Ace-Garageguy

Did anybody see Yoda?

Convincing proof of how good that relatively simple kit can look.

Yup.

"Game" is what the young lady was asked if she was, in a ribald joke I can't repeat here.

Almost all the "sandable" automotive rattlecan primers are lacquers. And the subject of one-part putties, just thick lacquer primers, has been discussed to death.

If you have a lifetime of experience, all you have to do is smell it to know what it is. Paint product labeling actually used to be better, but since most consumers don't have a clue as to what enamel or lacquer or much of anything else is, the can labeling is getting dumber with every passing year...along with the consumers. Lacquer primers used to say whet they were, but today, not so much. And all that differentiates lacquer from enamel is the carrier and the binder.

Yes, there ARE enamel primers. When I started painting real cars, cheap shops were still using synthetic enamel topcoats, and some of the primers were enamel. Enamel primers are typically NON-sanding, because of their drying characteristics. I've had all kinds of problems trying to topcoat a urethane repair when some doofus had previously shot hardened acrylic enamel or acrylic urethane over a synthetic enamel primer. You can get away with it once, sometimes, but when the repair topcoat hits it, the previous topcoat wrinkles like you shot paint stripper on it.

Luck is that thing you make by working while everybody else is sleeping late.

Nice project. Paint looking really good so far too. I've always really liked AMT's little '29. Perfect kit for a build like this.

A little food for thought: when you get something for free, it's usually worth exactly what you paid for it.

For some odd reason, first phrase that pops up in my mind: who gave the monkey a gun?

Disillusioned was 1970; now I'm just downright fed up.

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?