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Lots to finish before Boise IPMS show, not a lot of time...

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This weekend is the Boise IPMS show. I'm hoping to have at least 4 builds to enter into the show, maybe 5. My problem is that I'm running out of time, and I have nobody to blame but myself. I've got several kits to about the 95-98% of the way completed and then moved onto another kit. I always tell myself, "oh, its just a couple small decals and a final clear coat..." Then I open another kit and start down the path and don't ever get back to full completion.

Tonight, tomorrow morning and tomorrow night will be marathon bench-time.
Kits on the bench to complete by Saturday morning:
1/48 Tamiya A-1 Skyraider - USS Midway
1/48 Tamiya F-14D 'Grim Reapers'
1/48 ZM F-4D 389th Gunfighters
1/48 Hasegawa E/A-18G joint USN Whidbey Island - Mt. Home AFB 390th Electronic Combat Squadron
1/72 GWH Su-35S 'Red 03'

I'll try to get pics of the ones I get finished and post them up.
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Good luck on all fronts!

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That’s right! Get on it mister! (Note to self, Modelzona is less than a month away- begin similar efforts!) :whistle:
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Good thing I have a few months to go before Spruefest!

Get on it Jelliott!
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Thanks all! I got quite a bit done last night when I got home from work. I got up early today and got about 3 more hours in before I came to work and made more progress. As soon as I get home tonight, I've already warned the wife, I will be confined to the model room with tunes blaring.
Fortunately, most of what needs done is just small finish detailing. But when you add that across 5 models, it does take some time. Now, hopefully I wont put Vietnam era dumb-bombs on my F-14D and AIM-54C's on the Phantom. I doubt the IPMS judges would have the same sense of humor. :lashed:
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Accuracy is not supposed to be an IPMS judging criteria… :whistle:

Get some rest to sharpen up before you become an ordie hanging stuff on your builds… :wink:
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Good luck at the show. The list of your entries sounds awesome.
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Don't feel bad. I think all of us that enter kits at a show are always doing last minute details. Happens to me all the time. :headbang:
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So, quick update. I was able to get three kits completed for the show. Finished the Tamiya F-14D, Hasegawa E/A-18G and the Tamiya A-1H Skyraider. Ended up being a decent show. I'd like to give a hat's off to Modelcrazy for his Akagi and his Tamiya Swordfish.
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