Been a while, hasn't it? Yeah, I know. I promised to spend more time with you. I promised to finish more stuff and show it to you. Well, life got in the way. In order to pay the bills, I have a job. And in order to keep said job, I have to work some pretty wierd hours--but you know that already, don't you?
One of the bits of fallout from working all those hours is that I finally got a day off. Not the way I'd like, no, because I spent a good part of the day at the doctor's office and then at the hospital. Nothing serious, but I've been hobbling about for a week or so on a bum knee--when things didn't settle down as usual, the other knee started to hurt, too, so I decided it was high time I had them looked at by a professional (unlike my boss, who, like an eager coach, tells me to "walk it off"). The bottom line is that age is catching up with me--neither knee has been 100% for a long time, and between that, spending a great deal of the day kneeling on a hard aluminum floor (and when I'm not, I'm walking on a hard concrete floor), and arthritis that I've known about for 15 years or so, well, you get the picture. The doctor suspects some inflammation of the soft tissue, but the insurance company wants to have an X-ray before they'll approve an MRI. In the meantime, NSAIDs and rest it is--and in the words of John Astin playing Buddy Ryan (Harry Stone's father on Night Court, not the football coach), "But I'm feeling much better now..."
I finally finished a project! The Operation Cool Snow Hog '82 model in 1/48th scale, in all her glory:
That's Monogram's kit as reissued by Revell. It builds up into the nicest (in my opinion, anyway) 1/48th scale A-10A. I still feel, however, that the world still needs a state-of-the-art A-10A in all scales--the newer kits out there leave a great deal to be desired. A simple base from the craft store, a printed ID card, and a quick protective box made from foam core board, and she is now int he hands of her rightful owner. I'll build another for my collection, using what I learned on this build...like how to get that camoflauge scheme done right and look the part. What you see is the result of at least three attempts and one complete strip and repaint. I still see things that make me cringe on this one. The engine covers hide some particularly nasty intake and exhaust issues with the kit that I didn't care to fix. Lazy? Yep. Next time, I'll get some resin intakes that will eliminate the issues...
Oh, and remember that little waif cat who adopted us last year? Here he is, inspecting the work:
He learned from his big brother, here checking out a Hasegawa 1/72 scale F-16D Barak in 2004:
That's all I have from around these here parts. I'm working diligently to have some progress made on the StuG IV, which will be the subject of an airbrushing demo for the local AMPS Chapter meeting in October.
Thanks for stopping by. As always, be good to one another, and I bid you Peace.
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