Sefton's Thanksgiving Edition Hobby & Craft Thread (no, not actual thread, although...)

Hey kids. Hope you're all enjoying the long weekend and as we begin the Christmas season, it's time to start thinking about trains, planes and automobiles - of the model variety.

So, make like you're a kid again and press your nose up against the hobby shop window while dropping the not so subtle hint to mom and dad about how that Lionel Blue Comet would really look great circling under the tree.

As always, use caution with the chemicals and materials you use. Now let's head down to the basement, garage or craft room to be creative and have some fun!

PS: Still in search of someone who can help me with a miniature machining/engineering project. Reach out at admin@cutjibnewsletter.com

First up, this gentleman is an outstanding modeler and is creating a beautiful layout based on a car ferry operation near Vancouver. In this segment he kicks off the construction of a brewery. I believe he has worked as a special effects artist in film, and his perspective/philosophy on the hobby is most insightful.

The Ace of Clay is back, this time creating an Ice King Warlock out of Sculpey. He usually does much shorter videos but you get to see more of the process with the longer format.

For you diorama makers out there, a little bit of everything from building landforms, deep resin water pouring and 3D printing all coming together to make a creepy scene. Lots of good tips and techniques.

Even with the advent of radio control, there is still something magical about a well constructed rubber-powered job cutting across the sky. This is part one of a series on Free Flight Basics. He also has some videos of some beautiful models just doing their thing.

Just incredible craftsmanship and imagination in wood and metal to create this lamp.

I've featured this Russian fellow before and he is a master with paper mache. This time, however, he is using a thermoplastic compound to create a cosplay mask.

I'm not a big fan generally of competition shows but there are two British painting competitions "Portrait Artist of the Year" and "Landscape Artist of the Year" that I watch just to see how other painters work.

For you plastic modelers, follow along as David from the Czech Republic builds a Yak-1b in 1/72 scale from a new manufacturer. All sorts of tips on assembly, painting and weathering.

This young gent is building a really nice British N scale layout that features some incredible scratch built structures, all out of cardboard and paper. In this episode, he experiments with a low relief forced perspective structure for the backdrop.

Lastly, the boys over at Flite Test are once again pushing the envelope of the RC airplane hobby. This thing is a beast.

Have a great weekend everybody!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at 05:00 PM

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1 hiya

Posted by: JT at November 26, 2021 05:02 PM (arJlL)

2 Any coin collectors in the Horde?

Posted by: tbodie at November 26, 2021 05:05 PM (XWb4y)

3 Hey JT!

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at November 26, 2021 05:06 PM (nxdel)

4 Wow, that beetle diorama is pretty imaginative, and well-done.

Posted by: spindrift at November 26, 2021 05:06 PM (h5TKJ)

5 > Any coin collectors in the Horde?

Sorta'

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 26, 2021 05:06 PM (BFigT)

6 I still want a one person quad copter.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 26, 2021 05:06 PM (axyOa)

7 Raking leaves a hobby?

Posted by: weirdflunky at November 26, 2021 05:07 PM (cknjq)

8 I need a hobby. Seriously. I need to upgrade my activity

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at November 26, 2021 05:07 PM (cSyAR)

9 A favorite thread and was going to go find supper

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 05:08 PM (2JoB8)

10 Husbands hobby is his guitar. I never really had a hobby until I started getting interested in jewelry making but a hobby turned into a business. I mean.. what was I gonna do with all that shit?

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at November 26, 2021 05:08 PM (nxdel)

11 Any coin collectors in the Horde?

Sorta'
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 26, 2021 05:06 PM (BFigT)

Man. If I had a dime for every time I've heard that.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 26, 2021 05:09 PM (axyOa)

12 I am sure some have mentioned coin collection
I would have been in looney bin long ago without a hobby

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 05:09 PM (2JoB8)

13 JJ is great but I legit have no artistic or engineering abilities. Now I can detail strip a lot of weapons until they are piles of springs and put them back together, but that is it. Artistic ability zero, Engineering, maybe a 1.

But these are cool videos. It is interesting what people enjoy and are good at.

Posted by: Quint at November 26, 2021 05:09 PM (NXntH)

14 and was going to go find supper

Posted by: Skip at November 26

Where'd you last put it?

Posted by: LMAO at November 26, 2021 05:09 PM (wrwK7)

15 Not per se, but compulsively keep pre 1972 all copper pennies, few wheats, buffalo nickel and one silver dime.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko gender fluid at November 26, 2021 05:10 PM (FoWGv)

16 Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 26, 2021 05:06 PM (BFigT)

My coin of choice is the US penny, from large cents to current.

Posted by: tbodie at November 26, 2021 05:10 PM (XWb4y)

17 Hubbymayhem wants to try making a pecan pie. He searched the kitchen for needed ingredients. He found a bottle of karo syrup pushed was way to the back in a cupboard. No one in this house remembers buying it and it may very well be something that moved here with me over twenty years ago. He's now searching the internet to determine if it is safe to use this. I say fuck it roll the bones and see what happens!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 26, 2021 05:10 PM (Vxu+H)

18 Coin collector??!! Was that a shot at JJ?!?!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 26, 2021 05:11 PM (UHVv4)

19 We've got snow sticking on the ground today, which is a clear signal that it's time for the scenery material and trains to come out and play. I don't do much modeling in the summer, as my layout is in the attic and it gets a bit stuffy. It so happens that deer season starts tomorrow, so I'll be busy for a while, but after that, I've got a LOT of 1:160 trees to make.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at November 26, 2021 05:11 PM (lNHqD)

20 I need a hobby. Seriously. I need to upgrade my activity
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at November 26, 2021 05:07 PM (cSyAR)

If Mrs D wasn't such a stick in the mud, I'd renew my pilots license. I can still pass a physical. Pricy though. But great fun!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 26, 2021 05:11 PM (axyOa)

21 The only thing i love and am good at is public speaking but that doesn't seem like a hobby.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at November 26, 2021 05:12 PM (cSyAR)

22 admin, pretty spiffy. I start making potholders and aprons tomorrow. Need to clear the table and put a leaf in to cut patterns. Then haul out the sewing machine ,it may need oiled. Have all the supplies.

