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Jimmy this morning showing his enthusiasm for his second, longer walk. I had to lift him up and turn him on his sides to get his harness on. Of course the moment the door opened he was up and ready to go. Carl

Looks good there Gary. Decals over zimmerit is never easy. Yours look to have confirmed themselves nicely. As for the puppy, Jimmy usually is up around 630 for his first morning walk. Ugh. Carl

Kaiser too, even if he's been a bit of a slow one on the potty training. Jimmy's been the same way so I can relate. Carl

Gary, the camo looks good to me. The squiggles are nice and tight, very much in scale. Carl

At the opposite end of Martin's big S-199, my 1/144 Night Falcon. Surprisingly, it has full intake trunking and even an engine. It should make for a quick build. Carl

Those new screens look much better than the 3D ones you had. Definitely worth the swap out. And I like the bent/walked on look. The other additional details look great too. Carl

Something we're trying to get our 8 year old son to understand. And failing badly at it.

Meanwhile, we took Jimmy to obedience class today. Obviously it was quite tiring for the little guy...

Been there, experienced that. At least he didn't electrocute himself.

That's a great deal you got there Gary.

Looking great there Tom. Too bad Xtracolour doesn't come in quart cans. Glad to hear you're recovering too. Carl

Beemax is supposed to be releasing a Ford RS200 at some point. That would be a kit I'd get a couple of. I haven't seen any reviews on the Italeri Delta so haven't made my mind up on that kit. Model Factory Hiro have done it on 1/12 but the price is almost a mortgage payment. Carl

Glad to hear you're all right Peter. We're getting anywhere from 5-20 cm f snow starting this afternoon through tomorrow. The city still hasn't cleared the snow from 2 weeks ago. Half the brand new plows they bought for doing sidewalks were broken for that one. I wonder how many will work this time. Carl

Finally started on the paint.

Great progress on the decal work on your Kai Rob. It seems the Japanese loved their stencils on their jets. I'm going to have to do something similar on my F-104J build.

The figures look good Gary. I always have trouble cleaning up the mould seams with all the folds in the clothing. See if you can get some Aizu tape. It's like Tamiya tape but comes in different widths as narrow as 0.4mm. I think BNA might carry it. Carl

Nice price but shipping to Canada almost doubles that. Carl

Phil, I'm just taking out random kits in the stash and working on them. Whatever strikes my fancy at the moment. I am leaning towards trying to finish at least a couple of the started kits that have been lingering around. If you're going to do just one Spitfire in 1/32, my vote is for any of the Tamiya ones. I've built 9 or 10 so far and they have great to put together. There are a couple small niggles- the wing leading edge inserts and the cowl panels can be fiddly. They're my stress relief builds when I need one. Carl

I fixed the tail wheel on the Spitfire. I cut the opening a bit bigger. Then I grafted in a resin bit from an Alleycat PRXI conversion set I have. It's meant for the Tamiya Spitfire kits but the fit was close enough to make it work. After some filling and sanding.

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Gorgeous Cayman there Hubert. At least the engine is in the right spot. Carl

One time the back door didn't close fully and by morning the water in the dog's bowl was frozen solid. Our kitchen was like a walk in freezer.

Stay warm Peter. We're still digging out from the 34cm of snow from the beginning of last week. At least the mayor didn't call in the army like the mayor back in '97 did. The rest of the country hasn't let us live that down. It's been -15°C here at night, cold enough the cold water supply in our kitchen froze. It thawed out after a couple of days of having a space heater pointed at them. Carl

According to Hobbyeasy, Beemax is coming out with one of the iconic F1 cars of the mid '80s- the Lotus 99T. The 1.5 litre Honda V-6 in this car made almost 1000 HP when it raced. https://www.hobbyeasy.com/en/data/mh0sxkkxcjhkupef1am6.html Hopefully they'll have the correct Camel markings for it. Carl

Nice! Are you to get the new one from Takom? Or is it Meng? Carl