tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82169195129618582152024-02-25T19:26:34.777-05:00Smaller ManhattansA catechist blog that's mostly about teaching Catechism.kkollwitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456noreply@blogger.comBlogger584125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216919512961858215.post-5806331007852124612024-02-25T19:25:00.002-05:002024-02-25T19:25:54.805-05:00Tractor-trailer<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Symbiotic combo of a self-propelled cargo module, and a pilot to which it is easily attached and detached. 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I bought it long ago as a twinpack, which included Dale Earnhardt's Chevy. The Chevy turned out fine, but I didn't enjoy all the decaling. So the Pontiac sat for 30-plus years. About a week ago I decided to skip all the still-pristine decals and hand-finish something old and anonymous. Craftstore acrylics, dry pastels, and black electrical tape window trim. 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For a couple of years now I've been accumulating short and stout humerus bones from turkeys, but haven't had much use for them. Nice to see how much they contribute to this strong and sturdy theme.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVMZfo1D-C1IQ1LY0L69BAB4X2dc7PNf7jwnQ0Lz42qpaN47qcxl5kIzOF5_GChyt16XtFqcVHVi6q0fML2F6eT5w_LzLLoAOs1FN7fEAXDZm1q7e5p3Ov9TmIsgCbkvCLAeiSJBnL6tOEK5A5Gfa65fu9KDZTw9MP2W12IrKvYOgfqaeuaAnVC-Od6g/s3718/yes1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2639" data-original-width="3718" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVMZfo1D-C1IQ1LY0L69BAB4X2dc7PNf7jwnQ0Lz42qpaN47qcxl5kIzOF5_GChyt16XtFqcVHVi6q0fML2F6eT5w_LzLLoAOs1FN7fEAXDZm1q7e5p3Ov9TmIsgCbkvCLAeiSJBnL6tOEK5A5Gfa65fu9KDZTw9MP2W12IrKvYOgfqaeuaAnVC-Od6g/s320/yes1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ul8b3tA7g-1XB-xsWfYCGpYbEkpBwMFMFdgIDpat2nlRCIcV10RiI5-BlBMy6PTTowcqXm2rwf3odCbhubqeE07MN_KR8pAHYIK5BIUKfrNKZ1O3gIuM8wIjwv9dmDS10WSE1s4chy5_gHP0BY-AmTBq-giIXaiZp-niV0zJdemc5P21uIQodFrEBAA/s2912/yes2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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and unused bits from a 1/35 Panther kit. I anticipate that this vessel orbits Earth in the space junk field, culling out the more dangerous and/or valuable bits. Royal Thai Air Force elephant insignia seem appropriate.</p><h1 class="firstHeading mw-first-heading" id="firstHeading" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; flex-grow: 1; font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, "Source Serif Pro", serif; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><br /></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjma_HHNSXCMrPd3-47yEa2eXTotCIlSLCeNrCJFWwxKY_dacgc_18R7LyON8fyLXQZjU1Xdsp58-6KKEloNX8ar6PUq_Z2LgoVsY2RHTrpZOXfxzPIfMpmAq8cd0KNChrNrNMAEDyWzIWjYZ6VYOsOz7iGV4sNZtlTncUS9zOba-pVoWDZz4oUJEKhxuE/s3776/Y_LEFTSLIGHT.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1654" data-original-width="3776" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjma_HHNSXCMrPd3-47yEa2eXTotCIlSLCeNrCJFWwxKY_dacgc_18R7LyON8fyLXQZjU1Xdsp58-6KKEloNX8ar6PUq_Z2LgoVsY2RHTrpZOXfxzPIfMpmAq8cd0KNChrNrNMAEDyWzIWjYZ6VYOsOz7iGV4sNZtlTncUS9zOba-pVoWDZz4oUJEKhxuE/s320/Y_LEFTSLIGHT.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cranberry juice jug, blowdryer handle, orange juice pulltab, gypsum board anchors, clothespin, a few turkey bones. I found the teddybear eyes in my mother's sewing stash years ago, finally put 'em to use.</span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8vhiVuypoQl8rBvq1DvgAc8AQ_WY4JFZ2b5SqADhJCTMAqomR9wUM69HRZ-J0konSxb1x5mGLUHe0xd3gFE8bg_ZRLq-JUgQDOsTwY4Kz-RrnJ-NeAko4viHq-8URRS6xdsLNXGMtRyEyYB6VCxfudnR3wGds8CG5XH5QtF50lYKIPqNCoPkkD1d5AM/s1933/Y_8127.