Zenrat's Flying Circus

[zenrat]

Woohoo!
Western Bulldogs AFL premiers 2016!

Yay Doggies!

I need to do a commemorative build.

[NARSES2]

Isn't Angostura bitters poisonous if you drink to much of it ?

That's why it's literally just swirled round the glass. It was till quite popular back in the 60's when I started  . Only tried it once though I think. Much prefer a gin and t with a slice of lime and ice 

[Rick Lowe]

Isn't Angostura bitters poisonous if you drink to much of it ?

That's why it's literally just swirled round the glass. It was till quite popular back in the 60's when I started  . Only tried it once though I think. Much prefer a gin and t with a slice of lime and ice 

Possibly why some of the older Navy/Army Types went 'Doo-Lally' in the end? On top of the heat in The Colonies, of course.

You guys are makin' me Thirsty now...

[zenrat]

Alcohol is a poison.  It certainly made me feel ill this morning.

Today I put on some decals...

...and glued on some bits & pieces and primed.

[zenrat]

Ma and Pa zenrat arrive from the old dart in 1 1/2 hours for a visit.
Modelling will be reduced to a minimum for the next 4 weeks while I play host, tour guide and spider wrangler.

[NARSES2]

Ma and Pa zenrat arrive from the old dart in 1 1/2 hours for a visit.

Shouldn't you be at the airport ?    Or are you all "mobile" on us ?

[zenrat]

I was at home.  Left 15 minutes after I sent that and despite the best efforts of Vic Roads night-time roadwork crews imposing 40 km/hr limits seemingly at random across the free/tollway network we arrived at international arrivals 5 minutes before they appeared through the door.

[Rick Lowe]

"Spider Wrangler" - LoL.
I have a Sister like that...

there again, we don't have anything like the Giant Cat-eating Mutants that you do... 

thank goodness for the Tasman Sea.

Hope Ma n Pa have a safe holiday.

[zenrat]

I gave Dad the shed tour thisarvo and introduced him to the concept of the PDRV and the Sky Pirates of the Nullarbor coast.
Managed to drop the prop from the Falco and snap off a blade.   

Current state of plays with the builds in progress is that painting has started on the Gunboat, the D9 dozer is awaiting weathering on the Cat Yellow paint (before it gets a zenrat industries blue coat), the Turbocat is still undergoing PSR, the Tribeau has its nose slathered in PPP, 3 cars are awaiting a clear coat, the Fitter has a blue underside and one coat of pale sand camo on the top and the Super Etendard is finished apart from some wash, canopy and weapons.
Oh, and the PDRV MiG 29 is back on the bench after I knocked off one of it's gun pods.

[Old Wombat]

thank goodness for the Tasman Sea.

You know it's getting narrower, yeah?

[NARSES2]

I was at home.  Left 15 minutes after I sent that and despite the best efforts of Vic Roads night-time roadwork crews imposing 40 km/hr limits seemingly at random across the free/tollway network we arrived at international arrivals 5 minutes before they appeared through the door.

You couldn't have done that at Heathrow or Gatwick.

Hope they and you have a good time

[zenrat]

They are still jet lagged but refuse to just sit and rest and so are gardening.
Ma z is weeding the front yard while Pa z is roaming the back yard with Mrs z and a pruning saw cutting down every self seeded Wattle she deems surplus to requirements.
Still, they're getting sunshine and exercise which are supposed to be the trick to getting over jet lag quicker.

And I did mange to get another coat of pale sand onto the Fitter, paint the gunboats guns and sand the Blairgowrie's nose.

[zenrat]

Nice day today.  Went down to the shed to put some clear on the three car bodies i've got ready to go...

...only to find that since I last looked in the cupboard in the autumn the 2 pack hardener had hardened in the bottle and most of the acrylic thinners had evaporated from the tin.
Grrrrrrrrr.


I did however find a small jar of pre-thinned acrylic clear dregs which with a dash of GP thinners was enough to cover a 1/25 AMT Sunbeam Tiger.

Also painted the deck of the gunboat and the second camo colour on the Su 22.

[PR19_Kit]

........ was enough to cover a 1/25 AMT Sunbeam Tiger.

OOooh, a Sunbeam Tiger, one of the best cars I ever drove. 

I've got one of those AMT kits somewhere, I should dig it out.

[zenrat]

It's a great kit Kit.  A little lacking on detail maybe but goes together well (at least so far).
Engine looks good with just minor extra detailing (plug leads).
Only con is that you will lose the moulded scripts and body trim when removing the mould separation lines from the body.
I painted it Hemi Orange BTW.

Culture day today.  Took the Olds into the city to view Art.  May have nipped into Metro Hobbies and picked up some paint on the way past...
A major part of the Art was a John Olsen retrospective.  This was my favourite.

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/OA23.1968/
Entrance to the Seaport of Desire by John Olsen 1964