Posted by: Infidel at November 26, 2021 05:12 PM (LZkdC)

23 Got plenty of coins I wanna get rid of.

Complete set of US states coins, foreign coins, mint US sets from the 60s-70s, bills, etc.
Probably not worth a whole lot but what do i know?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 26, 2021 05:12 PM (vuisn)

24 There's a gliding club just outside of town. That intrigues me.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at November 26, 2021 05:13 PM (cSyAR)

25 Coin collector??!! Was that a shot at JJ?!?!
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 26, 2021 05:11 PM (UHVv4)

I have no idea,what this means. No, not a shot at JJ.

Posted by: tbodie at November 26, 2021 05:14 PM (XWb4y)

26 I have used Sculpey but I still prefer clay.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 26, 2021 05:14 PM (52jaF)

27 3d printing has done amazing things for modeling and crafting by basically giving everyone the ability to mill any part they need. I wish I had one, had the money to buy the goop for it, and had the energy and time to practice at making things with it.

I'd make miniatures of my monsters and characters.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 26, 2021 05:15 PM (KZzsI)

28
Any coin collectors in the Horde?
Posted by: tbodie at November 26, 2021 05:05 PM (XWb4y)

___________

I prefer to collect paper money.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 26, 2021 05:16 PM (/U27+)

29 The only thing i love and am good at is public speaking but that doesn't seem like a hobby.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at November 26, 2021 05:12 PM (cSyAR)

Actually you can make that work.
Back in the last century when i was a sophomore in college, there was a guy who literally had a soapbox. He'd set it up and he had a five minute spiel about damned near any subject. Fun to listen to him he mad it interesting and humerous. Even had a hat o the ground to throw in a dollar.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 26, 2021 05:17 PM (axyOa)

30 21 The only thing i love and am good at is public speaking but that doesn't seem like a hobby.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at November 26, 2021 05:12 PM (cSyAR)

Depends if you use it to start a debate or public speaking club for teens, who will then provide you lots of amusement that a hobby does...

Posted by: Nova local at November 26, 2021 05:17 PM (exHjb)

31 Every year at Christmas season I start getting a bit crafty and make a new decoration for the holiday. This year I used an old maple syrup tin. It was quite small, shaped like a house and had a printed cabin scene on it. I painted it and decorated it to be a faux gingerbread house. Just used what was around. A cheap ugly brooch type pin became a wreath. The pour spout on top was painted red and white like peppermint candy. Used puffy fabric paint for snow on the roof. It turned out pretty nice!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 26, 2021 05:17 PM (Vxu+H)

32 If Mrs D wasn't such a stick in the mud, I'd renew my pilots license. I can still pass a physical. Pricy though. But great fun!

I suspect that owning a plane is a lot like owning a boat, but more so.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 26, 2021 05:17 PM (KZzsI)

33 I used to build models, fish, fly rc planes, golf and procreate.

Now, as I get older, I just shoot rifles and pistols and masturbate occasionally.

These things take up all my time.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 26, 2021 05:17 PM (6FtXF)

34 A couple of my high school buddies worked in one of the largest hobby shops in Marin (Corte Madera) back in the 70's. We're really spoiled these days - a remote control anything back then was for the rich - and so limited compared to what can be done now. I used to love remote control planes, but could only afford things like line-driven Cox. (I didn't work at that store, unfortunately). Heck, the 4x4 trucks/cars are off the hook these days!

When I was even younger, there was a store in Sunnyvale that exclusively sold model train everything. The place was huge, and of course - trains circumnavigating the entire store. That was an adult toy. Who else could afford the trains, plus all the landscaping materials and the real estate to hold that? I remember one in particular that was solid brass HO scale. Absolutely gorgeous. And about the same time, they used to have slot car tracks the teens were into! I always wanted one, but was too young. That sort of faded out in the mid/late 60's. Today, I fly my drone for fun and profit, as well as 40+ years of photography for same.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 26, 2021 05:18 PM (wAnMi)

35 Used puffy fabric paint for snow on the roof. It turned out pretty nice!

My brother made a completely edible gingerbread house years ago. It wasn't very tasty because of the consistency of some of the stuff, but it was amazing looking.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 26, 2021 05:19 PM (KZzsI)

36 Yolo! Hell yes!

Pecan Pie is absolutely worth it

Posted by: weirdflunky at November 26, 2021 05:19 PM (cknjq)

37 I need a hobby. Seriously. I need to upgrade my activity
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at November 26, 2021 05:07 PM (cSyAR)

Same here.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 26, 2021 05:20 PM (qxz9B)

38
My mom sold my huge ass smoke pellet smoking Lionel trains when I was approaching my teenage years. I stored my sons HO gauge trains in the crawl space of my house and someone stole them when my roof was re-shingled.

This post is triggering me and JJ did not offer his selected pronouns at the beginning. I can deal with losing my trains and someone stealing my sons, but come on JJ.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 26, 2021 05:20 PM (dQvv7)

39 Madamemayhem (uppity wench)

Nice!

Posted by: Infidel at November 26, 2021 05:20 PM (LZkdC)

40 I find glass blowing fascists but I'm pretty sure I'd set myself on fire.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at November 26, 2021 05:21 PM (cSyAR)

41 Already noodling some track plan ideas for a proper basement model railroad for when we finally leave NYC for Wisconsin next year.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 26, 2021 05:21 PM (s2VJv)

42 I find glass blowing fascists but I'm pretty sure I'd set myself on fire.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at November 26, 2021 05:21 PM (cSyAR)

Well yeah.

