Ace-Garageguy

I agree. Once you start putting time pressure on something that's done as a hobby for relaxation, it becomes "work", at least in my mind. But I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum from guys who finish a lot of models, and I rarely finish anything but subassemblies, or specific modifications. Even so, I enjoy my bench time enormously. So it all comes down to what you get the most pleasure from.

Correctly played by the simple rules anyone should be able to master, or just post anything, disregarding the rules: one way it's a game, the other way what's the point?

I like it, but I don't believe I'd let my kid get on it.

I like it...but I don't believe I'd let my kid get on it.

Nothing says "I don't know what a sentence is" more than the last post.

"Independently" is a concept that makes a lot of herd animals uneasy, top predators not so much.

Looks good topless, and in giallo.

Definitely a tool worth adding to the box, and impressive skills, but a lot of that work would be much more logically accomplished starting with styrene sheet and tube/shapes.

This one's on the bench again too, so it gets its own thread. Not much more fun you can have than to do 3 Ferrari builds and a hot-rod in rotation. Starting here with a lightly molested Testors/Italeri 250 GTO. Though I prefer the proportions of the Gunze GTO (the only other Ferrari GTO kit I haven't moved west yet...and which is the third Ferrari in the group, getting a Pontiac GTO 3X2 engine), this one has the correct rear wheel arches and lips, and a slightly flatter nose that looks, to me, more like the Sebring #32 car...but it needs an additional gill on each front fender, and the vent behind the side windows needs to go away. The nose lower valence had already been glooed on, in the wrong place slightly, but getting it off was no real problem. Template to transfer the additional gill shape in process too. Unfortunately, the primer I elected to try resulted in the most spectacular crazing I've ever encountered on a model. I should take my own advice: TEST FIRST. Anyway, I've about fixed it, know it will be fine, and pix will follow, again, shortly.

This one has made it back to the bench, so it's time to give it its own thread. Starting with a gloobomb Monogram 275P. This is going to be more work than I thought. Heavy gloo on everything, window unit effectively ruined, etc. Teardown was complete a while back (I had to do something in order to reserve the car numbers I wanted), except for sawing off the heavily glooed fairing and interior bits. Getting the wheels out of the tires without destroying anything wasn't easy, but everything is still OK. The builder apparently used what remained of the tube after assembling everything else to make sure the wheels would hold together at 200MPH. This week's photos to follow shortly. It's not going to be as bad as I'd thought, as long as I keep it a curbside.

Very beautiful work, much skill, enviable perseverance.

Pretty sweet 3-fer deal. I already had a Europa and a couple of Sevens, but I've been wanting another Europa to do a Lotus 47 race car, and another Seven to do a Donkervoort derivative.. EDIT: Oh my. Looks like I'm going to need another Europa... ...or two. Or three.

Pretty cool. The Deora's windshield and frame started life as a '60 Ford wagon rear glass, so it's only natural to see something inspired by it built from all Ford stuff.

Who wooda thunk all this "old junk nobody wants" would ever make a comeback? Kinda like when you couldn't give flathead stuff away, eh?

Slightly rough 1/24 Leo Models 1967 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 "Stradale", pretty cheap. Little car needs some careful polishing on a couple of the windows, minor cleanup, otherwise looks great. It appears to be identical to the much more expensive Hachette version currently available new. I think the Alfa 33 Stradale is one of the most perfectly proportioned, most beautiful exotics ever, right up there with the Miura, so I'm happy.

Exactly.

Skill with a scalpel is something one would prefer his surgeon to possess.

Yup, it's a very fine grained product too, great for models. As it's quite thin, to be "self leveling", thick fills for heavy custom work may require multiple applications. The 'pouch' it comes in is, I believe, 'aluminized' Mylar, and seems to be impervious to air, solvent evaporation, and allows small amounts to be dispensed easily...and the contents can be kneaded easily too. EDIT: The 440 ml (about 15 fluid ounces) 'pouch' is currently about $30 at parts stores. 3 ounces of the Bondo 801 catalyzed product, in the metal tube, is roughly $15.

Thanks once again for the interest and comments. Always means a lot getting positive vibes from you too, Dennis, bein' a real-car builder an' all. EDIT: Engine, gearbox, and front suspension are on the bench. Photos within a couple days most likely.

Job performance doesn't seem to be much of a criterion for continued employment these days.

"Ladder" is what women used to call a "run" in a stocking.

Local Wednesday relief mail carrier. The fact is that just about everything in a box that gets here on a Wednesday is either mis-delivered, or there's some bogus marking like yesterday's "delivery attempted, no access". Odd that packages are normally left on my porch, which is accessible 24-7.The Wednesday relief mail carrier (the great regular guy's day off) either simply can't read, doesn't understand numbers, or won't get out of the truck.Delivery problems occur on average 3 times a month. I've complained in person and filed complaints with the Postmaster's office, to no avail. The local supervisor always makes excuses about the competence of this one driver. So...ummm...how does this moron keep his job?I'm on the way to the PO to see where it is. Most likely the regular carrier has it (though it hasn't be re-scanned out-for-delivery), and it will probably get here today. But I really have enough to do in my own life without having to back up a USPS slacker two or three times a month too.

Proclaim, do I, 'tis far better to have legitimate first-hand or in-depth knowledge on a variety of subjects and be branded a "know- it-all" by know-nothings (and smug, self-righteous, over-"educated" midwits whose "expertise" is one-dimensional or mostly derived from internet rebleatings) than to be one of the latter.

"Diplomat" is a job that often seems you get based on who you know, as opposed to what you know.

Mood enhancing substances can be physically addictive, and that includes naturally-occurring ones like endorphins, released during pleasurable activities. .