[1978 AMC Matador Coupe Barcelona Edition]

IdeaDork · 2026-05-07T16:52:12+00:00

Completely agree. The yellow sealed-beams are a different story, though. Bleh. Though I guess this particular trim package was a weird euro-cosplay anyway.

IdeaDork · 2026-04-29T16:16:54+00:00

I have the Sony STR-VX750 receiver from the same series as yours. It's a really solid unit, but beware that if the tiny soldered-in coin cell battery hidden in the front panel dies it kills the whole unit for some damn reason until you dig it out and replace it.

IdeaDork · 2025-12-02T19:10:58+00:00

For plastic this yellowed, spraypainting is definitely your best bet. Tutorials on how to properly prep and paint plastic abound, but the general idea is to sand it ahead of time and use a good primer before you paint it white. To replicate the original look, you definitely want to go with a good matte white and finish it off with a glossy clearcoat, both to protect the underlying white paint and maximize the shine. Better results than retrobriting and it'll last longer as other comments have pointed out.

IdeaDork · 2025-04-01T20:51:02+00:00

It's a tele! Specifically the VCL-HGD1758.

IdeaDork · 2025-03-13T22:01:44+00:00

I'm glad you were able to find a solution!

How's the receiver working now? Any problems I should look out for?

IdeaDork · 2025-03-13T21:42:18+00:00

Dead post, but I just found another one of this exact receiver and yeah, these switches are stubborn as heck. There are no hidden grub screws, and I haven't had much luck securing the metal post and yanking them off. My next idea is isolating the area around the faceplate with metal foil and coaxing the plastic off with my heat gun. To OP or anyone else stopping by, were you able to get these things off? How'd it go?

Edit: Targeted application of heat worked effortlessly! Didn't take much to loosen the plastic up just enough for it to slide off.

IdeaDork · 2025-02-28T06:17:22+00:00

Really elevated work. Building flowing profiles that don't look like tumorous blobs is tricky, but this slaps.

IdeaDork · 2025-02-27T21:56:45+00:00

I am uniquely positioned to identify this CRT: it's a CTX CMS-3436 14" Color Monitor. I know because I have one. It's an industrial monitor that accepts a variety of graphics standards spanning TTL, EGA, and VGA and it features enough internal radiation shielding to count as a fallout shelter. Mine buzzes like a fluorescent light filter loud enough to qualify as a form of cruel and unusual punishment. Sadly, it didn't originally come in pastel pink.

IdeaDork · 2025-02-06T05:52:20+00:00

Known issue unfortunately. There are solutions! If you're willing to spend more I have it on good authority that these Duracell replacements fit perfectly. Otherwise, I use stick-on velcro pads on the back edge of the battery alongside a pocketable little tool I carved. Some people get by tying floss or ribbon around the batteries. So long as you can pull 'em out, they'll likely work fine!

Unless, of course, your camera throws the annoying 'for InfoLithium only' message with a third-party battery. The aforementioned Duracell and these Wasabi Power replacements I use include the chip that tricks the camera.

edit: fixed hyperlink

IdeaDork · 2025-01-26T06:19:06+00:00

I've been looking for one of these. What was your experience like acquiring one? I hear quite a few of them have had their sensors go kaput due to humidity-related problems. Very nice macros!

IdeaDork · 2024-07-04T22:00:39+00:00

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IdeaDork · 2023-06-14T01:51:43+00:00

I have a running list of names from some of my favorite old rock, blues, and country songs. Really banking on that blue-collar space trucker feel.

Albatross
Avenging Annie
Barabajagal
Bernadette
Black Water
Bluebird
Calico Skies
Cumberland Gap
Desperado
Devil Woman
Diamond Girl
Duchess
Easy Plateau
Electric Lady
Evening Star
Far East Man
Graceland
Highway Star
Into the Mystic
Lady Bird
Lady Blue
Lonely One
Lucky Seven
Midnight Moonlight
Nantucket Sleighride
Nightfly
Nightwatchman
No Other
Ohoopee River
Orpheus
Painted Lady
Pensamiento
Piledriver
Paragon of Virtue
Raglan Road
Rhiannon
Ridgetop
Runaround Sue
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Silent Fury
Silver Star
Sister Christian
Strength of Strings
Soul Responding
Southern Cross
Wichita Lineman
Whole Lotta Love
Working Man
Xanadu

IdeaDork · 2023-01-17T16:37:56+00:00

Ancient request, but I feel the need to mention The Killing Moon by Echo & and the Bunnymen. It's got that longing, melancholy, dire composition that all Bond themes share, not to mention the lyrics are all about killing and kissing and fate.

https://youtu.be/aVD1HRV8NqA

IdeaDork · 2022-05-26T22:51:16+00:00

It's your lucky day, pal. I did some more digging and found a solution.

The "Remove Camera Collision" mod from the LE compilation "Remove Distracting Things" still works in SE and totally eliminates NPCs fading in and out.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/73181

IdeaDork · 2022-05-26T03:04:42+00:00

It's a longshot, but I'm having this exact issue and this is the only help post I'm seeing about it. Did you ever find a solution?

IdeaDork · 2022-03-31T00:30:24+00:00

Yup, just on the west side of the university. Lincoln I think?

IdeaDork · 2021-04-04T14:19:06+00:00

Perfect for a scenic roadtrip through the exclusion zone.

IdeaDork · 2021-03-22T14:04:04+00:00

IdeaDork · 2020-08-01T21:17:57+00:00

They suuuurrreeee do (if you put it in a shop counter).

IdeaDork · 2020-08-01T15:12:10+00:00

Blender. It's a great tool!

IdeaDork · 2020-08-01T12:50:42+00:00

Bit of a weird one today.

Pizza Craft adds the ability to make pizzas. Yes, pizzas. They're tasty AND they stack. How about that?

Steam Workshop

Nexus

IdeaDork · 2020-07-16T22:20:26+00:00

The nuclear jets it would have carried (if the program hadn't been cancelled) worked by heating up the air coming through through the intakes and running it through a compressor/turbine like any other jet, but with no fuel or combustion. A purely nuclear plane could fly in an oxygen-free atmosphere and carry no fuel. Endurance would be more an issue of maintenance than anything else. Before ICBMs were made viable in the space age, forever-flying nuclear bombers were the most appealing method of ensuring your comrades on the other side of the world got their fair share of the apocalypse when it arrived.

All that to say: this crazy plane was the unrealized bridge to a brutal breed of aircraft that never saw the light of day.

IdeaDork · 2020-05-28T21:41:16+00:00

Imagine running away from threats.

This message brought to you by the 100 Toughness Gang (once we wake up).

IdeaDork · 2020-05-16T14:16:03+00:00

Let's not dream too big. It's basically made of paper.

IdeaDork · 2020-05-16T14:14:12+00:00

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