Ace-Garageguy

VERY nice. Man, every time I think I have every kit I could ever want, along comes a beautiful build like this, and I just have to have one. Thanks for the inspiration.

Looks GREAT. Funny...I just read one of our resident whatevers calling everything MPC "trash". Looks like you've pretty well proven that to be horse exhaust.

Some time back I snagged a Modelhaus '57 Mercury Monterey hardtop... ...specifically to build the 180mph Mermaid: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/?p=6535

Stage a rebellion against stupid: join one of the online learning sites and take a course in something new.

Kewl build. One of my favorite cars from the era. Sorry to see the warp and divot. I have two kits from the dawn of time that aren't like that.

Read to your kids, and teach them to read on their own before the schools ruin them forever.

I pretty much like everything.

Land is sumpin they're not makin' any more of.

Oh, baby!

I would have put his lower half through a chipper first, maybe just to the knees, tourniquets. I have a really really bad attitude towards thieves.

That's about it, but I mentioned early in the thread "Six bolt wheels required because of the GM truck rear end swap, in the spirit of how it might have been built in the pre-Ford 9" days. Front hubs would be drilled to match so as to only carry one type of spare wheel". Just FYI, GM truck rear ends were used in lotsa stuff pre-'57 when the Ford 9" and the equally tough new Olds and Pontiac rear ends were introduced, where ultimate strength was more important than unsprung weight. The original SWC Willys coupe is the first example that comes to mind. While unsprung weight would be an important consideration for running on rough roads at 50MPH+, the ultimate strength of the axles themselves, and the wheels, might take precedence...depending on the preparation philosophy of the particular car builder. Race-car prep is always about compromise and tradeoffs.

Records are made to be broken, unless they're the vinyl or acetate or Bakelite kind.

Crosby, Stills and Nash (and Young later) were among my favorite groups way back when.

MythBusters managed to present real scientific investigation into the truth (and falsehood) of endlessly rebleated baloney in an entertaining format.

Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand, is about a man who refuses to compromise his integrity to achieve financial success and public approval, but lives instead on his own terms, both aesthetic and moral.

Luminaries seem to be diminishing in brightness.

Sheets of styrene can become beautiful scale models of physical objects in the hands of those gifted with talent, and who have developed their skills.

Great historical ref and loads of build ideas. Thanks for posting it.

I've been looking for a pretty little brunette who could work tape for quite some time.

Again and again, we see timidity as the default setting of many, while temerity is the choice of others; rational courage lies somewhere between.

"Scary" immediately makes me think of a plethora of things I'd probably best avoid posting here.

Commandment 11: Thou shalt try to keep a sense of humor, for if thou dost not, thy head will surely implode.

Neighbor love thy, but get caught not.