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1401" data-original-width="1933" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8vhiVuypoQl8rBvq1DvgAc8AQ_WY4JFZ2b5SqADhJCTMAqomR9wUM69HRZ-J0konSxb1x5mGLUHe0xd3gFE8bg_ZRLq-JUgQDOsTwY4Kz-RrnJ-NeAko4viHq-8URRS6xdsLNXGMtRyEyYB6VCxfudnR3wGds8CG5XH5QtF50lYKIPqNCoPkkD1d5AM/s320/Y_8127.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">More budget modeling. Plastic spray bottle, don't remember when I saved it, but the shape reminded me of a bird taking off from water. BIC BBQ lighter for the head. Turkey bones. Other bits from the junkbox. Continuing the bird theme, I added old stork decals from Academy's kit of WWI-ace Georges Guynemer's Nieuport.<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><br /><br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKHHFHIc0RLtR_Ru2Is-y6XrxhNg0M1oPmXy_rmz3nAplBkme_HUtI3nZS0llZMdr5GE2KvhgOoWuFiiiFVhnxkGxEtEyZR40On722JL_y7oOaizBVa3yuUgNCNLWedzBhVLvfWuiv6CBme1u9tuYq-kckGpXEZ-XZJPAqymrnfkGQc9C1Cp_TrnG6WQ/s2857/IMG_8066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1601" data-original-width="2857" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKHHFHIc0RLtR_Ru2Is-y6XrxhNg0M1oPmXy_rmz3nAplBkme_HUtI3nZS0llZMdr5GE2KvhgOoWuFiiiFVhnxkGxEtEyZR40On722JL_y7oOaizBVa3yuUgNCNLWedzBhVLvfWuiv6CBme1u9tuYq-kckGpXEZ-XZJPAqymrnfkGQc9C1Cp_TrnG6WQ/s320/IMG_8066.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Revell's 1969 1/32 scale P-51B Mustang. Red, yellow, and silver hardware store spraypaints. Canopy frame made from painted strips of electrical tape. Minimal decals. Didn't paint the propeller tips yellow, I thought they'd detract from the yellow wing stripes.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzeGzmBb3nhThX46srx2W7vkfpC4467-iPHbQ6Ty0q_IyUGRd1e-Ftyww6nYgrI4u9R0MHe5anrTHI7ccCfjB48328-ZCIQZzcoXCGOkl3cNtVtC5EnJOnqSidebemtFFz9W0SbV0d4RW1zf8T2la4yDH9bjl15h9N_t4oOyTIwu_wh2qina5JZat0EEw/s2962/yes_7640.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2662" data-original-width="2962" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzeGzmBb3nhThX46srx2W7vkfpC4467-iPHbQ6Ty0q_IyUGRd1e-Ftyww6nYgrI4u9R0MHe5anrTHI7ccCfjB48328-ZCIQZzcoXCGOkl3cNtVtC5EnJOnqSidebemtFFz9W0SbV0d4RW1zf8T2la4yDH9bjl15h9N_t4oOyTIwu_wh2qina5JZat0EEw/s320/yes_7640.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBHXW-98VYUQdFpjebFVz__qP1s9wu7qZ2EQNT47acD28M_0YX1iNXcHNNtFtGfYSiB3hRREuc2-RPzsNUVtMHVfq8_76Les6qZG9L_6No0xk8hdcb7qyTj2NmsYSrRSUUOm1NrE8AcivlbM-Wuw0G8fhwPKzC1HJsIlkmzUMdXw3ywtdqZrqva0gaXlA/s2731/yes_7636a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1580" data-original-width="2731" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBHXW-98VYUQdFpjebFVz__qP1s9wu7qZ2EQNT47acD28M_0YX1iNXcHNNtFtGfYSiB3hRREuc2-RPzsNUVtMHVfq8_76Les6qZG9L_6No0xk8hdcb7qyTj2NmsYSrRSUUOm1NrE8AcivlbM-Wuw0G8fhwPKzC1HJsIlkmzUMdXw3ywtdqZrqva0gaXlA/s320/yes_7636a.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQWuu5zhWCu0-qbpY3jPV9l_ok6n9PxSmJXMdSb92NMKpLxMgjBjiVZMi7gI1SeL9NGh5iWPKCo2akCcDJPINKZBrrO36rVaxQVfdaS7WnctexEyBPW3-h6ap6XKbkqX-X5xNpPvmPpKr4c8Soa1Jwd6WIWxDpOiccXc1Vnsr05cShBr0yW4nv2ecAl7Y/s3042/yes_7636.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2801" data-original-width="3042" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQWuu5zhWCu0-qbpY3jPV9l_ok6n9PxSmJXMdSb92NMKpLxMgjBjiVZMi7gI1SeL9NGh5iWPKCo2akCcDJPINKZBrrO36rVaxQVfdaS7WnctexEyBPW3-h6ap6XKbkqX-X5xNpPvmPpKr4c8Soa1Jwd6WIWxDpOiccXc1Vnsr05cShBr0yW4nv2ecAl7Y/s320/yes_7636.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRokVlbWkDqp-DMbVIBSPaI8QU_CT4vOVroMivq2SiRyfpf27w6t0QiG9KTgxJJ1zVFiumHFqYbV-MObSnWJsAhCVINJz9MBMr6yaCMfqXWQ6pHPSV9TKz7Nm0mxyadosDe7rmNANnevM5gHW-GYrL8ZtxyPhw_DUpk0IubfA8nIMUZUxjqQvpZUq-do/s3189/yes_7633a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2139" data-original-width="3189" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRokVlbWkDqp-DMbVIBSPaI8QU_CT4vOVroMivq2SiRyfpf27w6t0QiG9KTgxJJ1zVFiumHFqYbV-MObSnWJsAhCVINJz9MBMr6yaCMfqXWQ6pHPSV9TKz7Nm0mxyadosDe7rmNANnevM5gHW-GYrL8ZtxyPhw_DUpk0IubfA8nIMUZUxjqQvpZUq-do/s320/yes_7633a.