belugawhaleman Posted June 30, 2022 Posted June 30, 2022 Well, part of my recent order from Tower Hobbies came today. Some aftermarket for A kit I ordered from them. Usually, their shipments come the next day....but not this Time. The kit is Tamiya's recent Hummel, and it's being sent from their Ontario, California warehouse..... Not a good omen because we're talking FedEx here! Last time it took 2 weeks. Anyway, the aftermarket came! It's Tamiya's own replacement barrel for their Hummel, ( bumble bee in German). Their #12688 1/35 Scale German Hummel Metal Gun Barrel. It looks good, made of aluminum, with rifling it will make building the kit easier. A download of the instructions for the Kit shows a two-piece plastic barrel and eliminating the task of sanding and filling the two seams will add minutes to my existence ! 5
GusMac Posted June 30, 2022 Posted June 30, 2022 On 6/29/2022 at 10:14 PM, GazzaS said: mmm.... Velveeta! Expand WTF? Looks like plastic but I suppose you also put it in spray cans! 1 1
GazzaS Posted June 30, 2022 Posted June 30, 2022 On 6/30/2022 at 8:57 PM, GusMac said: WTF? Looks like plastic but I suppose you also put it in spray cans! Expand It's handy for cheese sauces. Melts nice and easy... and works in sandwiches too. I haven't had any in over 25 years. 5 1
belugawhaleman Posted June 30, 2022 Posted June 30, 2022 On 6/30/2022 at 9:21 PM, GazzaS said: It's handy for cheese sauces. Melts nice and easy... and works in sandwiches too. I haven't had any in over 25 years. Expand When I was working as a stand-up comedian.... I used to put a slice inside of each of My shoes....... So that when I was onstage, I'd "feel funny". Oh, but that was A lifetime ago as they say. 7
DocRob Posted June 30, 2022 Posted June 30, 2022 On 6/30/2022 at 9:21 PM, GazzaS said: It's handy for cheese sauces. Melts nice and easy... and works in sandwiches too. I haven't had any in over 25 years. Expand And I thought you were talking filler or putty, You can't eat that stuff, or am I wrong? Cheers Rob 1 4
belugawhaleman Posted June 30, 2022 Posted June 30, 2022 On 6/30/2022 at 10:45 PM, DocRob said: And I thought you were talking filler or putty, You can't eat that stuff, or am I wrong? Cheers Rob Expand Filler or putty?.....I've had my share....it ain't bad, but Velveta, haven't eaten it in years! Not since childhood in fact. 2
GazzaS Posted July 1, 2022 Posted July 1, 2022 On 6/30/2022 at 10:52 PM, belugawhaleman said: Filler or putty?.....I've had my share....it ain't bad, but Velveta, haven't eaten it in years! Not since childhood in fact. Expand Have you ever eaten at a Chilis? If you have had their Queso.... then you have had Velveeta. I worked at a Chilis for a short time after my time in the USMC. 3
GazzaS Posted July 1, 2022 Posted July 1, 2022 On 6/30/2022 at 10:45 PM, DocRob said: You can't eat that stuff, or am I wrong? Cheers Rob Expand Nothing wrong with it. Tastes like cheese. 2 3
DocRob Posted July 1, 2022 Posted July 1, 2022 Today my Proxxon mini mill arrived and it is MINI, I dare say it's a cute little thingy. You have only to mount the table with four screws and you are ready to go, if you purchased the milling cutters, which are not included. I did that with the help of a engineers square, because I don't own a dial test indicator. The first look and feel is promising, the clearance seems ok. Now I have to wait for my dividing apparatus and my mini vice to arrive and then I will continue with the Duchess of Kingstons masts, which will be milled and turned. As an immediate action, I cut a 3 cm thick wood panel with 500 x 500 mm size and added some rubber feet and screwed the mill and the woodworking lathe onto it. Cheers Rob 7 1
