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Ace-Garageguy

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  1. It really depends on exactly what kind of "fiberglass" you want to represent, as there are many colors depending on what resin is used, and part thickness. Old-school polyester is often "that yellowish color", but depending on a variety of factors, can be dark yellow/brown, dark brown, and greenish yellow or dark green. SMC (sheet molding compound) that raw Corvette OEM body panels are made from may be light to dark gray, uncoated floor panels are frequently (but not always) "that yellowish color" again, with aftermarket stuff coming in a wide variety of colored gelcoats or tinted resins too. When epoxy is the resin system (as opposed to polyester), very light green to dark green is most prevalent, sometimes light blue or even colorless, while vinyl-ester resins tend toward the brown scale. If you want to model a composite part accurately, it's good to research your particular application.
  2. I build in-scale what I'd build for myself in full-scale if I had Bill Gates' money. Pretty simple really.
  3. Remember the meaning of this special day: chocolate bunnies, hunting decorated eggs, and gorging at lunch. I hope that's religion-free enough to avoid arousing the ire of the perpetually offended.
  4. They do indeed look good. I believe you've got this.
  5. Invention is great when it solves a physical problem in the real world, not so great when it makes up and propagates "alternative facts".
  6. The mild custom treatment really works well on this, and it's a great color for it too. Makes me want to build one. Nice work.
  7. Speakeasy days would have suited me just fine: at least you could kinda tell who the crooks were without a scorecard.
  8. Technology has made it possible to flush a toilet in Peoria from a cafe in Paris.
  9. Court cases used to be concerned with silly things like jurisdiction, statutes of limitation, and the concept of "innocent until proven guilty"; today, not so much.
  10. Looks good. Some people don't shoot primer on smaller parts, but I think it helps the look, especially when mold seams have been worked down, etc. Nice work.
  11. Yup. KISS wasn't part of the design paradigm, nor was looking at how the rest of the world has been doing it for decades. There's a LOT to like about this kit, but that's another oddity fer shur. Interesting they chose "P-metric" radial sizing for the tire lettering too, as the car would have been delivered on plain ol' 'murican sized bias-ply rubber.
  12. What you've got will look good installed in the engine bay, and that's the most important thing.
  13. My favorite scribing tools so far: After a short learning curve, I'm very happy with them:
  14. I want one of each...ex-specially the double-cab like the Air Force used.
  15. School has certainly changed since I was a lad, with much less emphasis on useless things like basic arithmetic or being able to read and understand a printed paragraph.
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