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCOtL0HXlOGcfy2JiA19-pYAczNuMq2nYk3o7xa5Zo6g0nlOLSLKFCwPbEwGhUcpo646-FwcAXCYNJC6mGfu_GPiolRNXaLl-IuEQ6uN6q9oaAIhBxLjjaX5mD3hvs-Hz1RmXEaztMXo1kANZ20NOImZL8YEdBV68q7_wl_MWDJ1snrplKzxqcGXLUbVA/s3230/yes_7632a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2026" data-original-width="3230" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCOtL0HXlOGcfy2JiA19-pYAczNuMq2nYk3o7xa5Zo6g0nlOLSLKFCwPbEwGhUcpo646-FwcAXCYNJC6mGfu_GPiolRNXaLl-IuEQ6uN6q9oaAIhBxLjjaX5mD3hvs-Hz1RmXEaztMXo1kANZ20NOImZL8YEdBV68q7_wl_MWDJ1snrplKzxqcGXLUbVA/s320/yes_7632a.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>kkollwitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216919512961858215.post-77898543232033148082023-11-30T16:04:00.002-05:002023-11-30T16:04:57.828-05:00Living small<p> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Landowners and informal dwellers along Rio Tarqui are being moved out so the city can expand greenspace along the river, and add land to the Botanical Gardens to the east. In addition to the tire shop and stucco contractor in the photos, people raise animals and grow crops. Some of these families have lived here for at least 70 years. This used to be out of town, but no longer. The gov't paid out $550,000 for the land, and to relocate people.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNRggZGfb58LEk3sqYHwLz5FSYEdCD6YLlq_aFl1hE79OY2ZnhgI19fQz9TfPavFz1PNoXiGOhibyIr3yc7Q6owua_qJZPj5MazRwHiQKlw5n8MSdnxclLSq2NvxWTjfAvniaNyJr7SXtS7wRn0chwN91rc_8Rw5DdD_gHrSeAUdy8jvKfDvymBhT9gE/s1140/river4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="1140" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNRggZGfb58LEk3sqYHwLz5FSYEdCD6YLlq_aFl1hE79OY2ZnhgI19fQz9TfPavFz1PNoXiGOhibyIr3yc7Q6owua_qJZPj5MazRwHiQKlw5n8MSdnxclLSq2NvxWTjfAvniaNyJr7SXtS7wRn0chwN91rc_8Rw5DdD_gHrSeAUdy8jvKfDvymBhT9gE/s320/river4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-vtIqsexsMU6IjPLleI1Xb7hk9_lvuYZwZPNSsX0thhvquForFVsygAVFF3GZ9-Pst-wvqJHyN7NSDaSoEoqw87cRK4L5yO1YjYXCfSB6xqHX4K0o5r67urF3H2S7qhQsb7Os5sQclkMb12obYiIsWKoxhtt36ZuN22fN9lb1TGrEg6d3rT26wdsCj4/s1150/river3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1150" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-vtIqsexsMU6IjPLleI1Xb7hk9_lvuYZwZPNSsX0thhvquForFVsygAVFF3GZ9-Pst-wvqJHyN7NSDaSoEoqw87cRK4L5yO1YjYXCfSB6xqHX4K0o5r67urF3H2S7qhQsb7Os5sQclkMb12obYiIsWKoxhtt36ZuN22fN9lb1TGrEg6d3rT26wdsCj4/s320/river3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQJn7tiAzBVRegxvJX5NZnmnPNlacAzQ1QtYMy1S_3P51YN-OuFk4_DIf43CRwFdaRuVtn0QyFwp4upUHw0FVFshJIJ4wKSgRyE9kzabR7tHi-2gYphnlQedmRTkiVNKctae7ahinB9neflbEGqLqvm2kfuPVgHFYBKHyg_l6lma3R1hZ84FKNsmxp8w/s1147/river2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1147" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQJn7tiAzBVRegxvJX5NZnmnPNlacAzQ1QtYMy1S_3P51YN-OuFk4_DIf43CRwFdaRuVtn0QyFwp4upUHw0FVFshJIJ4wKSgRyE9kzabR7tHi-2gYphnlQedmRTkiVNKctae7ahinB9neflbEGqLqvm2kfuPVgHFYBKHyg_l6lma3R1hZ84FKNsmxp8w/s320/river2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>kkollwitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216919512961858215.post-86798575439111708342023-11-25T19:19:00.002-05:002023-11-25T19:19:34.708-05:00Amor<p> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I got dis runnin' joke wit' my wife, who's 73. If we're going outta da house for whatever reason, I'll say "Oh man baby you're gonna make me look good today." And then we're out and running an errand and it's, "You makin' me look really good right now." And of course she scoffs at my enthusiasm. So today we're doing our weekly food charity thing in Centro. We come upon a coupla regulars, one who plays ukelele, and the other a shoe-shiner. I say "how y'all doin' Master of Music, and Master of Shine?" They say they're doing fine, and, "Izzat ya wife? She's muy guapa (very nice-looking)." I say, she is! Every day I tell God muchas gracias que ella es mi esposa/ thank you God that she's my wife! She made those sandwiches. They are so fine, you can't eat them, you hafta jus' admire 'em. And they are laughing, and saying oh no we got it! So my point is, from now on if wife discounts my indirect compliments, I can say, "What about those guys in Parque Calderon? They're objective; you should trust their opinion, since they are not blinded by love."