Posted by: weirdflunky at November 26, 2021 05:22 PM (cknjq)

43 Going to add to my over 5,000 figure ( 6,000 if count horses too) Napoleonic collection. Brunswick battalion and more vehicles which means more horses

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 05:22 PM (2JoB8)

44 I suspect that owning a plane is a lot like owning a boat, but more so.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 26, 2021 05:17 PM (KZzsI)

Yeah. It can be. Expensive up front and it can be maintenance intensive if you not careful.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 26, 2021 05:23 PM (axyOa)

45 I find glass blowing fascists but I'm pretty sure I'd set myself on fire.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at November 26, 2021 05:21 PM (cSyAR)

I saw Glass Blowing Fascists open for Plastic Ono Band on the David Susskind Show in '72.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 26, 2021 05:23 PM (s2VJv)

46 Hiya Jewells !

Posted by: JT at November 26, 2021 05:23 PM (arJlL)

47 Wasn't there recent discussion on jury dooty? I just got one in the mail

Posted by: A dude in MI at November 26, 2021 05:23 PM (/6GbT)

48 BTW, as I mentioned in the earlier post, BH Photo Video still has one DJI Mavic Mini on sale - this one comes with a hard case and extras for $355. Not 6 months ago, the Mavic Mini was around $600-700, without goodies. Highly recommended, it's the best small quad copter made. Autonomous flight, auto follow (follow bike, car, pooch), GPS controlled, collision avoidance, high quality stabilized video/photo - I'm tempted to grab one just for a spare! I have the Mavic Pro which has 4k video/photo for real estate photography/video.

The mini will almost fit in your shirt pocket. Crazy the amount of tech they pack in the thing. The price *will* go back up, they do this every year. bhphotovideo.com/find/dealZone.jsp

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 26, 2021 05:23 PM (wAnMi)

49 Skip - the wind is still howling out there !

Posted by: JT at November 26, 2021 05:23 PM (arJlL)

50 I made a calendar of some of the favorite airshow photos I've taken, Gonna had out a few for Christmas to some like minded friends. Hard to settle on 13. cover and the months.

Posted by: 2DOGS at November 26, 2021 05:24 PM (2cfUo)

51 I find glass blowing fascists but I'm pretty sure I'd set myself on fire.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker

I took a one day lab class up in Corning - it was a huge amount of fun. My project was to blow and fashion a flower and I thought it was beautiful. My instructor, a mid twentyish fine arts student thought my flower was a dead ringer for a, um, Georgia O'Keefe shall we say, and laughed at me for the rest of the day. It sits on the mantle to this day.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 26, 2021 05:25 PM (mD/uy)

52 Glass blowers are a bunch of bastards but I don't know if I'd call them fascists.

Maybe.

Posted by: weirdflunky at November 26, 2021 05:25 PM (cknjq)

53 Going to add to my over 5,000 figure ( 6,000 if count horses too) Napoleonic collection. Brunswick battalion and more vehicles which means more horses

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 05:22 PM

I have about the same number of figures and vehicles for WWII and Modern Wars. All 1/100 15mm for Flames of War (WWII) and Team Yankee (Modern). Bags and bags of foam to store them in. Haven't played a game since covid hit though.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 26, 2021 05:26 PM (bVYXr)

54 I have to take a date rape drug before masterbating.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at November 26, 2021 05:26 PM (YF/tk)

55 Jan Brady was a Glass blower

Posted by: 2DOGS at November 26, 2021 05:26 PM (2cfUo)

56
Wasn't there recent discussion on jury dooty? I just got one in the mail

Posted by: A dude in MI at November 26, 2021 05:23 PM

Life is like the episode of Star Trek where people pop up out of nowhere to terrorize the crew until Kirk orders them to stand down and clear their minds.

Trying not to think seems the best way to keep things from happening. Become a leftist.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 26, 2021 05:27 PM (dQvv7)

57 We used to have a moron art post where we submitted moron paintings, photographs, sculpture, etc.

I liked to see that again as I know we have gained more artists since that time.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 26, 2021 05:27 PM (xIkNd)

58 My mom sold my huge ass smoke pellet smoking Lionel trains when I was approaching my teenage years. I stored my sons HO gauge trains in the crawl space of my house and someone stole them when my roof was re-shingled.

This post is triggering me and JJ did not offer his selected pronouns at the beginning. I can deal with losing my trains and someone stealing my sons, but come on JJ.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 26, 2021 05:20 PM (dQvv7)

That sucks. I've been on the stolen end far too often, especially recently. When I was a kid in the 60's, I collected hotwheels - but to collect, not play (I was weird). Unfortunately, my step dad decided the guy who shined shoes at the country club needed my collection more than I did, and that was that. I could probably buy a fucking house with what those things are worth.

My ex bought the entire Looney Tunes Lionel train set (her working for WB cost more than she made), and I'd set that up under the Christmas Tree every year, and around the living room. Love the smell of that burning oil whatever it is - one of those now forgotten smells, just like caps I suppose.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 26, 2021 05:28 PM (wAnMi)

59 I have some coins my grandfather and father kept. Some going back to the 1800's. A few "half cents" some real silver coins including some "Sitting", "Walking" half dollars along with a bunch of pre-1930's nickels, dimes and quarters.

I have a Commemorative Stone Mountain half dollar circa 1929 and a couple gold dollar coins from about the same era.

Depending on what you use for value they're either worth a bit, or a lot. Bottom line is what someone else will pay.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 26, 2021 05:28 PM (BFigT)

60 Going to add to my over 5,000 figure ( 6,000 if count horses too) Napoleonic collection. Brunswick battalion and more vehicles which means more horses

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 05:22

Reminded me of the movie Ronin.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 26, 2021 05:29 PM (xIkNd)

61 The cock-up up top looks like "LGB" scale (and brand) trains. Let's Go, Brandon!

Posted by: t-bird at November 26, 2021 05:29 PM (9Fwwf)

62 Making ornaments and setting trees up and playing Plague Inc. with my 9-year-old nephew.

Posted by: FollyHerself at November 26, 2021 05:29 PM (VRMF4)

63 I mean.. what was I gonna do with all that shit?

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at November 26, 2021 05:08 PM (nxdel)

Exactly. I've been doing pottery, stoneware, both wheel thrown and slab builds. House got full so we started selling. Really more of a chore now.

