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Shipping is gonna SUUUUUCK😭

Thanks guys! I kept going for 5 hours straight this morning and progress was definitely made today!

I reckon it's time for aa USS Texas update..... Did some more very fine PE work this morning. Eveything you see that's brass or white (primered white brass) is PE. I can only do PE early in the morning especially on Sunday mornings, classical music playing... It helps... LOL. So far, so good, the result will (hopefully) be worth all the time and effort.

Almost there...... Please... Lord... No more 1/144 NO STEP/ panel lines... My nerves can't take it.... 😵‍💫🥴

I think I'm there on the oils..... Bout to wrap up this Blackbird build!

@Papa Rat - There's lots to pick from around, I would say if and when I ever get another one, I would make sure to get one that was slightly taller to accommodate parts being on holding sticks easier. Mine's just slightly to short sometimes.

@tekeringYes, yes it is! Barbatos Rex recommended drying painted parts in one years ago on his YT channel so I jumped all over that idea and my in-laws hooked me up for Xmas. Over here in north TX high humidity is a LARGE factor a large portion of the year. I have LOVED having it to dry / cure painted kits/parts in. 113 or 122 degrees for 30 min to 1 hour is all you need. One of my largest failings in the past was touching and working on my freshly painted models before they fully cured, (which is a word I had to LEARN does NOT mean dry to the touch!), resulting in tears and resprays many many times. Also the food dehydrator is GREAT for keeping DUST and CAT HAIR out of your drying paint!

@tekering - Ahh! Guess I missed those! Excellent clean build! The recon pod has always been my favorite! Looks GREAT with the two HMR brownies!

@Thom - it has to be said we had some random floaters coming down on the Blackbird....had to keep the tweezers handy....😂🫣

Oil paints and purrings on a Sunday morning......someone's NOT getting enough attention this morning apparently.... 🐱🤔

@LocusPocus sweet! 1st build of that Hasegawa Recon Regalt I've seen around here. I have that one in my stash! More pics please! Over here today it's sunny and 70 and the garage is open for painting and clear coating business!

those GIANT hands....LOL!!!! Looks good though. If not for tarriffs I would pull the trigger as well.

Well that sucks! They were a GREAT resource! ☹️

Some early morning Battleship Texas guns work got done this morning before work! 😁

@pengbuzz - All my prayers are with and your wife my friend. Stay strong and never lose hope!

my biggest problem is cat and dog hair floating around and getting in my paint...even out in the garage in my spray both. With 5 pets in the house, I've pretty much resigned myself to the fact it's 99% impossible to not have one or two land in the paint... 😺😼

This right here.

Congrats! One of all times favs. Wish Yamato had made the color of the actual Valk a couple of shades lighter to match the color of the box, but that's a nit pick...

Main build complete, ready for primer later this afternoon!

Got all the decals finished up on the SR-71 this morning, and NO, those long red no step lines were NOT any fun at all! I took this picture to show you guys the "before" pic... LOL. Before I try to use oils to weather this thing... I could stop here, blend coat, matte coat and call it a day but where's the fun in that?! 😁 Already cranking right along on the new Academy 1/144 B2. Fantastic kit so far. Zero complaints. All you need to build it is pictured. Academy stepping up the game with all doors and hatches for in flight mode that fit absolutely perfect 👌. Honestly I'm amazed. It's like Bandai perfect. 😯😳

If anyone is looking!!! FINALLY made it to Amazon! Better get it fast! I snagged one today! Showing up tomorrow! Amazon.com: Academy 492645-1/144 USAF B-2A - Scale 1:144 : Arts, Crafts & Sewing

Apparently there is a newer version of our beloved Detolfs now for anyone who is interested..... https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/blaliden-glass-door-cabinet-black-00520519/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=11019489087&gbraid=0AAAAAD27g7w7JINv_96PNdwMcZmBiVqu-&gclid=CjwKCAjwr8LHBhBKEiwAy47uUpad2p4yQ-sO6Ru2mkT2mObLBzCqV5KsFUdkn4Odhuxwwy5213J08xoCJgUQAvD_BwE

Not exactly ON the workbench, more beside it, but anyway, resurrected one of my two IKEA Deltofs from the garage today and found an extra power supply I forgot I bought like 15 years ago when I bought the cabinets! (Kitten 🐈 had chewed through the power cords when she was little years ago so the RGB LEDs hadn't worked since) . I did have tons of Macross stuff in these for years but for now anyway they are going to flank my new hobby desk with recent models/car collections in them!

If anyone has 3 extra bills laying around......best price I've seen in a while for the Perfect Grade Falcon https://www.amazon.com/Bandai-Perfect-Grade-Millennium-Falcon/dp/B073ZRGX6T/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=nwKBC&content-id=amzn1.sym.7353e935-710e-4162-bbba-1f3ae9f93ec0&pf_rd_p=7353e935-710e-4162-bbba-1f3ae9f93ec0&pf_rd_r=HZJ9SSN9EAD02ENNNYPQ&pd_rd_wg=F7Ejy&pd_rd_r=ef684181-e8c6-4b50-8faf-2b321ba17eda&ref_=pd_hp_d_atf_dealz_cid&th=1

@Papa Rat - Photoetch will DEFINITLEY drive you to the brink of madness and beyond...LOL. I don't mind some, but man, there's a LOT for the Texas, and it's not all easy. I haven't event gotten to the hard stuff yet. *Sigh* - Sometimes I DOOoooo miss my days of building Ban Dai Star Wars kits---click, snap, click, paint, decal, DONE! But then where's the challenge right????......Right???? 😬 @Chas - No, no annealing, the last time I tried that, melting happened....LOL