Ace-Garageguy

This hot mess is currently listed on feePay as a "Bburago diecast" model of a Ferrari 250 GTO. Somehow I doubt its authenticity. Several other sellers have this lovely example of the scale-modelmaker's craft available as well, and one can be yours for anywhere from $39.95 to $84.95, depending on how blind and gullible you are. I've reported the name infringement to feePay. Sell all the tin "art" garbage you want, but don't call it by the name of a respected company that actually does make diecast scale models.

That's one deep rabbit hole, lotsa twists and turns. It's amazing how many things you can find to correct once you embark on a project like this, but she's looking more like what she's s'posed to look like with every update.

" Gone in Sixty Seconds" could be the story of a dumbguy who won the lottery.

Earned Income Tax Credits can be helpful to lower income workers, particularly single parents.

In pluribus unum we trust.

For whom the bell tolls, ask not; it tolls for thee.

Almost missed this one. The patch-panels, seams, and variations in the surface finish really notch up the realism. Very nice.

WIP if you're building it, under glass if it's finished.

And I'd love to see what you've got.

The secret to cutting the stuff is sharp, hardened-jaw side-cutters that have enough mechanical advantage...not little nippers. Then dress the ends with a Dremel barrel sander or a very sharp, hard file. Multiple methods to bend the stuff, like NOBLNG's spiffy pliers, above. Little bit o' different thinking, but very doable.

Yeah, right. Modifying street-driven late-model ICE vehicles for performance is pretty much illegal everywhere now...though there a very few wizard tuners who seem to get by somehow... https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/national-enforcement-and-compliance-initiative-stopping-aftermarket-defeat-devices#:~:text=The CAA prohibits tampering with,intended to defeat those controls. Don't think for a minute there won't be similar restrictions on EV mods, in the name of "safety" or whatever other reason they can come up with. (EDIT: like maybe somebody will say performance mods accelerate battery degradation, generate more heat, and require more frequent charging, so have a net negative effect on the environment; that idea alone should get the snail-darter lovers clutching their pearls) And there is, already, a lot of info on what's possible to enhance EV performance. Just google: modifying EVs for performance

IIRC, the largest diameter Evergreen tube is 1/2 inch, suitable for a driveshaft tunnel but not for a trans hump. Anyway, I've done that one frequently, and that's where the razor-saw works a treat. Mark your cut lines first so you know they're true to each other. It's easiest if you can fixture the tube so it doesn't roll around while cutting. Something like the center groove of an aluminum X-Acto miter box can work well, but there are lotsa ways to do it. A setup like NOBLNG's is another good option...probably better than the razor saw.

Very attractive models. Looks like Welly's quality has improved considerably over the years. Nice finds.

That looks WAY better than I ever expected that particular kit to look. Nice work indeed, sir.

Frankly, I wouldn't even try to saw 80 thou styrene stock in half. I'd just sand half of it off. Pretty easy if your abrasive is stuck to an imobile flat surface, and you draw the stock along it lengthwise. I quit trying to save every last bit of stock. My time is worth more than a 3" piece of .035" half-round wasted (you'll lose at least .010" for the saw kerf).

I'm running very late this AM. Nobody's fault but mine, but I'm still irked.

Plastruct also makes a wire-cored butyrate tubing specifically for bending and holding the bends. 1/16" (about .060", suitable for 1.5 inch roll cage tube) and 3/64" available. Butyrate can be glooed with suitable solvent cement, or CA, or epoxy. https://www.hobbylinc.com/plastruct-butyrate-coated-wire-1:16-12-model-scratch-building-plastic-tubing-90102

Yeah, every time I quit exercising and hiking for a while, it takes longer and more ibuprofen to get back up to speed.

One of the feral cats I feed apparently got in a bad fight a few months back, and was limping to the point it probably couldn't hunt for many weeks. I'm happy to say it's moving around just fine now, and comes up on the porch every day to get breakfast. Still a little shy, but that's OK. Another one is completely tame now and really wants to be an indoor cat. If I'm late feeding them in the morning, the tame one scratches and bumps on the door to remind me.

Leavenworth is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to be there for a prison sentence.

"Follower" can be a synonym for "acolyte" or "minion" or "lackey" or "henchman".

Great looking model. Lotsa work, and worth it.

Deephole is an unincorporated community located in Lawrence County, Kentucky, according to Wikipedia's boundless knowledge of the arcane.

Pond scum is apparently responsible for the early accumulation of oxygen in our atmosphere, among other accomplishments, and hasn't really evolved all that much.

If you have originals to pull simple molds from, it's easy to make copies from clear UV-inhibited casting resin. https://www.smooth-on.com/product-line/crystal-clear/