Ace-Garageguy

I wish you luck. I have a couple cans from 2012 that haven't started oozing binder at the bottom, and still spray fine.

No pix, but as with most of my builds, the research into getting things right...this time with the Poncho engine block, primarily...has sent me down innumerable internet rabbit-holes. The upside is that I now know much more about Pontiac V8s than I used to, and it turns out some of my real parts are definitely the good ones. But there has to come a time I say "good enough" for a model, and settle for a reasonably correct representation, but even that is taking some fairly serious rework of the kit parts I have readily available. Pictures shortly, as I decide what to fix and what to let slide.

"Difficult" problem solving gets easier with practice.

"Bebop" jazz is sometimes my model-building music of choice.

Fine looking model. Loved needlenose Petes when I was a kid, always will.

https://jalopnik.com/emerson-fittipaldis-double-engined-volkswagen-beetle-5799726

http://www.vwfuncup.eu/en

Free video how-to library from a company that makes the silicone for molds and the resins for parts. https://freemanvideos.com/Moldmaking-Casting/

"Decorum" shouldn't be confused with "gutless suck-up".

Very. Thank you.

Yes, it's from 2021, but it's the first time I've seen it: https://www.autosport.be/news/vw-fun-cup-voor-het-eerst-op-le-mans.html

"Art" can apparently be a wall-mounted rotting banana.

Yes, most definitely.

Nah. Just dwerps who know pretty much nothing about anything, thinking they can make things they don't understand "better" by endless tinkering, and removing most every bit of reliable functionality in the process. SOP in just about every field today.

Young fellas with pink hair always make me kinda wonder...

I believe it is. I keep myself on a pretty short leash these days, only buying things I really really want, usually when it's pretty obvious I'll most likely never find them again, and even then, only if they're at a "good" price, i.e. considerably under average.

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Definitely a high-effort kit. Nice that he supplies PE parts, decals, two sets of all the clear parts, etc. A few years back, I wouldn't even have attempted anything resin.

Cats, being naturally inquisitive, sometimes get themselves in uncomfortable situations. One of the ferals I feed got into the back "shop" part of the house last evening while I was offloading some tools. I didn't know it until much later when I heard something crash, went back to investigate, heard a scuffling (which I assumed to be a racoon), then saw a pair of frightened orange eyes looking at me from somewhere I couldn't possibly reach...a ridiculous space between two roof slopes a previous "renovation" had left. I recognized it as one of my familiars, tried to get it out for hours, finally gave up and went to bed. Took the day off, spent most of today trying to get it calm enough to leave under its own power, finally managed to get it gone at about 5:00 PM. It seems to be fine, as it was up on the front porch eating just a few minutes ago. Happy ending.

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