Ace-Garageguy

Game rules define any game, and if they're consistently ignored or sidestepped, you don't actually have a game, but a series of somewhat random interactions.

Beautiful model. Well done. Every time I see one of these, I remember exactly why this was and forever will be my favorite era of motorsports. The cars just looked so "right", and had a sensual but brutal grace that, to my eye anyway, is mostly missing today.

Decades ago, American cars were often described as big and powerful, with marginal handling.

Who'd a thunk we'd have so much in common?

It depends on a lot of things. My builds usually start out with a relatively simple plan, but morph into complex problem children over time, as I see ways to improve on the original idea, or add just one more little mod, etc. Early in any build, I'll typically spend more time in each session, getting the major work done so I can sit back and look at a mockup that's fairly well representative of the overall concept. As things progress, I'll set small, bite-sized session goals, so when I find I have a few minutes and am in the building mood, I can accomplish something tangible even if I don't have an extended time window.

Contests of speed on public roads are generally frowned upon.

Yes, sir. Three bags full, sir.

Hyperbole is the single most wonderful thing in the universe.

Attributes like proportion and line are wildly overrated.

Sadly for Gerald, this was page two of the operating manual...

"Coochie Guided Island Tours" operate on Coochiemudlo Island, close to Brisbane, in Oz. https://www.coochieguidedislandtours.com/

Christmas still makes me happy, in a sad, disillusioned kind of way.

Trippin' on shrooms man...far out.

Depends entirely on the builder. I strip most everything, and can't bear to see mold seams on bumpers.

Love 'em, especially the upgraded mods. I wrenched for a company that raced a few Abarth cars decades ago, including a double-bubble 750 Zagato and a 1300 OT we bought from Cosentino (FAZA) who was all but unbeatable in his classes in SCCA. Abarth on left below, Cosentino on the right.

And just think...if you'd had an internet-connected toilet and the app, you could have done it from France.

Spanish Harlem inspired a song about a rose that's one of my favorites to this day.

Bass frequency response wasn't the ultimate on my otherwise spectacular Fuseliers, but a powered sub gives me the best of everything.

Nguyen was the name of one of my patent examiners (true story), and he was a nice, very smart guy, but it was interesting communicating somewhat esoteric concepts to a non-native-English-speaker.

Yup...'68-'70 AMX and Javelin thru '74 take a different part number from the '70-'78 Gremlin, which is the same number as the '70-'77 Hornet.

Hmmmm...definitely interesting, and a possible serious complication as far as building a 1:1 clone goes. Hmmmmm...

Dry humor enhances brain function generally, as does creative activity like model building, so it's a win-win.