Ace-Garageguy

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.

Analysis requires applied intelligence.

Fernando Pinto 1/24 1966 Porsche 906 LeMans longtail... ...and a Gary Doucette 1/25 '56 Kuzma Indy roadster in Dean Van Lines livery. Eddie Kuzma was a wizard car constructor along the lines of Watson and Kurtis.

I just received the Fernando Pinto longtail. It has an engine, some suspension, etc. It's a high-effort resin kit with tremendous potential...either to build a gorgeous model, or make a righteous mess.

Applied intelligence, rational thought, and logic would go a long way towards solving a lot of problems.

Wow. What a beautiful model.

Nice reference shots, with info on wing finish... https://www.ipmsstockholm.se/home/north-american-p-51d-mustang-in-detail-revisited-part-2-wings-and-tails/ ...and more discussion of the puttied-and-painted wings (my take being that late war production aircraft, or combat damaged-and-repaired aircraft likely dispensed with the time-consuming wing finish operations) https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/82849-mustang-wing-panel-linesfrom-the-preeminent-mustang-restorers-point-of-view/page/7/

You can still find it, but most of those who have it want lotsa money. This one rattlecan is $60, but Testors metalizers were the only game in town for metal aircraft modelers for decades. https://www.ebay.com/itm/374450594973?epid=1700131514&hash=item572efea49d:g:IkUAAOSwRr5jvEfj&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoHwyo9ls990MKHsly6tGmxxvOjIDaIbHrt0Iv6ZIGR51MFFiXmI9lx2FIzXfX9GcliIAMjS3ladiYVm3UoqSKrIeocL6ui2NJ6VGiHP0gLBfh7VwmDJwMURVajRkhwvEMAOTfIcEQ1XLgltkNxW9kQPg0K%2BUB1Jg5m5GJOms5XQa6GWJfcIaIUmskNINTq5KDiRLqAwPWVsMQUu5VQS8KgQ%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR9zoyoa4YQ

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Depends on the look you're going for. Bare metal would be best represented by old Testors "aluminum plate" buffing metalizer if you have any. The cowl, below: