Ace-Garageguy

Cool. I love my Unimat. You just have to remember not to try to take heavy cuts, and that the standard speeds are too high for most kit plastics and will melt them rather than cut. There is a speed reducer that's nice to have. But IIRC, just reversing the pulley on the motor so the smallest sheave drives the largest sheave on the lathe head solves the problem. Urethane belts are a worthwhile upgrade too, almost mandatory as the black rubber originals are usually too hard to use. Did you get the stuff that converts it to a mill as well?

Missed this one...great job, very believable finish and weathering.

I used to misplace my own Dremel wrench almost constantly...as well as whatever tool I'd just changed from and needed to go back to...until I put a small compartmented plastic box on the bench with places for the most frequently used accessories and the wrench. Once I trained myself to put everything back in its proper place with every use, no more wasted time looking for something that got lost under something else. Though it may seem like putting things away constantly would take more time, I assure you that the time saved by being able to find what I want without digging for it is much greater.

Pretty cool, great details and additions...but it sure would be nice if they'd made it in 1/8 so it could play with other models in that scale.

Us Against Them (for no Logical Reason) could be the title of the history of humanity.

Other points of view than one's own should be considered rationally and with an open mind if one wishes to go beyond herd-following and actually find the Truth.

Computer repair people who can't or won't work on older machines are like "mechanics" who can't adjust a carburetor or a clutch; if you understand the basic principles of how the subject of your chosen field works, and can comprehend what you read, you should be able to deal with anything.

"Geek" used to be the guy who bit heads off of live chickens at a sleazy carnival; I liked that definition better.

Last time I counted I had 60 or so. Sometimes the vision changed and I didn't want to launch a total redo until later. Sometimes I hit a wall that I didn't yet have the skills to overcome. Sometimes more research was needed to get a technical detail right. Sometimes I had a great idea for something else, and I shelved the then-current build to at least get the new idea mocked up before I lost the inspiration. Who makes rules like "how many is too many"? If you're enjoying whatever you're doing with model cars and not hurting anybody, there's no foul.

"Commode King" is actually the name of a business or two.

Cross me once and you'll never get another chance...unless you're a beautiful woman, in which case you used to get multiple chances.

Collection calls are the worst, especially when they're scammers pretending to be the IRS, trying to scare old people.

Date palms don't grow in the arctic, or the attic.

Yes.

75 deg F, 50% humidity, the forecast rain never came and radar shows it blowing away. Sounds like hiking weather to me. I'm outta here.

"Against my better judgement" often precedes tales of woe.

"Fall from grace" often involves comeuppance.

Cool build. First thing comes into my mind is "what fun!" Love the look.

Wow. That is really cool.

That's pretty funny. You said exactly the same thing I was going to post.

Sentence the supercilious to welding upside down under a rusty Porsche floor while flaming tar undercoating drips into their hair and they'll soon lose their air of smug superiority.

Evidence of carnivores feasting on a kill can include long bones cracked open to get to the marrow.

Just say 40 Hail Pactras and don't do it again.

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth.

Neurodiversity is just more captain-obvious gibberish being thrown around by the kind of folks who want to take credit for recognizing that not everyone processes information exactly the same way, and that people with "cognitive disorders" or other atypical brain functions (autism, Tourette's syndrome, etc.) shouldn't be stigmatized , but anyone who isn't brain-dead and has been paying attention to reality has probably realized that on their own; on the other hand (for instance) about 10% of the population do not have sufficient intellectual ability to be trained to perform any useful function in the military, and while that level of cognitive disability should not be made fun of (just like you wouldn't make fun of someone who was deaf or blind), it IS reality and should be recognized as such.