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@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

How I spent my last two days...... 1/350 photoetch is........not my favorite thing to do. I'll just leave it that. Only messed up one spot, I'll have to dig out some extra Titanic railing to fix it, but overall, I'm gonna give myself a thumbs up on this. Never rolled PE before and never folded tiny little three dimensional baskets either... And PE staircases are my nemesis! I need a LARGE drink... LOL. And this is only the first tower I've completed... 🤔 🙄 😂

I tried wiggling mine and they seem preeeety darn permanently attached. Scared to do any more force.

DHL says my Zola Patrol is out for delivery today! I'm just going to enjoy it and try not to think about the ludicrous shipping! This is my first Valk in prob 3 or 4 years in any scale.

AAAAND on that note! I just go a text from DHL requesting ADDITIONAL TARRIFF PAYMENT for my package to the tune of $23 more bucks. Bringing the total now to $57 for one HM-R toy. Yeh I'm DOOOOOONE after this with this crap. Officially retired from toy collecting from Japan for now and the foreseeable future.

#YamatoDidItBetter. I'm out. I'll keep my 17D

DHL shipping from AE for the Zola Patrol was $34 for me. Just paid it. Seemed about normal from pre-covid days for one package from Japan to me. Maybe a hair more. Nothing to cry about though. I like DHL over the other options in the past couple of years.

Ok, now I'm getting excited for this! I totally had forgot about pre-ordering it!

Yeh, I finally caved in and pre-ordered the TV QRau. It's my favorite Zent Armor. Also put the GLAUG in my private warehouse from HLJ. Guess I'll eventually pay a jillion dollars to have them both shipped once the QRau drops.

Decided to break out the TEXAS from the depths of the closet stash after over a year of not touching it. A little bit of photoetch on a quiet Sunday morning is a good way to get my feet wet again on this build. Not to shabby after not doing PE for a while. Small steps Ellie... LOL. For those who have done ships in 1/350, you know what I mean! 😁

Yeh it will!