Ace-Garageguy

That's just standard light "orange peel" from the spraying process, probably just a tad on the dry side. It's actually not that bad a paint job, and your technique will improve with practice over time. NOBODY shoots glossy, prefect paint in the beginning. You learn it by doing it over and over and over until you get it right. And it will color-sand-and-polish out using standard techniques discussed ad infinitum on this very forum. EDIT: And all over YouTube...

One of the Tamiya silvers was recommended to me when I was in need of a very fine-flake silver to do a vintage Mercedes race car. It looked good, but I can't recall the number fo' sho. TS-30 maybe? TS-76 perhaps? EDIT: Note that TS-83 is intended to replicate bare aluminum, for aircraft fuselages etc., doesn't like clear or being masked over, and requires a black base "for best results".

Or all kits are Palmer Corvettes. Of course, the minor proportion and line errors wouldn't bother some folks.

No rain in the forecast fer today, but it's been raining since 4 PM here. Love to see accuracy like that. Impressive.

Here's a cool thread for you ROG guys who appreciate hot-rod bangers, and might like to see some in-depth period-style mods. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/3-port-olds-on-a-t-motor-poor-mans-rajo.1249504/

"Wound up tight" describes some personalities. (Is there a rule where we have to use the same meaning of a particular word? If so, please excuse my heinous and dastardly transgression.)

Geez. That's gorgeous. The car looks pretty good too.

Ghosts of all your evil exes would take turns hammering spikes into your head and nails into your hands while you try to work.

For the most part, nobody but a real engine guy is going to know enough to spot any flathead engine inaccuracies, like head-stud count. The only real big visual differentiation between flathead appearance (other than head-stud count) is the distributor type and location...and early engines can be retrofitted with the late-model style ('49-'53) "normal looking" distributors anyway. Point being, any flathead hop-up parts you can find could be right at home under that '40 hood.

Trade in progress...

(Never mind. Dumb-guy post. Duh.)

Doesn't have to. I think electric vehicles have a place as a part of a rational vehicle mix, and I've thought so since the 1970s through the mid 1990s, when I was actively involved (on a very small scale) in the whole "alt fuel" thing. They're great for short trips and commuting in light traffic not far from home. So far, they don't seem to be a rational replacement for the entire vehicle fleet (as countless YT videos from the US and otherwhere, posted by disgruntled owners, would seem to attest). Nothing political about it.

Underused soap can result in smelliness that would gag a maggot.

I posted these thoughts over on the "builder or collector?" thread, but they're relevant here as well. If I'm honest with myself, part of my continuing to add to an already overflowing collection of hobby stuff (not just car models) is an aversion to becoming like so many retired folks I know who seem to have no interests once they quit work, and often complain of "having nothing to do". I have no comprehension of what that must feel like. I've always had way more interests and aspirations than I had time for, and thanks to the roll of the dice, I'm still healthy and fit enough to indulge my primary interests...building full-scale cars, road-tripping/travel and hiking/exploring/camping/boating...for what looks from here as the foreseeable future. HOWEVER...an injury or a health issue could change all that in an instant, so having indoor hobbies to fall back on gives me a measure of security from finding myself incapacitated with "nothing to do". And in the meantime, I enjoy them immensely "in the now", in spare time (which I don't have much of these days, but will again soon), so I make no excuses. And I have, from time to time, considered starting an actual hobby-shop if my interest in building wanes, as I already have much more stock than most of those that we fondly remember did. When I'm gone, there's a flying RC club in my little town out west, a military aviation museum at the airport, as well as an EAA chapter, and they'll get my aircraft and military stuff to do with as they please. There's also a railroad museum with a nice HO layout and a local club, and they'll get my train stuff. Far as the car stuff goes, we'll just have to see. The big-car stuff like machine tools and vintage parts I'll likely leave to the local high school's vocational program. As for the car models...the most valuable ones, those that are actually worth listing on eBay (Pocher, clean '60s annuals, etc.), are clearly marked and labeled as such, and can be easily liquidated by my primary heir...along with the real cars. The remainder can be dumped at consignment shops to bring whatever they'll bring, or donated to shops that support "worthy" causes. All OK. None of the above is "difficult" or "a burden" on whoever I leave behind. But as long as my loved things do NOT go in a dumpster or a trash fire or for scrap metal, it makes no real difference to me, and my will so stipulates.

"Awesome" is one of the most overused words in the English language.

Interesting that people wouldn't want to know something that actually works...but then again...

Hardly a cinematic masterpiece, but for anyone who has a soft spot for CCKWs, the WW II film Red Ball Express has a whole lot of 'em doing a whole lot of stuff, with several different bodies.

Racer schmacer; I'd rather drive a Pacer.

Exquisitely clean.

According to half the responses, I'm already in Hades. S'OK though. I've suspected that for some time.

Rhyme with slime some other time, but have a taste of thyme while you climb to heights sublime.

How 'bout every time you paint a body, thousands of little bugs land in it, so thick your model looks like it's growing hair?

I dunno, but NASCAR's been a snoozefest to me for years, ever since all the cars became pretty much the same, with nothing "production" or "stock" about 'em. BO-ring. BO-ring squared if they're running on batteries. But hey...that's just me. I've got gasoline running in my veins.

I got my gutters cleaned before the cataclysmic downpour that was forecast for this afternoon...and so far has failed to materialize, and judging by the live radar, ain'ta gonna.

Peg-leg pants must be for pirates with peg-legs.