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  1. 15 minutes ago, Thadeus said:

    I'm on the other hand a simple modeler. ... I don't really call it "modeling" but more of "assembling". And I usually have a few builds in progress at different stages.

     

     

    I'm the same kind of modeler - er, assembler.  🙂

  2. 11 hours ago, dai phan said:

    Hello all,

     

    Something has been on my mind and I want to share with you. I notice that as years go by and as my skill improves, every single built is carefully researched, after market parts, after market decals galore and the color paint has to be exacting as possible. I start to pay attention to smallest details and spent hours correcting tiniest mistakes to a point of exhaustion. Then I look back in my younger days of modeling in the early 80s. There was no after market decals, no resin parts, paints come from mixing various bottles and 99% of a time, the shade is off. But the main part was that I really enjoyed the built and I was no where near as obsessive as I am now. Now as my skills improve, I start to be more critical of my builds, anal as heck when comers to tiniest details and I see that I lost the innocence days of modeling that I enjoyed so much then. Yes things were simple, you built what came in the box but I truly loved and enjoyed each project. Now I feel I have lost that "special feelings" and sometimes I wish my skill stays the same so I do not have to be so critical that make me lose the enjoyment I had in my early unexperienced days. What are your thoughts? Dai 

     

    I don't have this problem, because my skills don't improve... 🙂

     

    Also, I am much more casual than most modelers, in that the only research I usually do is to read is the instructions.  I'm not too interested in the history of the subject, either the particular subject I've modeling or the basic variant.  I just like putting plastic together.

     

    Stacey

  3. 1 hour ago, ChesshireCat said:

    I love vinyl, and have always found it superior to CD's. The record collection started in the sixties and just kept going. I honestly have no idea what the actual count is now. You measure the cases and multiply 72 records per foot, but really not accurate as some brands will get an honest 85 records into a foot. Hopefully I'm going to start putting them on a couple eight tetrabite hard drives (maybe three). I don't have any 78rpm docs, and also no small 45's, but do have a few 45 rpm LP's.

     

    Been thru more than my fair share of turn tables in the past, and now use one of two. An Opera that needs a new motor drive, and an Acoustic Signature Final tool. This last one is a killer table and has also became an investment! It's now worth three time what I paid for it, and can see four time in the near future ($$$$). It's built well enough to last a couple lifetimes. Only real issue is it's weight. It weighs over forty pounds ready to play. The Opera is a Chinese knock off, and at best is 90% of the Final Tool. We're gonna fix that this fall

    gary

     

    Be nice to see pics!  Perhaps I should start another thread, pics of your non-model hobbies/passions.  Your comment reminded me of an episode of the Swedish TV series Wallander.  Kurt Wallander, the protagonist, is an avid music lover and has a large collection of LPs.  At some point someone asks him how many he has, expecting an approximate answer like 2000.  Wallander knows the exact number he has - I can't remember if it was a little more or a little less than 2000.

     

    Stacey

  4. 3 hours ago, ChesshireCat said:

    you can buy 3/8th" and maybe 1/4" plywood with white laminate glued to it. My record racks are made of 3/4" with the white laminate attached inside and outside. they still weigh a ton, but 7500 LP's are not light weight

    gary

     

    I know this is not the main topic, but 7500 LP's sounds like one cool collection!

  5. On 6/6/2021 at 8:22 PM, crackerjazz said:

    No need to subscribe.  That's only if you want to download designs from their library. In our case we upload our own designs and the machine will cut them as long as they're in the proper format.  I've also created simple masks using Design Space. If you're handy with Illustrator you can upload the file directly. Inkscape can also convert your designs into svg for cutting.  

     

    Thanks for the info.  I had seen some reviews on Amazon that indicated that you could not cut anything unless you subscribed.  Apparently, that is not the case.

     

    Stacey

  6. Sorry, I wasn't clear, and maybe I misread your original post.  Was the paint that turned into goo paint that had been thinned with leveling thinner?  I see no problem using leveling thinner when you airbrush, but I wouldn't add leveling thinner to paint that I was going to store for any length of time.

     

    In other words, did you add anything to the bottle that had the paint that turned to goo?  Or did you only remove paint, in order to spray it?  If the first, then that may be the problem. If the second, then perhaps you got a bad bottle.  Mr. Color paints do turn thick, but I don't think I've had one turn gooey.

  7. There is also Mr. Mild Retarder, which might be easier to get.  I've never done this, but you might try adding the retarder to Mr. Color Thinner or to Tamiya Lacquer Thinner and using that to thin Mr. Color paints.  I have no idea what the ratio would be.  This is just a thought on my part, as I have not tried this.

    Stacey

  8. Well, I purchased some kits from an eBay vendor in Japan.  They went through acceptance at Osaka on April 8, and have not progressed since then.  My guess is that transport between Japan and the US is being prioritized and/or limited, so that medical needs get priority.  Despite what many of us think, modeling supplies are not the highest priority items. 😃

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