Ace-Garageguy

Raven brains pack a lot of smarts into a small volume.

The forward slanting independent front suspension appears to be a pretty integral part of the "look" of this thing...which I like a lot. I don't know of any kit with something similar. Some time back I began fabricating something much like it from 1/16" and 3/32" styrene tube for the A-arms, using heavily modified Porsche 911 torsion bar suspension, and it's really not all that difficult.

Yup. Windows 10, Chrome and Firefox, everything updated, clear caches.

Doing nothing at all occasionally can be revitalizing for the spirit.

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Miller is one of those names like Sawyer and Farmer and Carpenter that are derived from some distant ancestor's profession.

"Retired" is something I may never experience, as some things have changed, and I may be working until I fall off my perch.

Kitbashes are pretty much all I build...if I build anything at all.

Syrup from maple trees and lotsa butter make the pancakes perfect.

Goes sour a few days after the date stamp usually does my milk.

"Runner" is the more correct name for the smaller branches of the injection molding process.

Nervous sheep can make good gyro meat, but nervous Nellies aren't good for much of anything.

"Me boyo" is an expression meaning "my boy", common in Ireland.

Dark forces are in play.

World domination has been the fever dream of evil megalomaniacs since the beginning of time.

Instruction sheets and manuals aren't always correct, and even when they are they're often ignored.

Project management is an important part of any endeavour.

Unfortunately, as far as I'm aware anyway, there is no magic fix for this situation. In my own experience, the only solution is to develop and refine your priming and painting processes to the point that your finishes lay out nice and slick and orange-peel and dirt-free, so that only very minimal (if any) post-paint polishing is necessary. In well over 5 decades of painting railroad and aircraft and truck and race-car models with rivet detail, I've never found any other way. But there's a whole lot I don't know...so maybe somebody else can help you.

Today's irk: the frustration of trying to deal rationally with someone who's not rational and only wants to focus on infinitely rehashing imagined past injustices and "hurts" instead of finding constructive solutions, and who will never ever accept responsibility or accountability for their own part in creating a mess, always needing a boogeyman to blame for anything that goes awry in their own life. It's also true that those who talk the most about trust and acceptance and forgiveness are often the most incapable of genuinely trusting and accepting and forgiving. I know some of you have experienced the difficulty of interacting with someone close who's experiencing the onset of dementia and/or mental decline, and that's all I'll say.

Time spent with intention isn't wasted.

"Unlucky" can happen in an instant.

NICE !!! Congrats.

"Enjoy life" sounds great, but it becomes more difficult and ultimately unlikely with each passing day.

The 1949-1963 Olds 303/324/371/394 block, heads, and front cover, all look the same...especially in 1/25 scale. Engines in the first issue Revell SWC Willys (blown and injected), and the fuel injected engines in the Revell Thames and Anglias are the best 394 sources IMHO. The Revell Beatnik Bandit has a blown 303 with two carbs. Engines in the Revell '50 Olds kits also depict a 303, but other than valve covers and intake systems and exhaust manifolds, 303 Olds engines, again, are visually the same as a 324/371/394. The AMT '40 Ford Sedan has a somewhat blobular first gen Olds OHV V8 (1949-1963) as well. The 3X2 manifold can be used on the Revell engines with a little work. The Johan '63 Olds Starfire kits also have marginal 394s. Any of the engines above can be dressed up as a '62 394, depending on what role it has to play.