Ace-Garageguy

Dangity. I meant to comment on this one a while back. Lotsa good stuff going on here. The floors and getting the ribs right on the inner wheel wells are particularly interesting.

Great looking model. Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

Very nicely done. Inspiring build.

There's some great info in this thread I was unaware of. Many of the kit flatheads really do look too small for 1/24, so knowing that there are some bits out there that might look right is very helpful.

Well, there have been multiple times I've posted work, unaware of flaws that were glaringly obvious once they were on the big screen. I've since started using more light and magnification to try to avoid the worst of it, but as picky as I am about my own work, I'd be willing to bet that a lot of those folks who are much less self-critical are indeed unaware of their shortcomings. But as far as the whole premise of this thread goes, I've spent a lot of time on this site. I just do NOT see, really, anyone who picks at things just to be mean. I rarely see any kind of criticism at all, constructive or otherwise. But I see tons of comments that are the equivalent of "likes" and nothing more. Funny. I've often been accused of this, and via PM, I've been called every vile thing imaginable, things that have absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with models. What's also funny is that I don't "criticize". I've pointed out technical facts on occasion, like "gassers", for instance...if historical accuracy is the goal...didn't, in general, sit with their noses so high you couldn't see the strip out of the windshield. When I've posted technical corrections to misinformation, in a genuinely positive effort to combat the internet's common mindless proliferation of BS, and when I've posted a little about my background and credentials as a reasonably knowledgeable source, I've also been accused of doing what I do here primarily to feed my poor inadequate ego by making other people feel bad. Frankly, these responses baffle me. I have a love for truth and knowledge, and I'd personally much rather be corrected about something I misunderstand (by someone who actually knows what they're talking about) than blissfully go along in ignorance, thinking I know something I've got entirely wrong. So please...and I usually ask for it in my build threads...if anybody sees I've dome done something wrong, feel free to speak out. There's a good chance I'm already aware of any flaws, I'll usually mention them myself, but there's always the chance that somebody with sharp eyes will catch something I've missed, or catch me in a technical error. TELL ME.

Yup.

Unfortunately, we now live in an environment where any criticism, no matter how politely offered, carefully phrased, and absolutely appropriate, is often flatly rejected, with the "mean" motives of the one doing the criticism blown out of any reasonable proportion. Not too long ago, I had to run a guy off because of it. As I walked by his bay, I noticed something in the bottom of the oil pan he was about to install on an engine he was assembling. I ran my finger through it, and it was gritty. I brought it to his attention. Professionally. He flew off the handle, walked away, and wouldn't discuss it or face me. Later that day, I brought the incident up in the meeting with all the crew and management. Again, he got noisily defensive, refused to discuss it, and walked out of the meeting...after having called me "abusive". Everyone in the meeting had seen I was behaving entirely professionally, and doing my job to try to prevent the astronomical number of comebacks the shop had been getting. So...what do you do with somebody like that in the real world? You fire 'em on the spot.

Kool little car. I love those things. Last Corvair I had was also a 140 coupe. It had been an SCCA race car, the interior was gutted, and when you slammed the door, it was like banging on a trash can. Sure was fun to drive though.

If one goes through life with one's eyes open, it sometimes takes a pretty serious act of will to avoid getting a very negative attitude. Things like rampant stupidity, and willful, prideful ignorance, with an inability...or no desire...to comprehend actual reality on the part of many...often prominent and influential...folks are among my predominant daily irks.

To be a recognized land speed record attempt, it would have to be sanctioned by FIA. To put it bluntly, FIA would simply not allow anything to run without a roll cage that met their very stringent safety requirements. https://www.fia.com/fia-world-land-speed-records

Some years back, I snagged a Volkl kit in 1/24. Pretty much just a resin body, a slightly different version from the one in your photo (which has been one of my all-time favorite race cars since 1969, and the first race car I ever turned a wrench on for $). You'd have to scratch-build just about everything but the body (which isn't perfectly symmetrical and will need some corrections), but it's a place to start. It's a very small car in reality, but I did some rough measuring against an Accurate Miniatures McLaren M8, and the Mc chassis could be cut down and modified...again, as a starting point...though the Chevron was not a full monocoque like the McLaren, IIRC. Some "continuation" cars were built later, using the original jigs, fixtures, and tooling, and photos of the guts and specs aren't too hard to find.

STOL drag race...

Anybody recognize this guy?

You are very welcome, sir.

Yup. All the "bondo" polyester-filler products are chemically identical. I used to prefer USC Icing (real-car spot putty), as it's finer-grained than regular polyester body filler, and I usually had some in stock for real-car work. I'm not doing much real-car bodywork these days, and the big real-car tubes dry out before I use them up on models. Hence, using the small-tube Bondo "Professional" 2-part glazing putty. Nice thing about that is it's in a metal tube, and doesn't dry out like the plastic-tube stuff can. The tube is actually fairly rigid, so if you don't mash it, you can stir it (when it inevitably separates) with a piece of 1/8" welding rod, or something similar.

It's not a Porsche. It's a Chevron B16.

Last Squadron Green I bought was the same as always...kinda thick, a little on the grainy side. I recently tried Tamiya White, and it's the cat's a...whiskers. Smooth, spreads like butter, dries hard enough and sticks well enough to even tune up panel edges. I'll never go back to Squadron. PS: I still use Bondo Professional Glazing & Spot Putty (2-part polyester) for heavy fills and sculpting custom stuff, but the Tamiya works great for very small flaws.

^^^ Best laugh I've had all week.

I said I agree with you about the reprehensible part, even though it didn't affect me personally. Anybody who wants to waste their time is free to go back and read my irate posts about their conduct at the time too...even though it didn't affect me personally. And yes, I'd be smoking mad if they held me up for $400 annually tomorrow...especially when everyone else using the tier I do is only paying about $84.

Maybe we need a "safe-space-friendly comments only" or "easily offended" emoji. Heck...with the 4,789 or how-ever-many there are now, they might already be there. ?

Yup. You got a better deal than I did because I went monthly, and still do. The management does seem to appreciate the old paid users.

If you only post here, you don't need a hosting service. The good folks who run this site have taken on the task of hosting the photos...for THIS site...themselves. Kinda the opposite way of doing business from the old P-bucket.

I agree the way they handled it was reprehensible, and unforgivable. Thing is, because I was a paid user, I never lost access, never had to re-load all my stuff somewhere else, so I have no need to "forgive" them, or give them a "second chance". They're still on their first chance with me, and they haven't even demanded I pay the current lowest-tier rate yet. I'm not going to waste hours and hours and hours and hours of my life reloading all my stuff somewhere else just because a bunch of freeloaders got dumped rudely and had their images blocked. Yes, P-bucket was WRONG in the way they handled it. But it's not my dog...because I always paid... and self-immolation just isn't my gig.

Frankly, as harsh as I may seem, I think just about every model has something worth singling out for a "good...whatever". Unfortunately, most comments that are lazy "good job" or "awesome" attaboys don't accomplish anything other than reinforce the everyone's-a-winner culture that's killing real accomplishment and a healthy understanding of reality. I don't have the time to comment positively on every little well-done aspect of every marginally-built model, but for people who seem to, why not make an effort to praise what's actually WORTH praising? You'll do more real good than showering blanket praise on mediocrity accomplishes.