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Wow Paul! What a shock to open this and see all those R-2D-2 packages! Man! That will be fun to watch go together!

Pup, you got this! That ain't so hard for a modeler of your caliber.

Great scores guys!
 
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Hey Mark! There is also a Delorean in my future that will have a bunch of aftermarket upgrades. I currently have about 4 more months of subscription packs to go on it. No pics at this point as I am doing with it like I did R2. Get the shipment, check the parts, put the parts away.

With the Delorean they have added a bunch of extended deals to add the railroad track and changes from the later movies. I will probably just build it as Version 1 and keep it simple. The parts that let the wheels flip down don't work all that well so 4 new parts to fix that. I ended up with the 50's white wall wheels, but they aren't all that good.
Aftermarket stuff for the Delorean are:
Carpet sets
Full trunk Liner with tools and goodies
A new Flux Capacitor that is accurate and lights correctly
Aftermarket license plates
A new Christmas tree that also lights up correctly
A tape player that works (kind of anyway)
White lettering that is correct for the tires
Some other little goodies that folks are working on but are not done yet.


Mods I am planning on top of that:
Replace/rebuild the door hinges with springs so they work correctly and don't break
Electric motors in the doors to work the windows
Replace the seats with some that look correct not plastic
Refinish the external panels to look like brushed stainless steel
Turn signals that work
High beams that work
Light switch that works and turns on running lights then headlights.
Instrument cluster with working gauge needles (I am going to try to do this, but will have to see)
 
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This arrived.
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Just got the newest book on the Me 210/410 so pretty excited. Hope its a good read. Some interesting pics, will have to study them close.

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James
 
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This arrived. Criel Model German Armoured Car Polizei Sonderwagen Daimler mod.1921 Bayer Landespolizei №9 DZVR Sd.Kfz.3


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Today was a great day at Nordicon.
From the Raffle
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I did not have these two sooooo, 2 for ten dollars.
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Frank
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Have some new items. After going to Washington DC and experiencing problems with taking "decent" photos with the cameras I had, it was time to get a good one again.

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I finally got the last of the figures from Wonderfest. Sean had sold out at Wonderfest of these two figures. The Girl and her Dog is a new release. My figure is from the second batch of castings and is decent. These are not the quality of the GarageKits USA figures. Those are some of the best resin castings I have seen. These are going to take a lot more work. Still workable and very detailed, but a lot of bubbles and casting flaws.

I believe the main reason it took so long for Sean to cast them was because the Bride is pretty much done. Mine is number 88 and the cloak is actually from the figure in the photo as he was having a terrible time getting it to cast properly. Either too thin or too thick he said. Personally I really appreciate what he did. It is sad that he had to break down his personal figure to supply my part.
Another thing was when we talked at Wonderfest, I asked about how he cast the flame parts. In all the other castings he did they were colored a translucent red. I asked if he could just cast them clear. Turned out that wasn't a problem so most likely mine is the only one with clear parts for the flame. (I have plans :hmmm :D )

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Finally today was the monthly get together at the hobby shop. This one just screamed buy me!

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Got this yesterday....love the big WW1 bombers.
Only draw back at the moment is the atrocious US to Auzzie dollar exchange rate.
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Ian
 
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