Ace-Garageguy

Done that, been there, and wrote an article about it on the t-shirt 'cause I had no paper at the time.

Does anybody really know what time it is; does anybody really care?

They made some 1/20 automotive stuff.

Looks good. I think that's the best color on that body design, bar none.

Now we have another non-sentence, which is "Cars, a necessary evil", and it would have been so easy to make it an actual sentence by writing "cars are a necessary evil"; I just don't get why this seems to be so difficult.

Sorry to hear that...really...but don't despair. According to the media and various statistics, the economy is booming and employment opportunities are being created at an all time high in the history of the universe. Again, seriously. I'm sorry to hear you got laid off. But what you're saying reflects a reality that's being downplayed or outright lied about.

I believe if there was a moratorium placed on the human manufacture of bovine exhaust and hot air, we would instantaneously solve the "existential environmental crisis". Just sayin', as they say.

River rocks make great looking pavers or walls if you can afford 'em.

Irrefutable evidence is readily available, but...

Deck the walls with Boston Charlie, Walla Walla Walla Washington.?

Facts: The Fear is All in the Presentation

Tornado chasers in cars might consider putting doors in their floors.

I agree entirely. All anyone needs to do to prove it to themselves is to look at an approximately 1/25 scale photo of a real car on a high-res computer screen. No visible orange peel. Which reminds me of the old saw that "body proportions have to be artistically adjusted to look right in scale"...which is also absolute bollocks, and entirely too subjective and in-the-eye-of-the-beholder to have any basis in repeatable reality. Again, all anyone need do to see the fallacy of that idea is, again, look at an approximately 1/25 scale photo of a real car on a computer screen. Correctly-scaled models appear correct when viewed or photographed from similar angles as photos of their full-scale counterparts, and I've investigated this thoroughly from a variety of perspectives (pardon the pun).

I really like your build style and presentation, and I could look at GT40s all day long. Very very nice.

Say whatever you want about the motives, but it seems some companies are going out of their way to alienate their core markets.

Agreed 100%, though I have very few scale examples to show. I don't find the dipped-in-syrup look to be at all attractive, or scale-appearing. But a lot of tiresome sanding and polishing CAN be avoided by learning to lay down a slick paint job. This is just exactly as-shot, no sanding or polishing. 3 color coats of duplicolor "mica" green and three coats of the old Testors "wet look" clear...but similar results are possible with most lacquer clears. (And a scale appearance would be better achieved if this was sanded and polished too, but of course, with very little orange peel to knock down, it goes a lot faster))

I lost mine because, when I was on the other side of the planet helping to win hearts and minds, my then-significant-other couldn't be bothered to keep up with my $25 monthly storage unit rent, a unit that also contained many hundreds of dollars worth of vintage Porsche parts and tools. Same little chickie sold my running Karmann Ghia, BMW 700 coupe, and '60 Corvair 4-door for scrap metal prices. She sure was cute, though.

I have an OptiVISOR. I also have a positionable, illuminated, large-diameter magnifying lens, very much like what a dentist uses. Though you CAN drive a nail with a wrench, it's not necessarily the BEST tool in every circumstance. Different tools sometimes work better for different jobs, and the relatively inexpensive (found) drugstore magnifying specs have proven themselves to be a very worthwhile addition to MY arsenal of tools. My only point is: don't overlook a potential highly functional solution just because it's cheap. EDIT: Another aside...the single most helpful addition to any modeling bench (or machine tool, or fab shop, or just about anything involving making things) is sufficient light. I have four 100-watt-equivalent LED bulbs in reflectors, daylight-color-balanced, that I can put exactly where I need them relative to my model benchtop. They also provide enough illumination for decent photography without flash.