Ace-Garageguy

Clever reactions might be helpful if someone's chasing you with a cleaver.

Far as I'm concerned, this or this is every bit as desirable as this or this or this. From my own perspective there's no problem, 'cause I don't give a rat's rump what anyone else is interested in, and if the prices plummet on the older stuff, there's just that much more chance I'll be able to own something that was previously out of reach. EDIT: For what it's worth, when I was 19, my girlfriend loved the '50s and '60s Porsches and Jags (etc.) I sometimes got to borrow, but she saw hot-rods based on '20s and '30s Fords as "old timey cars"...until she took a ride. Then she was almost as enthusiastic about them as I was. Perspective and knowledge are everything.

Illinois has this big ol' beautiful windy city I really used to love.

Nobody is "lumping fat people into a monolithic block". Every individual requires specific evaluation and care. HOWEVER, "as someone who works in healthcare" you really should be aware of the volumes of accredited and repeatable medical studies providing conclusive evidence linking lack of exercise, poor diet, and overweight to the onset of T2 diabetes...and the positive effect lifestyle changes in these categories can have on a patient. "As someone who works in healthcare", you might also want to research the known and emerging side-effects of Ozempic and other medications containing semaglutide (even though it is "FDA tested and approved"). I'd like to know where the "shockingly ignorant and harmful" part comes in. I have rather extensive personal experience regarding the reversal of pre-diabetic symptoms and lowered blood-pressure as a direct result of losing weight and exercising...without drugs of any kind. It is "germane to the thread" from the standpoint that, even though clinically researched and verified lifestyle options that can markedly improve quality-of-life are readily available to anyone, many people refuse them because they're "too difficult"...which is the "excuse" for not using an airbrush that elicited my response. PS: Feel free to PM me f you'd like to continue this discussion off the board.

Doing absolutely nothing is sometimes the break we need to maintain a semblance of sanity, but I've yet to meet a woman who could grasp that little fact.

You have my attention. Very nice job, and looking forward to more.

Silly me. I was hoping for a deep-fried gopher recipe, knowing how you like to cook and all.

Good point, and that's been a topic of discussion in the past. PlastiKote in particular, once the go-to automotive rattlecan primer favored by many top-rated modelers, is now useless. We've also had threads on how the composition of kit plastics has changed over the past couple of decades, and that rattlecan products that used to work great on models are now a recipe for disaster without rigorous testing prior to use.

There are also people who are seriously overweight, and refuse to eat healthy and exercise from exactly the same mindset, even though there are mountains of irrefutable evidence proving that maintaining a healthy weight and cardio fitness lead to a longer, happier life, less dependent on medication...sometimes eliminating the need for medication entirely. They prefer to sit all day, stuffing on bon-bons and junk food, suffer with type-2 diabetes and insulin shots and sleep-apnea related to obesity, and rely on quackery like Ozempic to lose weight...if they even bother at all. People are going to do what they're going to do, and trying to pretend otherwise, no matter how much better choices they could make for any given activity or situation, makes no sense. Far as the airbrush vs. rattlecan thing goes, I use both, depending on what's appropriate for any given application, and the results I want to achieve. I put in the time and effort to develop the skills that let me produce first-rate finishes with just about anything...within reason. The galling thing is that so many people seem to believe they can turn out first-rate results with as close to zero effort and expense as possible. If you insist on buying cheap rattlecan paint and never bother to learn how to get primo results from anything, don't be surprised...and don't whine...when your work looks like a 5-year-old did it.

Well, guess I gotta have one of those to accompany my 1/8 scale hot-rods.

Another project is the best reason I've ever found to put off doing the part of a build that requires extra effort or just needs more research.

Just about every time I go to one of the local flea markets or "antique malls", I walk out with a few HO-scale model RR rescues for cheap. This one is particularly nice, a built-up (very cleanly) Roundhouse crane-boom-tender caboose in B&O work-train markings, already sporting Kadee couplers and metal wheelsets. It was in the wrong box, and I had to do some research to figger out exactly what it was. 5 bucks. The asking for these on the web is anywhere from about $25 to $45, including shipping. EDIT: Another $5 score, this NOS AHM Great Northern 40-foot boxcar. Typical web asking is about $15 for no-box, $25 for boxed (including shipping). No Kadees or upgraded trucks on this one, just the way she came new.

"Full of...stuff" a lot of people say I am.

Destiny or fate or the roll of the genetic dice determines what talents and abilities you're born with, but what you DO with your ability and talent, wherever it lies, is entirely up to you.

Own your mistakes and indiscretions, but never admit to guilt for accusations that are false, or have nothing whatsoever to do with you.

My personal painting-tool of choice is a dirty pinecone. By the way...it's much more challenging to use a live squirrel. EDIT: Just remember to get a rabies shot first.

Geez Louise. That's almost as bad as Palmer stuff.

Big smile maker. Looking good.

"Livered" is a hard word to start a sentence with, but while we're talking about "chicken-livered", remember that "lily-livered" means the same thing.

The balls from map pins work well...and come in at least two sizes.

Horizon of the "event" kind is where everything disappears at the edge of a black hole.

Love this kind of build, missed it before, very unusual and not well-known car. Keep on keepin' on.

Man, dat be fly.

Cool cool. Thanks for the heads-up. I need the ornithopter. EDIT: The Paul Atreides figure would be a great start on a 1/12 car-based postapocalypse dio too. My little brain is running down all kinda new rabbit holes.

I think this is close to the hot setup. The worn tread area of a tire is usually visibly lighter than the sidewall. This is the best photo I could find in 30 seconds of intensive searching, but it illustrates the point nicely.