</span></p>kkollwitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216919512961858215.post-81852720294574808052023-11-17T11:27:00.001-05:002023-12-26T12:33:33.183-05:00P-40<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Revell's 50+ year-old 1/32 P-40 kit. New decals. Handpainted w/ craftstore acrylics, topped with pastels in assorted shades of green, brown & tan. I thought the kit exhausts were too understated, and replaced them with bits of plastic straw. 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Last week when I went to pick up food, I met a gringo in his car outside the pickup point- he was dropping off sandwiches. 'Kurt' and I got to talking. In his former life he had been a singer: musicals, operas, what have you. I said I'd been singing for the public (choirs and cantoring) since I was in first grade, but not professionally, and I really liked songs from opera and musicals. Anyway, we started singing Nessun Dorma from Puccini's opera Turandot, but shortly we stopped, as it was time to head into Centro with the collected food.</span></span><p></p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px 0px;">So today I'm handing out food, and I hear someone singing the opening line of the aria. I look around, and see Kurt in a car not 10 feet away, stopped at a red light. Can ya believe it? So we launch into it again, and almost got to the end before the light changed. Just a terrific moment.</p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px 0px;">There's a joke in Cuenca: it's a big city, but a small town: ya always gonna run inna people ya know. Once again it's true. The odds of randomly meeting Kurt on one Saturday, and seeing him again somewhere else the very next Saturday, it's too convenient. And we sounded great together with no preparation.</p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px 0px;">We both think the best singer to cover Nessun Dorma is Franco Corelli, an Italian tenor from the 1950s-1970s. Given how many people (including the usual suspects) have recorded the song, what are the odds of both of us liking this now-remote tenor's treatment? Life remains a wonder, and here is one of Corelli's performances, chosen for its subtitles. Like many other romantic songs, it reminds me of courting my wife.</p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px 0px;"><a class="color-app" href="https://youtu.be/e8MhdyfQq1A?list=RDe8MhdyfQq1A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #007da1; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; text-overflow: ellipsis; vertical-align: bottom; word-break: break-all;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/e8MhdyfQq1A?list=RDe8MhdyfQq1A</a></p>kkollwitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216919512961858215.post-44063683270513722972023-10-09T21:48:00.000-04:002023-10-09T21:48:05.598-04:00Foxbat<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hasegawa's 1978 1/72 MiG-25 Foxbat. Data for the model included field measurements of the MiG-25 flown to Japan in October, 1976 by Soviet defector Viktor Belenko. The following notes are from the instruction sheet.