biggtim

For some reason, those images won't load for me.....

If we are doing funny Martin pics, I can do that too. Damn, that brings back good memories.

The only retarder I use with my paints is me. I can retard anything I touch.

I think Harv was hoping you'd post because he has a man crush on you - you're way too good looking to fit in with the rest of us. We're not worthy!!

Here's a COVID safe one, and one of me and my wife this past summer.

Sure glad you were able to have this event! Looks like fun! Here in the Soviet Republic of Washingtonia, we would be fined or jailed if we tried to do that.

Yep, watched it, liked it!

Shucks, I missed it!! Hope you had a good one buddy!

That is AWESOME!!!

Don't get caught in a fire while you're there!!

Just wondered how everyone on the left coast is faring during the wildfires. It's been pretty crazy here in Washington. The first major fire of the season started a few miles from home, the Evans Canyon fire, and burned 6 homes and 80k acres, but it's petering out finally. Our department was the initial response on it before the state got mobilized. I got to fight it for about 8 hours during a major wind driven flare up that took out all the homes. It was tough to watch them burn right next to me and not be able to do anything. No lives lost here, thankfully, but quite a few in other fires. Just seeing if y'all are ok. Tim

Hope you had a good one, Mike! Sorry I missed it.

Man, I struggle with those belts, too. So small and fiddly, whether they are RB or HGW. But light years better than the PE belts. I hate those so much, I'd rather cut my own out of paper than use them.

Like it or hate it, I am an avid sniper, though I prefer to "buy it now" when the option is available. I don't get into bidding wars, though. I just log in and place my max bid 30 to 60 seconds before closing, and let it ride. I personally really like the ones with "make an offer" on them. You can get some decent deals that way. Tim

Holy smoke, Ern!! Please let Karim know I'm thinking of him and glad his family is ok.

I was working at 10 am, and for once, I'm glad I was.

My wife thinks my stash of just under 30 kits is a silly waste of money, but she never gives me any crap about it, because I just use all you knuckleheads with huge stashes as the comparison. Plus, she is a serious bargain hunter, and in the last year I've made enough selling stuff on ebay to cover my model building purchases, so she can get behind that. She's really very supportive. She might even come to Nats next year with me.

I'm not worried about that part of it, I'm up to the task. I just cant decide how bad I want to build it now. Plus, Ernie is right. I'm only ever going to build one, so which scheme should I do?? There is also the fact that I have too many builds ongoing...

Kinda there, too, Ern. I've built two D.VIIs in my life - both wood. One kit, and one scratch. Ironically, I'm actually sort of intimidated by the WNW (fok) in my stash, especially now that it sells for 200+.

Like I said, Joachim, that is fantastic!! Probably the best one of those I've seen built so far!

Good question. That was a ton of work, and I'm not sure I want to do it again. Plus, I did it for LSP last time, and I KNOW I don't want to do two sets of shirts....

I'll be booking this one for sure!!

Only in my dreams!!!

As I mentioned before, I have been looking for this Tiger kit for over a year now, finally found someone selling one on ebay, and with a ton of AM stuff to go with it, and at a healthy discount, so I pulled the trigger and bought it. I was excited when it showed up in 3 days, and it was everything I'd hoped for....except it was missing a critical sprue!! It was a used kit from someone clearing out their stash, so no problem, it happens sometimes. I let them know about it and the seller agreed to look for the missing sprue. A couple days pass, and I dropped them a note saying that I located replacement parts for about 25 bucks, and if they would be willing to refund that much, I'd buy the parts and be good to go. Very nice seller, great communication. To my utter shock, they did not refund the 25 bucks.......they refunded the entire amount!!! I sent a note and made them aware of the mistake, and I got a very nice note back saying that it was not a mistake. The seller explained that her husband had been an avid model builder, and had won many awards in the past, but was going through some sort of "mental decline" that prevented him from building anymore, so he asked her to sell off his collection. Occasionally parts go missing and he doesn't recall where they went. So she refunded the whole thing because she just wanted me to be happy with it. Needless to say, I was blown away at her generosity, and said that I would put in a plug on the forums and possibly help generate some more sales. She said they have a ton of other kits to get sold off, so please look them up on ebay and see if they have anything you might like, and maybe help support these awesome folks. SellerID is "sellingmymodels10". Thanks, Tim

Wish I could....