Dave Ambrose

It's very important for blind people to hear the cars. We had breakfast in downtown Salt Lake City after GSL, and the place was in an area with lots of EVs. They really make the urban areas a lot more livable just because they're quieter.

What a sweet ride! Love the looks, and quarter elliptical springs on the front end are eye-catching.

We're working on the problem. It's a multistep project, and one of the reasons we're taking the forums offline tomorrow. I don't think tomorrow's work will fix it, but it will lay part of the foundation.

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Mile High, To elaborate some on Scott's reply, we are very interested in new shows. That said, taking pictures that print well in the magazine takes attention to detail. Please contact me at dave@modelcarsmag.com and we can discuss the specifics.

I have found that I have to copy photos from my iPhone to my PC to embed the photos in postings. I do a lot of image correction with IrfanView, a free program. It will crop, and compress photos well, and will serve you in a lot of situations.

We don't limit the size or number of pictures. Sometimes the poster needs them to flesh out their narrative.

Ah, Facebook. It started out as a way to stay in touch with friends and family, and often seems more like Tom Lehrer's "My Home Town." Occasional family drama aside, it's generally been good for me. I'm in a few FB model car groups, along with astronomy and SCUBA diving. They vary in usefulness. The SCUBA groups are good, especially for timely info. The model car ones are variable. I'd be curious to know which ones people are finding useful.

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Most likely, your device is infected with something that's hijacking the QR codes. That code should take you straight to the build book.

This might belong under irked too, but I think I'll look at the good side of things. Last October, our utility company detected a gas leak. They have trucks with sniffers checking the neighborhoods every 6 months or so, and the sniffer went off at the end of our driveway. Next day, they come out to diagnose the cause, and find a significant leak in the pipe that feeds the four houses in our little cluster. An hour later, there's heavy machinery and three crews digging up the pipe. The pipe was not in good condition, and they decide to replace it with plastic which is much longer lived in underground conditions. To do this, they dug out a trench for a new feeder pipeline and part of that was in our driveway. This took two 24-hour days to complete, and they filled in the driveway cut-outs with asphalt. Today, they came out to put in permanent repairs. So far, the crew is doing a great job, and they're handling the small curve thrown at them. The original repair blocked off a drainage pipe. We like to complain about the local utilities, but from what I've seen, the frontline workers are conscientious and capable.

We learned today that Mike Scott passed away on July 27th after a three year battle with cancer. Mike won an award at this year's GSL, and his T-Bucket will be featured in the next issue of MCM. His obituary can be found here. Our condolences to his family and friends.

I haven’t checked, but I think they compress extremely well. But that’s always the last step.

File size limitations: Trying to share an astronomy-related project on another forum, and they have a 500k limitation on the entire post. After several iterations of resizing, and reencoding, I fell back to a single picture, and if anyone's curious, they can ask me. It does reinforce the wisdom of removing those limitations here. This board would be unusable with any significant file size limits.

Yes. You can order them from Spotlight Hobbies and Model Round Up.

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MCM did not organize GSL. Mark Gustafson and his fellow Trustees did. They should be referred to collectively as they all play major roles in putting on the show. MCM did have a larger than usual presence at the show, which may account for some confusion. Larry is an associate editor and contributor. Most editorial decisions are made by the editorial board which, includes multiple staff members.

The post office is really having problems this time around. If you haven't gotten your issue yet, please send an email to subscribe@modelcarsmag.com We'll send you a replacement issue.

We don't have that theme available for this version of the forum. It may well be available in the next version. If it is, I'll enable it after I upgrade.

I had the once-in-a-lifetime pleasure of seeing Fangio drive his restored F1 car at Laguna Seca. They were doing parade laps, and each new lap was a little faster than the previous one. Eventually, the Mercedes film car spun out and Fangio could drive in a more <ahem> spirited manner. I find it interesting that the mid-fifties F1 car could outdrive a modern Mercedes.

Great subject! (I'm a Fangio fanlet) I wonder if you wouldn't save yourself a ton of work by taking the model files, and have them printed in a liquid resin printer? The layers are much, much smaller and the prep will be much easier.

If it's any consolation, mine hasn't arrived either. Let me know if it doesn't get there by the end of next week, and we'll get you a replacement copy.

We do have digital subscriptions that are not Magster. If you take out a digital subscription directly with us, it's hosted on a platform we control. PM me if you need help setting that up.

Your subscription is still current. Send me a PM if it isn't there by the end of next week and I'll send you a replacement issue.