My last word on building computers!

Jon Elson elson at pico-systems.com
Fri Jan 15 23:56:24 CST 2016


On 01/15/2016 09:44 PM, ben wrote:
> On 1/15/2016 6:59 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
>
>> A guy in France built a 1/3 scale Ferarri roadster.  He 
>> made EVERYTHING
>> himself.  Dashboard instruments, tires, ignition coils 
>> and spark plugs,
>> and on and on.  I saw it at the NAMES show in 2004, I 
>> think. Totally
>> awesome.  And, it took him 12 years!
>
> Smaller cars well never sell. :-)
Right, he claims to have it on his mantelpiece!  (Must have 
a really big mantel!)

For the effort he went through, he could have built a 
full-size car and driven it!
While I can appreciate these incredible models, I don't 
quite "GET" the model building mania.

Jon


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