Ace-Garageguy

Wow. That is stunningly beautiful work.

What's the default video player your OS or browser is trying to use? It looks like YouTube is using HTML5 as default in Chrome. I thought Chrome supported just about everything and would automatically detect the right player for whatever format, but there's a dis-connect somewhere in your system, apparently. There are several similar problems, like this thread...https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/6uWlmTFNmcM

I THINK the turbine is a jet-engine starting motor of around 150hp, installed by the "hobby shop" at an Air Force base Kurtis gave the old car to.

How about this one? My current understanding is that it started life as a turbine car too, a mid-engine design from 1954.

That's pretty funny. And entirely true. I remember being annoyed with myself on multiple occasions trying to get the things folded back up correctly.

There's a little more common variation in side-draft bodies than down-drafts, at least as far as what I've seen over the years. 40 and 45 DCOEs are pretty much everywhere. Most of the really high-performance 2-bbl down-drafts you'll encounter are going to be built in 48 IDA bodies, even with much smaller venturis, like say 37mm. There are also 40, 44 and 48 IDFs ,IIRC, but most of the model-car representations appear to be IDAs (the IDA being the more all-out racing carb, and the IDF being the more street-friendly).

For whatever reason, your machine isn't recognizing the format the sound is presented in on that old clip. Are you running a Mac? And is the video clip running under Flash? I've seen references to no-sound in Chrome while using Flash.

Just go to McD's or Subway or the grocery store or the auto-parts store or Wendy's or ask your date to figure a 20% tip.

There's an even more disturbing thing happening, in my opinion, that goes right along with Roger's remark. Even if they HAVE computers or tablets or smart-phones and CAN google the information, without a grounding in basic concepts and a well-defined critical thinking process, many (MANY) people I encounter have NO IDEA WHICH GOOGLE INFORMATION IS RELEVANT to the question being asked. Just google images for "osmosis" and see how many hits you get. There are several explanatory diagrams that make the concept simple to understand, but knowing which one to take home is the trick, and that's where education is failing...in teaching people to THINK.

Ummm...at least tens of millions just in the US. Billions on the planet.

Interesting point of view. I, for one, actually DID spend a lot of time and money (mostly my parents' money) getting a higher education, and it didn't just stop when I left school. There's SO much misinformation posted on the internet as fact, and so little understanding in this country of what should be BASIC SCIENCE, that sometimes, if I see something that is confusing...or just plain wrong...I kinda like to try to set the record straight. My post about osmosis was in response to Harry's offhand remark that osmosis doesn't apply to humans. Though the conversation was about learning, the opportunity for gross misunderstanding was there. Osmosis most certainly DOES apply to humans, just not in the way that was being referenced. BUT, it's entirely possible that someone with not-quite-enough science education could come away from here thinking "osmosis doesn't apply to humans", and "know" the WRONG information. To elaborate on what Roger said, a lack of understanding of some of the most basic concepts, including science, seems to be creeping into the populace more and more. People don't seem to think that an understanding of, for instance, HOW the lights come on when you flip the switch, and WHERE the electricity comes from to do it, has any relevance in their lives. And yet they have opinions on everything technical, and seem to feel competent to vote for elected officials that make decisions affecting this country's energy policy.

There are MANY online sources for LEDs, including vendors on ebay...cheap. If you have the spec for the particular LEDs you need, it should be an easy search.

Again, unless you're building a model of a very specific car, to me, the visual difference between 1/24 and 1/25 tires and rims can be insignificant. I say this because there are often minor scaling errors with kit wheels and tires, so they may not scale out perfectly anyway. Another thing to remember is that there are many many tire sizes in the real world, and that tires of the same labeled size (say 2 different 235 R15s, for instance, from two different manufacturers) may have a significant and visible difference in diameter and width. With that in mind, unless your tire is labeled specifically what size it is, you're pretty much in tthe clear...if it LOOKS right on the model. One more thing...drawing from both 1/25 and 1/24 wheels and tires allows you to come up with things that just aren't available exactly in scale. For instance, a 1/24 wheel that's supposed to be 15" makes a great stand-in for a 16" wheel in 1/25 scale, etc. I was able to get the difference in sidewall height on this model (which WOULD be very noticeable in real-life and is supposed to look just like this) by using 1/25 scale tires on the front, and tires from a 1/24 kit on the rear. As far as 4-links go, I've seen them on all kinds of street cars and race cars, pro-touring cars, Cobra kit-cars, off-roaders, hot-rods...even the 1:1 '33 Plymouth I'm building for a client. For good reference material, do a google image search for "4-link rear suspension". You'll see that there almost infinite variations in geometry and applications.

