Ace-Garageguy

I didn't mean to make light of your problem with the hammer photo, but really...what does it tell you that you called dealerships and Ford and nobody had a clue?

Anybody want to broaden your horizons into electroluminescence, start here: (NOTE: This is an older article and many of the specific parts are no longer available, but the stuff all works the same way) https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/getting-started-with-electroluminescent-el-wire/all

Sand in your shorts can spoil a good time, as can sand in your sandwiches.

Apparent otter rember "spare the rod, spoil the chile".

Wiring LEDs for head-and-taillights on a car model is the simplest electronic circuit you'll ever encounter, and a great opportunity to learn something. I've posted circuit diagrams and sources multiple times, not going to bother doing it again.

Or electroluminescent sheet or strips. Nice even glow.

Business "cases" are sometimes often worth less than the paper they're printed on.

Thank you. sir. That "spirit" was exactly what I'm going for.

When you got nothin'...pander, deflect, blame, fear-monger, and just flat lie.

In general, the question of using any consumer-oriented rattlecan paint always comes back to "test before you paint a model you want to look good". Some years ago, I had some cans of the cheapest brown, black, and green I'd bought to "camouflage" tarps over equipment temporarily stored in my back yard. The green was particularly bilious, but was a decent match for a fleet color a friend's company had used on its trucks in the 1950s. Anyway, I tested the stuff on a properly prepared and primered spare hood I had lying around, the stuff slicked out great, covered well with minimal build, and dried to a lowish gloss perfect to represent slightly aged synthetic fleet enamel from the period. Bottom line: flatly condemning cheap rattlecan paint is counterproductive, but every product you're not very familiar with should be tested before you commit to spraying a model with it.

What I'm wondering at this point is about the conspicuous absence of intervention by the digression police...

Repeatedly bleating the same lie is every bit as acceptable as telling the truth in some circles.

The heat's not much worse where I am in Mohave county than it is here in the swampeast, and I'm kinda used to it. I work in non-AC shops, and don't run the AC at home, just cool the house with an exhaust fan at night. It was 90 here this afternoon, and humid, and I did a 2-hour hike. At my place out there today it was 85 and not even half as humid. Yes, it does get over 100F sometimes there, but it's never as hot as Phoenix, and I unloaded the first 26 foot truck, by myself, with the temps right at 110-115. I just drank a lot of water and took a short break every hour. It'll be OK.

Party hearty, for tomorrow we may die.

Maybe his "any help will be much appreciated" at the end of his original post was "thanks in advance". Just idle speculation on my part, cause it's not my dog.

Yeah, and the one in question is a self-styled "strong, independent womyn" who thinks she knows everything and won't take advice from "any man", but after she's totally screwed the pooch doing things her way, comes alternately crying and screaming in blame-rage, wanting the same man whose advice she ignored to fix everything for her...all the while playing the helpless female victim act. Idiot hypocrite, thy name is Womyn.

Amen, my brother !!!

Books may have dangerous ideas in them, like "Western Civilization is a good thing", so should be carefully vetted and censored by people too inept to drive a nail into a board.

There are fairly frequent posters on the board, including some who have been members closing on two decades, and have yet to post one single piece of work...even though they apparently have sizable collections and the demonstrated technical ability to shoot and post photos. One wonders what is the definition of "modeler" or "participation" in those minds. But ours is not to reason why. I've heard it's still s'posed to be a free country.

"Laugh at the fools who want to change everything, without knowing how anything works" is not going to be a successful long term strategy.

I got a bag of cat litter. My little furry fella has me trained well.

You're welcome.

Four-on-the-floor (or five or six...) is now a theft-protection device in these days of the increasingly mechanically challenged.

Clearly, the little light on top, in the circle shaped chamber, figures the ignition of the fuel. YES. But is that a spark plug right from it ? Or should it represent an injection, what means it is a diesel engine ? IT IS THE INJECTION NOZZLE. And what is the function of the little cam shaft right below. It's on the same axle that moves the outlet valve. THE LITTLE CAM MOVES THE FUEL INJECTION PUMP PISTON Someone who can explain the system in the T-shaped tube on the right ??? FUEL COMES IN THE LINE TO THE RIGHT. THE BOTTOM LEG OF THE T IS THE INJECTOR PISTON, ACTUATED BY THE LITTLE CAM. FUEL PUSHED UP BY THE PISTON HAS TO OVERCOME THE PRESSURE OF THE SPRING HOLDING THE CHECK-BALL CLOSED. FUEL GOES UP THE TUBE, SQUIRTS INTO THE PRE-COMBUSTION CHAMBER. Thanks anyway !