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Fried meatloaf and gooey Mac n' cheese for supper! Prepare the meatloaf like you might your over-easy eggs for breakfast. You know, boil them in butter! We will have Smoozies for dessert.

This experiment is to see if Tamiya X-22 gloss will fill tiny surface imperfections and sand off nice and clean. The process was only partially successful, so after a couple swipes of Tamiya filler........... .........and a couple of holes drilled and had sprue schmushed into them and sanded...

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IPMS Plastic Surgeons Founder Greg Metge is commemorating the 30th anniversary of Three Guys Replicas! Greg Metge (one of the the Three Guys, with Tom Bly and arrogant fat-ass whom shall not be named) constructs the 1/48 scale AMT Curtiss P-40N Warhawk kit. Tommy Bly and arrogant fat-ass whom...

I might have overdone it just a bit yesterday. I'm still tied up to the pier, but action stations are manned port & starboard. No defibrillator will be needed until AFTER Trainwreck Chili has been properly digested, in many cases. :stinker::frantic: The Magic Meatloaf recipe is also...

USS Guitarro gets a little Floquil Reefer gray paint. A few flaws that need attention have been found, but overall the MicroMir 1/350 build is going well. I ordered new 3D printed screws from a trusted US supplier to bring a bit more authenticity to this Honor Model project. A lovely Loaf...

Oddly, so far, even though this thing is Bluetooth capable, and GPS enabled, it hasn't made any noise.

This little flaw in the the tail piping joint was vexing me. Drill a hole, slather on the liquid cement and schmush a bit of stretched sprue into it! Sand, cuss, marker, sand, marker. The old tricks are the best tricks!

Unlike the vintage Monogram USS Skipjack kit, the S5W Westinghouse reactor is not included. :lol:

Harrumph Paddy!! Models are apolitical. Building such things reminds us, that even though we are all different, we are essentially all the same.

USS Guitarro does indeed float on an even keel. A US Navy nuclear submarine model purist might have done the required math to ballast her to float at her actual waterline. I am not quite that devout. She's almost ready for hull red. That big pipe running from the hull to the portside yaw...

My trouble was electrical, rather than hydraulic. I am thankful beyond imagining! Whatever the incurred cost was, I shall cheerfully pay for it. I am without medical coverage at the time of my unscheduled cardiac event. Being alive and broke is much preferable to option B.

Rhino update: I do not want to be the "Poor me" guy. This is not the case. I feel fortunate to still be earthbound. Evidently I gave my friends and loved ones quite the scare. I never did worry over much about dying, but I'm told it was an near thing. 3 days since the pacemaker was...

I like to add small plastic guides and ballast to my Unterseeboot hulls. A throw-back to the original Waterline series, I like my model ships to have a little heft to them. With no real positive pins or alignment points, save the bow AN/BQQ-5 sonar dome line, the guides help to keep the hull...

Cheers Mate! You may be our first Welshman. You island appears to be quite the scenic spot! Do you travel to a hobby shop to get your kits, then?

The bigger mold is for the firehouse, fire engine, tanker, sinking HMS Bounty, and cute little buildings. The smaller mold is to create parts for the Hughes 300 helicopter for the 1/700 Calypso kit. I poured these Wednesday morning before my unscheduled pacemaker install. The molds cleared...

It irritates me sometimes, when Submarine models and regular model ships are lumped into the same category. Complexity of the build and difficulty of assembly should figure in to judging such a thing. After a surprisingly short visit to Methodist Hospital, and a shiny new pacemaker install, I...

Only Saul would go from Spitfire to Liberator in a few posts. :coolio2: Will you be teasing us again, or will plastic actually be assembled this time, old friend? :popcorn :drool:

Welcome aboard Los! This is where the Model meets the Mojo! Will you please tell our merry band of model miscreants and maniacs the name of your island?

Many moons ago, I worked at a Land Rover Center with a US Navy and USCG vet. CPO Tom White. He was helmsman on the USS Guitarro, SSN-665. She was the second boat of the Sturgeon class and her primary job was gathering intelligence. Sometimes, according to Chief White, a little too close for...