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Thank you for the explanation. Yea, but at the moment I'm remodeling my back yard, since the weather is perfect for it, 60ºF and dry so the red clay dirt is easy to dig. I'm in a ultra lack of inspiration to build anything other than rockets, and that's on hold. I will also be getting another car, so that will get my full attention for awhile, plus Blue Cloud is getting something done soon. I've heard from many guys, who said they were never busier in their life after retiring, I think it's something to do with age. 😏

of ancient petroglyphs

and VCR player 📼

Not a fan of the grey font on dark blue background. My screenshot is about twice the size.

Thought your Spillchick messed up the title. 🤭 One reason my Mercedes G666 BenutzerdefiniertHinterntretenJadgAktenvernichterGeländewagenLimousine WIP is stalled, not sure about my chop job. Are you using JB Weld?

Never seen a map like that before, like the graphics. Nobody look at my state of Arizona, we don't need more people moving here! I have the Earth nullschool wind map bookmarked, fascinating to see how our atmosphere is so turbulent at times.

Love seeing any weathering, sure adds to the realism.

Didn't know this kit existed! Glad you didn't give up, came out very nice. Funny story about lost & found. 😅

I had not downloaded pictures for awhile, this is not the same day. This woodie is at most of the cruises, he drives it often. This was at my mechanic's shop. Even tho it's a Ford 😜 I'm a little jelly. On my way to get gravel, nice '68 with a bed cover. He waved! Road on my truck, second half ton load of gravel for the new parking spot for the Honda. I would never restore Blue Cloud like that Ford, would never get desert pinstriping.

I never knew about this event! Been going on for years. How cool they aren't afraid of taking priceless cars and ripping on the ice/snow. People around here in Arizona freak when there is a dusting of snow. 😆

pooper's wet dream

, girlfriend not bashful! 👀

ICM does make nice kits. I've finished the 1:35 Mercedes G4, and have their 1:24 scale on the Shelf Of Doom. You spent some time with Bare Metal foil, looks good!

I'm not out of the woods yet. This is the response from the County on my last revision: Please remove my name from the plot plan. I won’t be sending a Floodplain Use Development Permit until it is removed. I am in no way designing this house or defining it’s elevations. The contours on the Interactive map are from 2012 at this parcel. It says the year (below) The USGS 3 Dep Kaibab contours are unavailable here. Those recent contours I sent are a kindness I extended to you and the homeowner.Your choice to use them is on you. Just like these elevations. If you chose not to use a surveyor or someway to measure the elevations at site and then the surveyor goes out before final and returns numbers that different from your reflection on your plot plan that is on you. If we do not have an accurate reflection we cannot approve the Certificate of Occupancy. You can purchase contours from the GIS department for areas where you cannot retrieve it or you can shoot the elevations. How nice, just pay more, because it will make such a HUGE difference. 🤬 Layer upon layer, do this to do that, jump through this hoop, grovel, whatever it takes. I know it's CYA for the County. Good thing I'm not living check to check now, I would be ticked off about this delay.

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For anyone who wants a real one, come to Prescott! Love the concept and execution!

I see my two cents was dropped 6 years ago (I've been here THAT long? 😳). I have resisted getting that kit, even the SMP24 kit which made the Honda N360 Z that I got a few years ago, very high quality. I also got the Boomerang since this OT dropped down. I still think snaggletooth when seeing a Rainbow. 😏

