Ace-Garageguy

Corned beef brisket, with potatoes and lentils cooked in the pot, and sour cream on the side. Never did one before, and my primitive cooking situation isn't conducive to haute cuisine...one huge propane burner that's also my heat, one toaster oven, and a microwave...but man oh man, that was one of THE best meals I've ever had. Pretty decent Australian Yellow Tail Big Bold Red with it, cheap screwtop, but surprisingly well-rounded and complex...perfect for a hearty meaty dish. And there's plenty for dinner all weekend, and sammiges next week.

WARNING WARNING DANGER DANGER...do NOT be confused by this Monogram mess labeled as "Revell". This is NOT the droid you're looking for.

Motors and engines are not really the same thing, as motors are correctly thought of as electrical, and engines have something to do with combustion, but the terms are often conflated.

Yeah, I seem to remember the original Hot Rod mag was cooler than sliced bread right out of the gate (pardon the mangled metaphor). They managed to get it right the first time, with no decades of experience behind them.

Show me some big...horsepower.

Pity the poor bozos who don't know where apostrophes goes, which is a terrible poem, but I'd rather laugh at 'em than show 'em.

Very cool. Always enjoy seeing landmark work from the wayback.

I like heem. I wonder what kind of power that injected Jag XK engine is making, and at what RPM...

Probably the flimsiest of the clear materials readily available will be whatever is used for report-covers, sold by stationery/office supply stores. If PTE from a soda bottle is too stiff for your application, I wouldn't even bother trying polycarbonate. EDIT: If you want to put in the effort to get a precise fit...

Sentence-structure rivet-counters could find their heads exploding due to some of the posts in this thread.

Girls don't find me as attractive as they used to, and I'm pretty sure it's 'cause I quit wearing the Rolex, and I don't have a man-bun, tattoos, a murse, or a neckbeard.

Preparation-H on fisheyes may be the ultimate in nouvelle cuisine.

Contaminated surfaces are the primary cause of paint fisheyes.

Pretty much my sentiments exactly. My temperament and instinctual interests would have been a much better fit with reality had I been a young teen at the end of WWII. My collection of magazines and books from the post-war era allow me to experience vicariously something of a lifestyle I was too young to participate in at the time, and my modeling interests reflect much of that desire. I find myself longing for a past I was forever out of step with, that exists now only in "historic artifacts".

Tuberculosis was often treated in the past (for those who could afford it) by telling folks to move out West, to a warm arid environment.

I'd use PET, acrylic, or styrene for that...most likely clear PET from a soda bottle. The only reason I recommended polycarbonate above is because he needs a big flat window that's sufficiently rigid. The curve of this windshield gives plenty of rigidity without resorting to polycarbonate.

Bar not my access to the bar, for I have a powerful thirst.

Mine eyes have seen things I'd rather not remember, but some stuff you just can't forget.

I've read lotsa online reviews. Some folks love it and say it performs exactly as advertised. Unfortunately, the average slob with ten thumbs seems to be able to overcome the designed-in idiot-proofing with great success.

Yup, nice. The tread plate bed looks right. Is that part of the kit?

Treasure hunters sometimes get lucky.

"Forward into the dragon's lair, me hearties" cried the one-eyed peg-legged swashbuckler.

IIRC, the earliest cars also had generators as opposed to alternators...but I could be wrong. EDIT: Yup. Quick research indicates the 64.5 cars built through July or August of 1964 had generators, then all later cars got alternators. EDIT 2: More differences... https://www.motortrend.com/news/mustang-1964/

Quoting from the web page linked below: "Unfortunately, plastic chrome plating is not as simple as applying a coat of chrome to the part. Typically, we will first coat the part with a layer of copper or nickel through a process called electro-less plating. This means that we do not use an electric current to apply the plating. Applying this coating makes the part conducive, which makes it possible to apply the chrome plating later on." Whole process here (this is NOT vacuum metalizing): https://www.vacuum-metalizing.com/plastic-chrome-plating/ EDIT: Electro-less nickel plating, including on non-conductive materials... https://hcsplating.com/resources/nickel-plating-guide/electroless-vs-electrolytic-nickel-plating/ EDIT 2: After the electro-less plating is applied, either copper or nickel (apparently copper in Trumpeter's case), plastic parts can be electroplated with actual chrome in the usual way.