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Rick Lowe

#6135
March 21, 2026, 07:20:30 PM
Quote from: buzzbomb on March 20, 2026, 01:54:36 PMSince I got back from os via Dubai, I might add, (interesting 24 hours  :o ) my inclination to bench time has been zero.

Not surprising - you'll need a while to recover from all that. Hope it goes well.  :thumbsup:
(plenty of Beer! ;)  )

zenrat

#6136
March 25, 2026, 04:35:37 AM
Hello.
You may not have noticed but i've been absent for a few days.  I'm not sure how many but there is five pages of unread posts do skim through.
I haven't been anywhere, i've got the dreaded lurgi and have been taking advantage of the down time to do a stocktake of the stash.  I've been photographing kits and then checking them off on the spreadsheet as I go through the pictures.  The advantage of this technique is I can take the pics (most kits are single layered on shelves in cupboards) and then go back into the house and work through them while sniffing and coughing (although TBH I don't feel bad, I just can't speak - a disadvantage in a customer service job).
I chose to complicate things by colour coding the spreadsheet to show the storage location of each unbuilt kit.
Stage 1 is almost done.  I just have three kits to find.  I know I haven't built them or given them away, I have probably just failed to photograph them,
Stage 2 will be to check the built models against the spreadsheet.  A much more onerous task as i've been very bad at recording what I have made.

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

#6137
March 25, 2026, 05:58:45 AM
Sorry to hear you are a little "iffy" mate, but glad to see that you've recovered enough to start making some guenuine progress on something to many of us (not looking in any mirrors here  :angel: ) can be very poor at making progress on.

Take care of yourself  :thumbsup:
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Rheged

#6138
March 25, 2026, 07:11:51 AM
Sorry to hear you are in less than perfect working order. Your particular lurgi makes a customer facing job impossible...............said he who had to carry on teaching a class of 11 year olds whilst suffering from a case of laryngitis!   Best of luck with your stocktake!
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you....."
It  means that you read  the instruction sheet

zenrat

#6139
March 25, 2026, 07:25:19 PM
Thanks guys.
Yesterday I sounded sexy.  Today I sound evil (like Peter Serafinowicz).  And tomorrow i'm going back to work.

I managed to drag my carcase down to the shed this morning where I found the three missing kits.
So that's it.  Stage 1 complete.  682 kits.  Not as many as some of you have but still more than Mrs z would be comfortable with if she knew.

And in all that little lot there was not one which cried out "why did you buy me?  sell me now r give me away..."
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.

buzzbomb

#6140
March 25, 2026, 08:52:40 PM
Quote from: zenrat on March 25, 2026, 07:25:19 PMSo that's it.  Stage 1 complete.  682 kits.  Not as many as some of you have but still more than Mrs z would be comfortable with if she knew.

Don't count them , then you have plausible deniability

Now you have documentary evidence, that can and will be used against you  ;)

Rick Lowe

#6141
March 25, 2026, 09:57:53 PM
Quote from: zenrat on March 25, 2026, 07:25:19 PMAnd in all that little lot there was not one which cried out "why did you buy me?  sell me now r give me away..."
 

Then all the effort wasn't wasted!   ;)

Sorry to hear you've been under the weather, but good to hear you're on the mend.  :thumbsup:

scooter

#6142
March 25, 2026, 11:56:33 PM
Quote from: buzzbomb on March 25, 2026, 08:52:40 PM
Quote from: zenrat on March 25, 2026, 07:25:19 PMSo that's it.  Stage 1 complete.  682 kits.  Not as many as some of you have but still more than Mrs z would be comfortable with if she knew.

Don't count them , then you have plausible deniability

Now you have documentary evidence, that can and will be used against you  ;)
Especially if she's looking over Fred's shoulder as he peruses his own blog on here.
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zenrat

#6143
March 26, 2026, 12:16:21 AM
Ach, it's just a cold.  I shouldn't complain.  There are those going through worse.
But thanks for the nice words everyone.