Posted by: Javems at November 26, 2021 05:30 PM (4r7Xc)

64 FWIW I'm not a glass blowing fascist.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at November 26, 2021 05:30 PM (cSyAR)

65 I took a one day lab class up in Corning - it was a huge amount of fun. My project was to blow and fashion a flower and I thought it was beautiful. My instructor, a mid twentyish fine arts student thought my flower was a dead ringer for a, um, Georgia O'Keefe shall we say, and laughed at me for the rest of the day. It sits on the mantle to this day.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 26, 2021 05:25 PM (mD/uy)
---

Next project -- glass Mapplethorpe bong.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at November 26, 2021 05:30 PM (Dc2NZ)

66 Apparently the best rebel yell was made by Donald Sutherland while he was pointing and glaring.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 26, 2021 05:30 PM (ybIRR)

67 A guy built a nice G650:

https://youtu.be/TdUqfzrDzSQ

He does big commercial aircraft and this was his first Gulfstream I think. It looks nice. Too bad he couldn't get internal rigging like a real gulfstream.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 26, 2021 05:30 PM (nBzM9)

68 25 Coin collector??!! Was that a shot at JJ?!?!
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 26, 2021 05:11 PM (UHVv4)

I have no idea,what this means. No, not a shot at JJ.
Posted by: tbodie at November 26, 2021 05:14 PM (XWb4y)

Someone shot JJ? or... was it just all a dream...

Posted by: Romeo13, having Dalls Flashbacks at November 26, 2021 05:30 PM (oHd/0)

69 Wasn't there recent discussion on jury dooty? I just got one in the mail
Posted by: A dude in MI at November 26, 2021 05:23 PM (/6GbT)

We discussed it on a few ONTs. I recently had a jury duty summons but didn't want to go because it turned out to be the same day as my son's final high school volleyball game. The Horde helped me -- I followed Horde advice and got rescheduled for March 2022.

Posted by: Doof at November 26, 2021 05:31 PM (mZUr4)

70
Jury duty is less a hobby than an avocation . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 26, 2021 05:31 PM (s2VJv)

71 Wasn't there recent discussion on jury dooty? I just got one in the mail

You know what to do.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 26, 2021 05:32 PM (KZzsI)

72 Love the smell of that burning oil whatever it is -

PCB oil!!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko gender fluid at November 26, 2021 05:32 PM (FoWGv)

73 Going to add to my over 5,000 figure ( 6,000 if count horses too) Napoleonic collection. Brunswick battalion and more vehicles which means more horses
Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 05:22 PM

I remember the Ral Partha miniatures from back in the day. They still in business?

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 26, 2021 05:33 PM (6FtXF)

74 My wood working projects have turned to making cat trees out of real trees. I have done some in mesquite and am now doing one with a pine base and eucalyptus branches.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 26, 2021 05:33 PM (52jaF)

75 I used to collect coins and trapper pocket knives. I have both collections in a safe but haven't added to them in over 20 years.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 26, 2021 05:33 PM (xIkNd)

76 Currently scheduled for Jan 29, but have to call in the Friday before

Posted by: A dude in MI at November 26, 2021 05:34 PM (/6GbT)

77 My hobbies have all whittled down to just Role Playing Games now. Its less expensive than golfing, aviation, and model railroading, but still can get spendy. Mostly I write these days, though; gaming supplements like the upcoming Champions Begins. Wuhan Flu panic and basically just getting old has wiped out gaming for a lot of people.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 26, 2021 05:34 PM (KZzsI)

78 Myth busters JATO Impala.

Sweet!

Posted by: blaster at November 26, 2021 05:34 PM (mbFEM)

79 My wood working projects have turned to making cat trees out of real trees. I have done some in mesquite and am now doing one with a pine base and eucalyptus branches.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 26, 2021 05:33 PM (52jaF)

Crepe Myrtle trees have great shape and bark for that project.

Posted by: Just a side note at November 26, 2021 05:35 PM (xIkNd)

80 I used to run games a lot, I enjoy that much more than playing. I ran games at Cons, etc. But it is a very significant investment of time and energy to run a good game and its hours of talking, emoting, thinking, and so on to run one, and I just don't have that in me these days. So I write stuff for others.

I do miss it terribly, though.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 26, 2021 05:36 PM (KZzsI)

81 A guy built a nice G650:
https://youtu.be/TdUqfzrDzSQ
He does big commercial aircraft and this was his first Gulfstream I think. It looks nice. Too bad he couldn't get internal rigging like a real gulfstream.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 26, 2021 05:30 PM (nBzM9)

Literally right across the freeway from me is a huge RC airport. Some of the shit these guys fly is beyond incredible. And like this especially - the jets blow me away. That's some serious coin though, I can't imagine spending hundreds of hours only to crash the thing (or really, have somebody crash into you).

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 26, 2021 05:36 PM (wAnMi)

82 Going to add to my over 5,000 figure ( 6,000 if count horses too) Napoleonic collection. Brunswick battalion and more vehicles which means more horses
Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 05:22 PM

Damn, I thought I was bad when I had 600 or so Austrians in 15mm, and a couple hundred French.

What system do you play? I was active in the late 80's and early 90's, so Third Empire... or Houserules Napoleonics.

Posted by: Romeo13, having Dalls Flashbacks at November 26, 2021 05:37 PM (oHd/0)

83 Northern lurker-

See if there is a Toastmasters club near you. You could help others who want to improve their public speaking!

