Ace-Garageguy

Cool. I want to do some hand-laid dual gauge for the heavy engine and car shops down in the "flatlands".

3 lots of NOS HOn3 "craftsman" kits and pretty decent builtups. For those who may not know, HOn3 is HO scale, but the equipment represents 3-foot narrow gauge in the real world (USA standard gauge is 4 feet 8 1/2 inches, though standard HO track is not exactly to scale). I was surprised to see how spendy HOn3 stuff is these days, so when the opportunity came up to acquire a good number of kits and RTRs at well under half market value, I jumped. My layout plan calls for narrow gauge mining, drilling, and logging operations in the hills, feeding sawmills, crude oil tanks, and ore loaders that are served by standard-gauge railroads as well. Narrow gauge equipment usually has a lot of "character", making it great fun to represent kinda funky backwoods short-lines operating on a shoestring, using full-scale "kitbashed" rolling stock.

Eye candy to some is in really poor taste to others.

Colors on the color wheel are broken up into primary colors (red, yellow, blue) forming the foundation, and secondary and tertiary colors (like orange, green, violet) derived from their combinations.

Rats were butchered and sold to Japanese officers as "mouse deer" by American POWs in the novel "King Rat", and in some parts of the world, particularly in Thailand and Vietnam, roasted rat on a stick or skewer is served as a snack.

Again and again and again, can't anyone end a sentence with anything but "again"?

A while back I saw here on the forum where somebody had scored an ancient 1/24 scale Hawk W163 Mercedes for next to nothing...and it was complete with a display engine. I had several acquired over many years, and NOT ONE had the engine. So this was a kinda impulse purchase. 100% complete, engine and all (though most of the parts are off the sprues), nothing buggered, even decent decals and an excellent box, and not a terrible price considering what some folks are asking.

That's a real beauty. All the added details really make her come alive.

NOS Stewart Hobbies HO-scale powered F3A and F3B in UP livery, fer about 1/2 the typical online asking. First Stewart locomotives I've had, and man-oh-man are these things nice. Heavy, all-wheel drive, beautiful detail.

Changed the cat box again, and then posted a 5 minute crying rant on TikTok about how unfair it is that cats make me a perpetual victim.

Mine eyes have seen...the effects of stupid in action everywhere I look.

Intermittent heavy rains for a couple days, soaked tree came down, took out my power late last night. Called it in, the power company had me back online within an hour and a half. The electric cooperative I belong to is really really good about repairs like this, and I have some of the lowest electricity rates in the country. As always, I'm appreciative whenever I get to deal with a company that delivers outstandingly competent service at realistic prices. Happily for me, the fall missed my big trailer by about 10 feet...but I've got a lot of chainsawing to do when things dry out.

Opportunity rarely knocks on the same door twice.

Train tracks disappearing in the distance always make me want to go somewhere.

There's no single source as far as I'm aware. When I got back into car modeling around 2005, it took me quite literally years to figure out what I'd missed, what was current production and what was vintage, and what kits were worth buying and which ones were essentially plastic scrap. Cruise around on this site a lot, and don't be shy about asking questions. There are many knowledgeable and friendly people here who'll gladly steer you in the right direction. Just don't believe all the "expert" advice, however. And welcome to the forum.

Present participles are great fun to watch when they're dangling.

First we have to determine what "is" means.

I know...I know!!!

Doomed soldiers sometimes give up, and sometimes fight harder.

Silver can be a decent long-term investment for those who don't have much faith in banks and the market...but buy real metal to hold yourself, not some certificate for metal stored elsewhere, and have random samples assayed.

Urgent need for smokin' sax leads me invariably to jazz.

Twenties seem like yesterday, but are lost forever in the infinity of time.

Night Moves was a song about a younger man's past, by Bob Seger.

Nice micro fabrication. And without machine tools, too.

Andrew Cross, known to a half-million YT subscribers as "Desert Drifter" for his videos exploring remote regions of the desert Southwest, on foot, died March 4. His death came shortly after being disconnected from life-support, following a traumatic brain injury sustained when his vehicle was hit by a drunk driver a month earlier. He was a cool guy, stopped in traffic, minding his own business. Make the most of every minute. You just never know...