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I made a hole. Wait!? Could it be???….A secret weapon getting up fitted for a modern Seaview?

Looking forward to this build. Got one in the stash as well. Not sure if I want to build it as a yellow wing or what?

I think it was a guy over on LSP. Just checked, it was. User wrbrdmech/ Shane Pulliam. I brought the thread back to life and asked if he has any updates.

I’d rather have a Speedmaster moon watch than a Rolex. Now keep in mind, if someone was to offer me a Rolex, I wouldn’t turn it down!

Happy New Year Clunk! …All I got was beer and crabs.

Well after the wife burned it my retinas this morning….. Seriously, I got up when her alarm went off at 5:20 to use bathroom. I was getting a drink of water afterwards and as I was looking towards the lights that were off over my vanity, she says “Bright lights!” And flips on the light switch. We have two other sets of lights that are indirect in the bathroom. But nooooooo…. I have photophobia. Extremely painful and brought on a great morning headache. It was almost like Todd falling down the stairs when Clark’s lights came on. So I got up and started on the sub. Yep, the actual sub today! Broke out the lighting kit and started at the back…. First I had to open up the provided wiring channel for the LED. Dremel to the rescue! Epoxy in the LED and a few spots to hold the wire in place. All done and glued up! I’ll airbrush black base coat around the lights before the final color to kill the light bleed through on the plastic. Probably should have done that internally. But it does have glass lenses to glue on after painting is done. Now off to get out of my pajamas and get some yard work done since we’re possibly hitting 70 degrees today.

I’ve got a weak spot for Seiko automatic dive watches. Seems I found my niche with the Turtles. Also have a few SKX models but just never seem to wear them.

Patience! White base primer with 6-10 coats slowly built up. Well thinned lacquer that is.

Anyone know what ever came of the modeler that was going to slowly revive the Fisher line with Paul’s blessings? He was starting with the P-51 racer if I recall correctly.

But come on Harv, at the end of the night, you’re still drinking Natty Light. 🤮 Just a little stronger. We use to do a weekend camping trip to a friends shack down on the marsh in Charleston. We would all bring beer but this guy would drink everyone else’s until we ran out then he would get his cooler out of his truck. Cheap bastard would show up with natty light to ruin our evening after drinking our slightly more expensive, but still low on the food chain beer.

Ditto!

Yellow on! I’m off to lunch with the wife and shop granite for the kitchen. She seems to put the cart before the horse and shove hay up it’s ass to feed it. We can’t even get the cooktop we ordered nor does she know how she wants to handle the riser we have Glad we have 6 months for the group build now. 🤪

Seems like that one needs a little more than the tail? From BB instructions: PBY-5 to a PBN; major changes to the nose are required, including a different turret, and references are very sketchy. I just want to go with a 5A correction. Thanks though!

Check out Tena Controls or Madman Lighting. Nothing specific, but I’m sure they have a generic board you can use.

Ohhh lights…

It does have the forward interior. I bought the decals and pe to really make it pop.

Chris, cut the “Pro-Modeler” and “Invisa-clear” and see how they react when wet. My F-16 I finished last month was a 40 year old kit and the decals worked fine. FWIW, I have the regular version of the kit but I did pick up some black cat decals and I lucked up and found brass landing gear. Now I need to get that corrected tail section.

Well, bottom half has all the tools that use to clutter my work area, bulk supplies like bare metal foil, pipettes, mixing cups and cotton balls, etc.. Paint rack sits on top.

Almost had a Cutlass kit, but someone beat me to the email reply in a classified ad. Maybe one day I’ll luck out and pick one up.

Black base to block the light and followed up with white to reflect light better. Also made a “pedestal” for the diorama. I’ll run the lighting power wires up through this.

Getting things going…

If you only knew the truth. I spent my life being an unorganized slob in my workshop and garage. Started making changes about 6 or 7 years back after hanging out on the Garage Journal website. I saw how guys that organized their work areas we much more productive with projects. I started out with my garage mess and when we moved in May of 2020 I refused to set up my old cafeteria folding table and recreate the previous mess I had just cleaned up and moved out of. Took me a year to figure out my smaller work area and how I could effectively use the space with a custom built table and paint booth. I was going for built in drawers but quickly realized it would kill my leg room. So I bought the tool chest. Once set up, discipline is the key to success at the bench. A complete clean up after project, reorganizing tools, paints, etc.. A fresh new start each time I start a new kit.

Just ordered today. Price went up since I added to my cart. Less than a buck, I think I can swing that.

When you’re done, make sure to post it up in the Fisher builds thread. Looking forward to this one!