Ace-Garageguy

Swimsuits for dogs are actually a thing.

Sorry...can't help you on the Plas-T-Rod. Sounds great. EDIT: Hmmmmm...I wonder if this was the magic stuff: https://www.perigeedirect.com/products/maven-plastics-pvc-gray-flexible-semi-rigid-plastic-welding-rods-coils-reels Plain old Evergreen or Plastruct styrene rod is pretty much the universal choice for 1/24-1/25, though a few more accomplished builders use brass rod and tube, or aluminum Tig welding rod. Smaller diameter styrene rod (up to about .080") will take reasonable radius bends cold without cracking if you work slowly and carefully, but not the larger rod. It also tends to spring back, so some form of heat-tempering after bending works best for me. I've developed several methods to make clean small bends in larger rod, mostly using heat at some point in the process. I built this cage for a road-racing Chevelle using styrene rod. Here's some more specific info:

Very nice. Sure wish I'd realized what good looking cars those bubbletop Chevys were back in '95.

I like it. Lots. Pretty cool.

Fire anyone for incompetence and you might find yourself facing a lawsuit.

Thanks for the heads-up...looks like somebody already bought it.

I'm in an endless loop they seem to be incapable of dealing with. Weeks ago I requested a combined-shipping invoice from a seller, following the seller's instructions on the auction pages. No response after repeated requests, and his feedback starting going negative as paid-for items were never shipped. Apparently he's dead or incapacitated, but I'm still getting pinged every day about "AWAITING PAYMENT" Tried every online way to contact the feePay minions, unsuccessfully. Either I get bounced out, get an error message, or some equally frustrating response. The "sale" doesn't show up in the list of options, and if I manually enter the "order numbers" (which can still be found by going from the "purchases" page), I get "no results found". But I'm STILL getting the "AWAITING PAYMENT" messages. I'm impressed.

I hadn't intended to make a political inference. Since I was a kid in the 1950s and we'd practice duck-and-cover under the desks at school, I've been aware there's always a chance looming in the background...no matter who the major players are. It's not politics. It's reality, and another of the really good reasons to live in the moment as best you can, like every day might be your last, and treat people as you'd wish to be treated.

Every morning I watch the news and see nobody's dropped a nuke yet is a good one.

Shop til ya drop.

That's a little steep. $70 a gallon is more like it. https://www.amazon.com/DIYChemicals-Methyl-Ethyl-Ketone-Gallon/dp/B096SVGMN9 https://diychemicals.com/product/methyl-ethyl-ketone/

Done deal, everybody happy.

Good trade with rssschris. Thanks.

You'd best avoid dark alleys...

"Derivative" is a derisive term applied to creative work that seems to lack originality, and in mathematics, the "derivative" of a function describes the function's instantaneous rate of change at a certain point.

"Well, well, well..." she said disapprovingly, tapping her foot, and looking at the latest bag of models I brought home.

Right now it's a '60 Buick hardtop annual...but the prices are crazy if you can even find one. Big surprise, eh?

Over and over and over and over, some things never change.

And speaking of precision lathes and ancient technology...

With the extreme precision watch parts require, I'm reasonably certain any tendency to chatter has been dealt with. Amazing what you can find on YT...

In general, I won't buy from Amazon unless there simply isn't any other choice, and I HAVE to have whatever it is for a client job.

And then consider the first watches were made in the very early 1500s, and the first wristwatch was made around 1810.

Man, I love seeing somebody save glooey messes like what you started with. Not only is this kit a rare piece of automotive modeling history, the altered mockup pieced together from bits and scratchbuilt parts is just what real hot-rodding has been about from the beginning. Biggest smiles I've had in weeks seeing these two come together.

They're called "watchmakers lathes". Who wooda thunk? Search the term on google. All the info you could want.