Ace-Garageguy

Also same basic tooling as the Ivo Showboat and parts pack versions, but with stock-ish valve covers and the obvious blower, blower drive, front cover, and manifold.

Kits have come a long way since I was a kid; back then all you got sometimes was a block of wood and a picture of what the model was supposed to look like...and you had to hike 3 miles uphill both ways in the snow to get it from the hobby shop.

Thanks for the link. Those look good.

Here's an FYI about wet sanding I learned from doing many many real cars: Every time you change to a finer grit sandpaper, wash out your water container (if you use one), get fresh clean water, and wash the model too. The reason is that abrasive particles will come off the sandpaper and get suspended in the water to a certain extent, or stay on the surface of the paint. You don't want to be trying to get a 1500 grit surface finish with any loose 180 grit particles in your water. I've had "inexplicable" scratches appear miraculously in an almost ready-to-polish surface because a couple of course abrasive particles got under my ultra-fine sandpaper. You're welcome. NOTE: It's obviously not as much of a problem if you're using a hose or squirt bottle on a real car (which should still be washed between successively finer grits), but modelers tend to use an open container of water and dip the paper in it (at least, I do). I used to use an open bucket for wet sanding real cars, to conserve water, which is how I became aware of where deep scratches were coming from when I thought I was almost finished. Once I started changing the water, and washing both the bucket and the car between grits, no more problem.

The 83 car is another restored Lotus 38, not Clark's Indy winner. I chose that particular photo of a 38 as I felt it best illustrated the square shoulders and wider treads of the later tires.

You did a fine job fitting the hood to that beast. That's often the downfall of anyone using resin bodies and kit hoods. Nice work indeed.

Understatement of the week.

Inquiring minds want to know...if a radio station isn't supported by another institution, be it government and corporate donors (NPR/PBS), a commercial station, a university, or whatever, just exactly what is the business model? Even if the DJs work for nothing, or the system is entirely automated, you've still got stuff like a building to house the equipment in, the lot it and the antenna are on, and energy to run it...things that have to be paid for. Seriously...how does commercial-free FM cover operating expenses, other than soliciting donations, or fees, from listeners (SOP for online streaming and over-air "commercial-free" stations) ?

Lumping unrelated things into the same category is often a symptom of mental midgetry.

Otherwise known as "take the money and run", an increasingly popular business model, leaving you in permanent flushed mode. Guess it's time to go back to pouring your water through sand and chunks of charcoal in a coffee filter. Seriously, I feel bad for you getting stung, but these days, so much of the "health" and "energy saving" and "green" and "safety" and "environmental" stuff out there is either smoke-and-mirrors, wild exaggeration, or just flat outright lies, it's becoming par for the course.

Belt failure in a tire makes you go down the road thumping.

12:55 PM, Thursday, just dropped the package. I assume my hanging huge yellow signs on either side of my mailbox this AM that said UPS LOOK HERE helped somewhat.

Wasting yet another morning waiting for UPS to get their head out and get my package here...marked on the tracking site yesterday as "delivery attempted, business closed" which is utter and complete bull. The tracking site USED to have a real-time GPS truck locator map, so you could tell if the damm thing was in the neighborhood. I guess that was just too good an idea to last. Now they have a "smart" chatbot that is as useless and incompetent as a typical live human. Pretty impressive, techie dwerps. Big Brown, indeed.

Pasture isn't the guy who developed a sterilization process for milk, but he seems to be credited frequently.

Peculiarities is what makes some individuals interesting...unless they give off a bad smell.

Look at the way she handles tools. It's apparent she has at least half a clue as to what she's doing...unlike the vast majority of "men" I know. Though I don't exactly go along with the way she does some things, she makes it very clear that she has the desire to do things "right". That right there sets her apart from a lot of "mechanic" Ytoobers who wouldn't know "right" if it jumped up and bit 'em in the face. And she's not shy about showing her sidekick doing the majority of the welding, or bringing in people who know more about something than she does, or knowing when to farm things out...or admitting up front she's still learning and hopes to continue doing so, rather than posturing as an expert in everything automotive. All in all, reasons I like her. And she's cute. And funny.

When it absolutely, positively HAS to be at the other side of the galaxy overnight...

Covered is what many corporate drones are concerned with keeping their backsides.

My sincere condolences, Ray.

Poisoning wives and associates, even annoying ones, is frowned upon.

Old Heller 1/24 Traction Avant Citroen 15 CV, another important car from an engineering standpoint as a pioneer in unibody automobile construction. Battered box, virgin inside, cheap. Tamiya 1/24 Alfa Giulia Sprint GT, which became "necessary" after seeing an outstanding build of one on the forum here, and it was priced well under market. Plus, I have a fondness for the real cars. And a very clean, complete and unmolested 1/24 Monogram '36 Ford. I had several in various states of restorable, but always wanted an un-buggered one. Always one of my all-time favorite designs from Ford, too. Not cheap, but not too bad for the 6-way customizing issue.

I see what looks like an arresting cable but no hook on the bird. Is that the big ol' piece of FOD on the deck...?

Yup.

"Bed-sitter people look back and lament, another day's useless energy spent..."