Harry P.

A reference photo as my base layer. Then I "draw" on layers above, making whatever changes I want... like the custom touches on the Corvette, chopping a top, adding flames, changing color, drawing new wheels, etc. These illustrations are completely drawn in Photoshop... nothing is lifted from a "real" photo. I use the base layer photo as my guide, but everything you see in these illustrations was created by me 100% using Photoshop as my paintbrush and/or airbrush. Basically what I do is like what we (you and I and other artists) did in the old days, by projecting the image via an Art-O-Graph onto our drawing surface. In the old days that would have been illustration board. Today it's my monitor screen.

I think you're right, many just don't give a you-know-what. It's up to law enforcement, but it's impossible to pull over everyone jabbering away (or texting) on their phone while driving. I like Cal's idea of building some sort of circuit into a cell phone that deactivates it while inside a car or truck. The question is... how?

Are you a Mormon? How many do you have?

Just think what Ford could be doing if only they tapped into the genius of the two of us...

True enough. But the situation is magnified when the product sold can be the cause of your death.

Nicely done except for the ignition wires, which should "sag" and lay down along the engine contours.

That's pretty cool!

Me too! But unfortunately, Ford didn't ask my opinion...

I hope I haven't posted these particular ones before. All drawn/painted in Photoshop.

Not my thing, but a beautifully built model! The detail on the dash and gauges is especially nice. And points to dad for letting your daughter be part of it.

I also take bribes...

The dining room table. The kids are grown and gone... I have three unused bedrooms! I really should make one of them a permanent hobby room.

Didn't Olds also have them in the '50s?

Don't let the whitewalls fool you... they're from the JCWhitney catalog!

It's not the best concept car I've ever seen (Mustang or otherwise), but I've seen a lot worse!

Mike, excellent points made. You're right, there was a lot involved in the GM bailout besides poor corporate management. We're not supposed to talk politics here, but you and I (and most others, I assume) know who benefitted from the bailout. I'll just leave it at that. As far as the ignition switch problem... as I said in my first post in this thread, GM has a lot of nerve to ask to be protected from any lawsuits arising as a result of their own negligence.

Regardless of whatever blame the consumers may have (and obviously that would have to be determined on a case-by-case basis), the fact is that GM knew there was a problem for a decade and didn't do a thing.

But I see you already have that covered...

It runs all around the radiator shell and the firewall, to prevent metal-to-metal contact with the hood panels.

Because market research has told them that consumers tend to notice and grab a larger package over a small one, regardless of how many pills are actually in the bottle. A larger bottle on the shelf means consumers will tend to notice that product more than a smaller bottle. There's even a whole science behind how (and where) products are arranged on supermarket shelves. The placement of the various products on the shelf is not random, or up to the store manager. Manufacturers play "slotting fees" to the stores in order to get a "better" spot on the shelf than their competitors. The habits of people, as far as grocery shopping goes, is studied down to the tiniest detail. Nothing is done by accident.

Yeah, the actual number of pills is listed on the bottle. But the fact that they use bottles 2-3 times larger than needed isn't an accident. From Consumer Reports: "Larger packages and bottles can grab a shopper’s attention," says Dave Wendland, vice president of Hamacher Resource Group, which designs how products are organized on drugstore shelves. “That could turn into more sales for the manufacturer,” he adds. Market research is a pretty sophisticated science. The practice of using much larger containers than needed to hold the product is called "slack fill," and there are laws against it, as it can be interpreted as deceptive. http://www.manatt.com/ThreeColumn.aspx?pageid=28295&id=4815

I don't know how bright GM management is. After all, we had to bail them out when their bad business decisions forced them to go belly up. When it comes to making smart business decisions, it looks like the suits at GM aren't exactly the sharpest knives in the drawer.

That's about as plain as it can be said. Pretty simple.

And yet according to the story, GM has admitted that they knew about the problem for at least a decade before they bothered doing anything about it! And now they want to be protected from any lawsuits filed as a result of their own negligence???!!! They have a lot of nerve.