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Cheers Doyle Thanks for the kind words 👍🏻😎

Oh so very sad. Another modelling legend has been lost and very young at 63. Japanese lifestyle is usually so healthy and and long lived. So sad He seemed to have an incredible passion for racing and models. I really hope there is a drive to keep what he started going at the same detail and quality level that he demanded. MFH needs to continue. He was in the middle of building a Pocher Rolls Royce Phantom II as his personal build. Perhaps that kit…. I wish him and his family and friends peace😢

Blast from the past, thanks guys Funnily enough I had to revisit her earlier this year as I knocked the bike off the shelf and broke the front forks and knocked off the fuel tank. I left her like that for a bit out of shame, but then bit the bullet and repaired. She got some surgery with a brass rod inserted into her front tube...something I should have done to begin with as it is much harder with all the wiring and stuff in the way. Broken green plastic kit tube, forks are loose and flopping. Fitting a brass rod A brass sleeve installed into the tube for better strength; the brass rod will telescope through it. Back up and front forks working and turning again. Collateral damage restored.

Indeed I think a lot of artistic license is brought about by palaeontologists when they infer anything about dinosaurs: soft tissues, colouration, vocalization, abilities and mobility. They only find bones and try to infer all the rest. The death of Nedry is also very different in the book vs the movie….quite a graphic end to him and the Dino is far larger than in the movie. http://jpjurassictimeperiod.blogspot.com/2011/06/preview-dennis-nedrys-death.html

December brought me a Sherline collet set for my lathe as a birthday gift from my wife And a BMW motorcycle kit for Christmas then I got the stomach flu and missed Christmas dinner and most of the week after 🤮

Awesome build. Purchased the kit this past year and have it in the stash for another run...maybe 45 years since I first destroyed it🤔

Nice build. Magnum would approve👍🏻😎 working on the figures and TC’s chopper now, then the Ferrari later

I liked the Oh Boy Oberto 🤣 Atlas Van lines was cool boat later on too

Here is the reference for the real boat, trailer and tow rig that was for sale..kinda cool set up http://www.antiqueboatamerica.com/Boat/30_Feet_1967_U-12_Miss_Budweiser_Unlimited_Hydroplane_41685

The decals are decent. perfect fit on the head covers a little thick, unsharp and textured but certainly passable…and much better than nothing! We shall see what the other larger decals look like🤔

That’s the newer Bud, jet engine propelled This kit is the old girl with a Merlin v12 in her. Similar tow rig though

The real boat and towing rig was for sale! I found a listing photo of it a while ago when researching...will see if I can find it again. Would be great for them to re-pop this as a kit with a trailer....not likely

No trailer but it has a stand with a placard label

Thanks everyone. Ya still prototype testing the decals so not available yet Have to check back with me as the build progresses

The new decals from Spot Models’ service arrived…no time to jump on this build right now, but will get back to it soonishly These are very vibrant in colour 👍🏻😎

Some kits and 3D resin printed figures for a Magnum Pi project next year

Been on an open wheel rampage as of late

Got this Jurassic Jeep project done

Getting closer with this. Should finish off over Christmas break before the year end

Getting the base water done in clear silicone, adding in the pieces of the dio.

Spot model has a decal service where you can send in a file and they will print out some decals I have a very good computer wiz friend who worked up a file organizing the kit’s decals

Got the sign painted up and two Barbasol cans

Damn it, the water slide decals are shot. Disintegrating completely. Kinda kills the build for now 🤔😢

Awesome build👍🏻😎 I have one in the stash so at least know it has potential

Some progress on the Miss Bud I got her subtle engine block colour scheme started out. Decanted Tamiya TS-8