Posted by: Brunnhilde at November 26, 2021 05:37 PM (n9V8S)

84 I collect stuff to make and fix stuff. I suppose that's a hobby.

Posted by: f'd at November 26, 2021 05:38 PM (Tnijr)

85 A young guy at the pub refurbished a 1990 Miata and did a beautiful job. I think that's fantastic but I can't do that.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at November 26, 2021 05:39 PM (cSyAR)

86 Video games, World of Warships and Star Citizen. I needed a new gaming computer, so I built one. Building a new PC in 2021 is a lot easier than building one back in '95.

Posted by: mrp at November 26, 2021 05:39 PM (6eRlp)

87 Myth busters JATO Impala.

Sweet!
Posted by: blaster at November 26, 2021 05:34 PM

That one, rocket sled, and the episode where they almost burn down the shop(rescue rocket?) Are my top 3

Posted by: A dude in MI at November 26, 2021 05:39 PM (/6GbT)

88 There is a retirement community in Florida that advertises that it has a 14 acre RC air park

Posted by: blaster at November 26, 2021 05:39 PM (mbFEM)

89 Newest hobby? Black Powder guns. Next hobby? Requires the house to be finished - distilling corn likker.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 26, 2021 05:39 PM (uXonU)

90 This post is triggering me and JJ did not offer his selected pronouns at the beginning. I can deal with losing my trains and someone stealing my sons, but come on JJ.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 26, 2021 05:20 PM

It's J.J.'s birthday. You might want to consider cutting the kid some slack.

Posted by: Josh Painter at November 26, 2021 05:40 PM (a3Q+t)

91 That one, rocket sled, and the episode where they almost burn down the shop(rescue rocket?) Are my top 3
Posted by: A dude in MI

Cannon. Over the berm and thru the neighborhood.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 26, 2021 05:40 PM (uXonU)

92 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at November 26, 2021 05:41 PM (Zz0t1)

93 That one, rocket sled, and the episode where they almost burn down the shop(rescue rocket?) Are my top 3
Posted by: A dude in MI at November 26, 2021 05:39 PM (/6GbT)

My favorite is when they blow up the cement truck.

The biggest explosion ever on Mythbusters

Posted by: blaster at November 26, 2021 05:41 PM (mbFEM)

94 Ace of Clay and there's no Gigglesnort Hotel?

https://youtu.be/TnHhXxCOc7A?t=13

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at November 26, 2021 05:42 PM (Zz0t1)

95 Woodworking and playing classical guitar. Hope to combine the two and build classical guitars, when I have more free time.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 26, 2021 05:42 PM (64kcH)

96 My grandfather who never got to meet dying when my dad was a teenager was a professional glass blower.

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 05:43 PM (2JoB8)

97 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at November 26, 2021 05:41 PM (Zz0t1)

Howdy Sponge

Posted by: Doof at November 26, 2021 05:43 PM (mZUr4)

98 I'm taking over my mom's sailboat so it looks like knots and sheets and accidental jibes are in my future. I haven't had my own boat since about 1995.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 26, 2021 05:43 PM (guGkK)

99 Today I made some special power steering return line fittings for a kit I make. I figure I make about $5 on each and can make 4 in an hour. Not going to get rich doing that.

Posted by: f'd at November 26, 2021 05:43 PM (Tnijr)

100 One of the challenges when you are a very experienced 29 year old is the feeling I'm too old to learn something totally new.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at November 26, 2021 05:44 PM (cSyAR)

101 I have a picture but can't see much but train tracks and trestle in a yard train set. It was in a yard next to a job, don't even remember where it was.

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 05:44 PM (2JoB8)

102 Exactly. I've been doing pottery, stoneware, both wheel thrown and slab builds. House got full so we started selling. Really more of a chore now.

Fortunately jewelry doesn't take up a lot of space but my work area is another story. Drives hubs crazy. I have a ridiculous amount of inventory that I have to declare for taxes so I'm going to take a bunch of it to Hope House, a place for women who have been abused and are trying to get back on their feet.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at November 26, 2021 05:45 PM (nxdel)

103 I don't really have many or any hobbies, but WANT to have some.

I did just finish installing the new suspension parts into my truck. Now she needs an alignment because I just didn't do what I should've to put it back how it was.

Half-assing is no way to go through life, son......

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at November 26, 2021 05:45 PM (Zz0t1)

104 Howdy Sponge
Posted by: Doof at November 26, 2021 05:43 PM (mZUr4)

*kickin' it old school*

WHHAAAAAZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPP!!!??????

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at November 26, 2021 05:46 PM (Zz0t1)

105 I saw Never Got to Meet Dying open for Krokus at The Rosemont Horizon in '86.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at November 26, 2021 05:47 PM (Zz0t1)

106 I'm taking over my mom's sailboat so it looks like knots and sheets and accidental jibes are in my future. I haven't had my own boat since about 1995.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 26, 2021 05:43 PM (guGkK)

I'm looking at getting a dinghy to teach family how to sail. Sailed on a 4knt shitbox for 15 years

Posted by: A dude in MI at November 26, 2021 05:48 PM (/6GbT)

107 *kickin' it old school*

WHHAAAAAZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPP!!!??????
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at November 26, 2021 05:46 PM (Zz0t1)

Haha -- That sure was hot for a while. That was after the frogs, correct??

Posted by: Doof at November 26, 2021 05:48 PM (mZUr4)

108 >>I'm taking over my mom's sailboat so it looks like knots and sheets and accidental jibes are in my future. I haven't had my own boat since about 1995.

Lucky you.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 26, 2021 05:48 PM (ZLI7S)

109 Sponge!!

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at November 26, 2021 05:48 PM (nxdel)

110 I have a really good medium format film camera. I could get back into that. I mean specifically film photography.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at November 26, 2021 05:48 PM (cSyAR)

111 I guess I have gotten into shooting as a hobby.

Posted by: blaster at November 26, 2021 05:48 PM (mbFEM)

112 I still have some pewter 1/285th scale armor for board games and dioramas. WWII and modern stuff mostly. Hard as shit to paint and detail, even with a magnifying glass. A couple sets did really well. Very realistic even with a macro.

