ScottsGT

Crap. Wrong thread. Derp!

Bottle and cap in question

OK, starting to round up my colors I need for the avenger 3W I’m doing a little later this year. This is the bird I’m building. Decals are out for delivery right now. Am I correct assuming the Dutch used the same colors as the RAF? Or was this an actual RAF plane at one time? So far I’m finding Mr. Color C333 Extra Dark Sea Gray that looks accurate. But Mr. Color C368, Sky has what appears to be a tan colored cap on the bottle. As you can see in the pic it’s more of a green. Is this the correct Mr. Color paint? With all the experience of y’all here, I’d rather ask that follow my inexperienced instincts. Going to be my first with this color combo.

Ooh! Bonus mouse pad! That’s it!! I’ll tell my wife I ordered her a mouse pad! I just got a free model with it.

Next group build…. ”Hotel/Motel madness!” May I suggest we all pick a small and quick build or it could get mighty expensive. Especially for me if there is a casino downstairs. That’s the only way I can get the wife to play along.

I logged into my UPS account and I have a 3.6 lb package from Mitsubishi whse of CA for a Monday delivery. This has to be it. And just my luck, my wife will probably be off from work and I’ll get busted. EDIT: Tamiya shipping notice email popped up this morning. That’s it.

Well over 30 years ago I went up to NJ for Sony training on 3/4” VTR’s. (TV station video tape playback machines). I was building and flying RC during that stage of my life. I took a small kit with me to work on after class in the hotel room. My building pins were not holding into the cardboard I brought so I removed a ceiling time from the dropped ceiling and flipped it over on the desk and built away! Catch was, I had to remove the build in the morning and replace the tile before housekeeping came while I was in class. Good times!

I told my wife that if I find myself getting forgetful and doing stupid stuff as I get older, I will be getting a contractor size Sawstop. It’s all I have room for. All my woodworking tools are benchtop designs except my floor standing vintage drill press and my 14” Jet bandsaw. And back to regularly scheduled programming……. This stupid panel took an hour to make it fit properly. It was a hair too wide and sat too high. Had to keep sanding the bottom off it to make it match the top of the hull. That one is actually the other panel for the 17’ filming model. Since I’m building the 8’ model, it has less missile holes.

Nothing from Tamiya in the spam folder. But I did find info for my airbrush parts I ordered. 🤪

Did Tamiya send out any shipping notice when shipped? I haven’t heard anything on my order yet.

My wife has seen more table saw vs. woodworker patients than I care to think about. They all have one thing in common. The tool won. I’m on edge when using any power tool, and I’ve got some dangerous ones too! Pissed my wife off one time by yelling at her after she hollered at me to get my attention for no reason while running something through the table saw. Impatient and wanted me to stop what I was doing to ask a stupid question. I reminded her of all of her patients and asked if she was trying to run up the score.

Interesting how processes work from one region to another. Had a friend that wanted to add a 10X12 storage room off the back of his office building. City and County permits were going to cost him right at $20,000 before he bought the first stick of wood. He told the City forget it, he’ll keep the room he has. (Didn’t have a room, but he had a plan). He went and bought all the lumber and materials, got the help of 4 or 5 friends and threw that sucker up over the weekend. No inspector had ever seen what was there, no questions ever asked. So a $5000 project almost cost him $25,000 because of government involvement. Here in South Carolina the state is running way behind getting septic perc tests done for new home builds. Last I heard, 9 month backlog. Sure, there are private engineering companies that will come do it and let you know if it will pass perc, but the State still has to send out “their guy” to run the test. After working for the state for 29 years, I understand why. It keeps a position and an entire management structure within Department of Health and Environmental Control. DHEC gets funded for this, but they use the funds elsewhere while keeping a skeleton crew to get the work done. Good ol’ boy system at its best. The guy out digging the holes and dumping in a bucket of water and timing the drain out is probably getting just above minimum wage while the slotted position is 5X higher. Our state DHEC has been a mismanaged financial disaster for well over 30 years.

FWIW, I made the “announcement” to the wife the other night on how I plan to rearrange a few things in the basement to accommodate this behemoth display when it is done. Cannot believe she actually encouraged me to start the wiring project ASAP so I can move things around to make room. I guess after I did her countertop mod she’s feeling that it’s my turn now.

Now your just flexing on me!

I’ve used Silly Putty rolled out on my bench into a 3/16 diameter “snake” and laid in place and then taped up to it with Tamiya tape. When I spray/airbrush I make sure I’m spraying straight on or away from the painted side to give an edge that doesn’t looked masked.

Very productive day today! I actually wanted to be here this past Friday, but I had forgotten about the family trip the wife planned to take the kids that could make it and the two grand babies to the mountains to go tubing. No, don’t even ask. I did not do it with all my back and knee issues. Oh boy! Spaghetti anyone? Sorting out all the wiring and testing before soldering and heat shrink on everything. A little test lighting before sealing it all up Buttoned up and no turning back on the electronics now! Yes, I did take some time to put away a few tools to reduce the clutter. Even managed to pull the table saw outside after the rain cleared up and got my base started. I still have all 10 fingers Got to go get new tires on the Mustang in the morning. I’ll probably swing into Home Depression or Slowe’s and pick up some trim for the edges.

Reminds me of high school when I slipped the Whoopee cushion under the drivers Ed teacher as he was getting in the car. Assistant Principal couldn’t stop laughing and just walked away trying to catch his breath.

I solved that problem when I moved. Boxed them all up and I don’t have to see them. I pulled one out of the box and put it on my bench riser to work on as a break from my regular build, if I need one. I will only work on one new kit at a time. Let’s just say that’s my plan and I’m doing my best to stick to it. But if I’m being honest to myself, my SOD kits: 1/144 C-17 1/32 F-15A Spirit of 76 2-1/48 Helo’s 1/32 Revell P-51 1/16 Revell funny car getting an aftermarket rebody and decals for Hot Wheels Mongoose or Snake. EDIT: forgot about the 1/32 Blue Angels Skyhawk. Not too bad by Ernie’s standards.

I bet this is why Tamiya is liquidating. I forgot about the Kotare on the way.

Or the Master of your domain. (Sienfield joke for those out of the loop)

Yea, I’ve been watching these deal for a couple of days and last night finally told myself I was a big moron if I didn’t do it. Thinking back, I might have an old Revell kit in the stash. Might be a good learning kit for my grandson one day.

Dang it! Just got me too. Don’t have a spit in the stash and at this price I’d be a damned fool not to order one. Mk.VIII on the way.

Looking forward to that!

Persistence paid off! Found ‘em in the top of my tool chest. Last time I used them I reverted back to my old ways of tossing things on a flat spot and not putting them away.

I’m at a loss. What I’m thinking of doing is building a rock formation that’s just past mid-way of the length of the sub and have a short jumper over and down to it. Stumbling blocks like this is why some of my kits wind up on the SOD.