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"Situation reports" (the cool kids call 'em sitreps) for all kinds of interesting stuff...like today's bat-flu numbers, or voter turnout...are available online, usually updated frequently.
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Model Car t shirts????
Ace-Garageguy replied to Tom Kren's topic in Model Cars Magazine News and Discussions
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Nah, probably some guy living under a bridge. Now he can afford to build a desalination plant for LA.
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All kinda depends on the age and weight rating. First thing that comes to mind are these "Divco"...maybe...they're 19 inchers. Might need taller tires. https://www.ebay.com/itm/133070322564?hash=item1efb9bfb84:g:pnUAAOSwsq1cgp0N&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAkEwUBvHGvU6Nb86QU9KGp5ajRkoNLCXbnKt%2FdCSnnET%2FOFIYsLSxPj9CJh4AafzPD5Mk8kfLZ8sxzeNRgNyIY8X9SXbxOjuh%2BaKL4ppHIbX140nLG9XHy5fsKmIq7sny6nrib2bWbH7cEKqLHD7nvKXszIyt2z2fHTDjknWMQlBRZ2jJJ0qWtT9KrJAhUTs5bA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_TTyISLYQ I think Scenes Unlimited has something like these...
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More techie dweeb incompetence: my cell carrier set the time back an hour correctly when Standard Time resumed early Sunday morning, but apparently just to make sure, it was set back ANOTHER hour last night.
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The first-gen Olds OHV V8 is visually similar to the Caddy of the same period because they were both GM designs done concurrently. But there's no shortage of good engines to accurately represent the Olds "344", which is built from an early member of the 303-324-371-394 family. Revell '50 Olds kits have nice ones, as do the original Revell SWC Willys (already 6-71 blown, too), and all the Revell Anglia-based drag cars.
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Current building techniques
Ace-Garageguy replied to Bobjernigan3's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
And while it's true that a very few top-tier builders are more motivated by adulation than the pleasure of doing the work, the majority of even the most talented and skilled do it for themselves first...but it's always nice to have one's efforts appreciated by others who get it, no matter how self-motivated and secure one may be. -
Sister acts can be interesting...like the Andrews Sisters close harmony.
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What did you see on the road today?
Ace-Garageguy replied to Harry P.'s topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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What did you see on the road today?
Ace-Garageguy replied to Harry P.'s topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I'd honestly been thinking of building one after I'm moved and have a couple other 1:1 projects back in "drive" mode. The thinking-out-loud that the Seven references triggered inspired some new ideas (for me anyway...somebody has already done a rear-transaxle Seven clone) that could really get me fired up. Now I'm thinking Honda B16 up front, and a 914 gearbox in the rear...and Donkervoort-inspired bodywork... ...or maybe scaled-down TR... -
Current building techniques
Ace-Garageguy replied to Bobjernigan3's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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Ace-Garageguy replied to Bobjernigan3's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
All in all, what's happening to modeling is exactly what's happening to illustration, photography, prototyping for industry and consumer goods, machine work, automobile repair, aviation, etc. etc. etc. All of these fields have been drastically affected by the inroads of "digital" ways of doing things, and while working with a computer interface between the mind and the eventual product in any of them does indeed require new skills, it also tends to result in traditional skills falling by the wayside. In the real making-things-world, I have seen a huge decrease in the number of skilled fabricators, non-CNC-dependent machinists, welders, bodymen who can recreate shapes and lines, painters who can color-match without the color-analyzer camera and apps, hands-on mechanics who really understand machines and the physics behind them, engineers who can still work outside a CAD environment, and on and on and on. People get mad when I say these things, but they're the simple truth. There ARE still highly skilled hands-on traditional craftsman in every field, but they're a dwindling breed. That's just the way it is. But just like blacksmithing, vinyl records, reel-to-reel tape, manual gearboxes, and riding horses never went away entirely, and even see a resurgence of interest at times, so the traditional skills the older modelers inspired us all with will remain, and be practiced by the few who don't think a 4-year build involving machine work or extensive fabrication in a variety of materials is drudgery, but experience it as fun. The bottom line is that anyone who's deriving pleasure from modeling isn't "doing it wrong", but at the same time, no one should be expected to lavishly praise an OOB model painted with a dirty pinecone...unless we want to adopt the "everyone gets a trophy" philosophy. -
Blackout curtains are something I need to look into, as exterior security lighting becomes more necessary, and tends to disturb my natural sleep rhythms.
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Ace-Garageguy replied to Bobjernigan3's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Actually, that's not what he said at all. What he did say is that he remembers more of the higher quality models being more highly detailed than the average on the board, or on the contest tables. "Decent" models wasn't what the man was addressing, nor was he denigrating average modelers. But sadly these days, a lot of the time when exceptional work is mentioned...in any field...there's a contingent that finds offense. I don't get it. -
They are.
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Subway riding in NYC is getting kinda dicey.
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Current building techniques
Ace-Garageguy replied to Bobjernigan3's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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Ace-Garageguy replied to Bobjernigan3's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I do a little... -
Current building techniques
Ace-Garageguy replied to Bobjernigan3's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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Current building techniques
Ace-Garageguy replied to Bobjernigan3's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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