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More of my girlfriend's cats. Brie on the bench, Bleu on the table... bad cat...

Brie was sitting with me earlier today a very sweet little cat.

Opening day shots! Actually there was a superstition among drivers, not to take pictures of a stock car before it is raced.

20 years ago I was hearing people grumble at shows over my entries due to the fact that I made machined parts for my cars. But the trend did catch on, to a point. 3D kits or parts don't jump out of the box and build themselves. They often need some work to them. I've been using 3D parts for a while and just finished my first full 3D kit. Nobody has ever said much about conventional resin cast parts or kits at shows. 3D stuff is still resin-based for the most part. The process is different, that's how I see it. My club is IPMS based, we did that to take advantage of insurances, etc. BUT... we do our own thing. We have nothing in our contest rules about 3D made parts or kits.

A few shots with the body off.

Numero uno finished for 2025. I'm happy with how it came out. I spent part of the morning doing final assembly. The paint gave me fits, although I'm familiar with the Extreme Lacquers.

2 of Ivan last night. He stays just out of my reach at times.

The TV special i saw alluded to an open hatch that let water in. It was enough, they alluded to the ship being bridged up on 2 waves and the weight deep in the hull snapped it in two.

The song got a lot of air play, although it was long. I still get shivers when I hear it play.

I believe it was a hatch cover that came loose somehow. There was a special on it, forget if it was Discovery or Nat Geo. A buddy of mine was in the Great Lakes US Coast Guard training program at the time. His ship answered the distress call. They got out to the area... nothing. He said it was the heaviest and roughest water he had ever been out on.

More Bird Buddy visitors. The blue Jay was stunning. 1fe517f1-11da-44ed-a29c-af424c66d453.mp4 59e219d6-7088-4c0e-9423-7f90472eb8c6.mp4 f8f99f51-518d-4829-9075-89db4ab0b730.mp4

Someone in my club mentioned a SAE CD ROM that he got somewhere. Apparently it has every article that was in any magazine including the contest cars from day 1. Supposedly it is searchable.

I'm not like that. I try to buy local before I go online. Locally you get free shipping and no waiting. In later years I've seen dwindling after market parts in hobby shops. I pick up most of mine at big shows and online. One shop does offer to order me anything I may want, but that eats up 5 days and is a 25 mile hike each way.

I go smaller for radiator hoses, like .060" or .050" insulated wire. I use .093" aluminum tubing at the engine and radiator and these sizes slip right in.

Ivan came out of his daytime hiding spot for a while.

I hope to get something done by then. I'm also a kit vendor.

They are devious!

I have a wall charger made by NYS LIFE that I got at the supermarket. It came with a USB C cable and has a port for a 2nd cable. I use both ports at once at times. It charges faster than anything else I have used.

62 F at 6 am, 82% humidity and cloudy. The pool is around 68... too cold to enjoy. I have to think about closing it sooner than later.

Thanks for the post. We have some new people pitching in for the show this year. But sleep well knowing that everything is covered!

My girlfriend's cats will be turning 2 on September 21st. The first 3 are Bleu, she's on the skittish side. The rest are Brie, a very friendly little cat.

52 F, lower humidity. I guess we got at least 1.5" of rain. It did rain most of Sunday.

Attempting to grow some broccoli and cabbage before it gets too cold.

Well.. I came across a mummified squirrel while I was cleaning out a corner of my garage on Saturday. It must have ventured in when the door was open and got stranded. I never smelled anything however.

Mr. Ivan in one of his safe spaces, the top of the basement steps. He doesn't like thunder or rain.