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You can follow my current work in progress through the Projects page. Any hobby related, non-project thoughts are in the BLOG section.
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Recent Additions
Jul 28, 2010
Project - Basement Project - Finishing Touches
| Been a very, very long time since I did any work. About 4 months ago I put in 2 of 3 window sills. One left to do but it is a big one and I have not made the time to go get the right size piece of MDF to do it. Over the past few days I have been busy caulking the baseboard and door trim to cover over all the seams. I have had varried success with some seams better than others. Tonight after MORE... |
Jul 20, 2010
BLOG - Model MakerZ
| Hey all Check out this new line of products from an aquaintance of mine. It has some good reviews and once I get back into building I intend to order a set or paints and powders and give them a try. They also have equipment and other supplies. If you get a chance to try them let me know what you think. http://www.modelmakerz.com/index.html |
Jul 15, 2010
BLOG - Updated Look and Feel
| Decided that I wanted a change from the Green theme to a new one. After playing with a few themes over the past few days I settled on this one, shades of Grey. Now if only I could get motivated to build! |
Jun 28, 2010
BLOG - Site Outage
| Site was down last few days. Hosting service changed their php version and I had some incompatibilities in my site code. Should be fixed up now. |
Jun 06, 2010
BLOG - Been a long, long time.
| April 11th my Daughter was born. Early April my Son started ball season. January at work I got a new Boss and we have the busiest year that I can remember. All of this has added up to me not even setting foot in the hobby room for over two months, and even before that not very much. After having no where to work for almost 3 years I finished my hobby room last August and between then and Jan MORE... |
Apr 13, 2010
Project - Rebel Snowspeeder - Sub-assemblies & Paint
| This won't be an extensive build log. I decided to build and paint this in sub assemblies. I have the main hull, sets of laser assemblies/engine parts, rear radiator (really, what sort of power source do they have in there.....) and canopy. They have all been patched up, sanded and painted. The rear engine assemblies has gaps where they met the top of the hull so I filled that with some st MORE... |
Project - USMC LAV-R - Dio Base Progress
| A quick update on the progress. Not a lot. I cut and shaped a piece of foam to give the impression of road with ditch on either side. I will cover this with Celuclay and work from there. I am building a concrete barrier out of sheet plastic for the LAV to be hoisting. I may try to make a mold of it so that I can make multiple copies of it. MORE... |
Apr 03, 2010
BLOG - Lethargic
| It's been two weeks since I built anything. Works been very busy and have just had no energy. The management of my Crohns has been so so and then a couple really late nights have really blown my energy levels. I wish I were more consistent in my building... it seems like boom or bust. I will build 4 or 5 kids in rapid succession and then nothing for a while.... |
Mar 13, 2010
BLOG - Another Trek kitbash Idea.
| Here is another idea for an explorer/scout idea. It has a single engine over a standard constitution class saucer. The neck between the primary and secondary hull is used as a larger pylon. The rear section of the primary hull with the shuttle bay is turned upside down and mounted under the saucer. MORE... |
New Purchase - Enterprise Refit
| Picked this up from Cameo yesterday. I think I will be building this very soon. It even comes with the aztecing stencils. I intend to pick up a few more to do some conversions with. MORE... |
Mar 08, 2010
BLOG - New Members
| I would like to welcome Victori, Shawna and Jesmond to the site. Hope you enjoy! |
Mar 04, 2010
BLOG - Kitbashed Star Trek Idea Pt3
| Probably the biggest change so far to the overall look. I shortened the height of bridge decks, removed the notch out of the front of the saucer. I made the secondary hull portion smaller over all. It is both narrower in diameter and shorter. It will have a smaller diameter defector dish so it won't protrude into the saucer. The warp engines have been shortened and brought in closer to the hu MORE... |
Mar 03, 2010
BLOG - Kitbashed Star Trek Idea Pt 2
| Here is my second cut at the light cruiser design. I really wanted two impulse engines and the merged Primary and Secondary hulls. I got rid of the "Miranda" style rear hull and went with a cropped rear hull with two impulse engine outlets. The warp engines stayed in the same spot. I really think this is a much better design. MORE... |
Mar 02, 2010
BLOG - Kitbashed Startrek Idea
| Here is an idea I had today for a kitbash of Polar Lights Enterprise. I thought I would try and make a "Light Cruise" with the Primary and Secondary hulls merged and the warp engines below the saucer. To fit the defector dish in I decided to remove a chunk of the saucer. I may sling a pod for the torpedoes under the hull. Or possibly on either side of the rear hull above the saucer. MORE... |
Feb 26, 2010
New Purchase - Iron Man
| Just got this today. I will finish it as the classic red and gold finish. This is going to be a real painting challenge to get it right. I don't know weather I should go with a crisp clean look, or bang him up good, to maybe show some of his gadgets exposed... and possibly light up the center disk.... MORE... |