Last Monday at the model car club meeting I was given a shopping bag full of back issues of Scale Auto Enthusiast and Scale Auto (as it became).  Today i've been sitting in the warm and dry with a pile of them next to me flicking through them.  I started with 1985 and am working forwards.
I'd forgotten what hobby magazines were like pre interweb.  The whinging letters (exactly the same whinging now read on internet forums), the full page ads listing in tiny print every model they have for sale, and the small ads in the back.  So many small ads.  I always wonder.  Did Earl get his AMT '70 Mustang interior?  Did David manage to borrow an MPC Lotus engine cover to make a mould from?  Was the George Patton in Texas looking for Hot Rod parts any relation?
The kit releases though are very familiar.  The new ones and the old ones.

Quote from: buzzbomb on March 25, 2026, 08:52:40 PM
Quote from: zenrat on March 25, 2026, 07:25:19 PMSo that's it.  Stage 1 complete.  682 kits.  Not as many as some of you have but still more than Mrs z would be comfortable with if she knew.

Don't count them , then you have plausible deniability

Now you have documentary evidence, that can and will be used against you  ;)

I've made a note of the ones you are responsible for.  You'll share the blame mate...  :wacko:
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

#6144
March 26, 2026, 03:07:52 AM
Quote from: zenrat on March 25, 2026, 07:25:19 PM682 kits.  Not as many as some of you have but still more than Mrs z would be comfortable with if she knew.


Have you had a census of her shoes and handbags though?  ;)
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

#6145
March 27, 2026, 03:39:08 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 26, 2026, 03:07:52 AM
Quote from: zenrat on March 25, 2026, 07:25:19 PM682 kits.  Not as many as some of you have but still more than Mrs z would be comfortable with if she knew.


Have you had a census of her shoes and handbags though?  ;)

Remarkably low.  Her Lego on the other hand...
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.

Steel Penguin

#6146
March 27, 2026, 04:15:30 AM
Quote from: zenrat on March 27, 2026, 03:39:08 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 26, 2026, 03:07:52 AM
Quote from: zenrat on March 25, 2026, 07:25:19 PM682 kits.  Not as many as some of you have but still more than Mrs z would be comfortable with if she knew.


Have you had a census of her shoes and handbags though?  ;)

Remarkably low.  Her Lego on the other hand...
I cant knock someones Lego habit ;D   Mrs SP dosnt worry much with my stash, as long as its money spent after the bills are paid, its for fun   :thumbsup:
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. 
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NARSES2

#6147
March 27, 2026, 06:21:02 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 26, 2026, 03:07:52 AM
Quote from: zenrat on March 25, 2026, 07:25:19 PM682 kits.  Not as many as some of you have but still more than Mrs z would be comfortable with if she knew.


Have you had a census of her shoes and handbags though?  ;)

Many moons ago my Mrs made a rather sarcastic comment about the amount of wargammes figures I had, I opened the wardrobe door and pointed at her shoes. She is now my ex Mrs  :rolleyes:
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Rick Lowe

#6148
March 28, 2026, 06:58:23 PM
Quote from: NARSES2 on March 27, 2026, 06:21:02 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 26, 2026, 03:07:52 AM
Quote from: zenrat on March 25, 2026, 07:25:19 PM682 kits.  Not as many as some of you have but still more than Mrs z would be comfortable with if she knew.


Have you had a census of her shoes and handbags though?  ;)

Many moons ago my Mrs made a rather sarcastic comment about the amount of wargammes figures I had, I opened the wardrobe door and pointed at her shoes. She is now my ex Mrs  :rolleyes:

Well; if she can't take a joke, she shouldn't have joined... as the Marine said to the Para...

kerick

#6149
March 28, 2026, 09:57:45 PM
Quote from: NARSES2 on March 27, 2026, 06:21:02 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 26, 2026, 03:07:52 AM
Quote from: zenrat on March 25, 2026, 07:25:19 PM682 kits.  Not as many as some of you have but still more than Mrs z would be comfortable with if she knew.


Have you had a census of her shoes and handbags though?  ;)

Many moons ago my Mrs made a rather sarcastic comment about the amount of wargammes figures I had, I opened the wardrobe door and pointed at her shoes. She is now my ex Mrs  :rolleyes:

I did that with my wife. She laughed and said "shut up!"
" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
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