Ace-Garageguy

Thing is, interesting colors may be available, but how many of them do you actually see on the road? Boring rules the masses, and nobody can deny it.

Bifocals aren't in my arsenal...yet.

That's where the giant trained turtle comes in...

Art and science used to be easily distinguishable, with science seeking objective truth, while art was subjective and deeply influenced by feelings and opinion; today, the differentiation is, unfortunately, blurring.

How were car buyers brainwashed that "color is bad" and every purchase needs to be based on potential resale, not what you actually want? I'm surprised there isn't a universal color called "resale silver". Something like this would be unthinkable in today's more "sophisticated" marketplace.

Again don't look now, but a high percentage of websites that I'd flagged for all manner of useful information have disappeared as well since the bigfluthatcannotbenamed debacle.

That's also getting to be the norm at most of the hardware stores I deal with. Employees either playing grabass, chattering away to each other, or totally absorbed on their phones. The HobbyTown close to me was going that way too, but in the last 60 days it seems somebody in management realized you can't sell stuff if you don't have anything to sell, and several departments have cleaned up their restocking act.

Generation lettering makes it easier to keep up with and categorize declining ability.

There was a lot of ridiculous, hideous stuff built in the name of "safety"

PM'd

Don't look now, but grocery store stocks are often not what they used to was, with many generic choices and some brands having disappeared from the shelves.

Yup, the hump adjacent to the rear grilles is a real problem with that kit, as is the location of the grilles themselves. They're too far to the rear for most of the cars, though there were indeed some real ones built like that. I've never seen the blister/hump under the grilles on any real 550, and I've seen a lot of 550s. That doesn't mean it's incorrect, just that I've never seen one like it. The driver's head fairing could be added to any 550, though period shots of Dean's car don't show one. They do show the mirror fairings, however, and one type of full width plexi windscreen.

??? You might want to get that checked by a cardiac ornithologist...

I've knocked a bottle over, and once was enough...as it ruined several assemblies on the bench I couldn't pull out in time. But ever since I started using the bowling ball / giant trained turtle setup, I haven't had any more problems, no matter how doofy clumsy not-paying-attention I am on any particular day.

Brushstrokes would miraculously appear in your airbrushed paintwork, and every rattlecan would clog or spit little pieces of trash, while hordes of insects would land in anything wet and make tracks as they die.

Every container of CA would leak, so you'd constantly be glooing your fingers to model parts or up your nose or to your hair...and the "remover" would be a strictly controlled material, unavailable to the masses.

Tube gloo would ooze from the tips of your fingers, ensuring every model looked like a 3-year-old built it.

I believe his name is Cerberus...

Bad breath is some folks' answer to fear of close relationships.

Paint never dries and gloo doesn't, and every time you think you might actually enjoy the next moment, some shrill authoritative voice tells you to change a litterbox or take out the trash. If you love to build box-stock, the only kits you can have are jumbled up messes of cherry-picked leftovers, and if you love to kitbash hot-rods and American customs, all you're allowed to have is one late-model 4 door Asian kit at a time.

Very, very nice. Few models capture "the look" of a real car built by someone who has a clue. This one ticks all the boxes.

Desirable women run screaming when I smile at them.

Man, that's pretty. I need that kit...

Wear and tear on my body after 70+ years has left me a little creaky some mornings, but I can still do a 15 mile hike.

Lucky man. One of my favorite parts of the planet.