Hi Jim,
I would say if I could pick anywhere to live right now, it would be Arizona. Two reasons. One, no snow. The second, no grass to mow! [:D]
Ken
I think they would make GREAT lawn decorations!! [:D]
Ken
Hi Everyone,
Made a little progress. I applied Future to all of the dials on the front instrument panel. I am going to let it dry overnight.
Ken
I like the look of that IP ken.
Nice work, Ken!
Does look a tad bit nicer than the decal you had issues with!
Jim
So long Radio Shack!
I see that they have filed chapt. 11 bankruptcy. Some stores will remain as “store within a store” as a part of Sprint.
I’m not sure what stores will be closed, but there is a list they will be closing by March and I read that there is a motion filed to close the rest of them eventually.
Be sad if they all do go, even though I haven’t purchased a lot from them in recent years, they were a source of supplies when I was working in model railroading, and a Go To place when I needed to hook up a car stereo or something. When I got my new TV, I needed a specific cable adapter to mate it up to my audio and went to Radio Shack.
Guess I missed my chance to buy that TRS-80 computer and my “Free battery a month club” card will no longer be valid…
Jim
Thank you Bish! I appreciate it! [:)]
Ken
Thank you Jim! Yes, just a “tad” bit nicer! [:D]
Ken
That is sad news Jim. I am with you on many points. I can count on one hand how many times I frequented Radio Shack each year. But it sure was handy to have that convenience. Now I will be forced into waiting for something to arrive in the mail.
Ken
Hi Everyone!
Believe it or not, it is almost time for this group build to close and start the next one! [:O] This one will end on Saturday, February 21 and continue on in the “Fourth Annual Berny Memorial Group Build” on Sunday, February 22. That is just 2 weeks away!
I will do as in the previous builds. I will leave it up to each individual where they want to post their “finished” project. In this build or the next one.
I guess I need to start thinking about the next badge!
Ken
Hi again everyone!
I have the new group build page posted. Everyone of course is invited! Just visit the page and sign up. I look forward to seeing everyone there:
http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/29/t/164145.aspx
Ken
Hi Everyone,
Tonight I cut all the parts from the sprue that I had air brushed earlier, smoothed the cut area on the parts, then touched up the paint. Nothing really worth taking pictures of. I did screw up and painted the control stick green instead of aluminum, so I will have to wait for the paint to dry and fix that.
Ken
Wow! Is it that time already?
I don’t currently have anything close enough to done to post on the wall of fame for this build, so I will transfer everything over one the new one starts.
Jim
Hey all!
Continued with decalling the A-10, finishing everything on the port side, and transitioning to the top.
I’m actually using a lot of the kit decals as they seem to have sharper printing than the Twobob ones. The kit kit decals seem to be fine, and I think it just the first one I tried, which has that heavy blue paint. The rest work fine with the solutions.
The “slime” lights on the wing tips. The recess gets colored clear lenses. I’m using Future tinted with food coloring to color the kit parts.
Also began working on the pylons, and as you know, the A-10 has a bunch of them! some of these get decals as well.
You can see the clips from Radio Shack that I use for this. I will have to stop and get some more for spares before they are gone…
Jim
Hi Jim,
Great job on those decals! They look great! [Y] [Y]
Ken
Jim: Looks good! I’ve used Two Bobs decals and liked them- the kit decals are really better printed though? Wow! And did you mask off the slime lights? I normally just paint over the them and then paint them in with a brush when finished.
Shame to see Radio Shack go, back in the late '80s I was in there all the time buying switches, lights, and stuff for railroading and lighting Trek models. That was before LEDs were widely available and I melted a few kits with light bulbs!
BTW: Well I’m back to stuck on the Wildcat, she’s decaled except for a pair of '2’s on the cowling. I cut off the piece of decal paper with them on it to get to other decals and now that part has vanished. Grumble, I’m been searching all weekend for it and can’t find it anywhere. I could just find another pair of ‘2s’ but these were printed in an odd font and not sure I have more like that.
Hi Cliff,
Big time bummer about the decals! I hope they turn up.
By the way, how are you doing with the healing process? Did your insurance buy you another car?
Ken
Hey Ken thanks for asking. I am much better, almost back to 100% except this blasted shoulder. I went in and had some X-rays done the week before last and the collar bone instead of healing correctly has grown back with the two parts overlapping instead of a butt joint. It’s still sore and stiff though no pain. I have an appointment to see the doctor again first of next month so I’ll see what he has to say then.
I got the check for the car a few weeks ago and lost a pile of money on depreciation which I’m still bummed about. Still I guess it’s only money and I’ll be happy if my shoulder heals back up. I looked around a little but haven’t really seen anything I want so far. Not sure I’d want a second Camaro after the accident, I want something different that doesn’t remind me of what happened.
Yes, surprisingly, the Two Bobs decals have technical information that just sort of looks like a blur, but the kit decals look more like printing. Granted, at 1/72 scale you can’t read them anyway, but I thought they looked more realistic.
And the slime lights are actually decals. At least they made them more greenish-yellow rather than the bright yellow provided in some kits.
Jim
Hi gang!
Not a great deal tonight as I went out walking for about an hour and a half. something I may be doing more and more of. Serious health concerns have made it imperative that I lose weight and get in better condition.
I did manage to put in a little work on the A-10, cleaning up some more of the pylons and painting after mounting them on my toothpick/alligator holders.Once they are clear coated, I can add what ever decals go on them, and work on mounting them to the underwing stations.
Eleven hard-points on these babies!
Just read that funding has been approved to keep them 9A-10’s) flying through 2015. Congress isn’t convinced that the F-35 can provide close ground support as the USAF claims.
Jim