Jack12477

Finally ! It is finished ! 

19 minutes ago, CDW said:

Acrylic paints through the airbrush remain an enigma for me.

Me too !

5 minutes ago, Keith Black said:

Black Friday shopping, how bad can it be? 

Very very very bad ! Both for your wallet as well as your feet, legs, back !  I tell them " I'll be in the Pub! You can roll me home when you're done shopping! "

You mean you didn’t lay on the couch and watch 12 hours of non stop NFL football? 🏉🏈🏉🏈🏉🏈🏉🏈🏉🏈🏉🏈🏉🏈

😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴

I haven’t used mine yet ! But given that I tried to make a full size shooting board that sort of works with their pocket plane and larger bench plane, I think this will work much better for me on smaller dimension wood like kit planks etc. I still have two antique ice boat models on the drawing board I want to build in scale like the previous one, 1888 Rocket (link in signature). 

I have not been disappointed with any of the Veritas miniature tools I've purchased thus far.  They are well made and very sharp right out of box.

6 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

This is the stuff I've got coming with the paint

I'll have a look for that stuff though. 

They also make a Gloss and Flat finish in same size bottles, which I use for smaller areas. And I also use Pledge Revive It (bottle on right in Egilman's post above).  

I'm here also. 

Congrats to her

Well done ! 👍👍👍

Well I finally got around to repainting the entire shell with base green, then the camo pattern. I decided on the desert sand color over the read earth shown in the kit.  Now to let the paint throughly cure before I decal it. 

I need some more practice with airbrush especially with the Vallejo paints.  

I find their miniature block plane and edge plane very useful for that. You might want to consider using their mini work top as a starting point since it is already predrilled for their bench dogs and hold downs. 

Hi Gary, yes I have their miniature bench vise but the bench vise is the only thing I have not used yet. I also bought their miniature work top with accessories and have been using it. I'm still debating how and to what I want to mount the bench vise. I've been mulling over in my head whether I want to add legs to the mini work top and mount the vise underneath it or keep the current one unchanged, it works nicely on workbench as is, and buy a 2nd mini worktop to modify for the vise. As it stands there is not enough clearance to add the vise without adding legs. My other consideration is to build a small table like the one shown in the Lee Valley video of the two guys using their miniature tools to make a tooth pick 😳 😅 

Right now RL is getting in the way. 

My Veritas  miniature work top.

Lee Valley video screenshot with bench vise

Arrived today

Have you looked at the car market lately.  You can buy a 5 year old car with over 100,000 mile with no warranty for $28,000 or a brand new 2023 car with 0 miles with 36 months/36,000 mile bumper to bumper  warranty for $34,000. Just one example.

I'm in 🍺🌭🍟

Nice ! Great job on both model and display stand.  👏  Looks like a Lafayette Escadrille airfield

Looks great !

I'm 4 weeks post cataract surgery in both eyes, I'm 81. Medicare won't pay for surgery until the corrected vision is 20/50 and will only cover single vision distance correction, no bifocals, or astigmatism correction. I'm both nearsighted and have astigmatism in both eyes. My left eye finally met the criteria but the right eye didn’t,  but once the left eye was done it created a huge imbalance in my vision which then made my right eye eligible for Medicare coverage to correct the imbalance caused by surgery. ( Love those government bureaucrats! ) As a kid I always wore sunglasses because my eyes were hypersensitive to bright sunlight. But Dan is right it's genetic, age related and UV exposure.  Now I can pass the DMV Vision Test and drive without glasses but can't see (clearly) the food on my dinner plate. 😒  Once both eyes have completely healed the doctor will prescribe reading glasses.  In the meantime they gave me a pair of dime store cheaters, 2.50 diopters, for reading.

12 hours ago, ccoyle said:

No doubt this is from years of squinting at tiny modeling elements

Chris, I'm told that will make nearsightedness worse. 

9 minutes ago, CDW said:

Did you ever hear Bishop Sheen's teaching about the atomic bomb? It stays in my mind after decades.

I may have but don’t recall it at moment, but I do remember what Father Schiffer himself said about its morality. 

BTW Craig, I was educated by Jesuits 

39 minutes ago, Egilman said:

Lest we forget....

In 1963/1964, shortly after I graduated from College,  I had the privilege of meeting Father Hubert Schiffer S.J. one of 8 German Jesuit missionaries who survived the two atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. He was a dinner guest of my parents. Father Schiffer was 8 blocks from Ground Zero in Hiroshima. His description of what he experienced and saw on that day curled the hairs on my neck and made my blood run cold. 

The news clipping and photo below, from the Internet,  show him and the pilot and his parish church amid the destruction.  Miraculously he suffered no radiation and only minor injuries, as did his fellow Jesuits. 

29 minutes ago, CDW said:

My first dog came to me as a free pup when I was eight years old. He was a cross between a German Shepard and Collie

My first dog was also a Shepherd Collie at around same age as you. Lived to be 16. My last 4 dogs were Pembroke Welsh Corgis (3 at one time).

2 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

Damn Jack, I thought I'd be safe just putting Winchelsea chapters on my Xmas list.....😅

Looks like the Chancellor of Exchequer must be consulted. 😉😉😉😊

Just got the Lee Valley Christmas Catalog in today's mail and Wow they've added another miniature tool set to the excellent line of functional miniature tools. Thought you all might like a look-see! I already know what's on my Christmas List. 😁😁😁😁😁😇

BTW I have their entire miniature collection and use them frequently and not just for model work.

Lee Valley 2022 Christmas Catalog

Shooting Board       $25.50    

Right hand shooting plane   $79.50  ( both for $89.00)

Nice model ! 

Nice photography  also !

On 10/27/2022 at 2:39 PM, Egilman said:

You still have a 5 decade jump on me brother... {chuckle}

Yea! My kids keep asking me if George Washington was President the year I was born !  😉😉😉