Real interesting rigs. I've never seen setups like that (or maybe I have and just didn't notice) so you sure taught me something. Good luck with your project.

A SINGLE overhead cam engine (SOHC) has ONE CAM PER HEAD, no matter how many heads it has. A DOHC (double overhead cam) has TWO CAMS PER HEAD, no matter how many heads it has. A DOHC V8 will have 4 cams. These are typical arrangements for hemi or semi-hemi combustion chambers, but other arrangements are possible for differently shaped chambers.

Seriously...for rod-end bearings and coil-overs, the difference in 1/24 and 1/25 is so small, nobody, not even Mr. Super-Critical me, would ever notice it.

I've never seen the Thunderbirds fly, but the F-16 is a pretty spectacular airplane to watch, especially up relatively close. I was in the right place at the right time to see some of the development work on the thrust-vectoring experimental variant of the F-16, and it can do things that stagger the mind...things you just wouldn't expect any airplane to be able to do. http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/f-16-vista-matv-early-thrust-vectoring-development-455499072

Looks like you're moving in the right direction. Bear in mind that, although many highway standards are specifying 17'6" clearance for new-construction underpasses, there are MANY in the country that are still 14'6". Many jurisdictions also limit overall vehicle height to 13'6". This could be a problem with a car over the roof of the truck cab.

EXCELLENT idea. Much better than masking tape, and has a hard, straight edge.

I have a trick that MIGHT work for you. I was able to create the panel-separation lines in the rear of the roof of this custom (they didn't exist) by laying a piece of masking tape along the original line at the front of the roof, and pulling it tight to where I wanted it to finish. Then, I very carefully began to follow the edge of the tape with a 32 TPI razor saw. It takes a very delicate touch, and patience, but I was entirely pleased with the results. You can see the finished lines are straight and parallel to each other...no easy task. The material I was scribing into is a mixture of epoxy and microballoon, which is about as hard as resin.

Oh man, THAT must be why I had such a hard time with calculus. Sleeping in class didn't cut it, so I tried putting the books under the pillow. Dang.

I wish you luck. One of my old clients is currently battling a similar issue (nothing to do with models though), but it's a trademark infringement. She's repeatedly contacted the violator with a "cease and desist" demand, and the idiot perp even went so far as to file a trademark application using my client's wording. Of course the USPTO threw the application out, but the idiot who's doing the infringing is frankly...an idiot, and doesn't seem able to grasp the illegality of what she's trying. A civil suit is next. When she gets hit with a multi-thousand dollar judgement, plus costs, maybe she'll get the message. Problem is collecting from these thieving morons, and recovering the cost of the suit.

Just to clarify...osmosis IS a very important part of biological activity, including in humans. This wikipee entry is consistent with my understanding of the relationship... "Osmosis is a vital process in biological systems, as biological membranes are semipermeable. In general, these membranes are impermeable to large and polar molecules, such as ions, proteins, and polysaccharides, while being permeable to non-polar and/or hydrophobic molecules likelipids as well as to small molecules like oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and nitric oxide. Permeability depends on solubility, charge, or chemistry, as well as solute size. Water molecules travel through the plasma membrane, tonoplast membrane (vacuole) or protoplast by diffusing across the phospholipid bilayer via aquaporins (small transmembrane proteins similar to those responsible for facilitated diffusion and ion channels). Osmosis provides the primary means by which water is transported into and out of cells. The turgor pressure of a cell is largely maintained by osmosis across the cell membrane between the cell interior and its relatively hypotonic environment."

I believe the phrase "learning by osmosis" was used as a metaphor for just being in an environment and absorbing at least SOME knowledge of the environment, simply from being exposed to it...exactly your concept "It's impossible to go to school day after day and not learn something."