No big deal, right?
Wrong. As I'm at the register, the shop owner opened the box, to make sure that all 6 figures were in there. (He'd bought a couple of figure sets, and one was missing a figure.) As soon as he flips the Tamiya box over, the guy behind me...starts going on that I "couldn't put no slanty-eyed Japs in a Corvette"
Shop owner and I just look at each other, like
just happened? At least he didn't start ranting about how I was taking away "Amurican jerbs" by buying a Japanese kit... Seriously, I never knew that a set of 6 plastic figures could upset someone
Note that I tried the "Century (disambiguation)" page at Wikipedia, but the REAL Century didn't turn up (a search for "<manufacturer> Century" turned up a number of pages where it was mentioned, but no dedicated page).
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