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Oh, and only one cat hair in the whole paint job. Thought it would be fine, but he had to come down and see what I was up to. He’s like Pigpen off Charley Brown but with his hair and not dirt. He kept wanting up in my lap all morning while I was trying to spray. I just realized this is day 20 on this project and I have the paint on it. That’s a friggin’ record for me. No where near John’s speed, but a record for me none the less. And that’s taking time out for boating, spending time with the wife, home projects, etc.

First coat. Let the fun begin. Hmmm…. Can’t hold it by the tail since it needs to be yaller too! Trusty old mic gooseneck to the rescue and all done!

Well it’s a great day to be inside painting. We’re having a heatwave and todays high hit a record 98. Tomorrow’s high is supposed to be 77. I started out with my secrete weapon to combat this hairy monster…. Endust. This stuff is great for eliminating static on models before painting.

That kind of haul would require a divorce attorney in one of those boxes for me.

Good luck with surgery! And now back to our normally scheduled program. Hot off the front porch!

A little gray primer to hide the black since it’s going yellow. All the flaps and details added and ready for paint Got to go put the old truck in the shop for possible transmission issues so spraying is put off until tomorrow.

The missing 1% was redoing all the rivets I sanded off. Rosie to the rescue! This tool is a lifesaver!

I realized last night I haven’t been keeping up with this thread. Got the surface 99% ready for paint so I sprayed on the flat black for the wing walks and glare shield. taped off those areas.

Awesome! A great break from serious modeling. I also built the Ming Santa Tank. My grand daughter saw it, thought it was a toy (she was 3 at the time) and went into hysterical crying because she couldn’t play with it.

Love it. I’ve got a few of the Revell Deal’s Wheels kits like the 109, spitfire and I’ve built the triplane already. I also bought the Ming Kids B-17. Group build time!

Ughhh… 212’ of driveway and parking pad pressure washed today. Yea, I’m a hurting puppy right now.

FWIW, I was just over on the ARC website and looking at the Sponsors forums. Place is like a ghost town. Zacto hasn’t checked in since Nov. 19, 2021. Although his web page has a banner up saying that both him and his wife have covid and they are temporary closed. Not sure how long this has been up, I hope all is well with them. GT Resin’s Gary hasn’t been around since March 21st. (I did see something online, but not going to discuss it openly out of respect for Gary and his family) Starting to wonder if the covid pandemic has taken the wind out of these cottage industry folks in our hobby.

Yea, just found Kits Worlds offerings a little earlier today. Good news that others are picking this aftermarket process up.

^^^Booo this man! I don’t like that answer. But yea, it was the first thing that came to mind. Might let them stew in the stash a little longer and move on to another project. Hopefully things will pick up in our scale.

Just an update. I got an email from Quinta today that they will be producing the T-28 set next year! After ordering another T-28 kit I went looking for a 3D cockpit since the Quinta worked so well in my Texan. Welp… Nothing from Quinta or Red Fox for this big open bathtub of a cockpit. Anyone else making these yet? I did shoot Quinta an email asking if they had any intentions of producing for the T-28. Probably never hear back from them anyway, and seeing how they are in Russia I’m expecting a visit from the State Department or DOJ anytime now for collaboration.

Yea, a LOT less! During the summer if I’m not floating in the lake, I’m in the house. Sometimes we have to chew our way through the humidity to get to the water. Down on the dock it isn’t as bad due to the lake cooling effect. Mid August that goes away though.

It’s Lake Wateree outside of Camden SC. Well, kind of between Camden and Ridgeway.

Just wanted to bump this old thread up with my first attempt at using these, especially since I ordered them from Hobby Nut. I’m hooked!

This is the view out the back of the same room. Kind of blends with the theme of the house?

Hmmmm…Maybe I can mount one up on top of this wall?

I did build a display case years ago for my airplanes. It started out with a budget of around $1200. By the time I was done that had doubled. And I was using recycled glass for a lot of the side panels and the back mirrors were out of our old bathrooms when we remodeled. This little project got me into woodworking

Hey Mike, I use to be heavy into RC airplanes. Not those ARF things, but the balsa, aircraft ply and sometimes fiberglass. And woodworking is a hobby of mine. You might be on to something. But I really don’t have a good place in the home to put one up for display.

Wow. Always wanted to do a wood ship model. No way I could even come close to this. Question though. How does one go about dusting off this much detail? Around my house it would be covered in dust and cat hair in no time.

Two or three days now fixing the surface of all the boogers and issues that would be ugly with paint. Each time I shoot primer the spots are getting better. This stage reminds me of when I was prepping my ’66 Fastback for paint. Wife kept walking by and asking when the hell was I going to paint it. It looks just like it did three weeks ago. Oh no it doesn’t!