Ace-Garageguy

Lot of 'em seem to have problems using round things...globes, balls, phone dials, clocks, anything with wheels that isn't self-propelled...

Good thing you don't have to watch it then, huh? Thing is...they do really good work and pass on useful knowledge, which is my primary judgement criteria.

"Transmission interrupted; please stand by for a message from Matrix Central"

No. We're all in the matrix as ones and zeros. Lots and lots of zeros.

Nope. When the Jag C-X75 turbine-electric came out, I fell in love with it. Performance was blistering, turbines can run on just about anything that will burn, and I'd been interested in micro-turbines for decades. I was also interested in the dieselpunk aesthetic, thought it would be fun to blend the ideas, and I started two turbine-electric concept builds for a dark sci-fi diorama. As is typical with much of my model work, I got ahead of my skills (at the time) which caused the projects to stall, but everything's still on the in-progress shelves and I've learned what I needed to move forward. This is the thread on the one you are referring to (that Studebaker is not mine): And this is the first one:

Prose be da wunze gets paid fo what dey do, and armatures duz it fo free.

Facts are routinely twisted, suppressed, or faked to suit the narrative.

Holy k-rapp. The real one was yours? Damm man. Nice.

Beyond "well done". WAY beyond. When you really have to look carefully to determine a model IS actually a model, that says more than anything.

Two real beauties.

Immense women don't appeal to my sense of proportion and line..

Another instance of old-school diagnostic skills finding the root problem, after the car owner had "fixed" it with a counterfeit part bought online

Mechanics are completely different animals from parts-changers, and most folks don't understand the difference.

Scan tools are usually necessary to diagnose and repair today's cars that rely heavily on electronics. But the scan-tool can only tell you so much. Old-school knowledge and skills are often required to get to the root cause of a problem, and not all "technicians" have them. This car was torn apart by a chimp who just didn't understand the basics, and was repaired by someone who did.

"Tools" listed in the factory service manual that came with my first 356 Porsche included "two mechanics".

Sorry fellas...no phony drama or no-talent hackers here. Just a competent crew doing things right, with a whole lot of knowledge.