jaymcminn

Plus some bonus holiday cheer...

Just heard this on Sirius XMU last night. My kind of Christmas song. NYC punk band The So So Glos with Spider Stacy from The Pogues.

Bill is on the money here about looking for interference first. The challenge is obviously that you're in the final stages of the build which limits your options at this point, but if you're gluing those halves together against tension that joint could open back up. If you can't find and fix the fitment issue I would recommend using 5-minute epoxy and Tamiya tape to hold the join together while the epoxy cures. I'd give the epoxy 10-15 minutes for a stronger bond. You might even want to attach some styrene "tabs" to the inside of the body shell to increase the surface area of the bond.

Be super careful with the "polish" you use, especially if laying down decals and clear. Scratch X's formula includes polymers that will impede adhesion of decals or clear coat. True polish, like Meguiar's Ultimate Polish or Meguiar's 205, won't leave residue or protection on the surface and will be safe for clear coats and decals. I use both of these extensively and have applied decals and clear over them with no issues. Tamiya's polishing compounds are good as well, but I don't use them anymore after discovering Ultimate Polish. If your surface is properly polished then scratches will not show under your decals or clear.

Great work! I love those Bandai Star Wars kits. The engineering is fantastic so you can concentrate on the effects and weathering.

Hey, it is molded in white! Awesome!

I'm a big fan of Bulova's Archive watches like the Devil Diver in your other post. My Chronograph "A" and Spaceview II Alpha get a ton of wrist time.

Sweet score. Nezumi is making some of the best-looking watches out there. Honestly, I'd have tried for this one if I'd known they were releasing it (see pic below for a hint as to why!). I've been back and forth on buying the blue and white Nezumi Tonnere chrono for a while. That 38mm size really speaks to me. However, having bought an enamel-dial Seiko SARX049, a Seiko Antarctica "Happy Feet" Monster and several spendy custom straps over the last couple of months it's time to pump the brakes a little! Ready? The watch... The Hasegawa 250TR I built several years ago. The color is strictly coincidental, BTW!

Beat me to it. Tamiya paint callouts were my first big clue. You know, this could be a fun weekly game!

I know Revell AG released the 540k roadster as recently as 10 years ago. As much as I'd love for the Monogram classics to come back, they're so easy and relatively cheap to find on EBay or swap meets that there isn't any desperate need for them to return to the market.

Kits of classic cars from 1929 to 1941 that Monogram produced from the mid 60's through the 70's. Three different Duesenberg SJ's (4 if you count the metal-bodied boattail never released in plastic), two Mercedes 540k's, two 1930 Packards, two "Springfield" Rolls-Royces, a Cadillac V16, a Cord 812, and a 1941 Lincoln Continental. I've probably forgotten a few. They're incredibly nice kits that lend themselves well to building with modern tools and techniques. Gratuitous pic of my recent Mercedes 540k build below...

Yeah, that's some nasty stuff in there. Honestly, the guy at Hobby Lobby isn't going to be some sort of paint guru and he definitely isn't going to be aware of the tendency of acetone to react badly with polystyrene (I think that's what caused the crazing). At best, he'll have some basic training and a little experience with a few of the products. At least you did the smart thing by sacrificing a test part. Lesson learned, no harm done. "Acrylic" is a catchall term that by no means refers to whether a paint is water-based. The Revell acrylic spray paints are billed as acrylic, and they indeed are, but they're an acrylic lacquer just like Tamiya.

9am: Quit trying to get second breakfast from the human and hang out in the sunbeam from the front window. Rest up for lunch...

I've had Verizon for 20 years or so. I agree their rates are high but the service is excellent. My phone (Google Pixel 6) gets reception everywhere, including places where my colleagues with Sprint and T-Mobile have challenges. I've thought about changing providers but I've never had a problem with Verizon, either their phone service or on the customer service side.

She likes a Big Salad!

Awesome piece. That translucent dial is great. Christopher Ward makes a nice watch, and I really dig the modern aesthetic. You'd definitely expect a 600m diver to be a bit heavy (and I'll bet the frosted sapphire dial adds some weight too) but it looks like it should wear really well at 42mm. Great score!

I was shocked reading this earlier. His characterization of Batman, especially by the time he was doing the Justice League/JLU shows, was unparalleled. He played Batman/Bruce as young and cocky, jaded and cynical and even old and cranky. His delivery and dry sense of humor created what many people consider the definitive version of Batman. His voice work managed to make an animated superhero in a cape and cowl seem, well, human.

I don't have kids, but I'm the front office manager at a medium-sized hotel and my entire staff (God help me) are young women under the age of 20. Things I never thought I'd hear myself say and have within the last few months: "No, you can't dye your hair in unicorn colors" "Please don't FaceTime your boyfriend while checking guests in" "No, you can't dye your hair grey" "Yoga pants are not suitable work attire" "Platinum blonde is fine, as long as it's the only color" "You're changing your preferred pronoun? So, do I have to order you men's uniform shirts now?"

As a watch collector myself, I gotta ask... what is it?

Can't wait for that Corrado. 1/8 E-Type with modern Revell decal sheet will be a winner as well. Looks like the next variant on the Series 3 Landy will be a three-door commercial version. That could be an awesome resto-mod.

The challenge on this side of the pond is shipping. Spot Model's price is very reasonable (and I'll second that they are excellent to deal with) but FedEx shipping is almost half the cost of the kit. When these kits eventually hit US sellers some time in probably 2023 the price will be much higher.

The Herb Adams "Pontiac Vivant" is breathtaking. The yellow Rolls Phantom convertible parked next to it is breathtaking too... just not in a good way.

Bandit flagrantly violating the "no cats on the kitchen counter" rule.

That is a beautiful cat. Great picture!

Huh, I actually had the H and had the jar liberate itself from the nozzle a few times. I'm not ruling out user error on my part. That being said, I used that brush for many years until I bought my Eclipse and discovered the joys of a gravity-feed airbrush.