</span></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Within hours of its surprise appearance over Hakodate Airport, the MiG-25 was the subject of intense examination by the engineers at HASEGAWA. Videotapes of the aircraft's examination and measurements taken from the big fighter were checked against all previously <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a style="animation-name: none !important; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>collected photographs and drawings. Satisfied as to the accuracy and completeness of their data, tooling proceeded simultaneously with individual part and sub-assembly drawings. Working 24 hours a day, seven days a week, engineering, tooling and mold testing required exactly 100 days for completion.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Now the scale modeler can add an authentic replica of one of the most exciting aircraft of the decade to his collection.”</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Finished in a post Cold-War scheme with acrylic craftstore paint and dry pastels.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; 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font-size: 14px;">Whatever it is, it's done.</span><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"> Janet has named it Space Dog. </span><span face="Poppins, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"> 30-year-old keel clamp in bottom photo is for ship models; it occurred to me that I could use it to align turkey vertebrae.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdGtL2_5ztFmGGeFtjRyGDxflONS1cvfrVl_MEcmINjyWQE5VStsAdaDaIy6sZ4Efc_4BQDuU29pPGEh1SZaWu0d7eFfQMEaehpaVMof-H3Ia31RDMY__Fx0GyxFMrSa8enVKZhtkslXmY0JtlujYHZMYdLVyyyx9qwSA7Rxv-XwvYTn3l3erHLCyRg_k/s2048/375977423_10223443720662745_3634750564599760986_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="2048" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdGtL2_5ztFmGGeFtjRyGDxflONS1cvfrVl_MEcmINjyWQE5VStsAdaDaIy6sZ4Efc_4BQDuU29pPGEh1SZaWu0d7eFfQMEaehpaVMof-H3Ia31RDMY__Fx0GyxFMrSa8enVKZhtkslXmY0JtlujYHZMYdLVyyyx9qwSA7Rxv-XwvYTn3l3erHLCyRg_k/s320/375977423_10223443720662745_3634750564599760986_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Sails and many small bits were scratchbuilt.<br /><br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-cf5h4gwFXzVkMwvEYkr5NMR-_aysa7BMTY5ooxGpYKg_QdkejPimM3BoixuM-egMNuhCNBywwdf8REvF37z-Al8LhAJ8-CpHyxhPxJpOtZC0LWc4pcvdCVzrqwM3_ij275xksUHFkbstyLwMRHT2wY6g5kM27_A5nmN3hg2gc-ZuytYdvgGMsH40CqM/s3023/IMG_7471.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="2731" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-cf5h4gwFXzVkMwvEYkr5NMR-_aysa7BMTY5ooxGpYKg_QdkejPimM3BoixuM-egMNuhCNBywwdf8REvF37z-Al8LhAJ8-CpHyxhPxJpOtZC0LWc4pcvdCVzrqwM3_ij275xksUHFkbstyLwMRHT2wY6g5kM27_A5nmN3hg2gc-ZuytYdvgGMsH40CqM/s320/IMG_7471.JPG" width="289" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItWMMoFiwzt7qwXE2V5AHd7uDiy2PlxShQK8W_DRGstWuZRKgBxnIqQD-ytZ25EabiFvVqqrRE97CDPT__68nunhAEmIYP1HHRZvNsbxZ66XWzRmWpaXUCqMHJoGNh-GNOJAcSU5bFUkznxzy_xPCqefgIkuF6cVMZkZqkWp-AgSCVM3VLdGYUQaAge0/s3723/IMG_7470.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2947" data-original-width="3723" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItWMMoFiwzt7qwXE2V5AHd7uDiy2PlxShQK8W_DRGstWuZRKgBxnIqQD-ytZ25EabiFvVqqrRE97CDPT__68nunhAEmIYP1HHRZvNsbxZ66XWzRmWpaXUCqMHJoGNh-GNOJAcSU5bFUkznxzy_xPCqefgIkuF6cVMZkZqkWp-AgSCVM3VLdGYUQaAge0/s320/IMG_7470.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRe0qDdlMsWImiWbwHsYERl74sBCHDc-far-5cvB7ien3EvYCnCF8Qh-hYA6pqA5ZGek_1IJ3m6iq-nnEyO-uwQlKEtNpj9GacIwOdnj4qbDDO4zgyhfLl9A_H3S1kw33sigo1nLyP43zHQrHtyEdRZmElTHQGWJ9zr2i2jxJ0p8BqPWY1mDGsuxw1LwM/s3817/IMG_7468.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2450" data-original-width="3817" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRe0qDdlMsWImiWbwHsYERl74sBCHDc-far-5cvB7ien3EvYCnCF8Qh-hYA6pqA5ZGek_1IJ3m6iq-nnEyO-uwQlKEtNpj9GacIwOdnj4qbDDO4zgyhfLl9A_H3S1kw33sigo1nLyP43zHQrHtyEdRZmElTHQGWJ9zr2i2jxJ0p8BqPWY1mDGsuxw1LwM/s320/IMG_7468.