ScottsGT

Stop it!! Yer killin' me here! Did you see my last post in the "My Other Hobby" thread? Now I'm saving up for a GSL Phoenix can for the front of it. After that dust settles, maybe.... But a big Vietnam era Spooky has always intrigued me.

Still trying to figure out where all my big Star Trek kits will go once built. Cannot imagine a 32nd Buff. Still would love a big C-47, but those HPH kits are a little rich for my blood.

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You’re going to really enjoy building that SUFA at the bottom of your stack. They have all kinds of hidden treasures in that box for other versions of the F-16 2 seater.

And of course I caught wind yesterday of the crazy sale price at Squadron for the new Trumpeter 2 seater MIG at $59 to my front door...... and the stash grows.

Wanting to make a purchase of a big ticket item, this thread got me thinking I should scan my stash of about 300 kits and see what I should move. I couldn’t do it! Not even one kit was I willing to let go. Got 3 1/48 C-130 kits of different flavors. AC-130, DC-130 and a C-130. Nope. Going to build all three of them. (In all seriousness, I doubt it). About 9 1/32 Phantom kits (including a very rare aftermarket kit) I have plans for all of them. Got a 1/72 B-52 Linebacker Vietnam era. Nope. One day...... In a nutshell, I looked at each kit I though about and told myself I could save up cash over the next 4 or 5 months and have the cash I needed. Some of these items can never be found again without really paying out big time.

My childhood dream would to be retired and the time to build all those kits in my stash. My wife considers it hoarding, but I call it wise planning for the future. Once retired I won’t be able to afford them and by the time I retire a lot of what I have in my stash will no longer be available.

Another distraction........... This one has been a grail gun for many years. Like since as long as I can remember. Of course now this is leading to building a silencer on a Form 1 so I don’t have to wait over a year for the approval. Folding arm brace will be here Tuesday.

Just some script name tags to go on the canopy of an F-16D printed up on an Alps printer. Anyone y’all recommend?

Flew home from a business trip to NJ on Eastern Airlines on a late flight that got in about 11 pm. Went home, went to bed. Woke up to the news that all flights stopped at midnight for good.

Tool box drawers!! They make deep ones too!

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HA!! I knew you would hit a wall with 6 of these going at once!

My brother owned a Midas franchise at one time. Same experience. Managers lying and faking receipts, employees he trusted with keys coming in to work on customers cars on the side when they came in for an estimate, pocketing cash for minor jobs, charging parts back to auto parts stores for personal items, faking (he tried to fake it, actually broke both his legs) an accident to get workers comp. Couldn’t find any sober and high end mechanics since all the good ones went to dealerships.

Thanks for the link. I see it's off the strip. Must be why the room rate is so much lower. I've already done something like 6-8 trips out to Vegas with work and one Christmas trip to take the inlaws. Lots of stuff to do other than Vegas stuff. Valley of Fire, Red Rock, drive out to Utah to some of the many parks (Zion is breath taking) Hoover dam, Grand Canyon. List goes on and on. Flying down INTO the canyon on a helo was the experience of a lifetime! And don't forget people watching on the strip! But much better in the spring when the dry heat is not 3 digits.

So this past Saturday my 24 yo son bought this after totaling out his Malibu. 2017 with 15K on the clock. My first time sitting in a non-premium package car.

Ha! My wife said she’s in if it is in Vegas. Of course this trip is going to cost a fortune if we go.

Fingers crossed for that Phantom phantasy!!!

So no real announcement yet? Isn’t the show over as of today?

House is built on a hill, so one side has a garage entrance with the 3 car wide garage with two doors and a walk through door. Behind the garage is the basement. I have a 16’X24’ hobby room that is so full I can hardly walk through. It connects to my garage, so I crank up my AC window unit I installed by cutting a hole in the 10” poured concrete wall. I wish I had made it oversized and framed in a slot to put a vent for a paint booth. Now the upside to this is just today I had to do a brake job on my daughters car. Pulled it in the garage, closed the doors and opened up my workshop and the adjoining basement room and circulated cooled air into my garage so I could work in the low 80’s/70’s while it was 95 degrees out with 75% humidity. I have too many hobbies that take up space in my workshop. I have to store my woodworking tools on carts, band saw, table saw until I find time to rework my garage storage area. I still need to figure out how to vent out fumes from my workshop.

Keep 'em coming!! So what else does your Lancaster need? I'd call it a day and put it behind glass, and be very proud of it.

Years ago they were changing out the crash carts at the hospital my wife worked at. She snagged me one. It's basically a tool box, but it has 4 turning casters instead of two fixed and two turning. Also has a "bumper" around the bottom to keep it from hitting the walls. It only has three drawers and a large open space on the bottom. Drawer height on one is perfect for the standard Tamiya paint bottles. I used utensil divider boxes for individual color spectrum's. One is tools, tape, etc. One is larger Junk. I just need to reorganize my mess now.

Awesome build! I have one to build as the Wabash Cannonball IV. It was my Uncles ride back in the day. I need to find someone to make me decals though.

Building the SUFA as a USAF D right now. Only putty I had to do was the wing joints, and it was very simple by taping up leaving the gap only exposed. Apply putty, wait 10 min, and peel off tape. Other area was where I installed the zacto intake. It builds out as a very nice kit. I’ve done a few other things to drag it out like drooped LEX’s on the wings and the gear in half up mode, as in take off.