Long time no visit!!!

[RalphSarc]

Hi Everyone!

Sorry for my long absence!! A visit to my favorite scale modeling site is long overdue. I’ve had an extremely busy spring!! I’ve finally sold my home in Woodstock GA and Carol and I have taken up permanent residency at her condo in Richmond VA. 

I endeared an estate sale of most of my belongings except for some cherished antiques and family memorabilia. My 150 finished builds sold to a collector as did my 100+ kit stash. I did keep a few!

On the travel front we visited Portugal and Spain just before Christmas and then enjoyed Christmas here in Richmond.

I’ve slowly built up my new man cave and bench area and have completed a Tamiya 1/35 Tiger 1, a Tamiya 1/35 Panther and I’m presently building a Tamiya 1/35 Easy Eight Sherman.

So that’s it from here. Hope all is well with everyone?

Ralph

 

[FullArmor]

Hello!

It's nice to have you back Ralph.🙂

[Landlubber Mike]

Nice to see you back.  Welcome to the Commonwealth!  I'm in Northern VA, but Richmond is a really nice area.

[RalphSarc]

2 hours ago, FullArmor said:

Hello!

It's nice to have you back Ralph.🙂

Oh thanks. It’s been to long!!

 

2 hours ago, FullArmor said:

Hello!

It's nice to have you back Ralph.🙂

 

[RalphSarc]

30 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Nice to see you back.  Welcome to the Commonwealth!  I'm in Northern VA, but Richmond is a really nice area.

Oh thanks for the welcome. I’m rather enjoying this new adventure. We’ve had the RV to Cape Charles twice now stopping to overnight at Mobjack Brewery in Hayes Va. Also been to visit friends in Weyers Cave. 

[KevinM]

I was looking in on you Ralph just a couple days ago but remember you had gotten newly married and was traveling.It's good everything is going well for ya'll new adventures abound for ya seeing the stash may need rebuilding?

[RalphSarc]

1 hour ago, KevinM said:

I was looking in on you Ralph just a couple days ago but remember you had gotten newly married and was traveling.It's good everything is going well for ya'll new adventures abound for ya seeing the stash may need rebuilding?

Nice to hear from you Kevin. Yeah it’s been a busy and sometimes hectic few months but the house closes tomorrow and after that we’re planning a trip to Canada to renew my passport. Once that’s done will visit friends in Kingston Ontario and Vermont before attending one of Carol’s family event in Maine!! 
Here’s a picture of my current stash. I’m down to build a few buy a few. I’ll let Amazon and HobbyTown USA store my stash until I need a kit, lol!!!

[KevinM]

We all got the same Me-410 in the stash once I get done with the current build of the Spitfire I will get back to our buddy build.

[RalphSarc]

1 hour ago, KevinM said:

We all got the same Me-410 in the stash once I get done with the current build of the Spitfire I will get back to our buddy build.

Unfortunately that Momogram 1/48 Me410  kit is not what I expected it to be!! The cockpit is ill fitting and the instructions are very vague. I mean it’s not a bad kit, it’s just not a Tamiya kit, lol!!! I’ll suffer through it I guess, lol!!!

[BlrwestSiR]

Nice to see you back Ralph. Sounds like you're settling in nicely. 

[RalphSarc]

11 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

Nice to see you back Ralph. Sounds like you're settling in nicely. 

Thanks so much!! It’s been quite the adjustment but I’m settling in well.

[Fran]

Nice to see you back!!

 

 

[RalphSarc]

7 hours ago, Fran said:

Nice to see you back!!

 

 

Thanks Fran. Always nice to be back with friends.

[ScottsGT]

Sounds like you’ve had quite the adventure!  Good to see you back.  
Also glad to hear you found someone that appreciated your builds and took them off your hands.  I hate to think one day mine might wind up in one of the county dumpsters down the road from me.  

[RalphSarc]

Mail Call:
Purchased a set of 1/35 Tamiya Sand Bag to mount on the front of my Easy Eight build.
Question:
Has anyone used hot water to soften the bags to contour to armor hulls?
Actually anyone can chime it with a suggestion?

[RalphSarc]

14 hours ago, ScottsGT said:

Sounds like you’ve had quite the adventure!  Good to see you back.  
Also glad to hear you found someone that appreciated your builds and took them off your hands.  I hate to think one day mine might wind up in one of the county dumpsters down the road from me.  

Yeah the guy that bought the lion share of mine was planning on selling them at a flea market. He and his wife were kind of a seedy couple but he got a good deal and I made what I thought was a fair profits. My new man cave limits me to 1/35 and 1/48 builds plus I slowed a bit too!!