Kit Bashing

Model Gift Build: 1978 versus 2023, Made in China out to get us?

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I discover the modern Chinese made Monogram 1955 Ford F-100 is not the same as the original made-in-the-U.S.A. (in 1978) Monogram Ford F-100!

Part-1, made in China:

Part-2, trip down memory lane:

 

Model Gift Build: SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!

Fukushima, International

Disaster 2024: Japan hit by massive quake, fires, liquefaction, tsunamis!

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01 January 2024 (06:31-UTC-07 Tango 06) 11 Dey 1402/19 Jumada t-Tania 1445/20 Gui-Chou 4721/01 январь 2024 года

Noto Peninsula (能登半島, Noto-hantō) is the epicenter of a 7.6 magnitude Richter scale (7-Japan Meteorological Agency [JMA] scale) earthquake that struck at 16:10 Japan time. An earthquake warning was issued just before the quake.  Evacuations underway for Ishikawa Prefecture […] Continue Reading…

Idaho

Idaho trades one Cold-War aircraft for another Cold-War aircraft, is it progress or politics?

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27 December 2023 (03:13-UTC-07 Tango 06) 06 Dey 1402/14 Jumada t-Tania 1445/15 Jia-Zi 4721/27 Декабрь 2023 года

A-10C on Gowen Field, Boise Airport, Idaho, 20DEC2023. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur.

Both the A-10 Thunderbolt-2 and the F-16 Falcon were developed during the same decade; the 1970s.

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Kit Bashing

Model Gift Build update; see you next year!

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This year’s Yuletide runs from 21st December 2023 to 1st January 2024.

Two down and four to go, oh well.

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Model Gift Build update: BOUGHT MYSELF A NEW KIT, 1ST TIME SINCE 2019!

Kit Bashing

Model Gift Build update, bought myself a new kit, 1st time since 2019!

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While trying to build too many gifts at once, I took a break and bought another model kit!

Part-1, “you better get in there!”:

Part-2, my son sends money, “holy crap!”:

Part-3, “I like bar-b-que.”:

Part -4, the unboxing begins:

Part-5, “oh, they’re wimpy ones!”:

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Kit Bashing

Model Gift Build update, fail?

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Will any get built in time for Xmas?

Part-1, old Airfix bomber problems:

Part-2, what else is going to go wrong:

Model Gift Build update: WHY MODEL BUILDERS NEED TO BUY THEIR OWN HOUSE!

Idaho

Xmas Lights Walk-About: Chubbuck & Pocatello

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Another walk-about on the Arctic cold evening of 15DEC2023, in a Chubbuck, Idaho, neighborhood near the Portneuf District Library, part-1:

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A couple of homes in Pocatello, Idaho, 19DEC2023:

More Xmas Lights Walk-Abouts: CHUBBUCK, IDAHO

POCATELLO, IDAHO

Idaho

Xmas Lights Walk-About: Chubbuck, Idaho

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Checking out the various neighborhood light shows in Chubbuck, from 01DEC2023 to 11DEC2023.

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Xmas Lights Walk-About: POCATELLO, IDAHO

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