Agent G

Oils and enamels followed up with chalk pastels. The acrylic paint sets (AK) dry to quickly, in my opinion, to adequately replicate the effects. G

Currently 73. G

Low of 59, high of 71. G

High of 55 today. Snow tonight. G

Looks great. Here's the pattern as I remember it, add the winter white (which we did) and yours is spot on.

Today a high of 59 with rain forecast. Low tonight of 39. G

I found that if I thin out Tamiya something like 60/40 thinner to paint, reduce the air pressure to about 10-15 PSI and get in close, it will come out ok. Weathering is your friend, LOL! Try and remember the real ones weren't perfect either.

I retired from police work and moved west. After becoming bored I took a job with a state police agency (Nevada Gaming Control Board) that refers to it's employees as "agents". During my indoctrination week, myself and several others were mentored by a pompous ass who kept referring to our new status as "agents of the board" . After hours of agent this and agent that, the vision of Men in Black popped into my head. Because it's a little known agency outside Nevada and the fact I live in 85 miles from Area 51, my moniker was a given.

Rommel's Rod

A 63 Chevrolet.

A 1960 Pontiac that won the Daytona 500.

That's my neighbor Rhonda. Exceptional work! G

Outstanding! I love IM's stuff. G

I am dreading the completion of the new football stadium. Traffic quadrupled with the new hockey team. I-15 south bound into California currently backs up for over 20 miles now on Sundays. We have the closest sports teams for those folks living in the high desert of San Bernardino County. I can't imagine what it's going to be like after football gets up and running. We are seriously thinking of leaving the Las Vegas valley and heading north. G

This is identical to the one I lost in the great divorce of 2005. Loved that truck. The ex just recently traded it off for, get this, a Dodge Journey. G

After leaving my Tiger tank in the rain, I decided to take this a step further. I built Meng's little Panzer III, modifying the stink out of it to fit the time period I was after. They looked good together. So I made a base for display. G

ALWAYS WEAR THE BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH BELT. Even in the police car I wore the belt. The trick was to take it off prior to arriving. We used to practice that on a vacant lot with the sergeant (me, later on) watching. During comparisons, there was a significant difference in exiting the car with the belt off first. Civilians have NO excuse. G

I WILL be purchasing at least two of these if not more. Keep us posted on availability. G

The rockets were used to throw lines to ships in distress. She wouldn't be carrying depth charges in the white hull/red stripe livery. Emergency buoys maybe, not depth charges. G

Yup, gotta get this one. G