Ace-Garageguy

WOW. Wow. Wow wow.

By far the most reliable solution is to put a layer of BMF on the rim prior to assembling the tire to it.

Dankeschön

Thanks for posting that, sir. Most helpful. The more I look at the model, the more proportion errors I'm seeing (like the lower body may need about a scale .5" -1" sectioning job too, the height of the front fender over the wheel arch is wrong, etc.), but it's still doable.

In the process of moving...very slowly.

Dead threads walk. I just got one of these little guys built up as a Group 44 race car. The builder did a credible job considering how bad a kit this truly is, and glued everything shut for simplicity. She's missing a few parts, and assembled I can see the glaring errors that need correcting (besides what's already been mentioned, the shape and size of the lower rear quarters is entirely wrong, almost like it's 1/32 tacked on to a 1/25 model). But it's definitely doable.

No, I haven't had the time to keep up. But I should. He's pounding away on Draco too. The guy is one helluva airplane builder.

I've been looking around since you brought this up, as I'm going to need to do something similar at my place in Az. I've come across something called a MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) adapter that looks like it might solve your problem of needing an additional account to run another cable modem. If I'm understanding this correctly (and I may not be, as some of the sites seem to be contradictory), it looks like you can split your coax signal like you want to, run your coax to the shop to a MoCA adapter, and then pull your ethernet out of that to go to your shop computer. Maybe somebody here can set me straight on this... http://www.mocalliance.org/ https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-set-up-a-coax-MoCA-network/

From the standpoint that "any landing you walk away from is a good one" philosophy, anyway. Not so OK for the poor airplane though.

Yup. Juan Browne is the most credible aviation commentator I've ever seen. As a high-time airline, military, and private pilot, he really knows his stuff...and explains things simply enough so non-aviation people can easily grasp them.

Like most incidents like this, it was a string of events leading to ultimate disaster. Actually, it was a hot, hard landing with a bounce, and the failure to immediately firewall the throttles and do a go-around that began the sequence.

Yup, I prefer a hardwired home/shop network for it's speed, stability, reliability (one less thing to fritz) and security.

Beautiful.

Hey...that '41 Chevy really speaks to me. When I was a kid in a small town on the east coast, there was a farmer who'd bring fresh vegetables in to market on the weekends. Your '41 is a dead ringer for his truck, even down to the slightly sunburned nose his had because it stuck out of the end of the shed it lived under most days. Vehicles weather lotsa different ways, but I've never seen a better executed rendition of that particular look than your '41 here. I like the other two as well. They look like all the well-maintained old trucks I've seen all over the country, trucks still hard at work earning their keep. No longer shiny, but just as good at being trucks as the day they rolled off the line. It's a good look, a reminder of a time before everything was thrown away when the new wore off.

Don't feel bad. I've been in exactly that position literally dozens of times. We learn and grow in any endeavor by pushing ourselves past our perceived limits. Sometimes we fail. But if we persevere, eventually we find we come back to a project that was beyond us once, and it seems easy. it was your build here, by the way, that inspired me to find that kit to do a mild custom I'd had in mind for years. So thanks.

Yes, that should work fine...but again, if there are Ethernet jacks on your in-house router, all you need is a long Ethernet cable. Here are what's supposed to be good splitters: https://www.newswatchngr.com/best-coax-splitters/

A little off-topic, but years ago (2011 maybe) I saw a sectioned mid-'50s Caddy with that roof chopped and grafted on, in bare steel, out in Az. It's my understanding the thing went to Oz or NZ, but it was a stunning piece of work. You wouldn't think those parts could all be melded together into a coherent whole, but whoever did it had a real feel for design and form and line. Pretty sure I have photos somewhere...

And thank you too, sir. Now the question is whether I'll flog myself unnecessarily by upgrading the chassis, or just build a nice mild custom...maybe even a curbside. Hmmmmm...I think in this case, less may be more.

Thank you, sir.

Yeah, I'm going to live with it. I like the look of the model so much that if I were to build a real one, I'd lengthen it. Do you happen to know if it's a screwbottom-derived chassis, or a newer tool style with separate details? (Mine is on the way, not here yet)

Those look great. Nice work.

No reason that shouldn't work. Another option, possibly better, would be to just run an Ethernet cable from your home router to your shop. Most cable-internet routers have multiple sockets for additional plug-ins (mine here has 4, and I routinely run 2 computers accessing the web through it simultaneously on a single account). The maximum recommended Ethernet cable run is about 300 feet, so you're fine.

Plugging a couple of holes in the long-way-out project stash, these two as a result of having seen inspiring builds of both kits on this forum.

Great looking weathering, just enough, just right, very realistic. You should do a tutorial.