RogerDuke

Howdy folks,
I must apologize for being away for a couple of years.  Had my hands full with MANY things, including a wedding, some health stuff, plus got really burned out on this project (FAR more difficult than originally thought).  Time to get it off the back burner and finished.  Hope y'all are doing well and blessed!
Ok, let's see where we left off.
Major body modifications.  Had to take pieces from the two Revell bodies and graft them to the Aoshima to reflect the correct vents, trims and such.  Flat windscreen framing on the hardtop was too narrow, so I widened it with an insert of plastic, above and below.  I'll worry about the windscreen itself later.
The hood was a nightmare, part of the upper section being scratchbuilt.











 
 

Get to feeling better Roger, hopefully the break in rain will help. 
Took the G8 to the first local cars and coffee meet yesterday. Might also be the last cars and coffee meet this year lol. A lot of idiots showed up acting like idiots, revving their motors, revving competitions, burning rubber leaving the meet, doing drugs etc... So yeah will not be surprised if the rest of the meets are canceled, this is the 4th or 5th parking lot that the organizer has had to ask permission for in the past decade because idiots got them kicked out of the other lots over the years. Was a few very interesting cars that showed up. A Citroen DS3, 60's Lincoln Continental that was lowered 3 inches with stock rims and original hubcaps, 90's Miata with a 90's Ford 5.0 cobra engine, an old Cushman scooter. 

I hope you guys get to feeling better soon!

Garrett your boy Chase finally put it in victory lane today in Texas . 
I've never liked Denny, heck his first season he about ran thru Kyle Petty in practice. 

You beat me to it, Spike! I am so excited that Chase finally found himself in Victory Lane. He has been getting closer and closer this year. And here we are. I hope that this means that more is to come. Ironic enough, an online NASCAR fan was telling me the other day that I should switch to William Byron since the reason I went with Elliott was because he went to the 24 car first (Jeff Gordon's original number). Have to say it was tempting because Byron is the 24 driver, drives for Hendrick, and has been doing great last year and this year. But being the Cubs fan that I am...am loyal to the end. So Byron will be my second favorite. Sadly I missed his win as I went grocery shopping instead because I was too lazy to go yesterday. Though if I did watch it today, I'd probably have an heart attack up to the white flag! LOL. I am just so excited...must mean it's going to be a great week. LOL.
I was never a Denny Hamlin fan either, because he did show aggressive driving even in his first season in NASCAR and it hasn't changed. Then him wrecking Elliott all that he did, carved it in stone. LOL.
 
NASCAR Texas Motor Speedway Race Results, Lineup | Official Site Of NASCAR
 
YAY CHASE ELLIOTT!!! CONGRATULATIONS.
Thank you Spike.

You definitely would have, they did 3 or 4 gwc's and Chase's team were telling him to shut the engine off as much as possible as they didn't think he'd have enough to get around the track for one more gwc. It ended under caution so he coasted the last half lap. 

With NBC losing 10 NASCAR cup series races for 2025 they are dropping the final 8 Xfinity races this year and CW will air them instead 
https://sports.yahoo.com/cw-network-exclusively-broadcast-final-143216337.html
The 2025 TV deal will make it harder to watch some of the races. Fox will get the first 14 races the next 5 will only be on Amazon Prime streaming, the other 5 will be on TNT or Max streaming service but only if you subscribe to the premium sports package on Max. The final 14 races will be on NBC.

That gives me a heart attack just reading it...it would drive me crazy watching it. So nerve wracking. At least he pulled it off, but that's cutting it too close for me.

Well that sounds pretty bogus. I have Prime so I guess I have five races I can watch. Fox is iffy. SO some of them. Then again, I haven't done the best at watching them this year. But still...

doh = QUALITY entertainment 

I liked Emery. He kinda reminded me of Barney Fife. I wish they would have had him on more often. I'm gone.

Miz Tisdale's dirt bike! You knew that would make me smile!

