Ace-Garageguy

Sandwich is the name of several islands and an earl, and is also the earl's namesake hand-food, originally made with two slices of bread with meat between them.

"Out of the frying pan and into the fire" is where I seem to be lately, which would be just dandy if I was bacon.

Holy s---, Batman.

Intention of the good kind is said to be one of the paving stones on the road to the hot place down below.

Nope, that's one fun glitch I haven't had to get all impotently angry about yet.

Shows that purport to be "reality" kinda make me wonder what the average IQ really is today.

Yeah, but that would have been the end of the series. They'd never let that happen.

Haven't had the problem today, but the oh so mo' better "two-step authentication" process is just a useless PITA as far as I'm concerned. Just a bell with a whistle attached to give the illusion of better "security". Then again, I'm not a fool whose security practices are just downright sloppy, like using the same password for everything, or letting Google or some other who-knows-who-has-access-to-it app "manage my passwords". Like, who is really that lazy and stupidly trusting enough to do that? Anyway, good luck with your problem. If it's site-wide, they'll fix it pretty quick. I find that PayPal overall works quite well, most of the time.

FWIW, my forecast above turned out to be dead-on accurate. NO thunderstorms, and a few minutes of light rain.

For that, my roly poly compatriots, is why we patronize "all you can eat" buffets anyway, isn't it?

I didn't read it that way, now deleted I see (though it's still there as a quote in my response...and why delete it if it wasn't intended as I took it?) because that info wouldn't have been "useless" had it been stated in the original post. Had the OP mentioned in his first post that he'd already purchased and tried the Iceman 3D printed setup I linked to and posted a photo of, I certainly wouldn't have wasted my own time searching for and posting it. I did provide a direct link to another kit-sourced A-arm setup, but the OP stated he'd tried every search imaginable on eBay and didn't find anything like it. How odd. Here's another one. https://www.ebay.com/itm/286518404371? Anyway, you don't narrow the track on an IFS vehicle by getting tiny little short control arms that can't possibly provide proper suspension geometry. It is often necessary to narrow the distance between control arm pickup points so as to work with aftermarket control arms that are based on something like the popular Mustang II geometry, and that sometimes requires the frame rails themselves to be narrowed. Aftermarket real-car frames or subframes often incorporate this requirement from the get-go. Aftermarket crossmembers that are set-up for tubular control arms (again, very often based on Mustang II geometry) will include a nominal track-width measurement with a particular wheel offset (if they're from any kind of competently-engineered source, anyway) so the car builder can determine in advance how much frame surgery, if any, might be required to allow full steering lock, etc. But at this point I think I may keep my useless information and apparent inability to read and comprehend English to myself in the future. Far be it for me to be the source of any additional internet discord. Everybody happy now?

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Face the man in the mirror honestly, and ask him if he's proud of who he sees.

Enormously expanded waistlines have become the norm rather than the exception.

Well, I don't know what to tell you. When I face a similar problem on a real car, I make whatever I can find work somehow. Sometimes it requires narrowing the actual frame rails. EDIT: And so sorry for providing "useless info". I'll be sure to remember that next time you ask a question. I rarely make the same mistake twice.

eBay is a good source for what you need, both 3D-printed and kit-sourced. Just enter "1/25 scale front suspension" in the search area. One printed example right now: https://www.ebay.com/itm/363702408956? One current kit-sourced example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/156830350950?

That's it in a nutshell, and many of those are "highly educated professionals" who think what THEY do is worth the sun and the moon, but seem to believe ALL mechanics, fabricators, machinists, etc. are knuckle-dragging mouth-breathers, parts-changers or just crooks who should be paid live-under-a-bridge wages. It was a great joy to make it to the end of the business where I became appreciated and reasonably well, if not always fully, compensated...but it's still a struggle at times to educate clients as to what's worth what.

I'm in awe of anyone who can paint that the way it's made, many sub-assemblies all together, and make it look good. Thanks for the heads-up on the reference book too.

I don't have anything for you, but it's really a great subject to collect. He was certainly one of the best of the best, one of my heroes in earlier days.

About 50 random packets of HO-scale detail parts, couplers, and mechanical and electrical bits, multiples of some. Detail parts include diesel cab furnishings, air and MU hoses and stands, diesel railing upgrades, boxcar ends and doors, diesel winterization hatches, fan and radiator grilles, lights, horns, etc. Mechanical bits are mostly gearsets for more realistic speeds of diesel locomotives. Electrical stuff includes circuits for flashing strobes and EOT devices, and motor brushes. Average cost about $2 each.

Well, looks like a weak cold front went through overnight, but we didn't get much rain...and just enough in the afternoon to play jello with my roof tarping project. Today's forecast is 80% chance of thunderstorms this afternoon, but looking at the NWS live radar and temps, it looks like another weak cold front will indeed be moving through (it's over Memphis right now) but precip where it is now is just light sprinklege. So here's Bill's forecast: because I don't see a lot of potential for atmospheric heating this afternoon, I'm forecasting no thunderstorms, but maybe some localized light to moderate rain. It's only 75F now here, and afternoon t-storms are usually the result of PM heat buildup plus high humidity, assuming they're not driven by a front moving through. The humidity's there right now...90%...and there's a weak cold front on the way...so we'll just have to wait and see if I can get it as wrong as a bunch of computer models being interpreted by highly trained meteorologists did yesterday..

Videos of cats come in 3 main categories: cutesy / creepy, hysterically funny, and proof positive that cats are superior to humans in every way imaginable. 🐈

Great story, cool car. Those old Zees are wonderful cars.

I have rarely seen such a poor representation of any vehicle, but I do admire your quest to do something nice with it. It's kinda like the mutant puppy that's just so sad and pathetic, with one eye always looking over its shoulder, that it becomes your favorite. Poor little car is too unbelievably awful to throw out, so I honestly do applaud your effort to build it. Honest.