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I don't feel so bad after hearing that. I cleaned the floor and bench last week, but no further. Got back from the USS ESSEX reunion a couple weeks ago, now getting ready to go to the USS Yorktown reunion. Maybe I'll get back in the groove when I'm home again. EJ

Good thought, scraping. I had a mental block there. EJ

I've used Gators masks before. I really like the "Boot Topping" Masks. I still have some left on the sheet. I guess those are not made any more. Regarding the Missouri, I'm gonna stick with the late 1945 MS22 paint. 5N Navy Blue, 5H Haze Gray, 20B deck blue. The wood deck from the AM set (if I...

Latest Acquisitions Tested the cutting board. Very nice. It worked so easily. Stuck a piece of Tamaya tape to it, so that it straddled the .7mm and .8mm demarcation line. Using a fresh #11 blade, placed it in one of the tiny grooves and drew it down, cutting into the tape and through to the...

Latest Acquisitions Yup, I have a color in my head that I remember from watching refueling, but getting it 50 years later on plastic is another story. I keep getting - "That doesn't look quite right". EJ

The Pontos set arrived. Here is what is in it. Came in a cardboard box. The PE sleeves were taped to the inside bottom so they wouldn't slide around. 14 pages of instructions, 11 3/4" by 16 3/4 inch, glossy, color. A plastic bag, with seven plastic bags of turned brass parts, gun barrels...

Latest Acquisitions Some paint for my oiler build. Made the hoses from black plastic coated wire but don't like the color. TOO black. I'm not sure I like these either. The small blobs on the bottom are test spots. Will have to play with them a bit. Some retarder for Tamiya paint. Might help...

That Liberty and the oiler are really looking nice. I'm doing an oiler for a friend that served on the Mattaponi AO41. The kit I'm using is a Lindberg repop, 1/525. It's a fairly crude kit. The kit is actually a Kennebec class oiler, a T-2 type and the Mattaponi was the first of her class, a...

OK, I've got the ESSEX reunion behind me. Was in Las Vegas for a week. Had 18 guys from the ESSEX LHD-2 with us this year, including the Commissioning Skipper, Captain Berg. Those guys are a real hoot. Next reunion Oct 11 at the Yorktown, assuming there is anything left standing after the...

Those ships are coming along nicely. EJ

Nice floaties! EJ

Latest Acquisitions I have a Paasch "H" set, single action I've used for years with no problems and good results. Had to replace a tip once, only because I dropped it on the floor and bent the needle and the tip. My local Hobby shop stocks all the parts though. EJ

I love those little boats! Keep it coming. EJ

Latest Acquisitions From the club raffle Tuesday nite, $5.00. Probably give it to my grandson. EJ

Really Nice!! EJ

Latest Acquisitions It's a small tube, 1/3 oz. The cap is not threaded. I just pushes on. Part of the cap is a fine wire that inserts into the precision, angled application tip, kinda like the metal tip on the Model Master plastic cement, except the tip is angled. I like that. The glue has...

Latest Acquisitions While I was out picking up my Expedition from the body shop, I did some shopping. Found the wire I needed at "Hobby Recycling" for my fleet oiler build. Went to the "Tim Rideout" contest done at our club meeting place. Grand Rapids, Muskegon and Kalamazoo were...

Went out this morning to pick up my Expedition from the body shop and did a bit of shopping while I was out. There is a model place near me that deals mostly in train stuff, but calls itself "Hobby Recycling". Boy, do they have stuff. Told the guy what I was doing and showed him my painted...

Had a can of Tamiya primer for metals. Never used it before, so I thought I'd give it a try. Shook it for a couple minits. When I sprayed it, it came out clear, and boy, did that stuff stink! I'm glad I have a spray booth. Then, searched through my wire stash. I think those hoses were about...

Finished em up with the base plate, top bearing and a pin to mount them to the deck. Now, for the hose, I'm looking in the junk pile for some solid copper electronics wire with black insulation. Geeze I miss Radio Shack! EJ