Spent a couple of hours today working on Staton Marine. Painted and installed most of the windows, 2 of the 3 doors, added the roof rafters, painted and glued the three roofs on. Still left to do: adding the under the roof trim, two sets of windows to install, one barn door to install, battens on the three roofs, installing the pulley gizmos above the barn doors, gluing on the 2-3 signs and … [Read more...]
Build of Staton Marine (1 of 4)
August 13, 2017 By
I’ve written up this update now four different times. Don’t ask why. Operator error. This is “Staton Marine”, still a beginner skill level kit. Started on this tonight, and was able to do the interior bracing, and the painting of the walls, and the gluing of the walls. Still to do: painting of the windows and doors, gluing the roof down, adding the tar paper, signs, etc. might have this done by … [Read more...]
Dolly’s build 2 of 2
August 6, 2017 By
Didn't say anything when these were originally posted. … [Read more...]
Build of Dolly’s 1 of 2
July 23, 2017 By
Really didn't say anything when there were previously posted. … [Read more...]
Build of Chalky’s Pool Hall
July 20, 2017 By
Didn't post anything other than to express frustration with trying to install the wrong shingles, and then finding later on the right ones. We put this aside for a period of time, obviously. … [Read more...]
Build of Stanley Stoves (part 4 of 4)
July 15, 2017 By
Well, I think I should first explain about “Jim”, who’s seem to have fallen right at the exact moment of me taking these pics. Poor Jim, he had a really rough night last night. He was at the bar last night, forgetting he had to work this morning. Good thing he’s the foreman at Stanley Stove - so, if anyone’s going to shout at him for coming to work drunk, it’ll be Jim, shouting at himself. … [Read more...]
Build of Stanley Stoves (part 3 of 4)
July 11, 2017 By
Much happier now, repainted the windows a second time (3 times total); I just did not think the repainted yellow windows fit in. I added the tar paper to both roofs, and then colored / weathered the tar paper, and added some “roof patches” to a few spots. Mostly, in addition to what I just mentioned, I spent “a lot” of time taking some sandpaper to the walls to weather them - makes it look more … [Read more...]
Build of Stanley Stoves (part 2 of 4)
July 4, 2017 By
Another post of pics without words. I first painted windows a dark brown (too dark), and then changed them to yellow (yuck). … [Read more...]
Build of Stanley Stoves (part 1 of 4)
July 1, 2017 By
I didn't say anything when I first posted these. … [Read more...]
Build of Starman’s Spindles
June 13, 2017 By
Well, I’m calling “Starman’s Spindles” pretty much completed. This evening, I added the roof top sign, the front sidewalk, and a company sign on the back of the building. The kit came with the casting of a pile of leftover debris that I added some “color” to since it was just gray straight out of the kit box. Eventually, once I move these buildings onto a scene/diorama, the debris will sit nearby … [Read more...]
First post from the WordPress IOS app, to auto-publish to Facebook.
May 24, 2017 By
"First post from the WordPress IOS app, to auto-publish to Facebook." Welcome to the new world, Brian. It's going to be a brave new world. You are such an early adopter at times, then other times, you are so reluctant to change or to try out things. No more typing into a FB small text entry window with all of its quirks and/or bugs. This seems a lot easier than typing up your post in FB, and then … [Read more...]
Build of Busted Knuckle Garage
April 24, 2017 By
This is a structure I built last night and "painted" (weathered) tonight. Still needs roofing shingles to be put on, as well as the signs. I know now why the "expert" modelers paint/weather the walls/pieces, before glueing them together. I didn't do that this time (nor for the other half dozen kits I've made), but I'm beginning to "learn" that it would be much easier to weather, then glue … [Read more...]
Knight and Day – With me, without me
December 22, 2016 By
From the spy comedy movie "Knight and Day": Tom Cruise is talking to Cameron Diaz, about her life expectancy...raising his hand, then lowering it, raising his hand, and lowering it. "...out there on your own, with me, without me, WITH ME, without me." [guess you had to be there - to see his hand gestures.] The scene is about one minute and twenty seconds in. youtube of knight and day … [Read more...]
Eating, and Chocolate
August 11, 2016 By
Talking about eating... As mentioned in a previous post, Rick and I were having lunch yesterday, and I remarked that lately, I have an urge for chocolate immediately after having a meal "to cleanse my palette", resulting with my snarking down a chocolate bar, ("immediately") after dinner, etc. Astonishingly, he told me he also has the urge/feeling/desire, and does the same. Anyone else do this? … [Read more...]
Writing as a hobby – something to help me
August 9, 2016 By
I was at Tar'get last night, getting my "school supplies" for the new job. A couple of notebooks, notepads, and some pens. I came across this "book" called: "300 writing prompts" First prompt: What's your favorite way to spend a lazy day? Totally random page opening: if you had an opportunity to write as a career, what would you write? (Yes, I kid you not - totally random page). Another … [Read more...]
Child Theme – things to do
August 8, 2016 By
Change the gray background to white, so that the blog entry seems to embedded into the background, instead of floating on top of it. This was mostly done, after the posting of this entry. There are some thin borders, which might have to do with the "breadcrumb" area, as well as the "content" area. Ok, got rid of the majority of the borders, but there still is one on the right of content. … [Read more...]
Child Theme modified – removed blue buttons header right
August 8, 2016 By
I mentioned to Rose that I was thinking about changing my child theme, to change the look and feel to something less boxy, more flowing. I showed her two StudioPress child themes called "beautiful", and "lifestyle". She liked them both. I then showed her the current website, to re-familiarize her with how it currently looks. She has never liked the 3 types of navigation: Top menu bar, the … [Read more...]
Afternoon with a former colleague
August 5, 2016 By
Had a great day yesterday! A former USPS colleague and I met for lunch and a movie. She and I worked together for about a year or two, before she retired. We've always talked about getting together for lunch or whatever, but "never got around to it". She enjoys some of the same things as I do: theatre, movies, etc. Well, we finally got together yesterday, and we just had the best time. We met at … [Read more...]
Blogging milestones as of 8/3/2016
August 3, 2016 By
NEW BLOGGING MILESTONES! I wrote the post below a few weeks ago. But, it seems I need to update it with the following: 4.3. Another new subscriber! 4.5. A friend has now commented (twice) on my blog posts! Thank you, Edward Anderson! There's going to have to be a time when I will need to stop posting these milestones, but they're pretty important in the beginning, you know, especially when … [Read more...]