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_dl7eMqLE7RUV0BXQFKrM9r9xla0mLS5fPatlkuRS7u6xssJlkYnkovA26N7mKUbMsBEGlOn1MhH-zYRVkTR6uhUbErmz1P8nYkGhahp4bpFPb-Q6f7cEoVvaeO8pKrqZLZwRhTHnhBWI-i1FKOcjBinvasPS3hgV2HgZwtLFFLChw2DwsOFHglAm0g/s3797/IMG_7465a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2892" data-original-width="3797" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_dl7eMqLE7RUV0BXQFKrM9r9xla0mLS5fPatlkuRS7u6xssJlkYnkovA26N7mKUbMsBEGlOn1MhH-zYRVkTR6uhUbErmz1P8nYkGhahp4bpFPb-Q6f7cEoVvaeO8pKrqZLZwRhTHnhBWI-i1FKOcjBinvasPS3hgV2HgZwtLFFLChw2DwsOFHglAm0g/s320/IMG_7465a.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP10qsjK7WWNkl2ce7dkbdaH9cVJHVEDH9lQSRFuAgSnFwFI8zvfXAEOkl-CcKwZj-w9NzVCoEDt5se88pgPYuZE4GeNOp0dcHW8lNU2b_QQQ8-_wQbP6sfQMf2dnoOvmG9iAkz86_8Kre2hpW66pBnh4x-l7ISPxeh1FnYuKi-YdrZFoJN8nSV1b9XFc/s3719/IMG_7465.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2852" data-original-width="3719" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP10qsjK7WWNkl2ce7dkbdaH9cVJHVEDH9lQSRFuAgSnFwFI8zvfXAEOkl-CcKwZj-w9NzVCoEDt5se88pgPYuZE4GeNOp0dcHW8lNU2b_QQQ8-_wQbP6sfQMf2dnoOvmG9iAkz86_8Kre2hpW66pBnh4x-l7ISPxeh1FnYuKi-YdrZFoJN8nSV1b9XFc/s320/IMG_7465.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>kkollwitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216919512961858215.post-79161736249534425532023-06-21T18:13:00.004-04:002023-06-21T22:32:50.065-04:00Lateen Turkey<p>Inspired by pix of lateen-rigged fishing craft that my wife linked me to, and other such working boats in the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean; and racing dhows in the Persian Gulf. Mylar sails, bamboo skewers, bones from two turkeys. Some curvy bits are leftovers from a lasercut sheet of balsa from a Viking wooden-ship kit. 19" long and tall, purely by coincidence.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5MlUFCBbyu-QkUSI-8hixCsDm7BZdjnufc-cB38frUKzrQuhNGGvYIWddsn79CvRcc5xOx1_8_yuj783pkxNa0jNt1SwAd6-d2AVNB3I_PJJ9GTcvXPHfUjbwScfRpnNFYVzp2NcFOyVoYd0QNGeiOBYvQSgkWjbSje4nbzj1BH6y-QY3wPYlUzwYdF0/s3707/dhow1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3707" data-original-width="2890" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5MlUFCBbyu-QkUSI-8hixCsDm7BZdjnufc-cB38frUKzrQuhNGGvYIWddsn79CvRcc5xOx1_8_yuj783pkxNa0jNt1SwAd6-d2AVNB3I_PJJ9GTcvXPHfUjbwScfRpnNFYVzp2NcFOyVoYd0QNGeiOBYvQSgkWjbSje4nbzj1BH6y-QY3wPYlUzwYdF0/s320/dhow1.JPG" width="249" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrIQjoK-bE13i7sYB_Q88bbs1TxNOfq0VNwEZhScbA24vo0o-e_xanPofbjEpH_1QFcoNIoh-u82M3tH3rDlUisrfhwjuDTEhaHWTmZOe6mDc9ooq4Mit-Az_Q2ZZWSSxVfDPXKxFOTVfNIb2qkIi53-8fOHm3C9-sIZ_1k9IjcwPzXpszPZGysYFJPk/s2737/dhow2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Sail theme taken from late 19th century America's Cup competitors. Mylar, skewers, and toothpicks, plus a permanent rubberband to hold the wingsail structure against the body.<br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtf8tWPDtJR7UsLIpF0nZTqz7Ej_uO3THzSfN1XuCRBRrBNwse8N7ZwJ5Wz6j9I1gr6T37adt2MZ9mp3fDW_KzILE-e2G2w9wwcKOn6mKnaGECOp2gbshDMaTm_rnaJdpExJ7CESxcyBEy4T_lygmxBh4NHdpDJ0QAspBmLG5EcXDwP5wSyuZ5YYoL/s3496/yes6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1776" data-original-width="3496" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtf8tWPDtJR7UsLIpF0nZTqz7Ej_uO3THzSfN1XuCRBRrBNwse8N7ZwJ5Wz6j9I1gr6T37adt2MZ9mp3fDW_KzILE-e2G2w9wwcKOn6mKnaGECOp2gbshDMaTm_rnaJdpExJ7CESxcyBEy4T_lygmxBh4NHdpDJ0QAspBmLG5EcXDwP5wSyuZ5YYoL/s320/yes6.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Xu9_ipZtcz7XgfmhJ1XRmTN80Em_qqhVHhm5juLAt-V9hygy8mhL-5BR72oJ95MJI7sgKxUicOlV94gDzYpqbRlhvLm0RrUzqIEEVLZmkVkDWL8TQepvzTOZprO5Eah3-J1isC6FGgVXK2Lv8QYZcoGwCJR6uuIcwsrM9JyWvZFydLXJSVSQ5WYf/s3952/yes5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #373737; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Revell's 1990 1/32 scale Focke-Wulf 190 Dora, Spring 1945. On prior models I've used dry pastels to accent the basic acrylic paintjob. This is the first time using finger-applied dry pastels to color the plane. As usual, minimum decals, minimum details.