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Rick Lowe

#5925
September 16, 2025, 10:11:28 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 16, 2025, 06:34:28 AM
Quote from: zenrat on September 16, 2025, 06:08:22 AMI bought the kits (and then some) but got distracted and never built them.


I know the feeling, I have BOXES of 1/24-35 car kits in The Loft and I've not even looked at them for years. :(

Ditto; not cars, but certainly the same for other sorts of stuff.  :banghead:

zenrat

#5926
September 19, 2025, 04:41:51 AM
Chevelle is finished - Old School Street Machine.  More pics soon.

66 Chevelle Station Wagon by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.  Revelling in numptytism.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed, badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere, for your convenience.

PR19_Kit

#5927
September 19, 2025, 05:11:43 AM
Looks so much like a 1.5 times full size FD Victor Estate!  :thumbsup:
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

zenrat

#5928
September 19, 2025, 05:24:04 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 19, 2025, 05:11:43 AMLooks so much like a 1.5 times full size FD Victor Estate!  :thumbsup:

Yeah, GM really pushed  the "coke bottle" styling globally.
This is a Holden Kingswood Wagon.
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.  Revelling in numptytism.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed, badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere, for your convenience.

zenrat

#5929
September 21, 2025, 03:35:29 AM
After walking Princess Charlie The Wonder Dog, cooking breakfast, and helping/offering suggestions to Mrs z as she did some light garden construction I sat down at my bench and reached for the Chevelle box so as to remove all the remaining parts from it and put them away...

...which turned into an all afternoon session sorting and rearranging my model car parts boxes.

Not creative, but still satisfying.  I'm running out of space.  I'll need some more boxes soon.
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.  Revelling in numptytism.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed, badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere, for your convenience.

NARSES2

#5930
September 23, 2025, 05:18:36 AM
It's amazing how satisfying "sorting" the stash out can actually be at times  ;)
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

zenrat

#5931
September 23, 2025, 06:25:16 AM
True that.
I found stuff I forgot I had and threw away stuff I decided i'll never use.
And my boxes of "interesting plastic shapes I might use for scratch building" now number four.

Having finished both the VW Van and Chevelle wagon i've pulled a new 1/25 car out of the stash.  It'll be another of my growing line of Gotham City Police Department vehicles.

Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.  Revelling in numptytism.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed, badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere, for your convenience.

Rick Lowe

#5932
September 24, 2025, 12:49:03 AM
Fred, if you can track down a source, at one time the offices and govt departments were using wooden file boxes - the size of an A4/foolscap sheet and a bit more, and about 3" deep.
They have a spring clip rivetted to one end, but that's easy to drill out. Likewise the finger hole in the spine can be duct-taped over.

If you know of any places sending stuff to archives, or you have a contact at an archiving firm, it could be worth letting them know you'd like some, the next time they do a reboxing project (trust me, those cartons are deteriorating/getting abused all the time). You'll probably be offered more than you'll need!

zenrat

#5933
September 24, 2025, 03:04:08 AM Last Edit: September 24, 2025, 03:25:33 AM by zenrat
Hmmm, good thinking.  Thanks Rick.
I am using clear plastic storage boxes with internal dividers.  These do have the advantage that I can see what has dropped to the bottom.

I do have one box file like you describe.  It contains all the instruction manuals for my power tools.  Which being a bloke I never ever look at... :mellow:
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.  Revelling in numptytism.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed, badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere, for your convenience.

NARSES2

#5934
September 24, 2025, 05:22:50 AM
Quote from: Rick Lowe on September 24, 2025, 12:49:03 AMFred, if you can track down a source, at one time the offices and govt departments were using wooden file boxes - the size of an A4/foolscap sheet and a bit more, and about 3" deep.
They have a spring clip rivetted to one end, but that's easy to drill out. Likewise the finger hole in the spine can be duct-taped over.


When I retired we were gradually doing away with paper files and a lot of those boxes came into retirement with me  :angel:
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Rick Lowe

#5935
September 24, 2025, 12:12:30 PM
Quote from: NARSES2 on September 24, 2025, 05:22:50 AM
Quote from: Rick Lowe on September 24, 2025, 12:49:03 AMFred, if you can track down a source, at one time the offices and govt departments were using wooden file boxes - the size of an A4/foolscap sheet and a bit more, and about 3" deep.
They have a spring clip rivetted to one end, but that's easy to drill out. Likewise the finger hole in the spine can be duct-taped over.


When I retired we were gradually doing away with paper files and a lot of those boxes came into retirement with me  :angel:

We recently did a reboxing project and a lot of them came home with me, too...  ;)
Better than them getting binned...  :banghead:

zenrat

#5936
September 25, 2025, 05:25:19 AM
Today I separated the glass, metal, and plastic of 20 years of empty model paint bottles and threw it all into the recycling.
No idea why I had been keeping them.  I had just been chucking them into a bucket.

Then I flew the Su 34 around the shed on the end of a stick and primed it.
Su 34 WIP 25-09-25 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.  Revelling in numptytism.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed, badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere, for your convenience.

PR19_Kit

#5937
September 25, 2025, 05:57:39 AM
Quote from: zenrat on September 25, 2025, 05:25:19 AMNo idea why I had been keeping them.


It's just what we tend to do. I have a zillion empty spray paint cans filling a HUGE box in The Loft. Why? I've no idea.................  :banghead:
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Steel Penguin

#5938
September 25, 2025, 10:25:12 AM
paint bottles that are clean and still seal, you keep those to have that batch of super paint you mixed in, in case you ever need to touch up the model...
the things you learn, give your mind the wings to fly, and the chains to hold yourself steady
take off and nuke the site form orbit, nope, time for the real thing, CAM and gridfire, call special circumstances. 
wow, its like freefalling into the Geofront
Not a member of the Hufflepuff conspiracy!

Rick Lowe

#5939
September 25, 2025, 11:36:10 AM
Quote from: Steel Penguin on September 25, 2025, 10:25:12 AMpaint bottles that are clean and still seal, you keep those to have that batch of super paint you mixed in, in case you ever need to touch up the model...

Yup. Then you find out you don't have enough, and can't remember the proportions used originally, so you mix a new batch.
You make too much, and keep the excess in another container, in case the model needs touching up in future...  ;)
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