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73 F and 93% RH at 6 this morning. They are saying possible rain, which we need. I will water everything outside by 10 if there us no rain.

Yesterday the high was 94, also still 85 at 11 pm. 74 at 5:30 am, I need to water and pick cucumbers and tomatoes, dig up a shallot to see if they are done.

I'm doing Paul's Corvette modified. With the engine and chassis being single piece construction, detailing becomes a challenge. I have another kit, a street stock Olds, I cut the engine into pieces, not sure if it was worth the work. The Corvette is coming along. Those AK acrylic pens are pretty handy for getting into tight spots.

I've had ghosting happen MONTHS after paint/clear was applied. Too many solvents too soon.

Still hot on the Island. 76 F at 6 am and humid. The pool is up to 85 and really not cooling me off.

Very good! I was pretty old once Hot Wheels came out. But did play for hours with Matchbox cars outside. My buddy up the block had a nice shady place under some pine trees. We used pieces of scrap wood to make houses and garages.

I've been battling pain issues lately myself and working on 1:1 car stuff and around the house and grounds stuff. I'm going to try to get a little modeling in today when I turn the AC on.

This is screwball Ivan making 4-pawed biscuits on a soft blanket.

That is a nice horse, someone will be missing it.

I've got fox around that keep the rabbit population down. A rabbit actually will scream like a little baby when a fox grabs it ... quite eerie. My girlfriend has a little over a half acre. She found a very dead bloated possum out back a few weeks ago.

Some of the real pavement NASCAR modifieds by 1970 had rack and pinion steering in them. On my local level the '53 to '54 Chevy frame rails were popular, so were IH Scout frames, flipped upside down.

I built the wagon version as a kid.

My dad had a no frills '54 Mainline with the straight 6 and a manual. He traded it in on a '59 Ford wagon in 1961.

This is what I've been doing. At shows they seem to be very disorganized. I have walked away while waiting for 15 minutes to buy a few things.

My girlfriend lives further out on Long Island from me. I'm on the south shore by the ocean and bay. She saw a family of turkeys a few days ago in a neighbor's yard. They strut up and down the street like they owned the place. She has a lot of property, like .56 acre plot that is partly cleared. She has gophers and chipmunks 🐿, something we don't have by me.

Oh I like her. I got a rehomed cat in 2012, she was 4. I never had a talking cat before, we held great conversations. She was also LOUD. One of her nicknames was Belle... as in DINNER bell... Sadly we lost her to cancer in 2022, a trooper to her last hour

This is Paul's Corvette modified kit. Very similar to the SS line. I make the tires and wheels work .. it is a lot of work but worth it. The downside is that the engine and chassis are complete and hard to detail. I used the AK acrylic pens with good success. I have a SS Regal about 75%done. That came less the radiator. I had to make one up. That one I razor sawed the engine apart so it could be better detailed. Overall they build up nicely. The bodies drop right on, very well located. I have the Monte Carlo SS kit, a Pinto modified and a Craftsman-ish truck kit. He has more coming out, like a coupe early modified and some outlaw figure-8 cars.

2020 Mustang.

The Bird Buddy never lets me down. e30b193a-3e41-4ce7-96a5-4fe2cde5f1aa.mp4 ce1c2c86-c520-4b01-bb7e-8ab789793510.mp4 c3e7d7a4-8934-4163-98a0-8178f5b36f0b.mp4

Man is this a loaded squirrel. They are fairly tame and like to pose for pictures.

70 this morning and a little sticky. I have to keep up with my plant watering. We could use a good rain for sure. The humidity is the killer for me. With the coronary bypass, I'm told to avoid temperature extremes. I tend to wilt if I get too hot.

Pyros were great. I recall building a 1952 Chevy and a 1940 Ford.

That is quite good. I'm becoming more and more disillusioned with the MPC chassis. The Tobias chassis is light years more accurate and even looks good with newer bodies on them. I have an MPC coupe going I'm calling "the future mod", incorporating many changes I've made on other builds. But that isn't cutting it lately. I'm back on FB and saw a couple of builds using the truck arm rear and an AMT stock car front stub. Game changer!

I had a Magic Chef that I wired in a house dimmer switch. It quit on me a while back, we did one after mine for my brother. His still works. I could pick up a new base, I still have the "schematic" for the mods. I did find one at a discount store over a year ago. It has a temperature control that is accurate. It ran me $40. I made a surround for it out of a plastic sign and pop riveted it to one of the trays.

FOMO is real. When kits first went off-shore there was a fear that some political upheaval would leave the molds lost forever. So some of us bought doubles, triples, etc of things. Aftermarket companies have vanished suddenly. Good resin casters have died or gotten ill from the chemicals used in the process. Many vendors are truly cottage industries, part time operations after the day job ends. Some run afoul of the IRS or run up against copywrite issues that they can't win. Reputations are fragile, a few bad reviews can sink a company or make it hard to come back from. I tend to buy things NOW. Even if I have no immediate plans for the items. I'm at the point where I'm selling off the excesses that I've accumulated over the past 2 decades.