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I am all for customizing/modifying vehicles...as long as it can be reversed. That is my personal opinion and it doesn't mean squat to anyone else. I am OK with that. EV is not my thing and I doubt I will ever buy one. My wife wants one though, so I can't say never. I also can say that people can do what they want to their cars and with their money, as long as it lawful and doesn't put me in additional danger. You better get out there and scour the fields for rusted out abandoned shells or someone else might buy it and do something you don't like to it. I drove a hybrid Ford Maverick for work about 2 years ago. It got up to speed quickly and I felt safe enough in it when I was on the highway. It got 50 mpg and our company CFO loved it. I currently have the ICE version of the Maverick. It also gets up to speed quickly and I feel safe in it. It gets 32 mpg. I am not a fan of small engines (for fuel economy) that need power adders to make them usable. It's what my company provided and it does get the job done. Fossil fuels WILL eventually dry up. Will we see it? Probably not, but it will happen. The minerals and such needed for the current batteries will eventually be depleted. Will we see it? Probably not, but it will happen. As far as I know, none of us are high enough up in the social, financial and influential echelon of society to be included on the list to leave this planet. We are all going to die and the world will go on without us...probably. This is my only long, meandering, meaningless post for the weekend...probably.

Was reading up about the new version of the forum software that we are about to implement and it includes something that I have been asking about for a long time. Everyone will find out next week and I think a few folks will also appreciate it.

Not sure how I missed this for an entire year, but looking forward to the new year end stats. Appreciate the insight you provide.

I had to go and hide a few posts. If you guys can’t play nice, I will have to give you some time for inner reflection. The only reason it didn’t happen now is because I am in the holiday spirit. As a reminder to everyone, making things personal is a sure fire way to get placed on moderation or banned from the site.

They are claiming, that with some tweaks, it could do sub 7 minute lap at the Nurburgring.

You can still check the date and time of the posts. It's a bit more work to do that though. Now is a good time to check out the first page of all the areas and then you know you are probably all caught up.

I am not sure you can. I have never seen that as an option.

Everything will be revealed in time. We will not be implementing everything that was suggested. All of the changes that we will be making(which are not finalized) may take a year or more to roll out. Advanced notice will be given for all of the major changes.

That’s why it is down on the list. We need to switched over and up and running smoothly before we try to get model hobby advertisers to do business with us.

Ads are temporarily off while Dave does some server side work to get the site transferred over in his name. They will eventually start showing up. To get hobby specific ads, we need to sell space to those advertisers. It is something we want to do, but it is a bit further down the list of things to do. The move will be as simple as we can make it. There will be links that will bring you to the new location when everything is moved. The old site will redirect to the new location for several years. You will need to bookmark the new location once we are up and running.

You can use the Forgot Password option.

To log into your old account, you need to use the email that is associated with that account. We did away with user name logins because of security concerns. If you no longer have that email or cannot remember it, message Dave Ambrose so that he can look into combining the 2 accounts.

Looks like they may have blocked the access.

Unless something catastrophic happens during the migration, everything will transfer over and remain as is. That includes login passwords, avatars, post counts, all content.

Nothing has been finalized yet. There are no answers for us to give. This is all still, very much, a work in progress. Dave has split from the magazine to ensure, that if anything happened to the magazine, the forum would survive. The forum needs to generate revenue to continue to survive. Paid tiers are a way to do that. We all know allowing buying and selling will bring out the worse in some people. Putting it behind a paywall will hopefully deter some of scammers. It is a level of protection (I am sure some won't see it that way). We will have all the appropriate disclaimers in place and force folks to acknowledge the T&C and with all that, members will still blame the board and ask the moderators to intervene if something goes wrong. We would not be receiving money from sales. All we would be doing is providing a place for buying and selling to take place. Buying and selling would not be the only benefit of that paid tier (we don't know what else it would include yet, still under discussion). We hope to get appropriate model related companies to purchase ad space (which would probably still show even on the "ad free" tier). We hope to be able to offer members only discounts. We hope to create and sell merch. We need to make sure that if we allow buying and selling in a paid tier, that we do not allow people to cheat the system in the free tier. Nothing is set in stone, except the name and server change. Just know that every change, that is or will be made, is discussed thoroughly and we always try to look at it from all sides. We meet regularly to discuss our path forward. While the forum is the largest part of it, we also want to expand the new website. We want you to WANT to go there first so you can see the new articles, how to videos, model reviews, etc,, What I am saying is that there is a lot going into this. There is no timeline yet. Implementing all the changes may take a year or more. We will make announcements on the board for the big changes (probably 30-60 days in advance). If you come here to see and learn about building models, it will be free.

The real treasure is made by dragging people along for 13 seasons.

It's going to be over $100 mil.

First, it’s amazing how they can be continually rebuilt. Second, it’s amazing the amount of “play” money some people have. i saw a video over the weekend with an entire field of very expensive race cars piled and stacked on top of each other after a crash in a semi blind corner.

I figure more people would look to see what history was made, than if I said "I went to a hockey game last week" Caps and Ovi needed to change their luck, so they put me on the ice after warmups. Caps won 6-1 and Ovi got #900. Not a coincidence. I left all my good mojo out there and it's probably all downhill from here for me. 20251105_191710.mp4

I second this as an alternative to Word. Although slightly different, it is basically an open source version of Word.

You need a model, hobby knife, paint and glue. That is what you need to get in the hobby and the paint is optional. Build the model and see if you enjoyed it (there will be good and bad). If you didn't enjoy it and never want to build another model, you are not out too much money. If you enjoyed it, but didn't like how some things went, figure out how to improve on those items. You will constantly be experimenting with different tools, types of glue, paint and techniques. Find what works for you and what is also comfortable for you. There are a lot of expensive common items out there marketed to the model hobby as the best this or that. Many folks here use common items bought at the dollar store or in the beauty supply aisle at the drug store, same items only cheaper. Try to have fun building and stay positive when something does turn out like you envision it. Then try to figure out how to close the gap between your vision and reality. Rome wasn't built in a day. I have been building models off and on for 50 years. I am still striving to get better, but am also happy with most every model I complete (flaws and all). Everyone has different skill sets, abilities and motivation. There will always be people that will say "What you should have done" or "I would have done" You can learn from that, but you can also just ignore them and go at your own pace. Some people are like me and can really only learn how to do certain new techniques or skills by watching and learning from someone in person. Reading about it and looking at photos and videos doesn't always help. I will offer one warning. This hobby is very opinionated and people are not afraid to tell you their opinions over and over again. Don't let it get to you and don't let it discourage you. Don't be afraid to ask questions. That is one of the main purposes of this forum. Sometimes we forget that here, but there will always be people ready offer advice or lend a helping hand. Welcome to the hobby.

On an old muscle or collector car I would take an ugly (read that as rare) color. Blue is my favorite color and I don't think I have ever owned a blue car. I think blue looks bad on most vehicles (that I can afford). I almost always end up with some sort of maroon (dark red metallic), brown, or white vehicle. It all depends on the vehicle. Some look awesome in one color and horrible in another. What color I like or would choose, would depend on seeing it on the vehicle I want. I never thought I would own an orange vehicle, but when I saw it on a car I wanted, I thought it looked amazing.

I think you got it. Seems like links to YouTube or to forum posts will show a preview. Websites just seem to be a text link. Not sure if that is for compatibility or security.

Everyone complains about cars all looking the same and being an appliance. Something different comes along and we complain about that too.

There may be other words that trigger the error. This is a server security setting not in the board software.