I heard that one of your countrymen built a car "one piece at a time". Still, that is getting off-topic. Alan ----- Original Message ----- From: <cbrumbelow@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Terry Lane" <tel@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 11:17 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: Chuck Jaws When I was a kid with little money, I had a fantasy of building a Smith & Wesson revolver a piece at a time to stay within my weekly budget. Ignoring for a moment the fitting I couldn't have done, the final cost would have been several multiples of what an assembled new revolver cost. And have you priced factory original parts for japanese cars recently? Charles MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.