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Alternator case fix questions
Ace-Garageguy replied to Bucket T's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Just a thought...and I haven't been inside an old Nissan alternator in decades...be sure to check the diodes one-at-a-time if you have it apart. One bad diode and it won't charge at max output, if at all. Again, I don't remember this particular unit, but diodes in alternators very often require a special press-tool to remove and install them with no damage. You do NOT want to hammer one in if you need to replace it. -
Pretty baby. Looks almost real.
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Concrete Blonde did some music I really liked a lot.
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Any guesses what engine is in this car?
Ace-Garageguy replied to larman's topic in WIP: Drag Racing Models
If you want to stay Y-block, of course they could be bored and stroked like anything else to get the displacement up to the class limit. There was some pretty trick stuff for the old Y, like this extremely rare Hilborn injection setup. Note the orientation of the special twin-shaft throttle bodies because of the Y's odd intake passages. EDIT: Note the white car below has had firewall work done to allow more engine setback, and is running a Scintilla/ Vertex-style magneto. Here's a bunch of info on Y-blocks... https://www.oocities.org/yblockhead/ EDIT: Available here in 1/25... https://www.shapeways.com/product/RBETP6KAJ/1-25-y-block-injectors -
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Tribute to Snake45
Ace-Garageguy replied to bobthehobbyguy's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
One of Snakes many interests was aviation, as a lot of you know. He was very knowledgeable, and was active in the aircraft modeling community. Carl Slusher reminded me that he'd posted a photo of himself with a glider and asked me to find it for him. Here's Snake in May of 2023, after recovering from his stroke back in 2022, standing next to a Schleicher ASK 21 sailplane. The ASK 21 is a 2-place trainer, and Snake was able to take a flight with an instructor pilot (who sits in the back seat) which he enjoyed immensely.- 62 replies
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Paintings on cave walls sometimes have a surprising similarity of style, even thousands of miles apart, and done at different times.
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Any guesses what engine is in this car?
Ace-Garageguy replied to larman's topic in WIP: Drag Racing Models
Just a thought...the engines in a lot of kits aren't particularly accurately scaled. For instance, major dimensions of the Buick nailhead in the Monogram 1/24 Orange Hauler are just about identical to the old 1/25 nailhead from Revell, and the later Revell nailhead too. The point being, something like a big ol' honkin 1/25 Chrysler Firepower hemi probably wouldn't scream "underscale!!!" in the engine bay of a 1/24 baby Bird to anyone other than somebody who'd spent a lot of time looking at old T-birds and old Chrysler hemi engines, and who had finely calibrated eyeballs. Fact is, the vast majority of modelers never noticed that the engine in the more recent tooling of the Barris Ala Kart was closer to 1/32 than 1/25 the kit was supposedly made in, even though to anyone familiar with the little Dodge Red Ram hemi in the real car, the underscale was instantly and very apparently awful...and still there were people who would argue it was right (the first issue Ala Kart from the 1960s engine WAS right). -
Tattoos on beautiful women are the same to me as 3rd rate graffiti sprayed all over great art and architecture...not an improvement, just vandalism.
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Tribute to Snake45
Ace-Garageguy replied to bobthehobbyguy's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I well remember Mr. Snake trying hard to get folks to drag out and finish some deaders. He even almost got me to finish something...and that takes some real doing. -
Model Master Black Chrome Trim
Ace-Garageguy replied to NOBLNG's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Second post after the OP I said I'd never seen it...or heard of it...and subsequently asked what it was supposed to be...black chrome or trim black, which in the real world are two entirely different things. BMF "black chrome" I'm familiar with, and it's an attempt to produce an actual black chrome effect...which is why it's shiny. Clear now? EDIT: Model Master used to make several different "metalized" finishes I've used to good effect over many years. I wondered if "black chrome" was one I'd somehow missed, as it IS available as a real-world paint product. https://www.dna-paints.com/shop/chrome/black-chrome-2/ -
"Scene" is a word that often comes between "crime" and "investigation".
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Model Master Black Chrome Trim
Ace-Garageguy replied to NOBLNG's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
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Time to wrap everything up and get on down the road.
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What Did You Have for Dinner?
Ace-Garageguy replied to StevenGuthmiller's topic in The Off-Topic Lounge
Big ol' arugula, spinach, Boston lettuce and to-mater salad, with one glass of a very nice cabernet sauvignon. Back on the lose-the-winter-lard routine, 'cause I'm just not taking the time to exercise enough to burn it off fast. The trick is, of course, to not eat anything else later. But adults are s'posed to have a measure of self-discipline, right? EDIT: OK...I had 1/2 pound of fresh fat juicy sweet strawberries too. I'm so healthy it hurts. -
(Wild) parents often lack the skills that would make them competent to perform life's single most important job.
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Model Master Black Chrome Trim
Ace-Garageguy replied to NOBLNG's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
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Model Master Black Chrome Trim
Ace-Garageguy replied to NOBLNG's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
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Definitely positively beautiful, and a fascinating story. Also fascinating is your depiction of how she was built to be worked on, with the swing-out leading-edge supports for the under-engine platforms, and I assume built-in wing hard-points for the engine sling. Pretty thrilling situation to be doing a big radial engine change in, most definitely.
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Components for vintage stereo systems are among my other interests.
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While much aftermarket sheetmetal and other body parts (like lighting assemblies) aren't up to spec in material or fit or function, though the insurers insist they are, that sounds more like an installation/finish issue than a bad part. If it's rusting where the skin is rolled over the frame, the repair shop probably neglected to seam-seal it properly prior to paint, and moisture trapped inside is having its inevitable way...or, the primer/paint on the edge of the roll is simply too thin to provide adequate protection. Both of those are common problems I see constantly on fairly recently-repaired vehicles...as is paint blistering and flaking with subsequent rust, or early clearcoat failure. The fact is that even the worst aftermarket steel part will be adequately rust-resistant IF it's prepped and painted correctly. Still...poor quality shop work is another hallmark of the industry now, with insurers skinning every last dime out of every repair, shop managers who push every job through as fast as possible at the cost of quality, and techs who will cut every corner to get more billable hours in every week. The body shop I contract with to do their last-ever hot-rod build is family owned, the second-generation actually in the shop doing the crash work right, and they've built their reputation for quality first over decades. The manager will fight insurers to get paid exactly what every job is worth, and sends the ones who are just too cheap on down the road. And we never have a shortage of work...ever...so anyone who blames "the system" and insists that you HAVE to cut corners just to get by these days is simply full-of-it. EDIT: Actually, our biggest problem recently has been getting OEM parts from dealerships for current-production or quite new (3-4 years old) vehicles, and is one of the many reasons the owner is working towards closing the doors soon, selling the property, and retiring early. Atlas is shrugging, and not just in the car biz.
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"Whatchamacallits and thingamajigs" are the greasy icky things that many of the "tech-savvy" think only mouth-breathing knuckle-draggers are dumb enough to know the actual names of, understand the functions of, and repair when they fail.
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Yup, one of the best builds of the AMT Willys I've seen yet...especially nice job fitting the flip nose that nobody ever gets right.
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Models draped over exotic cars figured prominently on lotsa guys dorm-room posters.
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Holes in the road can ruin your alignment.