Ace-Garageguy

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Always enjoy seeing racing models built with respect to the rules in effect during the period the model represents, and reality in general. Nice work so far.

Not worth the time to me to dig through poorly organized shelves or bins. It's surprising how may folks today seem to be totally unaware of the concept of "alphabetical order". Your mileage may vary.

Here's another auction site: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/165416661_2-moebius-models-1965-afx-plymouth-golden-commandos-1-25-scale-model-car-kits

40 bucks including shipping too much?

Yup...but you gotta have hardcore kitbashers who know what the parts are, how to combine them without instructions, understand a fair bit about how stuff works, and have an interest in period drag cars or rods.

Six and a half bucks with free shipping... https://www.ebay.com/itm/194818921929?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D256504%26meid%3D53ecbdb6621d4be685ef6930a75dd3d8%26pid%3D101875%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D373763680917%26itm%3D194818921929%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D4429486%26algv%3DSimplAMLv11WebTrimmedV3MskuWithLambda85KnnRecallV1V2V4ItemNrtInQueryAndCassiniVisualRankerAndBertRecallWithVMEV3&_trksid=p4429486.c101875.m1851&amdata=cksum%3A19481892192953ecbdb6621d4be685ef6930a75dd3d8|enc%3AAQAIAAABYPqB0EgCndAssfMWNy0AT0GytGzF9%2By0G%2BlcW69DgBK3Qlz4BjwJQqPkN4K8I7qz9GoVciN1QNWqyS8EeqYS8rZRsDvyvw34m3N%2FyJKokwCTIIc3RNym2SNW8ARudP72DyiwgIY0dfUnIr5%2BMZDTaovpKK2Cb%2F%2F9P%2FeFLCtkjVn04KLC391ngV9t%2BY88HX3HG9RSJl7EGj2AJ3sfDZ7Y3oV7pP40jequ2mGeNqrozMZMCbLGbHqlwPyFE%2ByJI%2FN4JNhPZUO8v7JZutYfRAv7dMVHScinx4LOwMCtPKxeSI8x4Ey47IQo%2BlDb%2FtU5awppVGwd9VC4lnwFnjSSRHLIMZkiAiNQKK7fzZu%2Fs%2FnxXLulm85Ai14sKPdRLnmNawWz6VYIAw%2BEbI9emkgnpz92lVIjkahtql1otvFfSRc7jf2jOXZDn9%2B6UaorUKUdjZ6EFvCWV%2FILtJB%2BwRQ2RpdtVPw%3D|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A4429486&epid=150918

Just when I figgered I had dang near every kit I could possibly want...

Which is only correct for a '49 and later engine...though the late style can be swapped on to an earlier engine by changing the cam and front cover, or with commercially available adaptors. Not that anybody really cares...

That baby English wheel is a mind blower. I've done enough full-scale stuff to be really impressed by what you've achieved so far. Most inspirational.

Very nice work...especially that tiny little panel. I've seen enough of your other work to believe you'll achieve the results you want with foil.

It's Arabic and it means "one forty-eight"...according to fpoogle translate. Maybe I shooda used Swahili... moja arobaini na nane

Looking good. Extra points for using a Spalding Flamethrower ignition and wiring it correctly. Really like that 1:1 Burburban too. Almost bought a 4WD one a while back, but I really don't need 3 trucks.

Fine looking model. I just love love love '36 Fords, and this old dinosaur still builds up really nice in the hands of somebody who cares enough to deal with its shortcomings.

The spiders in my house would agree with you.

Seems reasonable...but the exact formulation of the styrene whatever material is going over can have an effect too. Spoons are not necessarily the same "styrene" as model kits. Nor are all the kits even from one manufacturer the same, especially these days. Testing on an inconspicuous area of whatever you want to paint, particularly if you're trying to mix different brands of materials, is pretty much mandatory.

Yes, there are old kits marked as 1/2" scale, 3/8" scale, etc. Look closely at the side of this box (fractional scale markings were very common on flying aircraft model kits as well). Far as the 1/25 thing goes...American engineering drawings were primarily dimensioned in tenths of an inch, rather than in fractions (but architectural drawings were done in fractions...and I still have my old "engineer's scales" and "architect's scales" to prove it). Remember that many of the early US kits were directly derived from promos, themselves derived from factory drawings of American cars that would have been dimensioned in tenths. Converting to an easily calculated decimal dimension like 1/25 was easier than going to a fractional dimension. BUT...model companies that weren't in the promo biz routinely went with fractional scaling.

OK...if it's rotten, it needs to go. I've had a few come down, narrowly missing anything of value other than one wheelbarrow smashed like a beer can under a semi tire.

Hardly an hour goes by I don't feel exactly the same thing...though I'm not all that hot on the "gently" part.

It had to do with the FIA rules requiring things like a spare tire, opening doors, and a passenger seat. (In some classes and periods, vacant space capable of accommodating a specific volume of luggage was required to compete under the "sports car" definition; see the GT40 thread balow) As the seat wasn't ever used, and IF the rules didn't specify it had to be the same size as the driver's, it could be reduced in size and weight. Weight saving is always an issue with race cars, as evidenced by some of the crazy hole drilling on smallish parts where the weight reduction is negligible...but little things add up.

Yup. That's why I go hiking in the woods as often as possible.

Believe it or not, there are kits of things other than cars.

I used to buy just about every cheap '28-'32 Ford of any description, '49-'50 Fords, '36 Fords, '40 Ford Tudors, original Ala Kart double kits, AMT and Revell double dragster kits, and vintage parts packs. Don't ask me why.

Where a lot of confusion can creep in with older kits is when they're labeled something like "1/4 inch scale", meaning of course 1/4 inch to the foot (1/48 scale in this case) but to some, it may as well be labeled واحدة والثامنة والأربعون

To each his own, but there's no way I'd destroy that beautiful tree. I had an insurance company threaten to drop me if I didn't cut everything down close to my last house...so I found another insurance company. The trees that overhang my current house save me...literally...many hundreds of dollars annually on AC. One of my neighbors just this past week destroyed every big tree on her lot, and what used to be a lovely shady corner now looks like a sun-baked parking lot. I don't get it.