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Oh, and if you bothered to look through the Trading Post, I know of at least one Daytona being offered there.

I read this and I think you might be the one off your meds. Over react much? ?

Exactly. EV are an excellent choice for some, and a poor choice for others. EVs excel at some things, and lag behind in others. It's just another "fuel" source to choose from.

Because a gas powered race car has never run out of fuel on the last lap. Runs out of gas...totally boring. Incorrect. Most manufacturers, including GM and Ford have stated they are scaling back production, but not stopping it. EVERY manufacturer does this based on supply and demand. Chrysler with the Hellcat powered cars, Honda with the NSX, Toyota with the new Supra, Nissan with the GTR and new Z, etc. Initial demand for a new product is always high. And then after a year or two of production, and the pre-orders and wait lists have been supplied, demand drops to normal levels, and production scales back. Supply and demand. A novel concept. https://www.investopedia.com/ford-scales-back-electric-truck-production-as-ev-demand-slows-8536161 https://www.marketplace.org/2023/11/02/ev-demand-production-reality-check/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/gm-earnings-outlook-1.7043345#:~:text=Business-,GM scales back electric vehicle and self-driving car plans,it almost %249.3 billion US. https://www.convenience.org/Media/Daily/2023/October/30/1-Automakers-Alter-EV-Plans_Fuel

The Process: 1. Go sit in front of the stash 2. Scan the stash, looking at the box art, and think about what would be cool to start building. 3. After 30 minutes, go back in the house, make a pot of tea. If summer, grab a cold drink of some kind. 4. Go back to stash, continue looking. 5. Grab a box, open it up, look at the contents, then put back on shelf. 6. Repeat step 5 minimum of 4 times. 7. Grab one of the Porsche kits or truck kits, and go inside. 8. It's now either time for dinner, or close to bedtime, so don't start anything. 9. Next day, start the new project by reading instructions, removing parts and sanding, glueing a few things. 10. Realize I'm just not feeling it. 11. return to step 1.

Completed a couple of trades recently with Starwulf and hgbben. Kits arrived safely and exactly as described. 10/10 would trade with them again.

Lots of manufacturers do say that what they learn on the track will make its way into the cars we can buy. So in theory, E-racing should give us improved EV tech for the road.

As long as it doesn't replace actual NASCAR, then I'm all for it. As far as I'm concerned, the more types of racing to watch, the better.

Got another Mustang Dark Horse in, managed to get some pics before delivery. Yes, a boring colour. Still looks awesome though.

I'm in Canada, so definitely not. And -40 is where Celcius and Farenheit are the same. Numerically.

No, the file maker just sells the files for 3d printing. https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/tool/drop-tank-racer-skale-1-24 You would need to find someone who would print it for you. Cults3D has a list of their vendor partners that will print on demand for people.

Last week: -40 Celcius temps -53 Celcius windchill 8-10 inches of snow Currently: 0 degrees Celcius sunny blue skies Next week: Welcome to a typical January/February in Alberta.

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/chevrolet-k30-crew-cab-1975 https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/chevrolet-c30-crew-cab-1975 He has a couple of versions. The chassis isn't accurate, but the bodies and the interiors are quite good. Shouldn't be too hard to combine with existing kits. As others have said, Zaina here offers his printing services. I haven't used him, but his prices are fair and I've heard his service is excellent.

Last year, we ordered a bunch of pens to use as giveaways. We did it ourselves, and our marketing department lost their minds. We spend too much, it wasn't approved, blah, blah. So they ordered some pens and went on and on about how much money they saved over the ordered we place. I enjoyed it when the pens arrived, and half don't work, and they literally fall apart if you hold them too tightly or drop them. Even the big boss literally asked "who ordered these [censored] pens? Spend a little money and get the good ones like last time." Referring of course, to the pens I had a hand in ordering. Of course...I'm a pen snob, so still use my Porsche pen, made from actual Porsche braided brake lines.

Picked up a vacuum former. Should (hopefully) be able to make nice curved and shaped windshields for my 3D printed kits now. The instruction manual has some of the best Engrish I've seen in a long, long time.

On a related note...

I'm at work, checking emails that came in overnight. Just printed an RFQ for a local municipality that needs some half tons. So I'll be working on that quote this morning.

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/american-racing-torque-thrust-22 These are an excellent quality file, and can easily be resized to whatever diameter you need. Visually, there's no real difference between an LS2 and an LS3, so here's the best LS3 file out there. https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/gadget/corvette-ls3-engine Add his LS2 fuel rail covers, and you're good to go. https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/gadget/corvette-ls2-fuel-rails-covers

I really like Vapor Blue, but I'm confident that I would not order it for myself. You're right though, people LOVE this colour. It gets so many comments, and I haven't heard anyone say anything negative about it yet. We have a Dark Horse that just arrived yesterday. Spec'd out by the client and factory ordered. It's dark grey.

So how many fit on a railcar? Boxed up like that, maybe 50? That would be $2500. A lot of money back then, but if you had the space... Buy them, assemble them, sell each one for $500. Even keeping two for yourself, that's like $20k profit. Where's my time machine, I need to go back....

That turned out beautiful! Excellent work!

When I was into slot cars, I always wanted to build a wood track like that and build it out like the model train guys do.

I think there are two distinct aspects for this hobby. The first is Builder. We build models, we complete models, we display and appreciate our finished models. The second is Collector. We purchase new kits. We purchase used kits. We add to the stash. We admire the stacks of unbuilt kits we have, convinced that we WILL get them built. I'm no so good at the first one, but I'm really good at the second one!

Lots of updates for us truck fans. I see two I need for sure. And that new 1/12 Lancia. Very nice.

Block heaters are actually standard equipment here. On most cars/trucks anyway. On a number of my personal vehicles, I've added battery blankets as well in the winter months. Like a heating pad that wraps around the battery. Although none of our current vehicles have them. I know a lot of people that put pan heaters on their trucks too, and a lot of diesel guys install those Webasto pre-heaters.