Ace-Garageguy

Great design. I really really like this thing.

Me too.

By that logic I'd guess you don't use Amazon or Farceborg or gm or Home Despot or a whole buncha others either...

Yup. But I'm kinda dumb, so it's understandable I don't get it.

Because I build real cars, one of my considerations when I choose a grille treatment for a model is whether it can hold enough radiator to cool whatever engine I'm using, and if not, where can I hide an auxiliary. Some cars with tiny T shells and big honkin' engines have to run radiators hidden in the tail or between the frame rails under the car (with electric cooling fans) if you want to drive them any farther than on and off the trailer. Just a thought...

"Educational" is a word that sends lotsa folks screaming.

Gov'ment mentions or even mild criticism can get you in hot water here, so tread lightly big fella.

Atlas has started to shrug.

Examples of ancient fossils can be found posting frequently on this board.

I did, but I didn't graduate. It's just '50s advertising illustration, a lot of ink and watercolor and airbrush work. https://www.pinterest.com/ideas/1950s-art/925379815750/ Corporate advertising art from the period was a strong influence on the "pop art" movement of the '50s, '60s, and '70s. Nice work on the build so far, by the way.

Yup. Workin' goodly.

Pee-emmed.

Dating using carbon-14 is what you'd need to determine my actual age.

Highway signs are there for a reason, so it's helpful if all drivers in the US can read English.

It's an altered wheelbase match-racer. They were called "funny cars" way back then because they looked "funny". THIS PARTICULAR CAR is a full tube-frame center-steer car, which makes it essentially a very early "funny car" even in a strict historical sense. But call it whatever you want. https://digital.allchevyperformance.com/issue/january-2024ru/tiger-ii-altered-wheelbase-1965-chevelle-funny-car-restoration/

Bones can lose strength as we age if we don't get proper nutrition and sufficient exercise, and vitamin D your skin makes from getting outside in the sun helps your bones absorb calcium better than supplements do.

Pirate-talking like "arrrh matey" in normal conversation tends to make folks think you might have a couple of loose screws.

For what it's worth, the Talladega kit does NOT have headers either.

Shows with car and bike "builders" throwing temper tantrums like 3-year-olds, and shows with no-talent hackers being made out to be some-kinda-wonderful trigger my gag reflex.

Again and again and again, Monday always seems to follow the weekend for some odd reason.

Garth Vader was Darth's estranged half brother...

Chuckles the Moldy Clown may not be the best choice for your little girl's 4th birthday party...

I use cheapo .020 shirt pins for a LOT of things, including kingpins in poseable steering setups. Plenty strong if Fido or the baybays don't play with your models...and cheap. NOBLNG's right about getting yourself a set of QUALITY wire number drills, and a decent pin vise to hold them. Get an inexpensive digital caliper too. It's always helpful to actually know what size wire you're using, and what size hole you're drilling (as the drills aren't always dead-on-the-money what they're marked). AND...when you stick the wire into your nice little hole, don't just put a blob of gloo on the end and shove it home. If you do that, gloo will squooze out around the base of your part and make a mess you'll have to clean up.

Frost on your nether regions can be avoided by wearing fur shorts.

"Show me the honey" said the bear to the bees in the woods.