APE TV announced today that The George Clapper Show has been extended for a full season. Bigwig General Ursus writes, "Viewers overwhelmingly applaud George Clappers bravery to celebrate his pilot episode using a human. Viewers received a rare treat when Taylor, the only known human to speak, stunned audiences when he handily articulated in an engaging conversation with Clapper. Taylor appeared deliberate and intelligent in his conversation. Also known as Bright Eyes, Taylor is reportedly under the care of Ape Psychologist, Dr Zera.
Little is known about Bright Eyes. According to reports the human claims to have fallen into the sea after having traveled vast distances in what he calls, a spaceship. Clearly, the human is short of a few bananas, or he is lying to investigators. Bright Eyes is being held for clinical research and interrogation at The Human Research Compound in Ape City."
Ursus continues, “APE TV audiences are among the most intelligent of Apes. Ratings for Clapper overwhelmingly trounced popular shows like Dancing with Chimpanzees, and Apes SVU. We expect Clapper to do well in the coming season, and our ape audience should expect more of tantalizing guests and revelations.”
"Wow! Clapper really made a splash! Way to go Clapper! I clap to you…
This beast fought me tonight, HARD. It’s always when you are about to complete a major part of the model when it says, “Nuh uh. Not so fast monkey. You are gonna earn this.” As if I have not bled enough for it. [:(]
Much more work to do with the interior but getting this far is a major accomplishment for me. Phew… It is starting to look like something.
So what is left?
Make the rear bulkhead assemblies
Make the glass
Make the beds
Make the circular escape hatch
Make the stowed raft
Clean up the joins
Paint
Design, make, and apply the decals.
Make the LED emergency light
After that–install everything and repair the big hole I made
Paint/weather the exterior
And man–if I make it that far – time to celebrate because it’s all downhill from there.
Then it’s time to make the water dio which will be a nice change of pace.
Did some cleanup work, adjusting, sanding, and filling in of exposed areas to the shell. You can see that areas under the instrument panels are closed up. The piece is more of a tub, and when looking in from the back you can no longer see the shell under the panels. It has a more sold feel to it. More work to do along these lines but progress is being made.
Below: Bad photo for showing the work I did today. You can’t see it in the photo but to the human eye, closer, and at angles you can.
Since working at home due to the virus threat, I have found my Inkjet is hopelessly mucked up. This is a problem for when I get to decals. It prints but even after cleaning I get dropout. I don’t print often enough, and this happens to every printer I have ever owned. I hate inkjets for this reason.
I don’t see the value of buying yet another printer so, I did some research for on-line printing services. I might go that route versus buying all the stuff and new hardware. It would be too expensive for a one-off job. I will make the graphics but have someone else print them for me. Still researching.
On your printer woes, you may recall I used to be super serious about home photo printing. I think you are right, you need to use them, cheap thru professional and there comes a time where it no longer makes sense. IMO, using a service is a good idea. I know some very talented toggers, for example, who never bothered with printing (the smart ones!!) and use printing services regularly.
That’s funny, Cliff! [Y]
Reminds me, I always wondered what kind of doctor as well.
Yes I do remember you. If I recall correctly you had a serious printer.
Good to hear I am on the right track with outsourcing. It might be a different story if I pumped out models like tadpoles, but that is not the case here.
Hey Greg–check it out. Because I am working from home and using my printer a lot–the print heads seem to have cleaned up. Doing the printing on my own is back on the table. When the time comes, I will still look into outsourcing and weigh my options.
