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My wife gifted me a Potensic Atom SE Drone for Christmas. Still learning to fly it smoothly. It takes good photos and video, however it is not a gimbaled camera so the horizon will look tilted in flight. I can straighted the pics with my photo editor, though. First pics of our town and our...

Bashing a G scale steam locomotive. This engine was a 4-6-0 Bachmann "toy train". I shortened the frame to turn it into a 2-4-0 Porter. I made the boiler from a spray paint can wrapped with styrene. The steam dome is PVC pipe glued up and turned on the lathe. It seemed to do the job so I'll make...

My wife in front of our condo last week on Clearwater North Beach. Quite a different story there this week.

When I took our Cayenne to the Porsche dealer for service, I spotted this Taycan Turismo. It's Porsche's EV model and is ranked as one of the most powerful production electrics in the world. I think Porsche swung and missed by not making this sharp car at least a hybrid.

-A three day trip to Indiana $$$. - Marion Co, TN deputy in hot pursuit peppered wife's Porsche with gravel and cracked the Windshield... fixed $$$$. -Home central unit needed servicing $$. -One of two Bradford Pear trees split and fell on the horse pasture fence. Tree cutters coming Thursday...

Next project. Takom's 1/16 scale Renualt FT. This was Takom's first ever release. When I opened the box I was glad to see that mine is the later molding, done in grey plastic. The original was done in a maroon, not a big deal, just kinda weird. The box art shows it in the French service with...

Sonar image of what researchers say very well could be the Electra.

Trumpeter's 1/350 USS Texas caught my eye for a couple of reasons. It will serve as a good project to get away from my on going USS Constitution build, and it's smaller, and more manageable on my limited sized workbench than the large scale sailing ship models. The Texas, which is still around...

Don't know how many of y'all are keeping up with the restoration of the USS Texas but, they are moving right along with it. I decided it was time to donate to the cause, and in return recieved a small piece of the ship. A 3"×3" square of steel taken from one of the torpedo blisters, that are...

I had abandoned this build because I lost a particularly hard part of the kit to make. I've managed to scratchbuild the piece needed. So, let's get this thing done. Applied some basic color to the body. Nobody knows what the two tone paint scheme colors were but, most show it in a green and gray.

The WWI (1915) Austro-Hungarian Romfell armoured car is just to odd for me to pass on. (My wife said another clown car?) Only one was built, according to records. It's innovative design got praise but apparently wasn't accepted by the powers that be because there was concern the contraption...

This Sherman sits in front of the Attica IN. VFW. I played on it when I was a kid. What variant of the M4 is it?

After seven days of bliss at Clearwater North Beach we're home. Unfortunately, we didn't dodge Covid. We both tested pos and are quarantining. Anyway the weather was great all week. Best sunset pic of the trip from our condo. And the other is for Moon Pup, taken at the Palm Pavilion.

Spent about about a month of weekends building this off the kitchen. Knocked a hole in the wall and put a slider door in first. My wife wanted to use some of her reclaimed roof tin for the topper. After siliconing all the old holes I was surprised it didn't leak 👍 Some stain, pavers around the...

Started work on the Copper State Models Belgian Minerva Armoured car. It's a pretty nice kit out of the box but there's a few details I'll be scratch building to jazz it up. Got the frame rails, leaf springs and radiator together. The engine is temporarily in place to make sure the radiator was...

Looking for a dealer in the states for good quality WWI Cavalry in 1/35 scale. In particular a Belgian mounted soldier. I've seen one but it's in an action pose, I need one standing still. There seems to be slim pickings on that front. Thought maybe there was a source I haven't came across.

After watching a review and an online build of this Copper State Models offer I decided to pull the trigger on this little gem. It's pricey but appears to be a top notch kit.

Going to display my Takom Tadpole in a simple scene. Finished up the figures. A staff officer and mechanic are having a discussion about this landship's short comings...

Searching for something to give me a break from my long term USS Constitution build I picked this up, Takom's Mark IV Tadpole ( It'll be here in about a week). Three things attracted me to it - It's completely different from the the Constitution, It's WWI, and it's an oddball subject. I like the...

Revell's classic 1/96 scale version of USS Constitution. This will be my third experience with the kit. The first was watching my dad build his. As a boy, I was barely able to see above the table's edge. In my thirty's I tried one on my own. I didn't get far with that attempt. Now in my late...