Ace-Garageguy

Definitely some good info. One thing to remember with any model lighting project is to use light-blocking material where appropriate, to prevent light "leaks". It was somewhat challenging back in the days when all we had were incandescent bulbs that ran quite hot, but today with cool-running LEDs, aluminum foil works a treat...much better than silver or black paint.

Engine noise systems for car models, similar to what's available to model railroaders, would probably be one of those answers to questions nobody ever asked.

Just to beat the late pony, while there are aspects of the Switchers kits that leave me cold (like the totally incorrect '32 frame rails...which I have used to advantage on a build that just needed some basic generic rails), there are parts that can be useful. For instance, the bodies of the '32 variants, while not correct, are much better dimensionally than any of AMT's '32s, and can be effectively used to represent bodies modified for whatever reason. AND...I particularly enjoy collecting and building HO-scale model railroad "craftsman" kits from the 1940s through fairly recent repops. In many cases, much more accurate ready-to-run models of the same subjects are available for kinda spendy money, and while I CAN afford them, I don't derive much pleasure from just buying something and plunking it down on a layout. The old RR kits are CHALLENGING, which is one big reason so many survived in a virgin state, and with applied skill and forethought and perseverance, they can build up into models that visually rival anything currently available for mucho bucks. Overcoming their "shortcomings" is, to me, a large part of the "fun". I also derive "fun" rescuing other peoples' castoffs, and turning them into something worth keeping. Why? I have no idea. But I enjoy it. And as no humans, animals, or inanimate objects are harmed in the process, why not?

Kinda the same reasons there are engine guys still trying to wring horsepower out of really-poor-breathing flatheads, rather than just stuff LS engines and Coyotes and Hellcat mills in everything.

Be all you can be by going to all-you-can-eat buffets for every meal. "Wraps" can be tubular sammiges made with flatbread.

Long John was a rectangular little fella, once having been known to say "Ich bin ein Berliner", but he was mistaken. https://language.mki.wisc.edu/essays/ich-bin-ein-berliner/

Works fine for me using Chrome and Firefox too.

Really liking this one. The nose-down big-slick look screams "wicked fast", and the wheels are the perfect choice.

I've tried to find something positive to say about Mr. DeJoy, and I suppose on paper his experience as CEO of a postal "logistics" contractor looks good, but a deeper dive just isn't very impressive, so I'll refrain from comment that might stray into "political" territory. Hopefully, things will improve at the USPS. They actually HAVE somewhat as far as my recent experience goes, so there's that.

Car shopping based on intelligent forethought has never been something I've done, with the vast majority of my purchases based on opportunity or emotion, which pretty well explains why I never make much money "investing" in vehicles.

Somewhat surprisingly, all my 20-odd shipments came in relatively drama-free, with only one getting a free trip to Arizona on the way from one of the Carolinas to Georgia (the map-challenged may have to research why this seems odd), and only a couple bouncing back and forth between the central Atlanta distribution hub and another hub 30 miles from me in the opposite direction. We've been lectured on this very site that perceived postal inefficiencies are because "it's logistics", the implication being that mere mortals with some common sense can't grasp the arcane and magical complexity of convoluted and illogical routing. Ummmmm...no.

Me too. Not much of a fan of the real ones, having come to know them very intimately over the years, but always wanted to do a mid-engine one, and so far nobody's come up with the bucks to pay me. Soooo...LS in the middle of a little one coming up.

I'm an engine head, and the sound of anything well-tuned and powerful has always made me smile. But there is a point where aggressively loud becomes obnoxious on the street, and for getting the couple of horsepower possibly lost through performance mufflers, stupid-loud is about being a jerk, not high performance. The trend around here to set cars up to backfire on trailing throttle is about being a jerk too, a particularly annoying LOOKIT MEEEEEEE!!!!! jerk. Closed throttle backfiring is caused by an excessively rich mixture that's NOT making any extra power, so there's zero point other than intentionally annoying civilians and calling attention to oneself...almost always the hallmarks of a tiny impotent self-image.

Achieve excellence if that's what you want to do, but don't tear others down and make excuses if either your talent or the effort you're willing to put into something falls short.

What "rude" responses? Somebody remarking that stuff is trash made for lawn furniture and isn't at all appropriate for models isn't being "rude".

Actually, those old cars were SO dangerous that NOBODY survived, and those of us who believe we "lived through" the decades without being decapitated or impaled or incinerated or strained through broken jagged windshields are nothing but figments of our own imaginations.

"Experience the moment" is kinda like "feel the burn", but different.

Yup. And it's more than annoying for someone who relies on being able to get what used to be locally-available specialty hardware, electronic, and automotive items (like AN fittings and hose), for business, being forced to buy online. Interestingly though, my local HobbyTown has recently put in a whole lot more stock of car and aircraft and military kits than they used to carry, and it's fun to go there and just look at stuff again...which inevitably results in me walking out with stuff I had zero intention of buying on the way in. Many current kits turn out to be cheaper sourced from HT too, after figuring in shipping from online sellers.

On Dasher, on Blitzen...and you all know your names, so let's get going.

Here's more FYI. Duplicolor primer can be pretty "hot" for many of the current generation of softer, less solvent-resistant styrene kits. It's not always an issue, which is where testing on the backside of parts from the actual kit you're working on becomes prudent. This Revell '50 Olds hood was sufficiently solvent-resistant so there wasn't a problem...EXCEPT where I'd broken the surface to remove the center peak, an emblem, and some divots. Crazing, "ghosting", and swelling resulted, but repeated sanding and re-primering killed it eventually. After finally getting a full coat of gray and sanding with 600 wet, the result shot with Duplicolor "mica" looks like this:

Most excellent.

"Exciting" is watching paint dry, but then not much happens here these days.

Very interesting. I have something similar with my right hip...including the dreaming pain part.

800 really ought to be fine for leveling any gritty texture or orange peel you get in the primer. Do let it dry thoroughly to "shrink in" prior to sanding though. Only time I use anything finer is color-sanding prior to polishing color or clear.