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If I win the lottery, I’ll build a hot rod with a Rolls-Royce Griffon. (2240ci).

The bread is so good. Date Prosciutto was a new recipe. Oh my gosh it’s good, but I would say it does not need the cheese. The Date Nut Spice bread will get less spice if I do it again. It was just a bit much. Seafood stew was also good, but it could use a tiny bit more spice. The recipe called for a little crushed red pepper, but l left it out because Mom is sensitive to any amount of spice. Maybe add a little to my bowl when I heat up some leftovers. I do love to cook. That was a lot for one day.

I got up early today and started on two batches of bread. The first is Prosciutto Bread from America’s Test Kitchen. It has Prosciutto, Capicola, Pepperoni, and cheese. They call for Provolone, but I started using Grana Padano. It tastes like Parmesan, but melts better. Up next is a variation on that recipe; Date Prosciutto bread inspired by Alton Brown’s pizza recipe. In addition to Dates and Prosciutto, it has Grana Padano and fresh Mozzarella cheese. This one is a new to me. I sampled a bit of dough and that was good. I have high hopes (of course). Next up is Spiced Date Nut Bread. Also a new recipe for me. I was wondering about infusing dates with some kind of liquor and wondering which would be best. I did a search and survey said…Whisky. I have a 1/2 gallon jar about 3/4 full of chopped dates soaking in 750ml of bourbon. In about a month, I’ll separate the two and use the dates for baking. The bourbon will get filtered and go back in the bottle. I saw some good ideas for the infused whisky, like adding some caramel sweetness to an Old Fashioned. Dinner tonight will be Cioppino, a seafood stew. I went to an H Mart (Asian Market. H is for Hancook, the Korean word for Korea). I got fresh cod, shrimp, scallops, squid, octopus, and frozen mussels. There are many different recipes. It’s something that was made at the end of the day by fishermen, using whatever they had left. There is a little model related activity. I’m setting up model building space downstairs for Mom. Also got her a couple artist’s oil paints for weathering model tanks. She also has access to my supplies. She will be starting a Tamiya 1/35 M4E3E8 (“Easy Eight”) soon. https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/grilled-pizza-three-ways-recipe-2118405.amp https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/date-nut-spice-bread-recipe-1917475.amp Pics: two loaves each of bread about to go into the oven. Prosciutto on top, Date Prosciutto on the bottom. Dates infusing into bourbon. That’s fresh squeezed orange juice in back, for the date nut bread.

I haven’t had any bench time in a while. Construction has slowed down while bills have gone up. I work with a friend who owns a plumbing company if I get off work early. I will have two loans paid off soon. That will help.

The box has seen better days, but the kit is all there and in good shape. I wonder if it ever had other advertisements/markings, or if any were owned by regular Jeans and made into RVs?

That is wild. Awesome.

I think my favorite war move is The Guns of Navarone. Navarone is a fictional island, but obviously off the coast of Greece. A special forces team is put together to destroy big German guns that could destroy allied ships. Great flick. Gregory Peck at his best.

If you’re on facebook, check out this guy’s posts. His airplanes aren’t highly polished, wow they look like real aluminum. https://m.facebook.com/groups/137980212998/user/100082970109239/

I think a good source would be external fuel tanks from military aircraft. Just cut off the tip and use that. Some military and civilian aircraft had “tip tanks” at the wing tips. Top to bottom bottom: Aero 1D tanks used on many U.S. aircraft from the 1960s onward Unknown fuel tanks on Japanese F-4 Phantom 165 gallon tank (I believe) on WWII P-38 Lightning. It also carried a 315 gallon tank. Both had a raised seam that would need to be removed. Lear Jet. I don’t think anyone would part with these unless the model was damaged or bought for parts, but they are out there. I have lots of planes in the stash. If you want, I could look for tanks that might work.

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1/48 scale resin kit of the “Red Baron” racing plane. It was a highly modified P-51 Mustang. It had a 2,240 ci Rolls-Royce Griffon V-12 with contra rotating props and a larger horizontal stabilizer, among other modifications. It set a world speed record of 499mph, before crashing. The pilot survived, but the plane did not. I’m really happy to have found this. It has been out of production for a while.

I saw a Wienermobile on a U.S. Army base in Germany in the late 1990s. Must have been a heck of a thing to see in the autobahn.

I wish my photos were better. Gotta work on that.

Definitely better than last week. Wow.

This is after eight minutes cooking skin-down. I only cooked for three minutes last time, with cold chicken and an unheated pan. I turned it over and cooked for three minutes, then started the sauce. It’s now in the oven. Last week I used 8 thighs. This time I got a package of four. I think that makes just enough fond and rendered fat. It also means the sauce is kind of shallow in the pan. I think it will be alright, though. Much better than last week.