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  1. Canute
    OC, I see you are turning your tap water into almost distilled water. That's a good idea. I have to buy a gallon jug of distilled water every now and again. My well water has minerals and affects the paints. Some of these newer brand acrylics are putting stainless BBs into the bottle to help agitate their paint. I have some Mission Models colors and I can hear and feel the BB rattling away as I shake the bottle. They also sell these BBs separately, but it could be hard disassembling a Vallejo bottle to stick one of these inside.
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    Hopefully, this Fall.
  3. Canute
    Well, if you can't laugh at yourself, who can you. Life is too short.
  4. Canute
    We've been here 11+ years. The Apple Festival was canx'd for this year, due to the virus, despite being outside on the street. Impossible to social distance and traipsing up and down the hill wearing a mask would try the patience of a saint. 😷 I'll be following along as you actually get your spiffy new shop messy.😁
  5. Canute
    Could you work on stuff in a tray in your lap? Properly protected from glue and paints, of course. 😷 Good time to do research online, instead of having your brain turned into mush watching the boob tube.
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    A keelhauling, Hank? Oh, the humanity! I'm with Roger & Grant. The display stands and library alone needs good A/C. And the tools would be better protected in a drier environment. I'm up in Hendersonville, NC, with similar killer humidity, but the shop is in my lower level aka basement. All part of the house HVAC. Good thing I'm a long ways out of any blast zones up in Mocksville.
  7. Canute
    What EG said. Very nice recovery.
  8. Canute
    I've seen where aircraft modelers dip canopies in Pledge. It's a glossy acrylic.
  9. Canute
    Hope you got all the dirt washed out. I'd do similar in my "yout" and end up getting my knees bathed in the medical cleaner of the time. Hydrogen Peroxide was good, but hurt like blazes as it foamed up and worked it's business. Good job with the ice on the knees, although you should eventually change over to heat to increase blood flow to the affected area. My Admiral is a retired Registered Nurse and that's her preferred treatment. Us old fighter guys need extra medical help, you know.
  10. Canute
    Wishing you a fast recovery, OC. No fun being banged up, with bad legs.
  11. Canute
    The brass barrels really make your turrets pop, Greg. Very nice.
  12. Canute
    Me too. Just remember to release the switch and let the paddle thing stop before you take it out of the bottle. Knew a guy who duck-taped a paint bottle to his jigsaw. The bottle went sailing out of the tape with disastrous results.
  13. Canute
    Patrick, thanks. Pretty light for AAA.
  14. Canute
    Sounds like heavy socks there, mate. But warm feet in the winter is a good feeling.😁
  15. Canute
    Typical of short run kits like these with a lot of cleanup required. Going to follow these. What is the weapon on the Kfz.4? Early mobile AAA weapon.
  16. Canute
    Tamiya Fine Primer in a spray can works well, goes on thin. It has fine size pigment. House paints are coarser, since they're formulated for covering parts of your 1 to 1 scale house. Make sure to mask the vessel so you don't spray paint where you don't want it to go.
  17. Canute
    Like Mark says, looks OK to me. Proceed slowly and keep the glue blobs to a minimum. Enjoy yourself.
  18. Canute
    John, my condolences, brother.
  19. Canute
    Pretty posh; looks like a hotel room.
  20. Canute
    Yeah, not bad for an air-dale, Hank. Those things go from bag into printer and back. I saw one of my co-workers drop a red cartridge on the floor/deck in our Mission Planning area once upon a time. Took hours of scrubbing to eradicate. Vowed never to do that.
  21. Canute
    Oh, my buddy was the only one messing with the copiers. He came into our train club and offered the plate glass only. I think everybody took 2. Changing toner cartridges is as deep as I want to get.
  22. Canute
    I got 2 pieces of glass from a Xerox tech who had removed them from decommissioned copiers. Good sized glass, so I glued down some sandpaper to one to sand parts. The other is used to square up assemblies while gluing. Cleanups are a single edge razor blade to errant glue blobs.
  23. Canute
    Sounds like a microscope or telescope. Multiple lenses? I have a loupe on my Optivisor and it magnifies, but depth of field is wonky.
  24. Canute
    Frustrating when stuff like that happens, OC. Good attitude.
  25. Canute
    Either one would be good. Northern Italy was nice, Germany was fun, too. If he doesn't like it in either, he's spending too much time on base.

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