Ace-Garageguy

"Thick as a brick" describes some of my past co-workers quite accurately.

"Elvis the pelvis" was one of the great one's nicknames.

Reach for your dreams and work hard to achieve them, 'cause they won't just materialize from wishing.

First print looks really good. I'm always inspired by anyone who jumps in with both feet and learns as he goes. "Sure, I can do it. I just have to figure out how."

Here's a '40. Same basic idea...

Time has a way of passing more rapidly as we get closer to running out of it.

Something that size is likely out of reach for most of us, but achieving that level of craftsmanship and detail is certainly possible on a 4X8 layout, or even a small module or diorama.

Ahh...that's pretty. Very well proportioned model too. I had a very clean stripped P1800 shell many years back, getting ready for a 289 Ford swap, but it disappeared during a shop move, probably sent to the crusher for $50.

Beautiful model.

"Differently" is certainly the way I'd do some things in the past if I'd known then what I know now, but I'm OK where I am in spite of some incredibly stupid moves on my part.

Direction-finding without technological aids is becoming a lost art as well, with people seemingly unaware that the sun comes up in the east and sets in the west, and don't even think about finding someone who can read a map or a compass.

Not as many as it takes blackbirds to make a pie, which is 24 IIRC.

Quarter midgets are tiny, built for little kids. https://quartermidgets.org/ Several online sources mistakenly list the scale as either 1/24 or 1/25, which is ridiculous. I've seen one site call it 1/12, which is more believable. ON FLICKR: “THE SILVER FLASH” QUARTER MIDGET RACER Monogram – PC63 1/12 Scale – 1961 Art by Clement Fraser" The size of the model (not the scale) is similar to the Monogram Midget that you have, perhaps just a little smaller overall IIRC. I don't think I still have it here, having moved a large group of models west already, but I'll check again and measure it if I can find it.

Problem-solving is supposed to be something humans excel at, but I'm beginning to think ravens are better at it on average.

Go on now, you can't really mean that...

Snake and pygmy pie, with a Guiness. Sadly for me, most of the British beverages from my youth are no longer available in the US. Anyway, I've got enough s&pp to last a few days.

"Do you like to shake paint bottles?" Yup...almost as much fun as watching paint dry, or grass grow. I'm a real party animal.

Contamination in the form of induced currents from unshielded noisy circuits nearby can play holy jello with an aftermarket EFI system's ability to function, and even cause the "self learning" ones to go dumb.

Mother ships usually carry much more firepower than the little fighters, but they're not as nimble, and make easy targets unless they're shielded.

Snack calories can really add up quick, and may make the difference between a successful fitness program and a permanent "I can't lose weight" jelly belly.

Snow makes everything seem clean and quiet.

Beautiful piece of model building.

Somewhere along the line I did measure it, though I've forgotten, but it is indeed somewhere between 1/18 and 1/20. Which makes it a great starting point for similarly shaped but larger "championship" cars of the period in 1/25 or 1/24. I'm pretty sure somebody on this board has built one. Just as an aside, I have a vacuum-formed kit of the 1941 Indy winner co-driven by Floyd Davis and Mauri Rose. The kit came to me with no packaging, so I don't know its maker, and the one-sheet line drawing of the real car that came with it doesn't specify scale, though it's clearly 1/24 or 1/25. The point is that held side by side, it looks very much like the old Monogram Midget body was the basis for the buck the vacuum shell halves were pulled from. I also have a built-up chrome-body model that appears to be a midget, but I've been unable to find any info on it to date (though I haven't tried very hard). EDIT: Found it.

Unlikely some things I was looking forward to will come to fruition...though anything is possible...but at this point I really don't care.