SPA Modeler

Hi Gents,

I thought I'd start throwing in some questions now and then to get some conversations going Feel free to ignore lol!

So then...

What subjects are you really into at the moment - any themes or subjects you're enjoying, or are you just going with the flow? Anything in your head at the moment that you want to build soon?

my brain is like a hyperactive chihuahua on crack after drinking 30 cups of coffee and snorting 2 cases of Red Bull. And like dog poo, all over the place. Building bad models, struggling with kits, worrying about my wife's health, dealing with old age and the ever closer inevitable outcome (doesn't bother me much, but way to many kits to finish). Started playing a lot of Free Cell as it is pretty much mindless.

We have our 50th wedding anniversary on July 18, so that is in the forefront, too.

Nothing in particular… I decide on a project then dive in. I’m trying to keep it simple this year and not go hog wild with a deep dive that saps my modeling mojo

Just using whatever time I can get at the bench. Which hasn't been much lately. I'm hoping to have a few builds completed within the next month.

I also.just restarted my Hot Wheels car collecting.

I get on my bench whenever I can. Other priorities take the front seat before model kit building.

I’ve had some nights my eyes are tired or I’m just plain tired. I avoid getting on the bench or else, I’ll screw up something in the process.

So just going with the flow seems to be the case then Gents - nothing wrong with that!

I've been trying to write short stories lately. And it's a struggle. I started one, got about five pages of foolscap, and didn't much like it. So, I started on another. I've been trying to tailor some family history or lore into these stories; hey, they say to write what ya know! I've had pretty good success (I think... ) on the latest one. It seems to be more in line with what I had in mind.

My maternal grandfather's first wife cheated on him. My grandfather found out and gave the lover a bad beating. And a warning; that there had better not be a next time. But there was.

My grandfather, Tom Harris, had already been charged with murder back around 1901. At 16 or 17, he was ambushed by a couple other young men. At least one of them was the brother of a girl whom Tom had his eye on. The brother wanted his sister to go with one of his friends instead. The two met my grandfather on a country road under the pretense of buying a horse, near the central Texas town of Holland. Words were soon exhanged and they were followed with shooting. Tom was shot in the arm and returned fire, killing one and wounding the other. Tom was charged with murder but acquitted by reason of self-defense.

So, about 20 years later, after his wife began cheating again, my grandfather ended the affair for good He found the two lovers under some pecan trees on the banks of the Little River. They were on a blanket when he walked up on them. I'm guessing there was a brief conversation and then Tom told the lover, "Well, you'll never f*ck another man's wife again!" And with those final words, Tom pulled a gun out of his coat and blew away the man's genitals. The now-neutered man didn't die then, but he did commit suicide within a few months. That man was either a Texas game warden or Bell County Constable or Deputy. My grandfather never even paid a fine for the shooting. The marriage didn't survive either. Years later, my grandfather told the story to my Uncle Elzy, momma's brother. Tom said of the poor bastard, "I guess he shot his pockets out." And old pool-shooting expression to denote someone gambling away all their money, it seemed to fit in there. Some gambles just aren't worth the loss.

I'm trying to get all these jets that are started finished. No Gundams or anything else until I get them done!

Too much as usual Stuart.
In 1/48 scale land I have the Monogram F-14A and Razorback P-47 OTB.
In 1/72 scale land I have a Arma ki-84, Hasegawa Fw190A-8 & N1K2 , plus the Tamiya ki-61 and finally a Fujimi RF-4C.
There is also my Monogram B-17G that just needs the wings finished and attached and a Tamiya Skyraider that I always seem to find a reason not to work on
These are just the ones I have touched recently.

Have yet to complete a kit this year. Making progress on this - little different and pretty fun.