Ace-Garageguy

Master Box makes several 1/24 figures that could be suitable for your needs. Though many of their figures are 1/35 military subjects, and many of their 1/24 figures are sci-fi, pinup, and fantasy subjects, many more are normal civilians in street clothes. Scroll thru the listing here to start... https://plastic-models-store.com/master-box-models

Dry, cracked lips can make it painful to smile.

Side pocket shots off of two cushions are tough.

Absolutely beautiful.

Pay to play.

Reference material on the interdwerbs often isn't worth the electrons it's displayed with, unless it's been scanned from genuine historical documents with unimpeachable provenance.

"Drummer" used to be a word for "traveling salesman".

The problem with poisons is that rodents don't always die where they ingest the stuff. So wild predators and scavengers are needlessly killed when they eat the poisoned rats and mice. I'm pretty sure that's what happened to many of the herd of feral cats I was feeding...friendly, intelligent animals that did a great job of keeping my pest problem in check, naturally.

Challenging kits often provoke a moaning sound from some quarters.

It is increasingly unnerving trying to drive anywhere here when it's raining. It's as though everyone turns his brain off, or goes into panic mode. Going to the bank this AM, I was almost hit by two dozy witches, one who apparently missed her GPS-instructed turn, pulled over on the RH shoulder and stopped (so far so good), but then abruptly pulled LEFT directly in front of me as she tried a U-turn, completely oblivious of anyone else. Good thing I have good brakes and new front tires, or I would have T-boned her door. She stopped in the middle of the road, rolled her window down to apologize, and her passenger witch let loose with a screaming tirade at ME that would strip the paint from most cars. Nice. I guess I was "manspreading" by being where her friend wanted to go. The other one was just driving through the lot, looking at her phone, on my side of the line. A long loud blast on my horn woke her up in time to stop literally a couple inches from simply driving into my stopped truck.

Times like these, some days I'm embarrassed to have to identify as "human".

Photographers caught a lot of grief from 'serious' artists in the beginning, much as digital artists with no traditional skills do today.

"Opposite sexes" used to have a pretty obvious meaning when there were only two.

Watching red-headed and pileated woodpeckers from my home office window, chowing down on the hanging suet I put out every winter. (Not my photos)

"Interpreted" is not something actual scale dimensions should have done to them, in spite of rebleated opinions to the contrary.

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Yup...I should have checked that prior to posting anything...and I should have suspected it was stock because of the apparent crank hole. Thanks to you and everyone else who's responded with links to more info. I hope to speak with the owner this week. I understand he owns this too, also currently in the shop.

Head room be in short supply...

Life gets in the way of the constant par-tay.

Straits be dammed..."brothers of different mothers" is how I think of the one guy I've ever had the pleasure to work with who approaches what he does with the same dedication to quality as I usually do.

Exactly. I haven't spoken personally with the owner yet, and I'm trying to pin down the grille...whether it was a commercially available aftermarket part, or a custom fab job. So far I've found (apparently) a couple of cars with that grille, so there's confusion there. Add that to the fact the car now sports Metranga Merc-style side windows and surrounds, molded running boards and rear skirts identical to one of the two "parent cars", but entirely different lakes pipes... But yes, it's a very interesting car, and everything visible is excellent quality.

'69 Corvette on 17s Gennie survivor '36 Ford, all original driver (my Jag in the background). Chopped '49 Caddy custom. Jag Xk 150 drophead, and a real '37 Cord Nice Weber-equipped Cobra replica And a "kustom" '40 Merc, apparently (possibly) built from remains of the Barris-built Johnny Zaro Merc

This rolled in the other day to get revised door-poppers (anybody versed in "kustom" knows what they are). The car looked vaguely familiar, and then I noticed the Barris crests. I thinks to myself "self, if this is the car I think it is...holy cow!!". Well, I think it is. And like a lot of "kustoms", it's been around the block a few times, and has been rebuilt. But the provenance appears to be genuine. See the link below for more info...and notice the grille. MORE INFO HERE: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/recognize-this-40-merc-convertible.535016/

Kit cars sometimes outperform the real things.

Good looking work, especially all that carbon. I really appreciate builders who strive to get the technical details right.