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finally dipping my "arm" in the 3d printer pool. there are some fantastic sales of printers right now, so I ordered an Elegoo Mars3 resin printer for $300. supporting equipment will add to the cost but I can make the UV bake box and possibly the rinse station using scrap equipment from work.

Mailman brought me this cordless airbrush yesterday, I have limited experience with airbrushes about thirty years ago...so we'll see how this goes.

what brand of printer?

they just put the arrow going the wrong way

I have a few things to posit regarding this thread. I personally have a hard time finding auto shops that can do work to my satisfaction for the types of work I am unable to do by myself at home, this means I have to research shops and attempt to glean (hopefully) truthful reviews of potential establishments and then see if the shop I have chosen will perform to my expectations without gouging me for things not needed. That being said, the lack of craftsmen out there for any discipline is shrinking as fast as the cheap "apps" are being created. Some trade schools produce stars but most "graduate" students barely able to identify a wrench from a screwdriver. The desire to be excellent has been replaced with the desire to make do, and if by chance anyone attempts to push for "better than average" (and we all know that the average bar has sunk pretty low), then you're just asking too much. Regarding the "IT" issue, the problem may not always reside with the person actually doing the IT work, but instead may rest squarely on management/corporate greed not allocating sufficient resources to protect the companies from outside intrusions.

great work, nice to see the 1/32 scale kits getting a little love.

in the phoenix area are material shops called SAS that sell bulk material and scraps of materials by the pound. I have stocked up with "glove thin" leather scraps in various colors for a very reasonable cost. There may be surplus material stores in other states or available from online sources.

My wife is getting me this microscopy-thing from Amazon for free with these codes: (not sure how long the codes are good for) just put the item in your cart then apply the codes, if it doesn't work, just empty your cart. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08LVN5J3Z/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://l.messenger.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB08LVN5J3Z%2Fref%3Dppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00%3Fie%3DUTF8%26psc%3D1&h=AT1CJs1RQR3QDclzLFMTiyfeba9OhDHLVmR-BJ_1-agVj2CTkjm-RGvqQ1ykP-WkZPp4v2ex1jIX1W_R9U_kTyhHbywvwvn4QTDh8Cw2MjOuSFJebPsSAtRUbX7xcQpP2LT7Cg codes: EOH9YZU4 , YJZYLQAI

Dang it!, I just got one of those for $30... if only I had waited.

yup

the Forum Finds section is a great addition (IMHO).

here's my crown jewel in 1/32 scale, a Pyro kit.

the "mystery carb" has the general shape of a mid-50's to mid-60's Rochester 4bbl, non spread-bore carb. might have been in an Impala or Corvette kit.

I don't know if Mark Jones (Scale Master) has been mentioned yet, I don't know if he's built old hot rods but he's posted photos of his camaro here, I'm envious of the engineering he's done to it. Seeing his scale work here and in person is amazing.

it's nice to see the Desert Scale Classic get some "cover-age". I don't know if they were the first to go to the virtual contest format, but they certainly did it well.

the weather was great that weekend.

the Aurora Parts pack wire wheels are a real treasure IMHO, and their chrome reverse steels are top notch too. great choice for a custom.

@Phildaupho, nice conversion, has a "Ute" vibe to it

my irk happened 3 days ago, my natural gas water heater stopped working, while the type of failure I had was less traumatic than for most water heaters (it didn't leak or explode)...I still had to replace the water heater due to the thermocouple failing. the safety feature related to this is that if the water heater doesn't sense that the pilot is on, it shuts off gas flow to the burner regulator. I didn't find any info on this being a user serviceable part and the fact that this water heater had given me good service five years past it's six year warranty made my decision to replace it rather easy. after that it was just a matter of clearing a path to get it out and a replacement unit in and hooked up without any leaks or explosions. the fact that I'm typing this means I was successful.

I am so glad this got postponed instead of cancelled...and that I get more time to put off finishing my projects till the last min...err second. ?

Thanks, here is a rather old WIP thread, I keep for when I get some more bench time with it, being on this forum gave me the impetus to finish it out better than I had before. I have acquired kits to build another, "factory released" version (another backburner project).

Gremlin pickup, currently "in the shop" for a refresh. '78 Ranchero GT, currently "in the shop" for a refresh.

yes, but it's really gutless without the integrated motor assist... which needs the battery to work.

argh, the battery on my 50mpg hybrid threw an error today on the way home from work.

I think John Teresi was inspired by this concept to build this a few years ago: