TonyK

Thanks for sharing your dog personality stories. Sounds a bit like one of our Westies with the running game. Also she stares at me when she needs to go out. Her brother goes to the door and moos like a cow.

Great looking model! I have this still in the box because that paint scheme looked like work.

My pharmacy decided they'd do Covid shots from 8-9 AM and not let you pick up prescriptions then. When I need to pick up my prescription I always go when they open which is 8 AM. Sign on the wall still says they open at 8 but THEY decided to change rules without telling anyone. Guy in front of me was pretty upset about it and said they could keep his pills and he'd go somewhere else. There's construction on the road there and back so had to wait some while flaggers stop us. Went back at 9 and dealt with flaggers stopping us again. Guess I learned the new rules the hard way.

That looks pretty darn nice!

Good discussion on this brand of paint. I use a lot of Tamiya for brush painting and think it's great but still like other brands for variety. Haven't found a good resource for buying Vallejo yet so may look into other brands.

Our female Westie (her brother isn't interested) hunts for garter snakes every day. For several years she would be in double digits with kills. She grabs and shakes them which usually results in a horrible broken body. I'm not in favor of it and sometimes am able to save the snake if I'm working in the yard near her. Snakes are good I tell her but she is quite the hunter.

Went to Hobby Lobby today. First time in months. Same pitiful batch of models I've seen there in the last couple of years so nothing has changed there. Only a small rack of Testors paints which were mostly bottles and some odd colors of spray. The interesting thing I noticed was the sign on the door requiring all customers to wear masks which I did but I'd say half the customers weren't. There were only about 10 of us but why have a sign?

Really? Good for you but I wouldn't have stepped out of the car being it's a rattler. I like snakes but not venomous ones!

In the past I always use epoxy to glue 2-piece tires together and it works well. The problem with these tires is they are soft and warped so it's impossible to get them fitted together all around.

I believe it was the AMT 1966 Chevy Impala kit that was probably a 3 in 1. Had a picture of the stock car version on the front. Think I've seen 2 variations of this kit but want the certain one I got as a Christmas present when I was a kid. Probably not a great kit today but always wanted it to relive a childhood memory.

I mostly build race cars so watching racing on tv can inspire me even though it's not older cars that I mostly have. Usually my next build just happens because I stand in front of the open closet hoping a model will jump out at me. I have seen someone's finished model on here that makes me grab one of mine and start building it.

Love the one with the "rod hockey". Sometimes commercials can be entertaining with a bit of wit/comedy/intelligence thrown in. I recall a comment about death. Guess that will cure whatever problem you had.

Liberty Mutual gets the mute button immediately. Annoying and stupid and NOT funny at all. Just don't get how they come up with more and more commercials that are that dumb. Agree with the drug commercials. I usually mute them and mostly don't even know what I'm supposed to be curing myself of. A constant barrage of these drug pushers which I'll never understand. I have a doctor to suggest what I should take, not a stupid tv commercial.

Yes, this was one of the most exciting races in the last few years. I would've been happy with any one of the top running drivers. They were all deserving of the win.

Got this kit as I really wanted a van similar to a couple of friends I knew with the cool interior stuff. The tires are garbage. I spent about 15-20 minutes trying to test fit them together but they're so soft it's like trying to mate a couple of wet noodles. What a waste of effort for Revell to do tampo printing on tires that can't be used. Tried looking at some aftermarket tires I have to replace them but they're all a bit smaller and not sure they'll fill the wheel well right. Hope to find something but not sure.

That is a good looking cat. Happy for you and your cat to enjoy 18 years. Thanks for sharing the nice pictures.

Thanks for those B-17 pictures. On the subject of the birds....I've had Chickadees nest in a birdhouse and it's fun to watch the parents bring food to the baby birds and hear the peeping going on. Then suddenly they're gone. Didn't even see it happen but one day it's all quiet so I'm guessing when it's time for the babies to fly away then the whole process is done. So I'm sure your wreath/nest did it's job and everything will be ok. Don't get the neighbor infringing on your space though.

I hadn't thought of that!

Usually birds come back each year to the same place to nest. Maybe you could save the nest and put it in a new wreath this holiday just to see what happens.

That picture is very soothing. When my dog shoves himself next to me on the sofa it tends to relax me and possibly put me to sleep.

There's been suggestions for me to look into Vallejo paint to fill the lack of Model Master colors. I have never used this paint and been looking on the Internet to learn about it. Keep seeing lots of paint "sets" and air brush only paints but I just want to buy a few bottles for brush painting. Black is one specific color and some suggested "air black" for a possible replacement for Model Master Chrome black but haven't seen that one. I do all my model and supply shopping online with different merchants so that's where I'd like to get these paints. Thank you for any help you can give.

My enjoyment in building models is mostly replicas of 1:1 cars; mainly race cars but I can understand someone building a "fantasy" car that may or may not be possible in real life. Maybe it's a vision they have knowing it would never work for real. Saying that, I have never liked 1:1 custom cars. I'm talking about the ones you see at a car show with everything chromed sitting on stands with mirrors underneath to see more chrome. It's never going to run or drive. That to me isn't real.

I can relate to your excitement. There's been a few times a B-17 flew over here while visiting a local airfield and there's no sound like it. I'd hear the sound first and realize that's not familiar and then look for it. Love it!

So well done!

They look good. Only built a couple of Ebbro models and they weren't F1 but I was impressed with the quality.