I find that sort of stuff... creating lifelike looking sets very relaxing even if I can't really see what I'm doing. So, basically it all looks good to me. And honestly that's all that matters.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 26, 2021 05:49 PM (BFigT)

113 Still play Empire III from 1981, but many a Napoleonic player has said its the most detailed game rules. I sadly only play solo, but can set up and play for weeks without a problem.
My Gettysburg set up, using Napoleonic era troops
https://tinyurl.com/3p335r8z

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 05:49 PM (2JoB8)

114 I'm looking at getting a dinghy to teach family how to sail. Sailed on a 4knt shitbox for 15 years
Posted by: A dude in MI at November 26, 2021 05:48 PM (/6GbT)

One of the things I'm looking forward to is getting a nice little sabot to teach my granddaughter how to sail.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 26, 2021 05:50 PM (guGkK)

115 111 I guess I have gotten into shooting as a hobby.
Posted by: blaster at November 26, 2021 05:48 PM (mbFEM)
---
Crazy!

Posted by: Weasel at November 26, 2021 05:50 PM (0IeYL)

116 If "craft" includes shoe repair . . . I've used some thin rubber sheeting to repair some worn spots in the soles of a pair of dress oxfords. I cut the rubber to fit, then use Gorilla Glue to fasten them to the soles. Instructions say to wait 24 hours. Tomorrow I'll coat the edges with Shoe Goo and let that dry. The shoes may be ready to go back into service on Monday!

The thin rubber sheeting can be found at Lowe's or Home Depot, but you may have to ask for it. The annoying thing is that a packet of Gorilla Glue contains only 2 small tubes, and they get used up pretty fast.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 05:50 PM (c6xtn)

117 I think a home still would be a great hobby.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 26, 2021 05:50 PM (axyOa)

118 >>> Literally right across the freeway from me is a huge RC airport. Some of the shit these guys fly is beyond incredible. And like this especially - the jets blow me away. That's some serious coin though, I can't imagine spending hundreds of hours only to crash the thing (or really, have somebody crash into you).
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 26, 2021 05:36 PM (wAnMi)

I see some stickers on it so he probably has some sponsors and gets youtube money too. I knew people that were into R/C that work for drone and light unmanned aircraft companies now doing what they love.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 26, 2021 05:50 PM (nBzM9)

119 I saw Never Got to Meet Dying open for Krokus at The Rosemont Horizon in '86.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at November 26, 2021 05:47 PM (Zz0t1)

Ho. Lee. FOOK!! A Krokus reference?!?!?! Well done!!

I think I still have a store bough Headhunter cassette in a storage bin somewhere.

https://youtu.be/jJxy6Xaa544

Posted by: Doof at November 26, 2021 05:50 PM (mZUr4)

120 Don't have much artistic talent, but I am good at restoring vehicles. Currently working on my 1960 VW So-23 camper. New fabrics inside, sanded and polyed all the original cabinets and paneling. Almost ready to paint, then all new window weatherstripping, replacing some glass that is delaminating. The original tent is in good shape, which is worth good deal itself. Also have to do a little engine work, but I'm removing engine anyway to paint and clean up engine compartment. Its fun to have a project and fun to make visible progress.

Posted by: Major Hochstetter at November 26, 2021 05:50 PM (JPtHE)

121
I gotta make a decision in the next week about voting for or against the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy decision. Here, in anonymity I can say what I really feel... Burn it down, don't let the BSA walk away with 80% of their assets intact. There's no way in the world that teenage boys are not going to attract the people you say you now want to protect them from with some new safeguards. Nor are some percentage of those teenage boys never gonna be a huge problem because they're differentially oriented.

Some peoples lives were fvcking destroyed by what went on. Some committed suicide. Give the survivors something worthwhile in the final years of their lives - not 20% of very little. Don't hold out hope you can fix something that contemporary society will never find acceptable. Fold up the tents.

Yeah, it was a great experience for some. But horrific for others.

* kicks soapbox away in disgust *

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 26, 2021 05:51 PM (dQvv7)

122 That was after the frogs, correct??
Posted by: Doof at November 26, 2021 05:48 PM (mZUr4)

Yep.

{{{{Jewells}}}}

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at November 26, 2021 05:51 PM (Zz0t1)

123 Making rosaries is a combination of hobby and devotion for me. It may sound boring, given the restrictive pattern, but that's not true at all -- there are all sorts of components in varied colors and patterns, so it's very easy to be creative and yet conventional.

Posted by: Ann Wilson, aka Empire 1 at November 26, 2021 05:51 PM (JJatH)

124 I think a home still would be a great hobby.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 26, 2021 05:50 PM (axyOa)

What, the big ceramic jar isn't working out for you?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 26, 2021 05:51 PM (guGkK)

125
I think I still have a store bough Headhunter cassette in a storage bin somewhere.

https://youtu.be/jJxy6Xaa544
Posted by: Doof at November 26, 2021 05:50 PM (mZUr4)

That exact one came across the playlist while ago, so that's why they were in my head.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at November 26, 2021 05:52 PM (Zz0t1)

126 I think a home still would be a great hobby.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 26, 2021 05:50 PM (axyOa)

Couple it with a barrel-charring facility and a rickhouse!!

Posted by: Doof at November 26, 2021 05:52 PM (mZUr4)

127 Love to get a Vanguard Nomad 17'. Has trapeze and Spinnaker. Not alot of them made unfortunately

Posted by: A dude in MI at November 26, 2021 05:53 PM (/6GbT)

128 That exact one came across the playlist while ago, so that's why they were in my head.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at November 26, 2021 05:52 PM (Zz0t1)

I like their cover of Ballroom Blitz better than the original

Posted by: Doof at November 26, 2021 05:53 PM (mZUr4)

129 I'm taking over my mom's sailboat so it looks like knots and sheets and accidental jibes are in my future. I haven't had my own boat since about 1995.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 26, 2021 05:43 PM (guGkK)

I love sailing. I took a serious sailing course in 1995. I wish i sailed more after that. That was the plan.

