The In My Stash GB

flippersdad

Member since
March 2005
From: Fort Worth, TX

Posted by flippersdad on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 8:59 PM

Here is what I have to work with http://groups.msn.com/EricsModelAirplanes/lindbergminesweeperparts.msnw - this thing is going to take all year to get any good looking detail on it. Nobody makes any am for this scale except for a couple of guns. I guess it a chance to hone my scratch building. Be patient ya'll, God knows I am going to have to be.

Cheers ,

Eric

A great lie - "I'm from the FAA and I'm here to help." Politics - Many blood sucking insects. Flying - Long periods of boredom puncuated by moments of stark terror.

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Mist086

Member since
October 2006
From: Iowa

Posted by Mist086 on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 6:40 AM

TGregory wrote:
In Indiana we also have four seasons during the year.
1. It's cold
2. It's still cold
3. It's hot
4. road construction

Ok I actually laughed out loud. That is TOO funny. TG, you gotta be a blast at parties

Jim

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TGregory

Member since
June 2006
From: Highland IN

Posted by TGregory on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 10:04 PM

In Indiana we also have four seasons during the year.

1. It's cold

2. It's still cold

3. It's hot

4. road construction

Tony Gregory

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kenny_conklin

Member since
May 2003
From: Staten Island, New York

Posted by kenny_conklin on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 6:40 PM

frog nice build up so far cant wait to see some paint on her

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arki30

Member since
February 2004
From: Second City

Posted by arki30 on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 6:23 PM

Nice progress, Frogfoot. I'm not an armor man, so I don't know if what I'm looking at is supposed to be a certain way, but it looks cool to me.

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Chatterer

Member since
November 2005
From: Southwest

Posted by Chatterer on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 5:27 PM

I am gone for a few days and all these pages to read. Great work everyone on the builds!

I got some major work done on my Abrams. This is the Marines version, it is still a long way from being one.

David

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kenny_conklin

Member since
May 2003
From: Staten Island, New York

Posted by kenny_conklin on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 4:43 PM

i must say this has to be the best build ever (but since it is ours i am bias) not only do we model we have fun with everything else under the sun .... wait no sun until spring sorry about that guys.

good thing this build is a year long with all the crazy weather and tough building conditions i bet non modellers wouldnt believe weather could hold up our hobby yet it does.

now about those three digit temps i actually prefer the heat to the cold . especially climbing poles in the summer and watching the sites from about 20ft in the air the only thing is the humidity and how heavy the air feels in the summer in NYC but hey it is better than shivering with freezing rain slapping you in the face

almost done with my hummer for my other GB and the big old cvn-65 will be started soon

paul nice start to your build sorry to hear about the future problem

kenny

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razordws

Member since
September 2004
From: Vernon, BC, Canada

Posted by razordws on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 1:35 PM

Mist, Winnipeg had that problem too but there is very little humidity here in the interior of B.C. and man I do not miss it one bit!!!

Dave

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Mist086

Member since
October 2006
From: Iowa

Posted by Mist086 on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 1:20 PM

I lived in hawaii for 5 years before moving back to iowa. god i miss that place in the winter. And as to the question about triple digit temps. Cme to iowa in august. 110 degrees and 100% humidity will suck the breath right outta ya

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results may vary

Member since
November 2005

Posted by results may vary on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 1:09 PM

Nuc - I'm in Austin. And I too grew up in a place that actually had four real seasons. Not texas seasons of almost summer, summer, still summer, and christmas.

Yeah, these TX summers can be cruel. The hottest it's been since I moved here was 117...

That's hot enough to cook your eyeballs!

paul "We are all made of star stuff." - Carl Sagan

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IL2windhawk

Member since
July 2013

Posted by IL2windhawk on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 12:54 PM

Personally, I think we'd better get used to this volatile winter weather.
Global Climate Change is upon us. The planet is in a state of flux.

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NucMedTech

Member since
September 2006
From: Central Texas

Posted by NucMedTech on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 12:37 PM

I get the same "artic blast" stories usually channel 25, but working at the hospital i have to make my way to work

. Now I have lived in colder climates as our northern friends so I do know what cold really is. It's just here in Texas you just don't expect it. Now to turn it around would our northern friends fare as well when the thermometer hits the triple digits?

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mph34

Member since
January 2004
From: Colorado

Posted by mph34 on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 10:37 AM

TGregory wrote:

results may vary wrote:
anti-freeze ??? What's that???
Usually Crown Royal or Jack Daniels And when that freezes, it's cold!!!!

