Ace-Garageguy

My favorites, by far. EDIT: And he offers them for several applications besides generic 4-6-8 cylinders.

Thing is, though, "safe" doesn't have to be as ugly as a pig's rump. A little applied aesthetic ability would have gone a long way towards selling the concept. Yeah, it's admirable some independent builders tried to address "safety" issues, but they really might have had a thought as to the appearance.

I don't know which kits are specifically referenced in Tim's book, but for what it's worth, period Revell kits like the original SWC Willys, the Tony Nancy double dragster kit, and Mickey Thompson's Challenger and Attempt have very accurate renditions of the appropriate GMC blowers and drives. Researching the particular car or time period / class you're trying to model is pretty easy on the web these days, and if you have any kind of sense of proportion, it's not hard to determine if a kit blower is in the scale ballpark or not. Measuring and scaling errors are very common among car models for some reason, particularly the greasy bits, but correcting them isn't usually a big deal. EDIT: Here's some real-world GMC blower info. https://www.mini-blowers.com/gmc-blower-versions.php http://www.wallaceracing.com/Basic Blower Measurements.htm https://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/general-q/172930-help-me-understand-blower-sizes.html https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/a-quick-history-of-the-gmc-6-71-blower/ https://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/threads/identifying-6-71-cases.251272/

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Looks like a "snow day" is shaping up. Light drizzle, temps falling rapidly, probably going to be icing the roads just as rush hour begins. Not even going to try going to the shops, as the temps are going to continue to fall all day, and whatever precip is out there will certainly freeze. Forecast low tonight around 12F. Ah well. I have paperwork I need to catch up on anyway. EDIT: Now the irk is that the "wintry mix event" failed to materialize. Judging from the lack of traffic I can see from my home office window though, it would appear the majority have elected to stay home this AM anyway.

Fine looking model. I have a gloobomb one of these I need to restore, and your build is certainly inspiring.

Man, that must have been scary. Glad you're getting better, and good luck in the future.

I've had excellent results from the MCG 2238 PE saw blades. They are much thinner than razor saws, so they will do things conventional razor saws wont. HOWEVER...because they're very thin, they bend easily, but don't break, and can be straightened. They do take a delicate touch, and are not tools for the ham-handed who get in a hurry. Using an MCG blade, I was able to save an expensive 1/8 scale Pocher Alfa Romeo gloobomb head where the cam covers had been heavily glooed, one glooed on backwards, with very little damage...but it took a few hours of patient work. EDIT: The reason for cutting the cam covers loose was to facilitate finishing them as polished aluminum, where the head itself would remain rough as-cast aluminum.

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"

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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.