Ace-Garageguy

Norris the Cat was Morris's little brother, and had no desire to be a celebrity.

Tomorrow at this time we'll know more.

I have some MREs from the late '60s or early '70s. Make offer. No lowballers. I know what I got !!!!!!!! https://mremountain.com/collections/vintage-mres-and-rations?view=boost-pfs-original

"Warden Cleaver, we wasn't tryin' ta 'scape, honest; we was jus sharpenin' our hol-diggin' skills so's we could git payin' jobs when we git out an not hafta re-sort to a life-a-crime agin."

If you're looking for interesting Pantera customs, this one-off dubbed 7X was designed by Tom Tjaarda as a show-car. The factory did this major facelift in 1990, with a Ferrari F40-style wing, and several were built for customers as late as '97, maybe later.

Cumbersome Cucumber is the mascot for the annual Salad Bowl game.

Absofrigginlutely not stock. Never a factory option or race part either. I specialized in Panteras for years, and have done just about everything that can be done to one. They're not Lambo parts either. Just somebody's one-off dorko mod. The typical mod is to replace the quarter window glass with scoops. The gills immediately behind the quarter-windows are sometimes replaced with scoops, but it's not a common mod because it requires cutting into important structure, in an area where Panteras are notoriously weak.

Wreck (of the Ramblin' sort, a 1930 Ford) is Georgia Tech's mechanical mascot. (The body was yellow when I was there... ...and the cheerleaders on the gold version weren't even a twinkle in somebody's eye yet.)

Oil leaks often are impossible to find without thoroughly cleaning an engine first.

Yup, very very nice.

What with the kit being only 1/24 scale, I'd think a piece of sprue could work there just fine. Or styrene rod stock, bent with heat. Tubing of whatever material will prove tricky to bend without crushing and kinking it. Far as estimating the size...it looks to be about the same OD as the top of the popoff valve.

Results we have no direct control over should be considered carefully and planned for, regardless of outcome.

There's a really good joke in there somewhere...

Chinese writing, even the "simplified" variety, is probably too difficult for this old dog to learn so late in life.

No need to wait. "Cerro-Bend" was (is?) used a by railroad modelers in times past to add weight to locomotives for enhanced traction, and to cars for better performance (less prone to derailing, especially when light cars are placed in the middle of long trains...also a consideration with real railroads). It was also used in place of higher melting-temperature lead or zinc alloys for die-casting by hobbyists. One nice thing about the stuff is that there's virtually no waste. Flash or trimmings or unused material remaining after a pour can be remelted and reused indefinitely. Cerro-Bend is once again readily available commercially. https://www.ebay.com/itm/301231342282? It has a melting point of 158 deg. F, making it suitable for use in silicone molds that will withstand high temps. As many silicone mold-making materials are good to 450 deg. F, this is a non-issue. The mold-making process is identical to that used for making molds for "resin" parts. The first video below shows detailed metal soldiers being cast quickly, for a large display, in silicone molds. The second video below explores some interesting methods for ensuring exceptionally clean castings.

Is that a mutant chicken tangled in seaweed on your head, or a hat?

Showgirl-collecting always seemed to have more appeal than model cars, but it's difficult to build up much of a stash for several reasons, and they really don't keep well over the long haul.

Encounter-group-therapy can be a valuable tool in helping to overcome psychological difficulties like substance-abuse and anxiety.

Indeed.

Ah yes...one of the dozens of things I love about AZ.

Detectors are available for all kinds of stuff, like smoke and carbon monoxide and radon and airborne chemicals and ozone and negative ions and natural gas and humidity and mold risk and all kinds of other scary things that can have you clutching your pearls in perpetual worry.

Great looking model, especially the wood. You ought to do a tutorial. PS: Nice to see you got the headlight lenses aligned right, with no fogging. It's amazing how many builders spoil an otherwise fine model with wonky looking headlights.

"Also they serve who only stand and wait" should be an Army slogan.

5-mile hike home after driving and dropping off the PT at the vintage car shop I work with. Saved the cab / Uber fare, got some aerobic exercise and some natural vitamin D after the sun came out. Found a decent 1/2" drive 3" impact extension on the side of the road too (last time I walked home, I found a nice pair of vice-grips). I would have gone for a hike this weekend anyway, about the same length, so two birds, one stone, all that. Changed clothes and drove back down, accomplished some pre-start work on the DeLorean, found out the battery is holding a full charge for several days, then snagged some 15" takeoffs good enough to road test the Silverado and get her on the transport truck, plus scrounged enough steel tube and angle from the scrap dumpster to build a rack on my car trailer to carry the '32 hot-rod body over the 550 Spyder. Went to the sto later and they had lean ground beef $2.50/lb. off, so I had a thick burger on the grille for dinner. I'm tired, I hurt, but it was a very productive day...especially for a 70+ year old geezer.

That would be my guess. The failure points on the frame rails are at joins somebody made...solder, ACC, or epoxy...and not looking at all like the way an injection-molded or printed part would fail. There are other indicators it's a custom scratch job as well.