Oh boy.... up to all sorts of things lately. I'll attempt to achieve brevity here and not make yet another long winded post but so much is going on.
Definitely still doing model stuff but it's been brief. Not for bad reasons this time, though, but for good reasons. Suddenly quite busy with paying work again but it's not 105 degrees and it's easier. The contract for picking up trash is expanding once again to include more duties at the shopping center. Damn it's nice... it's the largest one in this entire region, is new, and a fun place to work at. But anyway, I'm somehow slowly evolving into a maintenance man of sorts. Or really, a cleaning lady! Cleaning man, whatever. Going to be sweeping up and vacuming of vacant stores. Also going to get a raise on the stuff I've already been doing. Well, I SHOULD be. I let on that I often go out there more than the required amount and it struck us as something we should be charging for..... "us" being myself and the landscaping company that hired me in the first place.
I said I Wasn't going to be long winded!
OK, so more stuff. I AM now ready for paint with my Duck. PSR is done for now, everything is glued on that can be, and the paint scheme is locked in. Time to roll.
Another mosquito looking airplane. More pics in the build thread!
Next up.... I said I might go back to Ollie's and snatch up a bunch of that dirt cheap paint; and I did! SOME of it is probably going to gather dust and rarely be used.... but some of it will certainly be useful in the future... stuff like the greens, grey, reds, primer, that acrylic clear (which I set out to buy earlier this year and didn't because it was too expensive) and the black farm stuff looks interesting and I will be testing it out on the Duck.
Periwinkle, dude!
Also looking at model area upgrades. I found these lights. Check this out....... they reminds me of slime lights!
$5 at a place called "5 and Below" and they even come with batteries. They have not only a sturdy (the whole things seem well built and are heavy - a nice surprise) on/off switch but a seperate button for a one minute timer. Stumble through the dark on the way to bed but would appreciate a light to do so? No sweat, it gives you enough time then turns itself off! Bought three. And they are bright as hell. It hurts my eyes looking at it and you go blind for awhile. Guess I should have listened to the warning on the package.
How neat! They even come with slots for hanging on screw heads, double sided tape, and even have strong magnets embedded in the back so you can throw it on a tool box or... whatever.
(Do I sound enough like a shill yet? If not, I can keep going.... )
Finally bought some new kits, too. Although, a bit oddly, I bought some more of things I already have.
More on that in the stash thread.
EDIT: Damnit! I always forget something!
Check this out!
I also snagged this at that Five and Below store.... how neat! Two of the blocks even have LED lights to make it glow. It looks so cool...... reminds me of a DC-9. I built stuff like this out of LEGO when I was a wee lad.
