Ace-Garageguy

Analyzing the problems is rather like eating the proverbial elephant, one bite at a time. Starting with a good, scalable profile photo of a stock '33-'34 sedan, and the same of the model, you just print out a correctly 1/25 scaled copy of the original along with a full size print of the 1/25 scale model, carefully compare one small area of the real one to the same area of the kit version, and Bob's your uncle. I've used the method, for instance, to analyze the differences between Revell's '29 Ford body shell, AMT's, and a real one, and determined I'd need to start with Revell's version, because of the curvature of the rear deck, to capture the look of the Eddie Dye roadster.

Bummer indeed, as good Mexican food is among my favorites (and my shameless cultural appropriation ).

I'm wondering if this tractor doesn't have to pull a dedicated trailer, housing more batteries under the load-floor. I will definitely be looking for hard info on battery placement and range.

CFD (computational fluid dynamics) programs were developed from countless hours of observed data in wind-tunnels, and wind tunnels are still used extensively to verify results obtained in CFD. Kinda funny though, how many of today's engineers/designers believe "computer design" is the be-all-end-all solution to everything, and have no real-world understanding of what they're doing, or how the programs they rely on were developed from HARD HANDS-ON DATA sets. CAD and CFD and CAE are wonderful tools, but real-world empirical data-collection still has its place. This is a 1/10 scale model I built back around 1987 of my own 1985 design, specifically for wind-tunnel testing. The measured drag coefficient was, at the time, the lowest for anything ever built or proposed for surface transportation.

Yup. That's a running joke when I work.

Hole-in-the-wall restaurants in the middle of nowhere sometimes have astoundingly good food.

I've been reusing containers for decades, and old credit cards for mixing surfaces for catalyzed model fillers, or cut into strips and special shapes for spreaders, etc. Plastic coffee can lids also make great mixing and spreading tools. The lunch meat I usually buy comes in clear containers with easily removable labels, perfect for storing every part (except the body itself) of an ongoing model build, and in the big-car shop for sorted small hardware on the bench. They're impervious to most solvents, and work well for various kinds of strippers too. Cheapo baggies, as mentioned, are perfect for storing all kinds of small stuff you need to be able to keep together, and identify visually. I used to use yogurt and cottage cheese containers for mixing aircraft epoxy when I was working mostly on planes, still use 'em in the big-car shops for mixing epoxies and polyesters, and for short-term storage of some types of release agents. In the shop, I use the large high-quality cardboard boxes that parts are shipped in for templates for sheetmetal fabrication. Coffee cans, especially steel, are great for larger fastener storage, and for brush and roller cleaning solvents for composite work. Etc., etc., etc.

Yup, good stuff.

Temps and humidity are finally going down, and next week's forecast is for clear and cooler. I can get back to working longer days without being wiped out by 5:00 PM.

And electricity in Germany now costs SIX TIMES what it did in 2020. Denmark's numbers show it now costs MORE to recharge a Tesla than to fuel an ICE vehicle of comparable range and size. 20 million Americans are currently behind on their electricity bills due to escalating costs here too. Etc., etc., etc.

Use catalyzed polyester or epoxy putty. No shrinkage.

Interesting. Thanks.

Who needs artificial horror? Just watch the news as the world is overrun by brain-dead zombies intent on "fixing" everything.

How about custom dry-transfers from any source graphic or font? Very high quality, used extensively for aircraft and electronics panels, models, product presentation prototypes, etc. I posted this years ago, but there was very little interest. MANUFACTURER INFO SITE: https://decalprofx.com/index.html AVAILABLE HERE: https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspages/decalprokit.php?clickkey=73971 EDIT: You'll also need a good laser printer, a laminator, and a functioning brain

Some of us build in large scales where these are entirely appropriate. Anything smaller is pretty much impossible to machine by conventional means, which is where simulated resin or styrene fasteners come in.

Exactly. I still have some of my father's largish glow-plug engines, kinda like this.

No. Actual threaded fasteners, not simulated pretend fasteners. https://model-motorcars.myshopify.com/collections/small-parts-hardware

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I'm really curious about where they can cram enough batteries to get more than a one mile range with a maximum loaded weight of 80,000 pounds. Guess I need to do some research.

Beautiful. What's the story on the molded spark plug boots?

Fire yourself, and immediately rehire yourself, suitably chastised.

Count your blessings. The vast majority are barely able to deal with two dimensions. Dog help us all if they had to cope with three.

"Find your backside with both hands, if you can" is my first job applicant interview question these days.

Major reason I'm happily single. "Honey...I hired that poolboy we talked about, and, ummm...I'm leaving you to be with him...assuming you'll support me in the style I've become accustomed to".