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    How Many Model Shows Will be Cancelled this Year?

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    I work in grocery distribution.  The panic buying of rice, UHT (long life) milk, pasta, and powdered milk has forced an overtime spike at a time of year that is usually quite slow.  Many stores have doubled their usual purchasing to attempt to keep up.

     

    And today the Aussie Gov't has issued a recommendation that all non-essential events or gatherings be cancelled.  It's just a recommendation.  There's no mention of 'mandatory' yet.

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    Need help with aerial wire.

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    Dale,

         With EZ line you have the benefit of stretch.  So, I can suggest that once you have one point attached, let the CA cure for a bit.   Then, you can attach the other, free end to a place in line with the aerial.  So, instead of a floppy, loose end, you have a taut line that you can place on the post.  If you have any CA kicker, you can dab a bit on to harden the CA.  Having a lack of sensation makes it much harder, I understand.  But it's really the only trick I know for attaching an EZ line aerial.

     

    Gaz

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    MRP paint question?

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    On 3/10/2020 at 5:21 AM, TJTX said:

    I've got some MRP titanium coming.  How well can you mask over the MRP paint without lifting issues?

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    This was all MRP masked over MRP paint and MRP Primer.  Grey MRP Primer covered by a insignia white MRP basecoat.  I had two small incidences of lift on the underside.  That being said, I went to extra lengths to ensure that the surface was paint friendly.  I sanded everything with 2,000 grit paper, and wore gloves to keep skin oils from contaminating the surface.  It is possible that I missed a couple tiny spots where I had paint lift, or that I contaminated them with skin oils by accident.  The lift was red over white, whilst the primer didn't lift anywhere.

     

    HTH,

     

    Gaz

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    How Many Model Shows Will be Cancelled this Year?

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    16 hours ago, 1to1scale said:

    I believe I had Covid-19. Last Monday I got very sick, sicker than i have ever been. 
     

    Sunday - I had a tickle in my lungs, and through the day I felt like I had to cough, but it was dry and never did cough.

    Monday - 7:00 am I woke up and took my son to school, by the time I got back, I had a headache. I went up to my office, started to do some stuff, by 9:00 I felt exhausted and was regretting breakfast, so I sat down on the couch. I felt VERY cold and feet felt like they were in ice blocks. I decided to go take a long hot shower, the hot water helped, but I was getting very tired standing there. 10:00, I sat down on the bed and felt like something was wrong. My head was splitting open, I decided to take my temp, it was 101.5. I took some Tylenol and laced down for a quick nap, next thing I knew it was 1:00 pm, I felt worse. I was also sweating like I was in a dumpster in Houston in August. I took my temp again, 103.2! I pounded back a few more Tylenol, told my wife she needs to pick up my son from school. 
     

    The next three days through Thursday my temp stayed between 102F and nearly 104F. I was sweating, sleeping, hallucinating, and had the single worst headache I have ever had, a headache that still comes and goes in waves over a week later. I have no energy and a dry cough. I did go to an urgent care, they told me I had the flu, gave me tamiflu and told me to take Tylenol. I have had the Flu before, but never like this. 
     

    luckily, I used common sense and would disinfect everything I touched, I coughed in a t-shirt so as not to spread anything, and I quarantined myself at home. None of my family got this, but I really do think I had this. As bad as this was, I could see how elderly and children could really affected by this. 

    Sheesh, glad you pulled through, mate!

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    How Many Model Shows Will be Cancelled this Year?

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    I'm looking forward to QMHE (Queensland Model Hobby Expo) in August this year.  Well...  maybe.    I'm beginning to wonder if it'll happen.   With Shizuoka cancelled in Japan, and now Hungary's Mosonshow cancelled, I wonder what is next.  I try not to immerse myself in the news too much, but when it comes to my hobby, my ears perk up a bit.

    Not an overly social person, I look forward to those few events that bring modellers together. 

    I'm still trying to build that kit that I think will be worthy to compete.  I build a lot of ten-footers...  they look best when you're standing a bit away.  But even if I didn't submit anything for competition, I would still spend most of the two days at the event. 

     

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    MRP paint question?

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    On 3/7/2020 at 9:22 AM, GusMac said:

    8 psi! Never worked that low. Is it worth turning the compressor on, or do you just use a straw!??

    To get the pencil thin line, it's best to thin the MRP with self-levelling thinner.  Around 8 is where I start testing.  Then I go up or down depending on how the paint is landing on the latex glove I wear.  But my lungs couldn't perform that long.

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    MRP paint question?

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    On 3/4/2020 at 6:42 AM, Sir Desmond Glazebrook said:

    Hi Gaz.

    Did you use the scotchbrite method (I don't know the proper name)to paint the Dornier?

    I reckon it looks great.

    Thank you, Dale.  The cloud pattern was all done by hand, mostly in figure eights.  At around 8PSI I tried to simulate how a 1/48 scale man would have done it with his limited reach and with occasional bouts with boredom.

     

    Gaz

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