If that stuff freezes, you are long past caring....

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mph34

Member since
January 2004
From: Colorado

Posted by mph34 on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 10:36 AM

For the first time in FIVE weeks, the weather forcast does not have the word SNOW in Friday's forecast!

And we are actually starting to warm up here in Denver; it is 15 degrees this morning! I still have over 2 feet of snow in my front yard, and some side streets are worse than some 4x4 trails that I've been on. With not being able to set-up on the back porch to spray paint (both can & airbrush), I am thinking that I may need to make myself a spray booth VERY SOON.

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paul_toz

Member since
October 2004
From: Nelson, BC, Canada

Posted by paul_toz on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:57 AM

Currently it's a bracing 9 degrees in the BC Interior. It's supposed to make it into the 30s sometime late next week.

Since I have to do my spray painting in the shed, whithout heating, my spray painting is over until this cold snap has passed. Tried to spray some future a few days ago - it froze as it hit the model. A very interesting, almost sci-fi effect, at the time. Now I am wondering, how the am I going to fix that?

Still waiting for my supplies to arrive to make a start on the Ta-154. Just so you guys know I am actually doing something while I wait, here's a pic of a CF-100 mkV I am currently working on. It now has it's wings and pre-shading done and is waiting for the temperature here to rise a bit so I can paint it. Also got an old Airfix Bristol Belvedere that I am slowly beating into submission for another GB as well. I think I am using filler to hold it together rather than glue!

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TGregory

Member since
June 2006
From: Highland IN

Posted by TGregory on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 8:42 AM

results may vary wrote:
anti-freeze ??? What's that???

Usually Crown Royal or Jack Daniels And when that freezes, it's cold!!!!

Tony Gregory

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painklr

Member since
July 2005
From: Texas

Posted by painklr on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 8:17 AM

Yo resultsmayvary,

What part of Texas are you from?

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results may vary

Member since
November 2005

Posted by results may vary on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 8:14 AM

Here in TX our "the sky is falling" new people are still saying to stay home through icy "arctic blast". So darn... I can't go to work

I guess I'll just have to mind them and stay inside and build.

paul "We are all made of star stuff." - Carl Sagan

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Mist086

Member since
October 2006
From: Iowa

Posted by Mist086 on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 8:14 AM

Well this am it is an invigorating -5 in eastern Iowa. My modeling room was @ 52. time to go to home depot and get me a space heater!!!! Remember guys, it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission

Jim

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kenny_conklin

Member since
May 2003
From: Staten Island, New York

Posted by kenny_conklin on Monday, January 15, 2007 11:05 PM

lol paul now i know what to send you next xmas anti freeze hee hee

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results may vary

Member since
November 2005

Posted by results may vary on Monday, January 15, 2007 10:49 PM

anti-freeze ??? What's that???

paul "We are all made of star stuff." - Carl Sagan

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TGregory

Member since
June 2006
From: Highland IN

Posted by TGregory on Monday, January 15, 2007 10:22 PM

It's not cold unless the anti-freeze freezes in the car, I remember that happening to me, Now that was brisk.

Tony Gregory

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TGregory

Member since
June 2006
From: Highland IN

Posted by TGregory on Monday, January 15, 2007 10:21 PM

Shoot Razor, another 15F cooler and I'll have to wear a t-shirt. Them rebs don't know much about weather, do they?

Tony Gregory

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razordws

Member since
September 2004
From: Vernon, BC, Canada

Posted by razordws on Monday, January 15, 2007 10:04 PM

Shucks... ya'll just a bunch a spoiled southerners. Temperature here is a cool 17F and gettin down to a bone chillin' 14F. Could be worse though, It's currently -20F in my hometown back in Winnipeg. (or Winter-peg as some like to call it)

Dave

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results may vary

Member since
November 2005

Posted by results may vary on Monday, January 15, 2007 9:46 PM

Nuc- I'm here in central TX also and we are having ice! Which I'm cool with (pardon the pun ) As long as we don't loose power I'm good. Because you know here in central TX when the thermometer plunges down below 50 the news calls it an "artic blast". And you know, those very same news people are telling me not to go out unless it's absolutely nessasary. I have beer, coffee and plenty of paint and glue so... I'm good. So it looks like another day of not going to work because of the "arctic blast! Darn, I guess I'll just have to stay home and build.