Over the years I have fixed all my equipment and have everything ready to move ahead with this year's farming activities...once it stops raining.....funny the last 3 years it's been a drought. Now a monsoon. I even cleaned up and organized my shop to have something to do.
I'm not much of a reader although the Tom Clancy type novels (prefer other authors, but the type) get read from time to time. Enjoyed the biography of H. Ford in "Wheels for the World".
So my sweetie suggested building models. I googled and found several suppliers of such. Hobbylinc.com is my favorite as they have great prices and a tremendous variety. I have 28 aircraft built and more waiting. Every one has a story to tell as it was part of my life. Currently I have added the Jeep and the Sherman, and half tracks.
The Jeep is pretty small, about 4" long but the detail is fantastic. For example, each of the leaves of the springs is identifiable in the mold. I have built enough of them to learn how to do it and the quality of the finished product is improving. I have added the necessary paint supplies and other things like hemostats, scalpel blades and handles, table vise, table magnifying glass to make the job easier. The blue painting tape is super in assembly as it is easy to install either for spray painting or holding parts together while the glue is curing...leaves no residue but will lift the paint off if you put it on a painted (slick plastic) surface.
I installed half a dozen six foot shelves to house them and hanging from the ceiling I have a " Red Baron Tri-plane (Red Baron Pizza), a He 111 (that bombed London) and a PBY (that saw the Japanese fleet headed for Midway). Sizes vary from 1/32 scale to 1/700 on the Hancock aircraft carrier....which has it's own story.
Other thing I find with this is:
Pride in accomplishment. Mental involvement in figuring out reality and what the directions say. Mentally tying each model to something in my life. Being able to Google historical facts about the models. Gets you right there. Brings it to life. Super time consumer. Get engrossed and the hours fly by. Quit worrying about when it will quit raining. Lot cheaper than restoring tractors like I originally did upon retiring.
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