Ace-Garageguy

Yup.

"Cantata" sounds like a baby trying to say "can of potatoes".

Big smile-maker, vast improvement.

So were these... EDIT 2: The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang (above right) went from napkin sketch to completed prototype airframe in just under 120 days, though due to delays with engine development didn't fly for six more weeks...when it achieved 382 MPH. EDIT: The first A-12 prototype of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird (above) flew in 1962. Lockheed's first foray into CAD systems was in 1965, on IBM 360s, using IBM 2250 graphics display terminals.

Time is slipping away...

That is cool.

Robotics will bring more sweeping changes to the world than anything since the printing press or the steam engine, in ways we can't even imagine yet. C3PO's been hangin' with Maria from Metropolis https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/anatomy-of-a-scene-maria-metropolis/

Happen to know any discount brain-surgeons?

A couple of my multiple MIA parts shipments have actually been scanned into the USPS system and appear to be moving, so that's encouraging...even though one has since dropped into another apparent black hole.

"Popular opinion" is usually a surefire indicator of wrong thinking.

Agreed. Moderation and a realistic approach to all things is best.

Factor in the likelihood of prices continuing to rise when you figure your monthly budget.

Daylight Limited was a passenger train on the Southern Pacific, running between LA and San Francisco.

Yes indeed, my motto as well. Been sayin' that for decades.

Carnivals and county fairs were fun when I was in high school, with crisp fall nights, roller-coasters, cotton candy, shooting galleries, and spooky rides or ferris wheels to take your girl on for a little kissing and cuddling in the dark.

"Guaranteed Gasoline" on the pumps at one fuel outlet chain always made me wonder "guaranteed how, exactly?"

Wash your hands after playing in something nasty.

I like the idea of using fine fiberglass cloth to support things. I have a roll of that somewhere. Obviously I don't have access to the adhesive you do, but I used the cloth one time with resin to make a belly tank. The cloth has just enough flex to go down smoothly over the plug I carved. 30-minute epoxy used for RC aircraft is adequate for laminating static model car parts. The ultra-fine glass cloth is often used for RC planes too. We are straying from the subject as some have said. I remember as a kid having a toy car that advertised it was made out of Hi-Impact plastic and it looks like this is the same sort of thing. The only thing that seems to work is heat welding with a soldering iron. I originally wrote the question hoping to find some glue I missed. No adhesives I've tried work and that is that as far as I can tell. I'll try making resin copies of pieces I want to use. Appreciate the ideas! "Hi-impact plastic" was a term that usually referred to toughened polystyrene. Early formulations were quite brittle. ABS and the trade-named Cycolac were still tougher styrene formulations. In the real world, there are heat-welding tools used to fix rips and tears in low-surface-energy plastic car panels and bumpers, as structural bonds never hold. The specially engineered adhesives, fillers, and adhesion-promoters are generally used over the "welded" area, to bring the appearance of the surface back up to snuff.

I'd like it with a tube chassis, carbon body, twin-turbo 340, 5 or 6 speed manual box, all-up weight of around 2500 lbs. But a 6000 pound glorified golfcart? Nope.

More often than not, idols turn out to have feet of clay.

Opinion that's not based on facts gleaned from primary sources isn't worth the electricity it takes to run the brain cells it's stored in.

Ago go dancers always got my attention, always will; how I miss the good ol' days.

"Offspring" is a topic it might be best for me to steer clear of.

http://www.castleequipment.com/Museum/auto_crane_weaver_history.htm