DONE! …with the building anyway…. Finished the build today – I also took my “Final Pics” before realizing I forgot the smaller rivets around the rest of the model – sheezh. I’ve added all my gubbins, chains, details. All I…
Thanks again, everyone for the cool words. Makes me feel all warm inside knowing we’re inpirin’ others to do their stuff! Between shoveling out from the snow, laundry and other household chores, I’ve been able to prime and start painting…
OK, small update to the workbench. Realized I don’t need to finish the 2nd deff rolla for the tournament (my list seems to work pretty good as is) so I decide to work on whatever struck my fancy. I tried…
A little more work done this weekend. Worked on the big shoota and the cupola and magnetized the scorcha. Somehow (serendipity, I guess) I ended up with two nearly identical nozzle looking things is two different sizes. One’s for the…
The 50 hours trivia marathon is over and I’ve mostly recovered. The house is back to normal and I can spend some brain cycles thinking of the upcoming projects and games. Our local shop is having an 1850 point tournament…
OK – turns out the weird transforming shuttle kit wasn’t from my dreams but put out by Hasegawa in 1984 and was originally called the Omega – Monogram released it in the USA as part of a line of Young…
Updates! OK – rumors swirling around the interent that something big is happening. REALLY BIG. Like BIG MEK BIG! Well, the rumors are true. The original Big Mek Challengers are going at it again. In a farewell send off to…
Got some more red on this thing tonight, the first three layers. It’s looking a little rough as I always do a sloppy base coat, then do a clean up of the black before starting the metals. It will probably…
Got in some time tonight – it’s all in the details now…. I so feel like Ubers just so far ahead of me but I gotta remember the challenge goes until the end of Dec. I’m on track to finish…
Ok, crunch time, eh? Got a majority of this bad boy finished, now I’m on to the details. I’ve still got some washes to do in some areas and a lot of little things before I can glue down the…