Ace-Garageguy

Looks good without all the visual salad...like a pre-season test car.

And unfortunately, the problem isn't unique to YT. Car "enthusiast" forums are also rife with self-styled "experts" who are too stupid to pour water out of a boot...but since they're populated by posters who supposedly know something about a particular marque or model because they happen to own one, the more mechanically ignorant and inept and gullible among us accept the truthfulness of the garbage they vomit up, never questioning it. It's a shame, but it's the same with most topics. EDIT: The flip side is that the web CAN be a source of factual information you can't find anywhere else readily...but to judge anything's usefulness, you need at least some knowledge going in...but many people, even the "smart" ones, lack good critical thinking skills.

Yup, that's entirely true. Some of the folks posting car how-to vids are so bad they're laughable...and as you say, you have to know rather a lot to separate the useful from the moronic. Unfortunately, we have no shortage of fools who paint everything available on YT with the same broad brush, thinking all of it is either rubbish or gospel. YT also sensors anything that contradicts their chosen position on a wide variety of topics as well, no matter how stupidly ignorant that position may be, and no matter how true, correct, and factual what they don't like may be.

It's been my experience that in any endeavor where there's a disparity in age and experience, there are old hands that seem to feel the need to dump on noobs. Nothing unusual, just an unfortunate manifestation of one of the more negative aspects of human nature.

1/24 Motormax VW doublecab pickup. Though there's a glaring error with the bed being made separate from the cab structure, and the side-window offsets are horrendous, the scaling and proportions are spot-on, and match the 1/24 Hasagawa kits almost exactly. The errors are fixable for someone so inclined...which I'll do sometime before 2035, maybe. I had a real one as my daily for many years, and letting it go was one of the stupidest things I've ever done. Anyway, after I got the first Motormax version in my clammy old hands, I liked it so much I bought two more.

Gratin' taters wivout the rite tool can be a real chore.

Looking good. I've always prefered the "tri-five" Fords to the Chevys, and think they are the best looking two (or three) tones ever to turn a wheel.

Here's the distribulator itself...

Probably soon to be "clients"...or "rehabilitation-team members".

Great lookin' Bug truck. Some of the most believable weathering I've ever seen, too.

That's hardly PC. Think of them not as "hobos", but "differently domiciled"...and their lack of reliability shouldn't matter because merit is no longer a valid reason to hire or retain workers.

Yup, mine is a repop of the Nichimo shell. Pretty good, but sill not right.

Say, did you hear that Alaska has big mosquitos?

Thunderstorms used to be one of my favorite things, and still are aside from the fact that part of my current abode leaks like a sieve in a heavy downpour.

Same reason some folks collect rare wine vintages, and store them long after they've turned to vinegar. Same reason some people collect Beanie Babies, the very definition of "useless". Trying to understand other people's motives is a total and complete waste of time.

Vision, mental clarity, understanding, and foresight make for good leadership...all sadly lacking in many today.

Die trying.

Dean Jeffries' Mantaray. Resin repop of an old slot-car body, with correct resin wheels and tires to build a curbside. Some dimensional and proportion errors, kinda rough casting, but plenty close to start from. I've been looking for one of these for years, finally found one. What lotsa folks don't know is that the 289 Ford, Weber-equipped engine was a gift to Jeffries from Carrol Shelby, and the underpinnings are vintage Maserati formula car. Can't get much better pedigree than that.

Got the most recent one... Dean Jeffries' Mantaray. Resin repop of an old slot-car body, with correct resin wheels and tires to build a curbside. Some dimensional and proportion errors, kinda rough casting, but plenty close to start from.

Offerings to the model-car-paint gods are rarely as effective as practice and understanding what you're doing.