Recent content by Greg Kimsey

I have been MIA because I am in the hospital awaiting my evidently "yearly" major back surgery. I should be back at the table in a couple of weeks.

What he said. Protect, then finish as you like.

Resistance is futile. You will assimilate..... Wait...different movie. You get the drift though

I had to trim the window divider down so the canooy would seat properly. Fortunaly I had read in two other threads that this would need to be done so I marked that on the intructions so I wouldn't forget. I trimmed a little over 2mm off the bottom. There are more parts to add on the inside of...

Not to highjack the thread about lightfast materials, but we do want our art to last. Krylon and Winsor Newton make spray varnish with UV blockers. Look for the word Archival on the label. Krylon's actually says "UV Resistant Clear" right on the can.

If it has a UV blocker in it then the answer is "yes, a little". I always chuckle when I see celebs signing things with a sharpie. Good luck keeping that for more than a year or two unless you keep it hidden in a drawer.

I dipped the canopy pieces in AK Gauzy then lay them to dry covered by a box to keep dust from settling. They seemed very clear afterward. I then applied the canopy masks (provided with the kit). I only wish they had numbered the tape pieces to correspond to numbers on the instruction sheet. It...

It is most likely operator error. Insufficient knowledge, as it were. I could not, for the life of me, figure out how to keep all 7 parts from dancing around as I tried to hold them together while laying it down to dry.

Love the graphics on "The Bug". An artist did that one for sure.

Fabulous! This is a fun thread to read through. FYI from a guy who knows and sells art supplies. Sharpies are not "lightfast" and will fade very quickly. (Write something on anything and set it outside- it will be gone in 2 weeks. Red fades fastest) They call them "permanent" because it won't...

That is a spot on paint job! What a beauty!

Maybe. I built the engine up to the point where I was supposed to attach it to its fuselage plate beneath it (nacelle?). You attach there, then there are some more engine parts that are added, then more fuselage parts. I knew I could not paint the engine the way I wanted so I added the engine...

The engines are in. They have been the most difficult to fit so far, by far. Each piece, and there are 48 per side, must be in perfect alignment for the unit to fit into the six slots on the fuselage. Guess what. I am not that good! I had to pursuede some parts rather sternly, which, of course...

Thanks for the well wishes and suggestions my friends! I was doing so well! I mean, I could do construction again. Then my knees started swelling and hurting so I started taking it easier. I had lost 15 pounds since I started working on the "new" store which is actually a 1910 farmhouse (hence...

Thank you! Hydrocodone and 800mg Ibuprofen did a little better job on the pain. Reduces it about 50%