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Wheel circumference of the hub: _____________________ Wheel circumference of the outer rim: __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Each bug is assigned their own distances, which they have to travel in exactly the same amount of time. If you were a runner on a track, you'd have to run at a much higher rate of speed on the outer rim to arrive at the finish at the same time as the runner on the shorter track. This is why track position is so important in running, auto racing and why they change lane positions in speed skating.

Doesn't matter. But Christian's parable about the bug on the outside spending less time in his ordeal on the rim than the bug on the inside means only that the outside bug left early, stopped at a pub, then went to the hub.

Two trains, 200 km apart, are moving toward each other at the speed of 50 km/hour each. A fly takes off from one train flying straight toward the other at the speed of 75 km/hour. Having reached the other train, the fly bounces off it and flies back to the first train. The fly repeats the trip until the trains collide and the bug is squashed. What distance has the fly traveled until its death?

Uhhh...what you said. The speed picks up at the outer edges that have to cover greater distances in the same time as the rotation of the smaller hub. But they're going at the same rpm, and that doesn't make the time of day go faster.

I will leave it to Dr. Pamp to elucidate this thought, but it seems to me that, even if you strip away all of the Earth down to 1/25, or even to the size of a ball bearing at the center of the Earth's axis, it's still going to rotate at the same rate it does now. Therefore, 1 day = 1 day, and time doesn't change. For example, the hub of a bicycle wheel rotates at the same rate as the tires.

Wouldn't backing off result in a wider overspray area?

Apparently, that's because they can't realistically scale train route distances; they'd probably need a layout the size of an airport runway. They're just trying to alter their perceptions of the time it takes to get from point A to point B. This can also be accomplished through the use of illegal substances. Model train layout fast clocks: http://www.layoutvision.com/id27.html

Many cars of the time had fabric-covered bodies, applied to wooden framing, that were so heavily painted that you'd never suspect they weren't metal. Here's why: "The fabric-covered body concept patented by Charles T. Weymann revolves around the idea that bodies based on aircraft design procedures in which the body panels are layered with a thick padding followed by a top layer of lacquered fabric are lighter, quieter and safer than a conventional metal-based bodies. Weymann promoted the notions that his sedan bodies weighed about half as much as conventional sedan bodies. Passengers experienced less noise due to the manner in which the thin ash framework is built; the wood pieces are joined together by metal bracketry with gaps between them. They never touch and never squeak. Plus, the thick buildup of materials insulated the passenger compartment from road noise. Roads, at the time, were far from smooth. Also pitched was the idea that a fabric-covered body being lighter than a similar metal-bodied one has a lower center of gravity and, thus, is less likely to roll over in an accident."

Donkey fart.

Most of the vehicles in Captain America were created specifically for the movie by ex-Bugatti designer Daniel Simon. They're not cars that existed before

Here's a one-of-a-kind factory truck, #4AF4, a Phantom IV built in 1950 and scrapped in 1963.

Apparently, Rolls had factory pickups that they used to deliver aircraft parts, including Merlin engines, during WWII. The Vintage Garage, a Rolls restoration company, used a Phantom III to replicate one.

This continues to amaze. I can't tell for sure, but it looks like John has put the correct cloth/carpet backing on the rear-facing parts of the seat backs, which would be something of a first on this kit.

? As far as I know, Purple Power and Castrol degreaser are totally different products. And I know for a fact that Purple Power will remove chrome.

Thanks. Seems to be working again.

One of the things I love about this site is that admin doesn't get huffy about mentioning the other guys. Is anyone having problems today accessing scaleautomag.com? I can't get there from any angle.

Here's more information about the Knoxville and Maryville clubs from Mike Driskill... Our club here in Knoxville welcomes all kinds of modelers. That being said, while we have a few "car guys" in our club, in all honesty most of our members are aircraft, armor, or figure builders. Official name of our group is Knoxville Scale Modelers Association (KSMA). We are an IPMS-chartered club since 1975. We meet the second Tuesday of each month at the HobbyTown shop in the Turkey Creek shopping area on the west side of Knoxville. The main car club in our area is the "Sick Puppies Auto Modelers" (SPAM) in nearby Maryville, Tennessee. They are quite active and meet monthly, I believe at the Hobby Lobby store there. Their guys have helped judge the car categories at our annual contest for many years. Unfortunately, try as I might, I don't seem to have any current contact info for them. SPAM's president for a long time was Monty Lowans, quite a nice gent and a well-known and accomplished modeler. But I know he has had some health problems, and don't know if he is still doing that job. Hopefully you can find info on the club in one of the car modeling web sites or magazines that maintains a list of clubs. Good luck--sorry I can't be more help, but let me know if I can do anything else. Mike Driskill NOTE: (Sick Puppies Auto Modelers) still meet at Hobby Lobby in Maryville, TN on the third Saturday of each month from 10-12. Call Hobby Lobby to confirm.

After you've prepped the surfaces and sanded everything, be sure to use a self-etching primer before you paint.

However, you can copy and paste several lines of copy at a time from the PDF into the translator. Just have a text file open and copy the translation back into it. Then repeat, repeat, repeat with the remaining copy. This is the way I've done it with long articles. Chances are high, however, that the online translator will be pretty sketchy in its accuracy. Another angle: http://www.ehow.com/...an-english.html Have you got a link to the article you want to translate? Sometimes they can be copied, sometimes they can't.

I can't understand why this film still is not available in a US (Region 1) version, and no plans have been announced for one. However, the Region 2 versions such as for the UK should be playable on most computer DVD drives, but not on normal DVD players. I have a few European DVDs that work fine on my computer but can't be played on my DVD.

The Revell catalog only says it's for the first half of 2012.

Fabulous movie. Saw it in the theater, but they had a print that didn't have English translation (not good, since half the movie is in Brazilian Portuguese). They gave the audience free passes because of that, then they got the English version. I got a DVD that apparently is a Japanese pirate version with bad English. I'd love to hear how the official English version works. This is a one-of-a-kind documentary. One point to note: Most of the footage is from TV coverage, so you get a lot of horizontal lines on the big movie screen. Looks much better on your TV but lacks the incredible audio and presence of being there. PS: I didn't think Jackie Stewart was all that bad, and though Alain Prost seemed something of a villain, you need to stick around to the end of the titles to see that really isn't so. He was tremendously affected by Senna's death, and is now the administrator of Senna's memorial charity.

If you can make a rat rod out of a multimillon-dollar car with a human brain between the seats, a Viper engine is the least of the logical disconnects in this fun build.

Kudos for your tip on cutting the decals along the panel lines. I've seen failure to do that spoil a lot of wonderful builds.

In one of your earlier posts, you indicated that you might play around with the interior color. PLEASE DON'T! I've done a lot of research on these 4.5 litre Blower Bentleys and every one of them has a green interior. You've done such an awesome job in accuracy and detail that it would be awful to see you depart that much.