<br /><br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSIjfI7MTW57uKuvwhdxPJAhPsVJubo1rmsbN5Yho8jijKZgkbpDlJHXEVoOJF-Zmn3_AUDN9BkGmYxUgMUHSs8yMKwZYI5xC-kXJ4HGyqJn2QahjXaBJ_svXHWEIk-SBavVgGet6fQMJ3p4wKkkFo6NJppcCZjZTBpimvo5_63lFyZyddvwdcnTY/s4032/no1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSIjfI7MTW57uKuvwhdxPJAhPsVJubo1rmsbN5Yho8jijKZgkbpDlJHXEVoOJF-Zmn3_AUDN9BkGmYxUgMUHSs8yMKwZYI5xC-kXJ4HGyqJn2QahjXaBJ_svXHWEIk-SBavVgGet6fQMJ3p4wKkkFo6NJppcCZjZTBpimvo5_63lFyZyddvwdcnTY/s320/no1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4A3Qu-xEbC3Hdq90djq0qRHekWCKUoFn_VyetieOHvzQNfSi7FWM_6UIXPUKkN0UvqS0mBzzbQTPven-xk7aw91qjYDSivbk6lOFphkZtdc0c08qP4ggyegE-piCCo4UPjldQFHMYTr-yHd3PJQdvZyqOg4iyZO3yt1npCyf33w8rZoxLx5VDIJ_w/s2931/IMG_7360.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Last picture with a recently-done Dauntless. Both 1/48 Hasegawa kits. I liked the graphic impact of the Val decals so much I decided to not cut them along the control-surface hinges. Green top surfaces done with assorted shades of craftstore acrylics. Got the mildly-weathered look I wanted without using dry pastels.
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<p></p>kkollwitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216919512961858215.post-70386020608635740712023-02-26T22:16:00.000-05:002023-02-26T22:16:05.302-05:00Etrich Truthahn<p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Latest turkey bone exercise. Additional bits include assorted disposable wooden utensils, and pulltabs from juice boxes. Wingspan a bit over 38". Some visual themes taken from frigate birds, and a now-ancient wing-warping monoplane from 1910, the Etrich Taube. Due to its goggle-eyes, Janet has aptly dubbed it the "Junior Birdman" in reference to this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JizuHg_c7Ng
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<p></p>kkollwitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216919512961858215.post-41346217757316349502023-01-22T15:43:00.003-05:002023-01-22T15:43:50.703-05:00Mustang, 1944<p> I think I finished this plane in the Summer of 2021, but forgot to post it. 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I bought this kit in the late 70s. I had it about 80% done with the boxtop's yellow-green paintjob, got bored with the look, and put it back in the closet.<br /><br />In the Fall and Winter of 1981, I was in Berlin off and on, such an odd place back then: the Wall, black-clad war widows, punks, Turks, dirty snow, tanks sitting on streetcorners. The West, bright and lively; the East, gray and suppressed.<br /><br />So this diorama is a memory of bits of Berlin, with the added plus of a quirky local camouflage that didn't yet exist when I was there, although it came out shortly after.<br /><br />The tank is all handpainted, mostly with craftstore acrylics; and weathered a bit with a pencil and dry pastels. I have not applied any decals, I like the plain look. Likewise, no snow. The Wall is scrapwood, topped with a piece of water pipe. Most of the graphics and text are taken from online photos, plus a few quotations that are relevant to my time there. I don't remember any large-scale graffiti art, and show none.<br /><br />Snow is baking soda. Smut is local charcoal, ground fine with a file. Sand and slush is a combination of diluted paint and table salt. All were sprayed with a fine water-mist to make them settle down.</p><p>The base is a piece of whiteboard, gray side up, which shows through bare spots in the ice and snow.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5yLRj4ZDPydci0M0vvo-uehTLO2nsh-j4pnFsrxSYNHAr_fgR-kTYTGAJPHNq3dbmRiQCTM-18JfNwdCOpWwQzNdHL40a7uXikx5vGrwJqlbRqW0qy7EYkEwaMLQZ7LrQ4cC7yk4njmUzqtvDTk9QryZVNiTQ7ZZNP9L-TYuvLDAew-UwKe09kM0/s3563/IMG_7152.