Ace-Garageguy

A woman I had some interest in came into my house, looked around, and asked "what do you do with all these books?" That's when I knew she wasn't the one for me. Lucky she never made it as far as the model room. She probably would have run away screaming.

Song dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty, went on to conquer the rest of the Ten Kingdoms, and ruled from 960 to 1279...just a little before my time.

Today it was pretty stupid out, but the forecast is for it to be stupider over the weekend.

Jaw all day long instead of working, and you won't accomplish much.

"Gleened" is correctly spelled "gleaned".

Back at the dawn of time, any track day at Road Atlanta was sure to have at least one Porsche 911 stuffed backwards into a guard rail by a doctor. Not picking on doctors per se, but just because you were smart enough to graduate from med school and go on to make a lot of money, you're not automatically talented or skilled enough to drive seriously fast without practice and/or training...especially in something as unforgiving as an earlyish 911. But at least it was a controlled environment, with lotsa safety equipment and medical help should it be required, and the only person your stupidity would endanger was yourself.

Splendid that there are others here who know and appreciate Miles.

High here 81 yesterday, forecast high tomorrow 71, forecast low Monday night 30 again.

Adjustment to using non-compliant people as a protein source shouldn't really be too hard once they get rid of all the cows and pigs and sheep and turduckens. https://www.turducken.com/

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Act like you like it, 'cause people are supposed to taste like pork.

Some places are better than others, but I recommend avoiding those where they practice cannibalism.

Looks like fisheyes to me, as stated earlier, the result of surface contamination. And it's not just silicone that causes it, but many kinds of lubricants, mold-release agents, wax, etc. I've even seen pollen in the air cause it. My guess is that something used in the production process of your gloves, or on the gloves, is the culprit. Dishwashing detergent may also have chemical anti-spot additives that can cause fisheyes. I'd suggest, as I always do, a final cleaning with 70% isopropyl alcohol just before you shoot anything. I use the cheapest white paper towels, as they don't seem to have anything in them that causes a problem. And you don't need to use gloves while working with iso. It IS, after all, rubbing alcohol. EDIT: I started using a final iso cleaning after a few nasty fisheye episodes while painting real aircraft, where a problem like this can cost thousands in material and labor to correct. After I started using iso, no more problems on real stuff or models.

Away is a good place to go whenever you can.

Now is highly overrated when there's always tomorrow.

Results of many of life's activities are 100% determined by invested effort.

History can teach valuable lessons that are helpful in understanding reality, but is widely ignored or relegated to the TLDR category in today's handheld-brain environment, where incomplete information devoid of nuance, or just flat wrong, is available instantly.

That is VERY cool. Big smile-maker too.

I'll give you that, but as Russell C said, paper models are usually well beyond the skill level of the "kids" they're supposedly targeted at. The "no cutting, no pasting" blurb on the package implies an "insert tab A into slot B" kind of construction, marginal at best, and the thin tabs and slots would often tear as pieces were removed from their carrier sheet by little fingers not yet possessed of fine motor skills. Having built multiple railroad models from cardstock in the wayback, I also learned early on that getting good edge joins isn't easy (people complain about "multi-piece" molded styrene bodies, which are a piece of cake compared to paper models), they're usually floppy if not substantially reinforced with non-kit-supplied materials, and they're unstable...tending to swell and shrink and warp and wrinkle depending on the relative humidity. Sealing both sides of paper or cardstock parts with something like clear lacquer helps immensely, but again, that's not among the skillsets of most "kids". I have bought some paper kits recently, but only to use as templates to aid building semi-scratch styrene models of aviation and military subjects that are otherwise unavailable. ON THE OTHER HAND...I think this particular model would be a really interesting display piece if assembled by a competent adult, sealed and reinforced as necessary, and housed in a glass case where atmospheric changes could be moderated.

Pretty cool...but I learned early on that anything that started with "hey kids!!!!!" was sure to be some abysmal piece of blankety blank that nobody over 3 would get excited over once they saw how awful it really was.

Drafting semis on the interstate to pick up a little MPG-gain probably isn't a good idea for those who like to text while they drive.

Although that is a slot-car (a great price too), the IMC/Union is a full detail kit, if that's what you want.

One of the larger internet service providers, Comcast/Xfinity, has apparently been hacked, and fake phishing emails are going out to recovery email addresses on other servers, asking for payment info to be verified. Don't fall for it. It's another scam to get you to divulge your card or account info. Fake emails from contact lists are also being generated, so VERIFY the originating address BEFORE OPENING ANYTHING.

Coming home from a war changes your perspective.

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