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    1/350 USN LCAC

    I found this kit in a box in my shop outside. I also found the 1/350 USMC vehicle set. Nice little kit but no decals. Good thing I have a color laser printer. I was looking at some photos online and found a good one with a LCAC loaded with two humvees and four LAVs. I just so happened to...
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    Meng M26 Toon Pershing

    This is a fun little build that for Thanksgiving break, Meng Models M26 Pershing. I added a resin toon .50 cal and the tank commander. I’m not quite satisfied with the metallic colors from Vallejo. I need to find a good acrylic substitute. Comments welcome!
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    Touchdown Ian Loup!

    This past Wednesday was our local university football team’s Victory Day for special needs kids. The kids get paired up with a player and they get to run drills, try on equipment and run a play with the offense against the defense and score a touchdown. The cheerleaders and the band are there...
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    New “marbling tape”

    Hey guys. Passing on some information about a new masking tape offered at Hobbyist Haven. It’s called Marbling Masking Tape. I have seen it offered for the last couple of weeks and knew I had seen that kind of tape before. I texted the photo to my wife and asked where have we seen this...
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    Say hello to Scout

    Hey guys. Meet Scout. She is a sister to our boy Axel. Same male, Dutch Shepherd, and female, Belgian Malinois, but a different littler. She a sweetheart. She’s pretty laid back and she and the rest of the pack has welcomed her. This is her brother, Axel.
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    Still on the hunt

    Well, I searched the shipping container for my finished models again today. No luck in finding them. But it wasn’t a total loss. I did find three model kits that I thought were lost. The old Revell Calypso research vessel kit. This kit is impossible to find in the US for under $100 if you...
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    1/700 USS John Hancock

    Up next on the work bench is the USS John Hancock. Why the John Hancock? Because of this... Just starting on it. It is a very old Arii kit that was was in a box of very old kits. It will be a fun kit to do. She'll be waterline and underway when I finish her.
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    1/25 Jon boat

    I can't believe I found this in my shop! It's a 1/25 jon boat, or aluminum boat, camouflaged for duck hunting in the marsh. I got plans to build a real one an scaled them down to 1/25. The camouflage is airbrushed using some of the hardest to make and weed paint masks that I ever made. I...
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    Sponge sanding discs and rotary tool

    Hey guys. I wanted to share a new sanding tool I found. They are adhesive backed sanding dots with a mandrel for a rotary tool. They are from Dspiae. You get 96 dots per grit. The set comes with 400, 600, 800 and 1000 grit dots. I save a bunch of money by purchasing an off brand battery...
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    1/35 Case USAAF tractor

    Now that the USS New Orleans is finished, I’m starting work on the Thunder Models 1/35 Case tractor, again. I’m building the Army Air Corps version. I scratch built a canopy for it, figuring some creative mechanic wanted to stay out of the sun.
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    1/700 USS New Orleans CA-32

    Hey guys. After a long break thanks to Hurricane Laura, I'm finally back at the bench relaxing and building. I've had an idea to build as many of the ships as I can that were named after Louisiana and it's cities and parishes. First up was the WWII heavy cruiser New Orleans. I airbrushed the...
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    Ian the Olympian!

    Southwest Louisiana Special Olympics was today. Ian took second in Bocce Ball.
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    Well, this is happening...

    Ian is graduating high school this year. Our school district has the option for special education students to attend school until they are 21, which Renee and I have agreed would be best. We weren't sure if we were going to let him walk this year or wait until his last year of school. The...
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    Playing in the background

    Most of us have something playing in the background as we build. Here is a website that has older movies, television shows and music from all ages. It's called the Internet Acrhive. Sunday while filling a large glue order I watched 'The Electric Horseman' staring Robert Redford. It's one of...
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    New digs

    This is what my new hobby room looks like. The workbench/desk is made from hollow core door blanks and the top is good ol' peel and stick tile, easy to clean and replace. The vinyl cutter, my rolling tool box and supplies are in the closet, its that big. The display cabinets are from Walmart...
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    28" Millennium Falcon repaint

    Here's what is occupying my workbench this weekend. It is a Hasbro 28" Millennium Falcon. A friend of mine, we've know each other since high school, is a huge Star Wars fan. He picked this up at a garage sale and asked if I would paint it to match the movie version. I'm using the Fine Molds...
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    Anybody looking for a used UTV?

    We had a pretty bad storm front blow through southeast Texas/ southwest Louisiana this morning. This happened in SE Texas. We had a probable tornado go through Calcasieu Parish.
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    Volcanic Activity Lifts Sunken WWII Ghost Ships From the Ocean Off Iwo Jima

    Volcanic Activity Lifts Sunken WWII Ghost Ships From the Ocean Off Iwo Jima
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    Virtual Cryptography museum

    I found this online. It is a virtual cryptography museum in the Netherlands. A lot of interesting stuff. Crypto Museum
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