Posted by: Quint at November 26, 2021 05:54 PM (NXntH)

130 I think a home still would be a great hobby.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 26, 2021 05:50 PM (axyOa)

My local microbrewery is offering regulars the opportunity to help brew a pilot batch.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at November 26, 2021 05:54 PM (cSyAR)

131 Please read well worth the time:

https://tinyurl.com/y3du57jd

The Biden Crackdown on Thought Crimes

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 05:54 PM (yrol0)

132 I think a home still would be a great hobby.
Posted by: Diogenes

You can actually get a lot of stuff for that on Ebay.

Brass or copper distilling pots, distillation towers, etc.

It's not really as hard as you might think. But I think you do have to have some kind of "feel" for how to do it.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative...Living on the Prison Planet at November 26, 2021 05:54 PM (tjZg/)

133 113 Still play Empire III from 1981, but many a Napoleonic player has said its the most detailed game rules. I sadly only play solo, but can set up and play for weeks without a problem.
My Gettysburg set up, using Napoleonic era troops
https://tinyurl.com/3p335r8z
Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 05:49 PM (2JoB

NICE! I was part of a club in Hawaii in the late 80s that had its own room in a base Library... Met every Saturday... and had the only keys. So we could set up battles and play multiple days... really the only way to play Empire as it takes so dang long!

We did grab the Cavalry charge rule from Houserules though... no pre measure, but you would have to precall which third of the movement you would charge in, and if you guessed wrong you either lost your charge bonus, or worse, were blown.

Posted by: Romeo13, having Dalls Flashbacks at November 26, 2021 05:55 PM (oHd/0)

134 Still play Empire III from 1981, but many a Napoleonic player has said its the most detailed game rules. I sadly only play solo, but can set up and play for weeks without a problem.

My brother was collecting SPI and mostly Avalon Hill bookshelf games for years, and we have tons of them in the house. But they require a big dedicated place to play and usually several days so not really an option.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 26, 2021 05:55 PM (KZzsI)

135 This song should be heard, listened to and taken to heart.........

https://youtu.be/U3K6RYzbdJI

Not only is it a damn good song, it has a stellar message.....Oh, and those fuckers are damn good musicians.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at November 26, 2021 05:55 PM (Zz0t1)

136 130 I think a home still would be a great hobby.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 26, 2021 05:50 PM (axyOa)

My local microbrewery is offering regulars the opportunity to help brew a pilot batch.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at November 26, 2021 05:54 PM (cSyAR)

At Boston Brewery (Sams) everyone from accountant to forklift driver used to have to make 2 batch of their OWN beer every year.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 05:56 PM (yrol0)

137 Thinking of getting a WWII armor game going, was looking at tanks at convention couple weeks ago. But I would paint them up l Iike the Girls un Panzer anime

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 05:56 PM (2JoB8)

138 Love to get a Vanguard Nomad 17'. Has trapeze and Spinnaker. Not alot of them made unfortunately
Posted by: A dude in MI at November 26, 2021 05:53 PM (/6GbT)

Lasers are ubiquitous. They don't have a trapeze (or a headsail for that matter) but they do have a strap in the cockpit you can use for some extreme hiking.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 26, 2021 05:56 PM (guGkK)

139 I think a home still would be a great hobby.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 26, 2021 05:50 PM (axyOa)

Couple it with a barrel-charring facility and a rickhouse!!

Posted by: Doof at November 26, 2021 05:52 PM (mZUr4)

a grist mill, a distillery, and a wheat chafing round about.

Posted by: G.Wash at November 26, 2021 05:56 PM (NXntH)

140 >>Love to get a Vanguard Nomad 17'. Has trapeze and Spinnaker. Not alot of them made unfortunately

Still some of them around here on the Bay.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 26, 2021 05:57 PM (ZLI7S)

141 My local microbrewery is offering regulars the opportunity to help brew a pilot batch.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at November 26, 2021 05:54 PM (cSyAR)

I think there are about 30 breweries in Houston area.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 05:58 PM (yrol0)

142 After getting home from my brother's house, post turkey which I cooked to PERFECTION, by the way, I spent an hour or two on the PS4 with the steering wheel playing Grand Turismo 6.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at November 26, 2021 05:58 PM (Zz0t1)

143 I'd love to get into garden-scale railroading, but other than the UP F9-A/B and Santa Fe F9-A/B/A sets displayed on the wall in my office (and a few dozen feet of track) I don't have much hardware.

And HOLY CRAP that stuff's expensive!!

Posted by: Shepherd Lover at November 26, 2021 05:58 PM (d04/o)

144 I really need to get back into model airplanes again. Maybe when I at long last move to a house I won't move from.

Posted by: Cow Demon - The Spice Must Flow at November 26, 2021 05:59 PM (CdZ4i)

145 Home distillery company:
North Georgia Still Company
https://www.ngstillco.com/

Posted by: rickb223 at November 26, 2021 05:59 PM (uXonU)

146 137 Thinking of getting a WWII armor game going, was looking at tanks at convention couple weeks ago. But I would paint them up l Iike the Girls un Panzer anime
Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 05:56 PM (2JoB

Did Warhammer 40K in the late 90's... Played the Army because ... tanks... kinda cartoony but were fun to paint.

Posted by: Romeo13, having Dalls Flashbacks at November 26, 2021 05:59 PM (oHd/0)

147
I think there are about 30 breweries in Houston area.
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 05:58 PM (yrol0)

Saint Arnold's FTW

Posted by: Cow Demon - The Spice Must Flow at November 26, 2021 05:59 PM (CdZ4i)

148 I remember the Ral Partha miniatures from back in the day. They still in business?

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 26, 2021 05:33 PM

They went out of business years ago. Some group bought the fantasy stuff and is still selling them IIRC. I know the guy who has most of the ancients/Napoleonic molds though, he has no intention of ever selling them or starting production up again, he is a collector/hoarder kind of guy.

