Quote from: zenrat on August 12, 2024, 05:00:25 AMDoes look great.  But I have dueling banjos on my cerebral jukebox now...

                     

Or 'The Ride of the Valkyries' from the movie Rango...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7elp18vNts

(I guarantee you'll never hear it the same way you used to, after you see that) 

And I'm also seeing echoes of the Death Star Trench Run...

Have fun Dave 

Why did they call it dueling banjos? It's a banjo and a guitar!

Quote from: kerick on August 16, 2024, 07:46:22 PMWhy did they call it dueling banjos? It's a banjo and a guitar!

Because that's the name of the song and album it's from.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dueling_Banjos

Those outside North America are missing something; the eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus. The word 'bold' hardly does them justice when they suspect you have a bag of peanuts. This one is keeping us company at the campsite.

We have one that'll come up on the deck every now and then...at which point the cats will line up against the screen and stare

Quote from: scooter on August 21, 2024, 05:16:09 PMWe have one that'll come up on the deck every now and then...at which point the cats will line up against the screen and stare

 
Yeah, chattering away to themselves as they do when discussing/planning how to get hold of one or two... each...

Ratty, that's pretty amazing. As you say, 'Bold' doesn't say the half of it.
If you shelled the nuts, they could get more in... just a Stray Thought... 

Quote from: The Rat on August 21, 2024, 04:46:17 PMThose outside North America are missing something; the eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus. The word 'bold' hardly does them justice when they suspect you have a bag of peanuts. This one is keeping us company at the campsite.

Chipmunks are nuts at fitting all that into their cheek pouches 

I had a hamster or 3 as a kid that did much the same with the seeds we fed them on. They didn't have anywhere to really take and store them but that natural trait stayed with them even after decades of breeding from caged ancestors.
Not really been a fan of keeping animals in cages since then. Much nicer seeing them in the wild. Squirrels are fun to watch over here.

To me, what makes chipmunks so attractive isn't the colours, because they're each fairly drab and muted. But the pattern they make is striking, and makes them absolutely gorgeous. Hmmm, a deHavilland Canada DHC-1 with that pattern... 

Quote from: Nick on August 22, 2024, 04:07:34 AMNot really been a fan of keeping animals in cages since then. Much nicer seeing them in the wild. Squirrels are fun to watch over here.

Agree with you Nick. Squirrels around here are rather brazen at times 

So, here I am using a tin of Humbrol Enamel 14 that I bought about 60 years ago, on a reissued model that I first built the original incarnation of about 50 years ago. The photos I've found, and the box top, show that it perhaps should be darker, but:
1) Nostalgia is lovely
2) Humbrol is a god in the modeling pantheon
3) It matches the instructions' colours nicely
4) MY EFFIN' MODEL!

Quote from: The Rat on October 21, 2024, 07:25:59 PM4) MY EFFIN' MODEL!

Always the best reason & should, really, always be Reason #1.  

Quote from: Old Wombat on October 21, 2024, 08:39:07 PM

Quote from: The Rat on October 21, 2024, 07:25:59 PM4) MY EFFIN' MODEL!

Always the best reason & should, really, always be Reason #1.  

Wooksta's Dictum! 

I may have learned something yesterday. I love Microscale Liquid Decal film, because it's easy to apply and is super thin, but there is one problem that often crops up; the decals will curl up at the edges, and Micro Set and Micro Sol don't seem to help. I often need to apply some white glue with a toothpick, wait until it's tacky, and then try to stick the decal down. A right royal pita.

Yesterday I tried Humbrol Decal Fix, which I picked up at the Hobbycraft in Telford. Worked a charm! It was only a couple of decals, but this may be the solution to the problem.

The wonders of organic chemistry! A lot like acupuncture, I don't know how it works, but it does!