Ace-Garageguy

Surely adults don't do that... Oh, wait... Never mind.

Peeves can't begin to describe the unfounded psychotic rages I experience when somebody beats me to a post.

Another beautiful vintage race-car model. I sure wish I'd had my current appreciation for Chris Etzel's work when I got back into this hobby some years ago. I saw his jewel-like kits at a few shows, but passed on buying them primarily out of my own ignorance. I doubt we'll ever see his like again, though some of the CAD designed / 3D printed stuff that's coming online is equally spectacular.

(You need to go back and read how the game works.)

Reapers, also known as General Atomics MQ-9 ( Predator B ) UAVs replaced manned F-16s in the first fighter unit to convert entirely to unmanned combat aerial vehicles in 2008, the New York Air National Guard 174th Attack Wing.

Doobee doobee doo, bee doobee doobee, doobee doobee doo, bee doobee doobee (to the tune of Strangers in the Night).

"Committed" is what a fair number of delusional analysts of current events should be.

Big smile-maker. Looks great.

Mastication isn't a word you can use on a family-friendly site...or am I thinking of matriculation?

I know deez one. Letz see if I can remember to PM the answer this time.

Pretty funny how all the little vape dwerps look down their noses at tobacco users, while they suck anti-freeze (propylene glycol) fog into their lungs. QUOTING : https://www.verywellhealth.com/propylene-glycol-5076050 "Alongside vegetable glycerin, propylene glycol is the major ingredient in the liquids (e-liquids) used in e-cigarettes. To mimic smoke, propylene glycol is converted to extremely tiny droplets by e-cigarettes. It also functions as a carrier for nicotine and flavorings which are added to some e-liquids. January 2020 UPDATE: Recent illnesses have been associated with use of e-cigarettes (vaping). Since the specific causes of these lung injury cases are not yet known, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends refraining from all vaping products.4 Recent studies suggest that the use of e-cigarettes might have harmful health effects, and that some of these effects may be linked to the mixture of propylene glycol and other ingredients. Some of these health risks include lung damage and lung disease.5 Other studies also indicate that propylene glycol is converted into cancer-causing compounds when it’s heated up in the e-cigarettes." You couldn't make this stuff up.

Mmmm mmmm good.

"Toward More Picturesque Speech"...anybody else remember that in Reader's Digest?

Soon to be CBD shops. Gotta play to your audience.

Note the tenor of the responses.

My old-man-phone carrier did just that, though getting the new one to function reliably and getting their billing in line with what I'd actually paid-in took some doing.

Agreed. I buy all my current kits, styrene, and most tools and paint from what passes for a LHS...HobbyTown. But like everyone else, they're suffering from the "supply chain" baloney. Finding styrene there in sizes I need has gone from being an almost certainty to entirely hit-or-miss. Balsa and other woods are almost nonexistent, and some stuff seems to be gone forever.

Very, very nice. I've acquired several 917 short-tails in styrene, with the intent of converting one to this configuration. Maybe I should save myself some grief and hunt down one of these.

Did you know that IQ is declining at an alarming rate globally?

Yeah, well, Flintstone could have easily corrected the hood length issue. It's well known in the community by people who have an eye for proportion, and I've previously posted the dimensions taken from real '34 Fords that I've had in the shop. I will never understand why it seems to be so difficult to measure accurately and divide by whatever scale, but life is strange and logic is increasingly elusive.

I'd say the first impression of the finished product was certainly worth the effort. Looks better than any I've seen so far.

Your feel for surfaces, color, and textures always amazes and inspires me. You have a remarkable ability to represent reality very believably, and you do it consistently. If there was ever anyone who should write a book on the subject, you're the guy.

If you mean this one, it appears to be based on the Revellogram snapper with the too-short hood (length, not height). There's also a lakester version that's much better looking, but thick, and not particularly accurate either, below.

Nice little banger. Looks like it was a fun build.

Cages and bars these days are usually 1 5/8"or 1 3/4", depending on class and speed. 1 3/4" is 1.75". Divided by 25, that gives you .070". I notice the difference using .080", but it looks pretty good usually...and is usually what I use too. But I think anything bigger looks wrong.