Ace-Garageguy

Sight lines from operator positions in vehicles and mobile equipment should be well thought out early in the design phase.

Failure of a pathetic weld like this on a roll cage can be fatal.

"Fail" isn't a grade anyone likes to see, and it can usually be avoided by putting in some effort.

Sources of information on the interwebs should be checked for factual accuracy, and if you read the exact same passage on multiple sites, be suspicious.

One more point: while I am in absolute awe of Bill Cunningham's exquisite birdcage Maser and his more recent DeTomaso, among others, IF I had any interest in competing, there's not a hope in jello that I (or most likely anyone) could top his work using traditional methods, particularly in 1/24-1/25. Again, my CanAm car vs something off the showroom floor analogy, even highly modified to race, holds true. And yes, I'm aware Mr. Cunningham had mastered all the traditional skills before moving into 3D. And that probably has a lot to do with why I hold his digitally-assisted work in such high regard.

Again, a snippet of wisdom surfaces from the morass.

Entirely different skill sets. Being a fabricator and machinist myself in 1:1, I don't see any similarity whatsoever. Just like digital processing of photography has nothing in common with old-school enlargers and chemistry (which I also do). Or digital production of "art" with key strokes and mouse clicks and programs sidesteps an entire litany of fine motor skills, mastery and use of various media, and eye-hand coordination. As someone who also draws, paints, and sculpts, it kinda chaps my backside sometimes seeing all the oohing and ahhing over digitally-produced work that would be literally next to impossible using traditional methods. EDIT: I think some of the digital stuff is great. Don't get me wrong. But it's also different enough in the skills employed to achieve it so as to make clear distinctions as to how it was produced necessary.

"Live" is the last word of the non-sentence immediately above, which could have very easily been a sentence if the last 3 words had been "was recorded live".

I tried that with my last cat. He just looked at me like "you really think I'm that stupid that I don't realize its nothing but a dot of light?"

I agree entirely in principle, but the fact remains SOME people like to compete...though I'm generally not one of them (I'd have to finish something first ). Where there is active competition, 3D printed models need some kind of class separation. You don't road race stock Neons against CanAm cars, or even Hellcats against AA fuelers

With even the current level of detail available from 3D printing (liquid), depending on how good the files were, a printed kit could blow any other "box stock" build out of the water. That's hardly a level playing field. 3D printed parts in general are, in many cases, so superior to kit-sourced or traditional resin that there's an unfair advantage there too. FOR INSTANCE: I have several 1-bbl carbs that were made for me by a member here that blow any other models of the same carbs totally out of the water. Bill Cunningham has already conclusively demonstrated that spectacular 3D-printed models in 1/24-1/25 scale that are simply untouchable by any other building method are currently achievable. So yes...some thought as to how to classify models that are entirely 3D, or use a lot of 3D parts, or are original designs (3D printed or not) needs some serious thought.

"Thick as a brick" is a Briticism meaning "dumb as a rock".

Ya know...Palmer just may have been the vanguard of the all-too-common business belief these days that "we don't need to actually know anything about our product or even anything remotely pertaining to it to produce and sell it".

If financial analysts were really worth listening to, they'd all be billionaires, not working gubmint day jobs.

Everyone experiences fear, but the key difference lies in the response. A courageous person acts despite their fear, while a coward is controlled by it.

It still surprises me, though not so much as it used to, that so many tough-talkers go to water when the stuff hits the fan.

Sometimes when only the proper tool will do, you have to become a toolmaker.

Looking good.

"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." - George Orwell

"Kakorrhaphiophobia" is obviously the fear of kakorrhaphios, either singly or in groups.

Today and every day...

Holy what-the-thingamy?

Me too me too me too !!!!!!