Martinnfb Posted July 1, 2022 Posted July 1, 2022 On 6/30/2022 at 9:21 PM, GazzaS said: It's handy for cheese sauces. Melts nice and easy... and works in sandwiches too. I haven't had any in over 25 years. Expand and that's why you're still alive 5
belugawhaleman Posted July 1, 2022 Posted July 1, 2022 On 7/1/2022 at 3:24 PM, DocRob said: Today my Proxxon mini mill arrived and it is MINI, I dare say it's a cute little thingy. You have only to mount the table with four screws and you are ready to go, if you purchased the milling cutters, which are not included. I did that with the help of a engineers square, because I don't own a dial test indicator. The first look and feel is promising, the clearance seems ok. Now I have to wait for my dividing apparatus and my mini vice to arrive and then I will continue with the Duchess of Kingstons masts, which will be milled and turned. As an immediate action, I cut a 3 cm thick wood panel with 500 x 500 mm size and added some rubber feet and screwed the mill and the woodworking lathe onto it. Cheers Rob Expand Cool! I've had a couple of the Chinese mini lathes over the years and I used them to make parts and fittings for my live steam hobby. My most recent lathe has sat unused at my mother's house for a few years.... I haven't had a chance to do the work needed To tune the lathe to get it to work its best. Usually I work on the compound and cross slide to get them working smoothly. Never got the chance to do that. Maybe I'll do that This week. I'm dying to get back to that kind of work. The last work I did was to make a replacement chimney for an Empire b 30 steam engine I have. On the Empire engines, the chimney unscrews to fill the boiler and it also houses the safety valve. 4 1
belugawhaleman Posted July 1, 2022 Posted July 1, 2022 On 7/1/2022 at 8:28 AM, GazzaS said: Have you ever eaten at a Chilis? If you have had their Queso.... then you have had Velveeta. I worked at a Chilis for a short time after my time in the USMC. Expand Yes, as seen on tv. 2
GazzaS Posted July 2, 2022 Posted July 2, 2022 Another club meeting and two more great acquisitions for less than half of retail. 4 1
BlrwestSiR Posted July 3, 2022 Posted July 3, 2022 On 6/25/2022 at 11:28 PM, Martinnfb said: And then this arrived. Expand Something to help if you do the digital camo: https://www.greathobbies.com/productinfo/?prod_id=BDRBD0041 1 2
BlrwestSiR Posted July 4, 2022 Posted July 4, 2022 On 7/4/2022 at 5:18 PM, mark31 said: Just recievd from the mail woman Expand Mark, did yours come with instructions? I didn't get any with my D conversion. Carl 3
mark31 Posted July 4, 2022 Posted July 4, 2022 On 7/4/2022 at 5:54 PM, BlrwestSiR said: Mark, did yours come with instructions? I didn't get any with my D conversion. Carl Expand Recievd them by mail Iff you whant i can sent them to you Pm inbound Mark 2
GusMac Posted July 4, 2022 Posted July 4, 2022 On 7/4/2022 at 5:54 PM, BlrwestSiR said: Mark, did yours come with instructions? I didn't get any with my D conversion. Carl Expand Hi Carl, I got mine emailed to me by John, so try popping him an email. 1
GusMac Posted July 4, 2022 Posted July 4, 2022 On 7/4/2022 at 5:18 PM, mark31 said: Just recievd from the mail woman Expand Hi Mark, you'll enjoy those, the E that I did was a pleasure and the resin parts fitted far better than most of the base Mirage III kit! 2
GazzaS Posted July 4, 2022 Posted July 4, 2022 On 7/4/2022 at 11:50 PM, Martinnfb said: Happy birthday to me Expand Yakity Yak.... Don't talk back! 1 7
GazzaS Posted July 5, 2022 Posted July 5, 2022 On 7/5/2022 at 12:09 AM, Martinnfb said: Expand Yuk, indeed. 4
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