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2342" data-original-width="3563" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5yLRj4ZDPydci0M0vvo-uehTLO2nsh-j4pnFsrxSYNHAr_fgR-kTYTGAJPHNq3dbmRiQCTM-18JfNwdCOpWwQzNdHL40a7uXikx5vGrwJqlbRqW0qy7EYkEwaMLQZ7LrQ4cC7yk4njmUzqtvDTk9QryZVNiTQ7ZZNP9L-TYuvLDAew-UwKe09kM0/s320/IMG_7152.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I don't care for Allied tanks in WW2, but I do like the US Army uniform palette. And I like the German armor 3-color camo scheme. So this is a cherry-picking 1/35 diorama of stuff I'm interested in. Tamiya and DML Dragon US soldiers, and Italeri's 1993 Panther. The kit comes with optional Zimmerit panels, but I enjoy doing my own. I like the Panther's clean lines, and left off brackets, tow cables, tools, etc. that to me just add visual clutter. Likewise </span><span style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a style="animation-name: none !important; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">no markings or much weathering leaves the camo scheme intact. As usual I used craftstore acrylic paint, and for the first time in about 50 years, handbrushed everything. The picture framers made the frame too big (miscommunication on my part), so I cut a mat out of a pizza box to make up the difference.
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<p></p>kkollwitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216919512961858215.post-74264604556514666162023-01-11T13:40:00.000-05:002023-01-11T13:40:00.061-05:00Memory<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Long ago I used to sail at the drop of a hat. I had a friend, Bob, a retired engineer who lived in a house on the lake. Probably 40 years my senior, but sailing can erase such differences. He had a bigger boat, a Venture 24 I think, much easier to sail than the little 420 I hiked out on. So when we were both out alone on frigid winter days, I'd leave my boat at his dock and we'd schmooze on his Venture.</span></p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px 0px;">I had (still have) another friend, Marco, an Italian grad student from a peach-growing family near Bologna. Soon enough he was sailing too, and the 3 of us would coalesce on Bob's Venture. Marco was doing a thesis on how the quantity of light that fell on individual branches of a given peachtree affected the peaches. He was making these little thumb-joint-sized boxes from scratch with photo-sensitive cells that generated a tiny, but measureable, amount of electricity. And the guinea-pig trees had these boxes fastened to their branches, and the electrical data went into something with a memory, and it was all more than I related to as a young architect. One afternoon I was driving Bob's Venture while he and Marco discussed the photo-boxlets, and how they could be finessed to provide the same quality information from each one, and all that sorta stuff. We glissando'd on the water for an hour like that. I was happy to manage the boat, saying nothing, while they thought big and little about the thesis. Setting aside epiphanies about my family, this was arguably the most-human moment I can remember from my life thus far.</p><p dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px 0px;">The mundane can be crazy heavenly.</p>kkollwitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8216919512961858215.post-28501531894315121662022-12-07T16:22:00.001-05:002023-01-19T17:55:14.729-05:00Dauntless<p>Hasegawa's 1/48 kit. The dive brakes were molded onto the wings. Cut them off, and hand-drilled the holes. Local dark-gray flat spraypaint primer top and sides, matte-white undersides. Craftstore acrylic washes of blue, gray, and white for color variation, followed by assorted dry pastels from the nearby art-supply shop. 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