Hey thanks Greg! Amazing what a little paint can do. Oh–and a little shaping and cleanup work.
Btw. I found out that our local HobbyTown was open. When I got there though I was greeted with sign, curbside pickup orders only. Doh! Good thing I brought the cell. I called from the lot and within minutes out came my Dullcote.
Thanks for the input Gam.
I almost rely on being able to do that, here of late. Felt relly brazen, the first time I was just sitting in an Office Depot parking lot ordering things that were only four fathoms away.
But, they delivered my stuff right out to me.
That’s nice about the curbside pickup. Did you have to physically hand them cash or your credit card?
You just made me check my local Hobbytown and it looks like they are back to curbside pickup now too. So my online panic hoard buying of Tamiya thin was an expensive exercise in futilty after all.
Edit: and they have the Tamiya orange bottle thick stuff in stock. I’m so excited, mine is backordered from somewhere half around the world and isn’t due for a month or 2. You da man, thank you.
Hey Greg, good deal. Glad this helped you! Yeah, I was pretty surprised to see their website had them as open. I checked the Hobby Lobby’s too and they all show temporarily closed.
I had the option to pay by credit card or cash. If by CC, the owner would come out with his scanner along with the product. I had exact change available, so to make it easier for everyone, I gave them cash. Doing cash allowed the employee I was talking to the ability to bring it out. Knowing the owner and how he rolls, I figured cash would be faster for me.
You just reminded me too what other thing I should be picking up soon, Tamiya Extra Thin. Mine is getting low. I wish I had thought of that when I was there. Ah well.
Amen, Capn. It feels weird for sure. My first experience was at a Best Buy to pick up some printer ink. And guess what. After getting my Dullcote today I drove over to get more black ink for my printer. Pert near gone now with my meager amount of printing. Ah, but that sorry tale is already discussed.
It feels weird but I wonder if this will start a whole new way that businesses serve the customer. The food industry has been doing it a long time but office supply? Not so much. It is awfully convenient to drive up and be handed your product. Something tells me customers are gonna like it. At least for the people that know what they want, and it does not require shopping.
That question has been posed by some serious thinking folk under the Thread Title. After Coronoa, What will be Different?
In 1920, many people moved off farms and into the cities. Perhaps the reverse will be true a centruy later.
Off that topic. One smaller thrusters, they probably want to be near flush to the big ones, probably an array of four arouns the center one. Probably your best bet is to extend them off the engine bulkhead on tubing, perhaps greebled tubing. That sort of thing has a real-life name: vernier rockets, typically used for imparting steering so as to skip gimbaling the larger motors.
Now, as a real gem, this just popped up in my YT feed. Location shote in thena nd now format from the original! For sure, enlarge this. Some cockpit details, and plenty of dio ideas, too.
Interesting. I could see that as especially true if the world population gets decimated.
I had seen the video you posted but I watched it again. Thanks for posting it. I am sure others will find it interesting too.
Thanks for the tip about the smaller thrusters. I will look into making something that elevates them. Good tip, and I would have missed that if you didn’t mention it. But unfortunately, the shuttle kit only has two of the smaller thrusters, so I am limited to two.
I am also trying to think of ways to dress up the outward facing side of the bulkhead. Maybe some supporting beams or something. It just looks kind of bare, even with the engines on them.
I was afraid that was the case.
Long rant simplified, bigger cities and progressive towns (which mine sure as hootin’ ain’t) have online pay for almost everything. I commend local businesses offering curbside pickup, and as you guys are discussing this thing probably will change the future of shopping, but half-way isn’t good enough and unless pre-pay or contactess pay (smart phone or chip reader) is provided, I’m taking a pass).
That said, watch hypocritical me go to my Hobbytown anyway with a gallon of hand sanitizer riding shotgun, and $4 or whatever (keep the change, please) on the seat too, cuz I want me my Tamiya orange bottle glue!! (spoken in the best corn-pickin’, Indianerrr drawl I can muster)
Edit: It just occured to me that I would probably bend my personal boundaries even further for a roll of toilet paper.
Hey Greg–he was wearing gloves. Does that help? Chuckle.
Hey–don’t give up just yet. I’d recommend you call the store and ask. They might be able to manually enter the CC number into the scanner over the phone. Then all you’d have is them bringing it out. Please do that and report back. This is your Bakster assignment for the day.
On another note. Please educate me on your love for the Tamiya Orange. What do you like about it? I have not tried it.
Hey–try Walgreens if desperate. I noticed they had some when I stopped the other day. [:O]
Nope. Chuckle right back atcha.
Spot on. I normally won’t do the number over the phone thing, but I can’t help but trust anyone who owns a Hobbytown franchise. So yes I’d do that and I might try it.
For good-fitting joins, it’s hard to beat Tamiya Thin, Extra thin, Thin fast drying. I like the orange bottle stuff for joins that have gaps. It is thinck and fills gaps. Sort of reminds me of the old tube Testors tube glue we all used to use and love.
What I don’t know is why it, or the old Testors tube glue work. I get that the thin stuff and others like it (containing MEK or whatever) work by welding the plastic together, but what about the thick stuff where the plastic to plastic contact is minimal?
Maybe somebody could enlighten me so I can sleep tonight.
You know, I am need of something like this. I will get some when I restock. Thanks for enlightening me.
That’s interesting, thanks for the info.
Until the local utility stops providing water, I’m not too concerned about the TP thing, really. Out of courtesy and caring for my fearless domestic leader, however, I should be.
Ok but you are missing a great opportunity to over pay at Walgreens.
True dat.
Aside from paint, I think the exterior is done. The engine bells are not secured. I will do that later.
Below: To enhance alignments in construction, create stronger connection points, and help reduce glue slop when mounting later–I made locator pins. Corresponding holes are under the engine bells, not all the way through.
Below is what I came up with for Capns greeble idea. Thanks for the tip Capn, I think it enhances it. I found them in my parts box, and they are highly modified.
From here I need to sort out how I can secure the module to the hull in a way that it is easy to remove. I will look at using magnets, but I am not crazy about the idea. If anyone has ideas, feel free to share.
Lastly, I ordered and received the LEDs I need for this project. I will also work to wire and mount the warning light to the back side of the panel.
Excellent greeblage. Your eye is often the best judge on how much or how little.
The studio model of the Millenium Falcon notoriously is covered in Pather and Tiger tank rear decks. One of the things that can be hard to “let go” off notions of what the part “is” rather than what you want it to be. I can’t say I ever even got close to good at it–leaf springs of a Studebaker truck still look like springs to me. Sigh.
Magnets may be your best bet, though. You can get them as small as 1mm diameter x 2 mm long–just remember to pair them.
Now, I use them in wood working proects (if using 5 & 10mm rare earth examples) and they are hard to beat for slick and handy. I use epoxy for wood working uses; I’d probably use a medium-thick CA in models.
I sure like the greeble idea, and they are looking good. I also like the 2 small nacelles. [Y]
Never thought of that and find it interesting. I’ve never thought of adding a greeble, let alone done one, but I’ll sure bet I’d do exactly what you said, Cap.
Thanks Greggy.