Ace-Garageguy

Should have had a big external AC unit on the Caddy, some massive cooling units on the trailer roof, plus what looked like an incinerator stack, and a rack of 20 or so propane tanks. "Tim's Mobile Morgue and Crematorium".

The '41-'42 four cylinder for the trucks is basically a 9N tractor engine, rated at about 30HP for 1941, 40 for 1942. INFO AND PIX HERE: https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=80256

Safety can become an irrational obsession, so much so that one lives in constant fear of everything.

Heart-break is more effectively countered with intestinal fortitude than with spleen venting.

Words won't break your bones like viciously wielded sticks and stones.

Looks great. Exceptionally clean. Hows 'bout some parts source breakdown, and how you achieved the paint effect?

I tried to open the site itself, not the "investigation" page (which is pretty obviously a translation from another language), and it was blocked by one of my malware programs for being infected with a particular virus. Not a good sign...

Looking good, but I'd never noticed how wrong the tool designers got the rear axles on that kit. Very interesting...

Shaken bacon occurs when you put pigs in a large vibratory machine like a gravel sifter.

Some of the models produced using 3D printing are staggeringly good...but the best of the best I've personally seen come from builders who had already mastered the traditional techniques, and added 3D to their existing toolbox. In truth, even if you can print perfectly accurate miniatures, you're still going to have to have many of the old-school skills involved with fitting (clean assembly) and finishing (paint). There are some parts that 3D printing isn't well suited for too, like clear windows. Again, fabrication and fitting, and possibly mold-making and vacuum forming, will be required to produce top-tier work. There are enough 3D-experienced folks on this board now that you can sidestep much of the discovery part of the learning curve if you research and think and pay attention to process details.

70's US cars aren't, for the most part, at the top of my modeling interest list.

Good looking build of a historically important and often overlooked car.

I think the "panel truck" and "sedan delivery" distinctions are clearly just as you defined them. Panel trucks would go in the "light truck" category as the forum is currently organized. Sedan deliveries could go either way, but are bound to offend someone whatever you do. A sedan delivery is of course nothing but a station wagon with opaque rear quarter windows being used as a light truck. Oh, the humanity !!!

Behold a pale horse chestnut.

Might be nice if this was a "written" rule. I've had a couple instances where so many me-too, me-too builds got posted on a WIP thread of mine, and non-readers assumed that the other poster's work was mine, I quit the thread. As you say, it's one thing to illustrate how another builder solved a problem the OP might be having questions about, but something else entirely to post shots of "similar" work in the look-at-me-too mode. It's also rather a fine line sometimes, and a post in the spirit of "helping" can easily be misinterpreted as rude attention seeking. Probably best to err on the side of caution. I have, on occasion, posted a link to a build thread of my own as a reference to a question about something specific on someone else's build thread, but I try to make it pretty obvious it's an answer to a question the OP asked. Still, sometimes it doesn't feel right. On the other hand, I'll often post a shot of my own work in a "question and answer" or "tips and techniques" thread, to illustrate a technique or the result one can expect from employing a particular technique or material. Which is completely different from cluttering up someone's WIP or Under Glass thread. A little common sense, consideration, and thought go a long way to avoid stepping on toes inadvertently...but then again, this IS the internet in 2023. There are those among us who seem to be actively looking for something to be offended by.

History provides clear insight into the best and worst of human nature.

Post Office performance is only as good as whoever's working any given day.

Sprawl on the couch and eat bonbons by the bucketful.

Better Living through Chemistry is a 2014 film that's probably not worth watching.

Us-against-them is pretty much the story of humanity.

Song lyrics can be poignant, nonsensical, inspiring, and annoying.

I don't get paid enough...

I'm right there with you. That old Monogram '40 pickups is one of my favorites too, and defying any kind of rationality, I'm still collecting '60s kits to build someday...

Vain can also mean "marked by futility or ineffectualness"...as in "trying to fix stupid will always be in vain."

No Corvette, Lotus, DeTomaso Vallelunga, or countless other fiberglass / composite bodied cars, including some real Ferraris, Porsches, and full scale kit-cars, for you, eh? EDIT: These kids aren't building the things they build to sell, anyway. Nothing about the car is any kind of production, street-licensable. Did you happen to notice the brake rotors cut from thin steel plate? Functional for going around the block, or on and off a trailer, but that's about it. All plastic windows too, but the side power windows work. And watch the vid where they tackle the lighting electronics, etc. Essentially, it's a self-propelled, drivable BIG MODEL CAR, not anything trying to be taken seriously as a real vehicle...and if it were, Ferrari would most certainly crack down on 'em, and just might anyway. Still, even though it's just a full-scale model, the skills these kids have are so far and away beyond what 99.999% of the rest of humanity ANYWHERE has, it's pretty downright amazing they could do that, at all...especially considering how basic their tools are. EDIT 2: They also MADE their own chassis, suspension uprights, control arms, brake caliper adapters, engine mounts, etc. Just the engineering that went into hinging the doors is WAY beyond the ability of the vast majority of high-dollar "car builders". Yeah, there are a very few people who can do what these kids did, and to a much higher standard. I know some very well indeed. But for comparison, look at the other "clay" video I posted showing how manufacturers accomplish essentially the same thing, using million-dollar 5-axis CNC milling machines to rough carve the clay, VR, exotic CAD environments, and a very well paid cast of hundreds working in a pristine climate-controlled building.