Ace-Garageguy

Currently, the Danbury version is going to be in the $68 + shipping range, minimum. If you don't need the opening features and great detail like plug wires, wipers, working steering, etc., there's an AutoWorld version in 1/24 for about $46 + shipping on ePay.

Older people, if they have sufficient intelligence and pay attention, can benefit from their life experiences in myriad ways, and if they're really on top of things, possibly gain some wisdom.

Beautifully done. Reminds me of a somewhat similar story on the outskirts of Prague many long time ago.

HOT ROD Mag obit and links to other Ganahl stuff: https://www.motortrend.com/news/pat-ganahl-obit/:

I like it.

Engine, smengine: the powers that be want 'em dumped in the sea; it's motors, electric motors to power zis generation of voters.

Great project, coming together very nicely.

Wilson (and other) tennis balls make great temporary plugs for Hilborn-style fuel injection stacks.

What, no Dorkotron 500? Not to be confused with the Dork-O-Matic 1000, which was very similar but entirely different. When the manufacturers merged, they brought out the DorkMatic 2000, a brilliant melding of the two previously competing machines, vastly simplified, yet encompassing more features. Vintage and reproduction Dork products are highly prized today, though the underlying technology is largely misunderstood. Still, they can be found employed in almost every field of human endeavor, a testament to the universality and timelessness of their design.

Seasons come, seasons go, but stupid is forever.

"Be de be de be de be de be be be" said the little, not too bright robot.

Sorry I didn't mention it. Danbury Mint, 1/24.

Dry humor won't leave stains on your shirt.

Your setup is the best homebuilt I've seen to date. Simple, obviously very effective and doing exactly what it needs to do, and cheap.

Quatrains run every 15 minutes, right?

Last time I looked, these Danbury '57 Dodge Sweptside pickups were a little more than I wanted to pay for a truck that wasn't real high on my desire list, but I found this one for less than they usually go for. Perfect model, ratty box, suits me fine as they'll be displayed until I'm dust, and somebody else can worry about their "collector value". EDIT: Sure wish I'd known how nice the Danbury Mint line was when they were still in production...and a whole lot cheaper.

Evidently Idiocracy was prescient prognostication worthy of Nostradamus.

Services will be held tomorrow for the last damm I gave about much of anything.

Excellent. I see you have the fan mounted close to the end of the duct, where it's much more effective pulling than it would be mounted close to the booth, where it would be pushing. Well done.

All you're filtering with a model booth is outgoing air, taking the particulate paint out of the exhaust. A furnace filter is pretty much all that's required. Incoming air isn't filtered. The bay where the model goes is wide open to the room, so you can get your paws and airbrush in. Making sure YOU are clean and dust-free prior to painting, and that windows aren't open while there's a dust-storm blowing outside, that's pretty much it.

It's one of those "why not?" kinda things. Hydrocarbon vapors from lacquers and enamels can reach high enough concentrations to present a hazard under certain circumstances. I've seen a fire in a full-scale paint booth caused by a sparking fan motor that had been incorrectly mounted in the exhaust air stream. Fan motors in units like the Pace are mounted out of the exhaust air stream, but who knows about the cheapo Chinese units? Are you likely to have a model-car paint booth fire? Nope. But why risk it? An ignition-resistant inline 12V bilge fan is only $25-$45, and it's pretty cheap insurance against burning the house down. EDIT: You're also likely to encounter warnings on a packaged booth, something like "Not intended for use with Hazardous Materials, Flammable or Explosive Paints or Materials." Their lawyers aren't willing to chance it, so why should you? EDIT 2: Paint booth precautions are a lot like safe firearms handling procedures. Lotsa folks don't bother, thinking excessive safety awareness is stupid, but they're the ones more likely to have things go wrong, and then blame the weapon when they lose an eye, or a kid.

"Century" was a model name used by Buick from 1936-'42, '54-'58, and '73-2005.

Cardboard box, 12V bilge fan (USCG 183.410 compliant, ignition protected), furnace filter, dryer duct to outside, duct tape, assembled with common sense. https://ecfr.io/Title-33/Section-183.410 QUOTING: § 183.410 Ignition protection. (a) Each electrical component must not ignite a propane gas and air mixture that is 4.25 to 5.25 percent propane gas by volume surrounding the electrical component when it is operated at each of its manufacturer rated voltages and current loadings

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