greetings space modelers

Whoa, that's unusual, but not unheard of, Jim...HA...;) Its like that sometimes. There could possibly have been a hacker at work and done some really negative mischief....or not, but I've seen this before. I can't remember what site it was, but a couple years ago, I was trying to get into a site and tried for nearly TWO WEEKS before it came back up. Some of these little twerps with too much time and WAY too much computer savvy can really pull some mean crap sometimes.

If our webmaster wasn't a master at the computer and all things informationally technological, we'd have been down longer than we were last year when a hacker set up a virus specific to sites that had photo galleries, and we were down for a month in the Gallery before he finally came up with a new Gallery. And BTW, I have no idea where CN server is....that was our AOAS website that's on the Hong Kong servers. They have cheap services and they are supposed to be pretty shrewed at keeping their servers clean as well.I think they do nightly maintenance at about 3:00-4:00am our time when the downtime isn't usually a problem.

All I can say is keep trying. If its still down tomorrow, wait a week and see if its back on. I need it on myself since I have several hundred dollars in items for sale on CN as well as on AstroMart, too.

Bottom line is that no computer is EVER totally safe unless you have the LINUX system. Anything using Microsoft or anything IBM based is ALWAYS susceptible to invasion and destructive viruses, no matter WHAT safety systems you use or how "safe" they claim to be. 

Take Care

Bob

Cloudynights is still apparently out of service. Perhaps you can send a message to the folks in Hong Kong to get busy and get with the program and fix it!

Hey, Jim.

I'm still intimidated by the airbrush I have. I bought a compressor and an airbrush last winter on Ebay and when the compressor came, it had ANOTHER airbrush with it. I guess it's a ceapie, though, since it hasn't ever worked like the other Master Airbrush I bought. However, that airbrush has some parts that already need replacement. The fine threads on the nose pieces are easily stripped by hand! I couldn't believe it. I use several black and white rattle cans myself. Until I gain some much better control over the airbrush, I guess I'll keep doing the can trick, too.

Anyway,I just checked CN as well and got the same notice. It happens like that sometimes. Our website is based on a server in Hong Kong and they do maintenance occassionally and we get something like this for a few hours at a time. Check again in another day or two. I'm sure they'll get it sorted out since that site has such enormous success and high traffic volume.

 Later

Bob

It's a conversion of Tamiya's Jeep Cherokee Limited kit (1/24 scale). Some aftermarket, but many more scratchbuilt parts.

I don't have an airbrush; when I painted the body I just used Testor's gloss black in a rattle can. Most of my painting is done with Testor's Model Master, with some done with Tamiya acrylics.

What a cool idea. Is there a lot of scratch-built parts involved in that? What basic vehicle did you use?

 Who do you use for model supplies like paints, airbrush parts, etc?

I have seen that website, as a matter of fact.

My current project, one I've been working on for close to seven years, is a 1/24-scale tornado chase vehicle.

Yes, I'm on CN occasionally, but I use the handle "redshft1920" on there. However, I also use the AstroMart classifieds as well. Matter-of-fact, I just posted a 14" glass solar filter and a Losmandy side-by-side dovetail plate on CloudyNights classifieds a few moments ago. I usually just use the classifieds to buy and sell when I'm looking. My love for the space program and the joy I had from building models as a kid go hand-in-hand with my astronomy endeavors.

 I have a few telescopes and I've run our astronomy club's observatory for the last 6 years until this year when the land-owner lost the property to foreclosure. I'm still on site but we're [as a club] looking for a new home for the long term benefits to the club that would bring. I wrote a story about these problems on our website. If you've never seen our website, check    www.aoas.org   and see our award-winning website. I've written a lot of stories for the site and consider myself a retired welder and writer now.

 Have you any models under construction currently?

 Later

Bob

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Bud

 I haven't built any space related models for quite some time but during the late sixties and early seventies I built everything there was to find in my local hobby shop. It's good to have you as a new member.