Ace-Garageguy

Went to the ACME meet today and came away with a buncha stuff from Norm Veber and MCG I've wanted for some time, plus a few kits at great prices, some "junk" finds like a half-built Invader for $10, a built Black Force for $5, which is way less than the wheels/tires go for, etc. The one that got away I'm still kicking myself for is the complete unbodged MPC Astro Vette I missed. Didn't snag it on the spot, decided to go back and get it...it was gone. Ya'd think I wooda learned by now.

There goes another rubber tree plant...

I agree with you on the '57 Bird with its blobular chassis, nose issues, interior and windshield fit, etc, but I've always found the '49-'50 Ford to be a pretty decent kit, very well proportioned, with a decent undercarriage.

Yup, '62. And I'm pretty sure the first release was gray. Googlie's idiot AI, when asked the question, doesn't bother to give a year, but says: "The AMT 1949 Ford was one of the first plastic models produced by AMT, and was released along with the 1950 Ford and Plymouth sedans." Okayyyyyyy. If anybody has one of those alternate-universe '50 Plymouth sedans, I'll pay a lot for it.

Yeah...when you consider the damage a 12 pound male housecat if it's really pissed can do to a human, imagining what it could do if it weighed 130 is pretty...intimidating. Still, unless one is really hungry, I'm pretty sure it would just as soon be left alone to look for smaller prey.

I think I saw you in the crowd, but by the time I finished the conversation-buying at MCG, you had vanished, never to be seen again.

Is it me, or does the whole world smell like wet gym clothes left too long in a locker?

Reality is what characters in 1984 were often cautioned against; they were told not to believe their lying eyes and ears and minds, while those who told them all that spouted fabrications, words taken out of context and spun into false meanings, and innuendo presented as truth.

Second that, I do.

"Mandatory 'bout dem giants wa' some kinda tall tale" was little Johnnie's answer to "use mandatory in a sentence".

Sketch your ideas on paper for a non-battery-dependent memory refresher.

I accomplished twice as much as last time I posted, but 2X0 still equals 0. I'll be shooting for 3 times as much for next time.

Attention spans among humans, on average, have reputedly devolved to less than that of goldfish. (TLDR) https://internet.psych.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/532-Master/532-UnitPages/Unit-09/Attention_Goldfish_Abbreviated.pdf

Sank to the axles in the mud, she did.

Idea theft is common, which is why the whole patent and trademark system exists, but it doesn't always work as intended.

Paddles used lightly on the backside were a successful treatment for babies behaving badly in ancient times.

Man up.

"Problem" is a word for "an opportunity to grow and learn".

A wise man looks within himself for what a fool tries to find in others.

Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.

The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

"Extreme" is one of those words that was pretty much used to death a while back, kinda like "awesome" applied to the mundane and "solutions" for every idiot business and "amazing" for just about any object or action that's the slightest bit novel and "hack" for anything involving applied common sense problem solving.

Barbeque ain't the stick Barbie uses to shoot pool, and knock Ken around with when he checks out other plastic babes.

Really enjoying this one, nice work. One of the cars I want to do myself at some point. Thanks for posting the build.