We sure love and miss you Loretta. You will always be the Queen of country music and will always be in our hearts. Happy birthday in Hazzard Heaven ❤ 

Remember the song everybody sang, when she was there? " Ya'll Come! Ya'll Come!...."

Dukes Trivia: Why was Buck Simmons and Mickey Larson hiding out in Hazzard County?

Yes Cousin Hobie that's his name.

" Little Cousin"....my least fav. this and the carnival of thrills are 2 of my least fav.  I can't remember when I've seen them last and I've only seen them a few times!

Dukes Trivia: What nickname did the Dukes give the space alien?

Cousin Hoss you got it right!

(Season 5 Return of the Mean Green Machine) Boss and Rosco are riding Miss Tisdale's motorcycle they stole from her, and using it to chase the MGM because Rosco blew up his car while trying to fire a bazooka at the machine to make it stop.
Boss Hogg:"Rosco, if you ever have to live yer life over, don't!" Rosco:"If I do, I hope I'm a duck!"

doh = QUALITY entertainment 

4 days of being sick. Now my wife is sick. I just took a covid test and it was negative. Rain finally stopped. 

I can't think of the answer but I know this. Is it from the same scene where Daisy mentions her Waylon cassette tape in her Dixie jeep? Edit: now that I think of it, it might have been an 8-track since they just said "tape".

Roy looks excitedly over at Garrett and says, "See?" Before pressing the button on the CB and turns serious, "Oh hi," he stutters, "is this one of the Dukes?" 
"No sir," the voice confidently responds on the other end, "this here is Bill. I'm hoping you two got some great news for us. We can sure use it right now."
Roy looks nervously at Garrett. "Bill. As in Bill Elliott?!" Roy yells into the CB and Garrett rolls his eyes at Roy and grabs the CB out of his hand.
"Bill. This is Garrett," he finally responds into the CB, "I apologize for Roy. Seems the cat got his tongue," he rolls his eyes at Roy. "We don't have much news, but we do know where the marshmallow and his dummy are located right now. Where are you located at?"
The line goes quiet for a long moment before Bill comes back with a location. "Luke says we can use anything at this point," Bill slowly finishes.
"We are on our way," Garrett responds as he places the CB back down on the dashboard. "Leave it to you to get star struck when his career is on the line. You do realize that Elliott's NASCAR career is as good as over if the press get a hold of this?"
Roy shrugs. "Well I find it backwards that you may be spending the next twenty years in jail in Atlanta and you're worried about some NASCAR driver's career," Roy spits back at him, "I mean, does Bill even think about that and what you are facing if and when the law catches up with you?"
Garrett shrugs it off. "At least I'll be back in Atlanta. Maybe I'll thank him if I get caught," Garrett offers an ornery smile, "besides it's not about me. You'd rather the law get away with their crookedness? Bill worked his whole life to get where he is only for Boss and his greediness to ruin it. Atlanta prison will be worth it."
Roy shakes his head. "If you say so. You better be right as I'm sure I'll be going down with you," Roy dryly responds as they pull up behind The General Lee and Jesse's white truck. Garrett is quick to hop out of the truck to join Bill and Roy slowly follows up to them. "Howdy ho," Roy grins at everyone in a greeting.
Seeing everyone looking at them in anticipation, Garrett quickly gets to the point, "I had Roy follow the sheriff's car at a distance. He went down to those caves that Hogg hides out at. So I am assuming Hogg is there and he is meeting up with him there. Roy here was too chicken to follow him there to find out." Garrett gives a dark grin as he elbows Roy who only shakes his head and steps away. "Sorry we don't have much news other than that. They were wanting to arrest me when y'all didn't show up at the Boars Nest as we all thought you were and I had to make a quick get a way."
"Who's the chicken now?" Roy throws back at him.
"No. It's smart not to follow them to the caves. You'd be in jail for sure right now," Jesse firmly states, not wanting to deal with Garrett's attitude. "Where that leave us now, Luke?"

Hang in there Cousin/Brother....! Sit back and FEEL the warmth and strength,  from the love and care coming from your cousins in the Hazzard family!