Ace-Garageguy

Agreed. Drifting a car in the process of getting through a turn as quickly as humanly possible in a race is one thing. Smoking the tires while going in silly circles is something else entirely.

The Revell '32 Ford sedan is WAY more accurate than AMT's offering, but you'll have to do some engine, chassis and interior work to build it stock.

These big kits have huge potential (pardon the pun). This should definitely be worth watching.

Next irk...somebody I've done online business recently apparently sold my email address. I'm being constantly deluged now with crapp I have zero interest in, and the email provider will no longer allow me to mark unsolicited junkmail as spam.

Back to my parts debacle gripe...after 2 hours blown out of the middle of my work day, one of the issues might be getting resolved. I'm currently waiting for a pre-paid FedEx return shipping label to show up in my inbox. And waiting, and waiting...

Yeah, I know. But back in the '70s we called the Kaw H1 and H2 "rice rockets" with no "slur" intended. We all looked at the performance of those things with awe, they were Asian in origin, and that's it. Of course that was long before it became fashionable to have perpetually wadded panties and every word uttered potentially "offensive" to somebody. Stone-Woods-Cook, one of the winning-est drag teams in the history of the sport...and among my heroes at the time...was just about as "diverse" as you can get, and nobody in the sport really even noticed. All I saw was three guys who knew their stuff and made their cars work consistently. Sure would be nice if we could get the rest of the way to only judging people for what's in their character and their accomplishments, and get beyond childish hypersensitivity.

I sure would like to see the triple-Weber-twin-turbo-fuel-injection setup. Must be a real triumph of engineering. EDIT: Just for the record, "ricer" isn't necessarily a derogatory term applied to poseur idiot rides. There's a 240Z around here running 700RWHP from a turbocharged and intercooled 2JZ Yota motor. The owner/builder of the car is Asian, and his tag reads RICER.

As is questioning blathering idiocy, "consensus", outright lies, or saying much of anything involving logic and rationality. EDIT: ...or objective reality and verifiable science with reams of empirical evidence to back it up.

First thing I did was get on the horn with the Customer Excuse Making and Diversion Call Center. The tubing order was split into three separate FedEx shipments, and nobody knows where the other two are, in spite of the fact that prior to ordering, the website stated the material "would be drop-shipped from the manufacturer on the 12th". There's other work I can be doing on the project while I wait to see if, when, and what materializes on the other two order units. But it's screwed my plan and fouled the logistics on the thing, as each step depends on the one before it, and I need what I need to design and fit in-place.

Yes. One of the pictures of "hot rod" in the dictionary...

http://www.deflyer.nl/news.asp BUILD THREAD...

Probably time for me to lay in a remainder-of-lifetime supply.

Sounds good. Shouldn't be any problem getting the water hot.

Trying to get anything done in this age of incompetence and endless excuses drives me up the friggin wall. Last several big-bucks parts orders I've put in with multiple suppliers have come in unbelievably scrambled. Invoice shows the right stuff, packing slip shows the right stuff. What's in the box is from some other planet. For instance: I ordered enough 72" sticks of annealed stainless 304 5/8" and 1/2" hard line from a well known performance parts supplier to finish the fuel system on the '66 Chevelle, and put some back in stock, as they were the ONLY ones who showed it available any time soon. Got a buzz from FedEx it was on my porch. Pulled up and saw a smallish square box instead of the normal big mailing tubes the stuff usually comes in. Packing slip ON THE BOX says it's stainless. I figger they sent me coils instead of sticks...which I can live with if that's all I can get...but it's a little light. Hmmm... Opened the box, it's 6' of some blue rubber hose that I have exactly zero use for. Morons. I guess it's just too distracting to see if what you're putting in the box matches what's SUPPOSED to be in the box when you're needing to stay caught up with your social media accounts every minute of every dammed day. As usual, I have to waste MY OWN TIME straightening out some useless fool's mess, in essence doing his job over for him.

That is very small.

https://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/showroom/2cv-rod-10098

Lewis Hamilton...another wildly overpaid celebrity who's now set himself up as some kind of moral arbiter and lecturer. Just shut up and drive.

I personally think that Icing is hands-down the best glazing putty in the business for real cars, and it's my first choice when it's available. The problem with using it for models is the size of the tubes. ALL the plastic glazing putty tubes allow the material to dry out and eventually become unusable. And that is why I use the small modeler-friendly tubes of Bondo Professional Glazing and Spot Putty, PRODUCT # 801 It's catalyzed polyester, like icing, but in a much smaller METAL tube, which helps it last longer. EDIT: Joe's recommendation appears to be in a mylar tube and is only 8oz, both of which will help it last longer. If it's as good as Icing, but finer grained, it should be perfect for models.

I'll probably get there first. You want coffee or cocoa to go with those toasted marshmallows?

I know the idea of strenuous exercise is anathema to lots of people, but I have found time and time again that when I allow my lifestyle to become more sedentary, my vision begins to deteriorate. When I get off my lazy backside and push myself to go back to hiking (at least moderate trails a few hours a week), my vision always improves. I was surprised the first time I noticed the correlation. Years back, I had been doing the hiking thing seriously for a few weeks to lose some weight (and improve my sleep, which is another side benefit), and one day in the woods I just noticed how remarkably CLEAR everything was. I've been unable to do as much as I'd like for the past couple years after cracking my pelvis when an old director's chair collapsed (which was partially a function of having allowed myself to pack on too many pounds of lard), and the floaters have been getting worse. After a fair bit of kinda painful physical therapy since the break, I've been able to resume regular hiking to an extent. Just this week, I've noticed a significant reduction in perceived floaters. Your mileage may vary.

Perty kool. Always good to see seriously rich guys spending serious gobs of money to go seriously fast.

Probably wise for any number of reasons...

Some of the smartest, best looking, most talented and skilled people I know are left-handed.

Great idea. Hmmmmmmm...

Finally had a chance to sit down and watch all the way through. Beautiful car, hugely talented and skilled designer/engineer, no ugly "aero" whiffles and flippers everywhere stinking up the clean lines, and no damm touch screens and paddle shifter/slushbox. It's just flat wonderful to see such a passionate blend of art and engineering. Thanks Matt. PS: Only thing I'm not too keen on is the virtual lack of a flywheel, and the engine management computer apparently going to be responsible for engine/gearbox speed matching, taking away some of the fun of the classic heel-and-toe dance. It's part of the price of getting the center of engine mass so exquisitely low in the chassis, so it is what it is. But I have a feeling the development phase of that part of the electronics package will end up giving the driver a choice of mode that mimics old-school downshifting quite accurately.