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While I agree 100% on the cast iron, not so much on the tomatoes! I have never been able to put them on my list of edible foods! My pans may be a little better off than I though. I may be getting a little rusty as of late. -
You are a braver man than I Gunga Din. Luckily We had a boy in potty training years ago who did the deed for me. She tried to install in him the concept of lowering the seat AFTER use and he became a little confused, or possibly just figured that if you were going to have to lower it anyway then why bother with the middle step? The logic of a two year old! She has been out numbered in our house ever since. Five boys, six counting me, over a period of 50 years!
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Like most almost unbelievable stories, it is easier to remember when it happened to you than it is when you hear of it happening to others. That is what keeps me busy in my older age. Finding the place where I put something for safety.
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YTL-45 Taiwanese Navy tugboat by Erik W - FINISHED - 1/350 scale
lmagna replied to Erik W's topic in Plastic model kits
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If you REALLY want to get even you leave it down.😈
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After the original seasoning, many of the foods you cook in cast iron cookware will self season at each use if you don't cook foods with high acidic content and avoid cleaning with hot water and soap as you may be used to with normal cookware. If you do need to touch up the seasoning then do the process again in the oven or cheat by using this stuff: https://www.amazon.com/Lodge-SPRAY-Seasoning-8-Ounce-Yellow/dp/B00J9QVVG8?creativeASIN=B00J9QVVG8&linkCode=w61&imprToken=SrHRv7x3mfqwNo4eohR5JA&slotNum=0 if you need to. Or you could save some money by just using this instead: https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Brand-Happy-Canola-Ounces/dp/B07P5V4DCR/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?almBrandId=QW1hem9uIEZyZXNo&fpw=alm&keywords=canola+oil&qid=1580223283&s=home-garden&sr=1-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyNUtCMlI0TjkyQVY2JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwODQwNDE4Mk82QlUwUjNBVk03WiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMzg0MTI2MjZSQzExMzlNVE4zViZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=
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That was the only trip I got to make and I still think it was an attempt at getting me to re-up at the end of my enlistment. Sorry about your progress report. Mine has been a little slow as well because it has been all building and fitting of two interiors and trying to decide which will work better. I do think I am getting close on making a decision on the best direction to go.
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Looks like you already have your first carrier landing Greg and you didn't have to even build it. But the fly on the bow is a unique way to show how small the scale is. Much better than a coin.
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Looks like the plastic modern warship version of ratlines on sailing ships! Tiny and numerous' Congratulations for getting it behind you.
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Nice progress OC. One thing that is for certain, it makes little difference on whether it is wood or plastic, the rigging still seems to go one line at a time and it always seems so tedious and messy until you get to the last line and all of the sudden it becomes a masterpiece.
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Fantastic looking work Craig. So neat and detailed. I still HATE that all that is supplied these days in the instructions is a number and possibly a suggested color! There are so many things in your pictures that would be nice to know what they were for certain.
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B-25 Mitchell "Meet Miss Runyon" by Javlin-HK-1/32
lmagna replied to Javlin's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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I see you read Stars and Stripes Mark! As far as I know MPC was in use long before my time, (69-70) in Vietnam CDW. The script we got in Vietnam at my time was not the same as the pictures I show above though. I was sent to Korea for a couple of months to the 8th Army NCO academy and while I was there the MPC used was the bills you see in the picture. I also had some Vietnam script but that was in my actual scrap book along with the majority of my pictures and my ex-wife decided that I no longer had any use for it. So all I have left today is the stuff that I didn't think was all that good and kept in a box for all these years. I just dragged them out into the daylight for the first time a couple of months ago. The only reason they survived was because they were in my foot locker that is still at the foot of my bed and has been locked ever since it arrived as cargo after I got home. I have unlocked it now and then over the years but mostly it remained locked and that was probably the only reason she was not able to get rid of the stuff inside before I could get it out of the house.
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I am SUPER glad it worked. There is nothing worse than having a beautiful model wrecked by a poor or broken part.
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Sounds like a slow target rather than a missile. Every missile I ever saw, (Admittedly not many) was much faster.
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Bell UH-1H Huey By lmagna - Dragon - 1/35 - PLASTIC
lmagna replied to lmagna's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
It WAS, for the bad guys. I suspect the last thing they wanted to see was several Cobras and Loaches overhead looking at them. In fact I think that was the LAST thing they did see in many cases. But watching them I must say gave me a kind of warm fuzzy feeling knowing that there was little chance in the next few minutes when we closed in that there would be very many interested in taking pot shots at ME! Been a bit of delay while cutting the excess and stuff off of the CMK interior castings and checking for fit in the fuselage. Kind of a disappointment and probably a waste of time and money. More hopefully later today. -
In this case it is not spraying, but dipping he part and setting it aside to drip dry. But if your stuff is foggy on the inside then I guess the only answer would be to make a plug and vacuform new glass. A lot of work!
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Hadn't thought of that. Not too many places to escape to! A $10 greenback could get you at least $50 in the village I was told. Didn't matter anyway as I seldom had much money anyway, even in MPC as I was married and had everything except my combat pay sent home as a class E allotment. For those who don't know what we are talking about, this is what the money looked like: I kind of liked it. Different colors and sizes. You could be drunk off of your butt in a dark bar and still get it right!
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I always thought that was funny. Every payday the duty officer and guards would s how up with the pay, (In cash as Mark says even though "Cash" was military funny money, MPC.) The funny part was that we were a closed community and everyone knew everyone else at least by sight and besides we were probably better armed than they were. I was almost always armed with my .45 and many times was carrying the M-16 we carried clipped to the rear bulkhead. Almost all of the crews carried at least a personal sidearm. Some had knives as well. I would have had a knife also but I could never find a marine who would trade his K-Bar to me.
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Just shows how good of a story it was John. We were telling PD war stories by email back in November and about the third back and forth I included the Loud party complaint call that I am referring to. Looks like it made a more lasting impression on me than you. I will send it to you again and see if it rings a bell. You know this will kill the rest of my night. I type like a slug, unless I want it to look like tHisss an soUndd lik somthang my kid tiped. Well sometimes it probably still does!
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I know you don't really like the stuff, but again it seems that many people just dip their clear parts in Future and set them aside to drip dry to a clear finish. I have only done it once, but that was with a windshield that was already pretty clear. It's too bad that the model companies don't identify the parts anymore. As a kid I learned so much this way and it was always helpful knowing what the item actually did.
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Do they identify the parts in the instructions Craig? It looks like the plane had some interesting features. Movable leading wing edge, dive flaps or breaks under the wing like they later installed under the P-38 wings. If that is what they are then this plane was pretty innovative for the day.
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Nice to see the pictures of your progress Mark. You already have the opinion and suggestions of two of our better painters so I don't have much of value to add except that I hope when ! get to my First Class compartment I can do as well. I hope I can as mine will be much more exposed, in the bigger scale. I'm with CDW. My ex father-in-law's house overlooked a beach in Santa Cruz California. In the mid 70s the beach at the bottom of the cliff went topless optional. He kept a pair of binoculars at the window but like Craig, all I ever saw were people who you wished would put their tops back on! Remind me to tell you about a call I went on years later though, it was a whole nother matter! Especially for my partner!
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It is good to see you back at the Peal again OC. Believe it or not you are on the down hill stretch and will be presenting it to your bride in no time. Ghostly dust and all.
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