tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231839432012-01-26T21:12:45.105-08:00Thoughts, ramblings, and other musings on building scale models.Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18346654242100702767noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23183943.post-50131377417844781222007-01-29T10:34:00.000-08:002007-01-29T10:35:01.557-08:00

This is a test to see if I can get through a blogger issue....

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And it was a doozy... Actually, it wasn't that bad.  I had four models in the static model contest at the Puyallup State Fair - an AMT 1/6th scale vinyl model of Mr. Spock, the 1/35th Trumpter MiL-8H Hip chopper, a Revell AG 1/72nd Sea Vixen with a custom paint job, and 1/24th Revell 1957 Chevy Bel Air.  I didn't expect the Bel Air to win anything - I didn't do a good job with it, really. 

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A web group some friends of mine belong to now has a new member - me!.  I just joined Wings of Peace, a group of modelers dedicated to between-the-wars aircraft in civilian markings (i.e. no warplanes in military markings).  It's a fairly active group - time will tell how valuable my membership is.   Want to join?  Wings of Peace is not just a website, it's also a Yahoo group - sign up for Yahoo,

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There's a local state fair around here called the Puyallup State Fair, or the Puyallup for short.  Amongst the normal state fair fodder of cow, goat, sheep, and other livestock competitions are some handicraft competitions, including models, both static and operating... So, I headed down there this weekend with my Little Brother to enter some models.  The main draw for this entry was that you

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This article will appear in the IPMS Seattle newsletter in September - I've already gone past the end of the article in actual work, so I wanted to get it out - part two will be out sometime next month... Preamble... and Ramble... Once upon a time, oh, about four years ago, our own Tim Nelson came to us and asked if anyone would be interested in building some replica models for something called

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It has been ages since I last posted - I wanted to keep this blog up to date on a more regular basis, but alas, I'm not that good.  However, I recently downloaded, and am using, Windows Live Writer Beta, so hopefully I can keep all my blogs together in one place. In any case, I've made a paradigm shift in my modelling choices: I am no longer modelling military subjects.  With some notable

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Certainly not enough to support three blogs. I suppose I could explain it away by saying I'm too busy building models to blog, but that's not the case either. I'm actually a TV addict - a selective addict, to be sure, but an addict nonetheless. IN any case, here's a rundown of what's been happening.I've been working on a 1953 Ford Victoria, the 1/24th Lingbergh kit, as a project request from a

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Well, this past weekend was the IPMS Seattle Spring Show 2006 at the Renton Community Center. What a blast...We had more models this year, more people, more activity around our vendors, gave away more awards, had a bigger raffle table, and generally had a better and smoother run show than other years. I managed to walk away with six new boxes of plastic, a second, a third, and an honorable

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So, we had our monthly NWSM (NorthWest Scale Modeler's) club meeting last night. Some background on the group is called for, I think...NWSM is a group of modelers who meet monthly at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA. We meet the first Thursday of every month (oddly enough, this is when the Museum has free admission) from 7pm til 9pm, in a classroom in the Red Barn. The group is completely

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So, before I go much further, I guess it behooves me to describe, and maybe drop a photo or two of, my workshop.I live in a third-floor condo with a ground-floor two car garage - the workshop is in half the garage. When I was a kid, my dad had a garage workshop, and having the workshop anyplace else doesn't feel right. Of course, my dad also had a Playboy calendat on the wall, but since the

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Figured it would be a good idea to list the stuff I'm currently working on as well - if you've got experience with any of these kits, ping me with thoughts. If you're thinking about doing one of these kits, ping me for my thoughts. I'll braindump my thoughts as I move forward.1/72nd Fokker DR-1: Hawkeye (Fort Duchesne) resin kit.1/50th Fokker DR-1: Smer (old Aurora mold).1/12th Yamaha YZF-500:

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A friend of mine in IPMS Seattle turned me on to Mr. Surfacer, from Mr. Hobby. Mr. Hobby is a Japanese company making some really good products targetted for modellers. Mr. Surfacer is like a very thick primer, or maybe a very thin filler putty - it goes on with a brush and fills holes, pits, joints, even ejector pin marks, and leaves a very smooth finish when dry and sanded. It comes in a few

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My third, and hopefully last, blog to be added to Blogger. Here I'll try to recount some of my trials and tribulations with my major hobby - building scale models. Some background...I started modelling as a kid with my dad in his garage workshop. He had a big bench and worked on some custom cars - I had a little desk and did some woodworking as well as some models there. Parent's divorced, I

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