Ace-Garageguy

Maybe it's time to change the thread title from "Blue Angels Killed a Cat" to "Grammar Pedants Beat a Dead Horse".

Yup...that "ed" where it doesn't belong, missing "to be", rankles. Oil needs changed, car needs washed, etc. Lately there seems to be a LOT of misunderstanding of tenses in general too. "Education", eh wot?

"Tat" is British slang for cheap crappola.

How about the name Hugh spelled "Huge" and vice-versa? Huge Hugh don't come 'round here no more.

I've had cats that totally freaked out whenever the neighborhood pyros started letting off firecrackers. Somehow it never occurred to me to sue anybody. I've also had cats that didn't twitch a whisker, looked around, had some chow, and went back to sleep. Definitely my preferred kind of feline personalities.

Thanks. Just like building a real car...but a whole lot cheaper.

Actually, it is an early AMT kit roadster body on an AMT '32 coupe chassis (they had a separate axle), and it's the same model as in the first photo, later in the process. It was built with no post-mid-1960s parts except the valve covers and a couple more bits from a Revell '50 Oldsmobile...and the Duvall windshield from AMT's "Phantom Vicky". Here's the build thread if you're interested.

With well known or clichéd phrases, it's often quite possible to substitute a different key word to express a similar or even entirely different thought.

And another thing. One of the most frequent criticisms of Revell's very nice '32 Fords is that they can NOT be built stock from what's in the boxes. The Ford 9" rear ends on coil springs are wrong, the K-member on the frame just doesn't exist, and there's no stock engine or gearbox or wheels-tires-brakes-front axle-interior either. Hardly satisfying for any modeling "purists" I know. EDIT: I'm NOT trying to be argumentative...at all. I like both Revell's and AMT's '32 Fords just fine.

"Lotta people go through life doing things badly." Steve McQueen in Le Mans

Important is in the eye of the beholder...

Change is not always for the better, and change just for the sake of change almost never is.

I'd never had a problem with any Testors product up until fairly recently. It started with one can of dark red enamel that bubbled instantly no matter how you shot it or shook it or warmed it...and then the cans started leaking at the lower seam. And then the line was slashed and dumbed down, with the excellent buffing metalizers gone forever. With the apparent cheapening and offshoring of everything everywhere, it's no real surprise, and I refuse to buy anything Testors offers at this point.

Well that bites. He sure left us a lot of great stuff though...

Pretty cool. Nice clean paint separation. In my misspent youth, I loved watching the A/FX cars and early altered-wheelbase "funnies" as much as the gassers and altereds and "competition coupes" and "modified sports". Boy, it sure was a different world...