Pontiac Aztec comes to mind. My '16 Civic is a busy design, I hate how the creases along the side make doing a two-tone paint theme awkward. The A-pillar to the front hump, seeing it on many other brands, has to be a safety or aero thing. The way the window chrome ends at the back is silly. But it's paid off and gets good MPG, to make up for the pickup and "new" car I will be getting. Seems like every SUV looks the same, again has to be driven by safety standards, and whatever sells. I find it amusing how Lamborghini's SUV and Chevy's Blazer look the same. Corvette and Huracan, don't get me going. 😅 Um, yes AZ is extremely restrictive, the weather is horrible, and there isn't any more room, so don't move here like everyone else, who then complain about the growth. I'm serious, almost everyone who whines about the growth, just moved here a few years ago, I was born in AZ so guess how the conversation goes? Thank you. Thank you too! They have a very large book to pull from. They love to flex their Power by knowing every element of the codes. The Engineering can be different between two guys, one using the IRC, the other the IBC, can result in how many holdowns are required. Add the local codes, we have always been confused what the City, or the County requires. Got so bad several years ago, the Contractor Assoc. held a meeting to get the confusion cleared up with the trades. Lasted about a year before it was back to "normal" when the newest Codes were adopted. Add neighborhood HOA requirements, sure the City allows a deck to go into the rear setback a little, the HOA does not. Despite having acquired knowledge and experience, customers whined how much we charge for our work. I spent time in an Airnib in Bellingham WA. A very nice remodeled house, the towel bar came off the wall, so I feel your pain!

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Okay this is Twilight Zone! I didn't look above, before dumping my comment! 🙂

OH oh! 🤩 I can answer this with zero reservation now! Gumball Rally is a top 5 favorite movie, some was filmed in my town. One of the antique auto club's founding members just passed away, at the memorial service, family said the movie company paid him $400 to close his gas station for a day. Always loved the Daytona, built the Fujimi kit last century, entered it in my first contest, no awards at all, but a fellow model club member encouraged me to continue, and I have. Anyways, a Fakebook contact of mine who works on real cool cars (building a Speed Racer from scratch), and makes resin models, brokered this car for a deceased friend's widow. Sent the check today, if you have to ask, it's about $1.5 million less than the real thing. I'm calling it a Fakearri 350GTS Daytona Spyder, because it's a '69 Corvette with a boob job. 😅 I'm already wanting to put Cibie lights on it, like the movie car. I never owned a sports car before, love them, just couldn't swing it before, so this is my retirement gift. I see there is a forum in England for kit cars, found a thread about this Robinhood body, so I might join just to post pictures of sunny AZ, Route 66, Grand Canyon, autocross, etc. 😁

See everyone is still hogging ALL the snow! 😳 I would love to take some from you. I have the very last drafting job I've done, driving me absolutely crazy with the bloody building department. I will always say the government has caused the lack of "Affordable Housing" because of kleptocrats forcing everyone to beg for permission to make a living. Picked up this client about 3 years ago, for an addition to a house. Finding a builder who wouldn't quote a price for more than the house originally cost a few years ago, was a delay. The department doing the plan check, the woman was told me I was doing something wrong, that I've done for decades, I emailed an explanation why she was wrong, never got a response. The Flood Control District woman is hassling me about what the Finish Floor Elevation is on this existing house. I used the County G.I.S. website to get what I thought would be close enough. It's a gentle slope, I put red boxes around the topo lines. The bureaucracy has their own website that is not available to the public, here is what she sent me. (address is pubic so I didn't redact it) This subdivision has it's own regulation about the F.F.E. being minimum 12" above grade, which the existing house has. The addition is going where the grade is LOWEST, Uncommon Sense says it will be fine. But now she is suggesting that a Surveyor will have to come out, before they can get a Certificate Of Occupancy. I asked if the floor is too low, would they have to raise the whole house, or would there have to be a step up? No response, other than sending the screenshot. If she bothered to do a site visit, it would be obvious there is no problem, but oh no, submit peon! This Flood Control District was going to fix a washed out street in my Water District, which is in an area that hasn't been built with homes, yet. Their Engineer's design cut through the street with a gabion basket wall, which would have forced you to drive across adjacent lots. I'm on the water district board, we meet with a bureaucrat who said they had to stay with the current path of the stream. Board Chair used to work with ADOT, he asked their local Engineer about this, was told that the County just didn't want to get a permit from the Army Corps of Engineers. So they dropped it! And I know of a guy in my neighborhood who had started building a house 8 years ago without a permit, was caught, he submitted garbage as-built drawings, has flagrantly violated zoning regulations, and the County lets him slide for some reason. The Double Standard must be nice. But don't worry, same government is going to provide "Affordable Housing" for us. I will be so glad to officially declare I'm retired. /end rant/

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