RP had the absolute best 25mm ancients on the market in the 80s.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 26, 2021 06:00 PM (bVYXr)

149 how much can you distill each year 40 gallons?

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 06:00 PM (yrol0)

150 >>Lasers are ubiquitous. They don't have a trapeze (or a headsail for that matter) but they do have a strap in the cockpit you can use for some extreme hiking.

Built by the same company.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 26, 2021 06:00 PM (ZLI7S)

151 80 I used to run games a lot, I enjoy that much more than playing. I ran games at Cons, etc. But it is a very significant investment of time and energy to run a good game and its hours of talking, emoting, thinking, and so on to run one, and I just don't have that in me these days. So I write stuff for others.

I do miss it terribly, though.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 26, 2021 05:36 PM (KZzsI)
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I miss the days when I still had enough friends around here to game regularly. I still have all my old stuff: AD&D 1E, Traveller, Car Wars, ST:RPG and a couple others, and I have the base D&D 4E set from when a few of us tried to get a game going maybe 8-10 years ago, but now, nobody's interested. Even board games - A&A, Fortress America, Risk, whatever - it's impossible to get people around a table.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at November 26, 2021 06:00 PM (lNHqD)

152 Delurking to ask -

Paint stripper that works? about 5-7 layers of paint.

Grandparents antique furniture has many, many layers.

Back to lurking.

Posted by: halito at November 26, 2021 06:01 PM (JdMqP)

153 I got some new pillows.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 26, 2021 06:01 PM (KOlLu)

154 Saint Arnold's FTW
Posted by: Cow Demon - The Spice Must Flow at November 26, 2021 05:59 PM (CdZ4i)

I am drinking a hopadilla right now

Karbach Brewing Co. in Houston, TX

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 06:01 PM (yrol0)

155 This song should be heard, listened to and taken to heart.........

https://youtu.be/U3K6RYzbdJI

Not only is it a damn good song, it has a stellar message.....Oh, and those fuckers are damn good musicians.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at November 26, 2021 05:55 PM (Zz0t1)

Great lyrics -- and yes, phenomenal musicians!!

I offer Darius Rucker with a similar message...

https://youtu.be/2cI51_xsT9M

Posted by: Doof at November 26, 2021 06:01 PM (mZUr4)

156 Plasmo does good work.

As far as my hobby gainz, I was foiled by a faulty resin printer and a faulty airbrush. Replacement parts are on the way but I'll be back to work before I can really use the latter. Ah well.

Posted by: J. Random Dude at November 26, 2021 06:01 PM (FfJxM)

157 Paint stripper that works? about 5-7 layers of paint.

Grandparents antique furniture has many, many layers.

Back to lurking.
Posted by: halito at November 26, 2021 06:01 PM (JdMqP)

Slap hot iron to it!

Posted by: A dude in MI at November 26, 2021 06:02 PM (/6GbT)

158 I have made a few batches of cider. The crazy part is you can do the same thing and the results can vary a lot. It is fun though. It has been a while, I should give it another go.

I would like to try wine as I do love it so. The problem is getting good product. Around here i know where to get real cider, good wine grapes are another thing. I guess most who start out go with a pre ordered grape must.

Posted by: Quint at November 26, 2021 06:03 PM (NXntH)

159 152 Delurking to ask -

Paint stripper that works? about 5-7 layers of paint.

Grandparents antique furniture has many, many layers.

Back to lurking.
Posted by: halito at November 26, 2021 06:01 PM (JdMqP)

My grandmother did that fake bullshit green shit to a table. It was shipped from Alabama to Natchitoches La in about 1890. When it was stripped it was quarter saw old growth probably from trees about 400 years old.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 06:04 PM (yrol0)

160 Never got into the board games, but played gold box pool of radiance and many others

Posted by: A dude in MI at November 26, 2021 06:04 PM (/6GbT)

161 135 This song should be heard, listened to and taken to heart.........

https://youtu.be/U3K6RYzbdJI

Not only is it a damn good song, it has a stellar message.....Oh, and those fuckers are damn good musicians.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at November 26, 2021 05:55 PM (Zz0t1)
----------------------

Living Colour was a great live band. I saw them when they opened for the Rolling Stones on the "Steel Wheels" tour in 1989. I was impressed that Vernon Reid's playing was just as nuts live as it was on tape. Amazing stuff.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at November 26, 2021 06:04 PM (lNHqD)

162 it's impossible to get people around a table.

I have done some gaming over the internet using various programs and its okay but its just not the same as in person. Not even close. BUt my old gaming group is really old. I mean we're all in our 50s and we met in our teens, mostly. Several have just given up gaming entirely.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 26, 2021 06:04 PM (KZzsI)

163
Love to get a Vanguard Nomad 17'. Has trapeze and Spinnaker. Not alot of them made unfortunately

Still some of them around here on the Bay.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 26, 2021 05:57 PM

As much fun as it is to see a small sailboat sail smartly across a local lake, all the young women in bikini who have discovered paddle boarding hold my interest just a little longer then a spinnaker.

It suddenly is a thing around here, and I'm not complaining. Shame that Rhode Island is so cold, and diminutive.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 26, 2021 06:04 PM (dQvv7)

164 Paint stripper that works? about 5-7 layers of paint.
Grandparents antique furniture has many, many layers.
Back to lurking.
Posted by: halito

Don't remember the name of it, but a neighbor across the street gave me one year, paint stripper that was used on jets. Said it was pretty strong stuff. Might look that route.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 26, 2021 06:05 PM (uXonU)

165 RP had the absolute best 25mm ancients on the market in the 80s.
Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 26, 2021 06:00 PM (bVYXr)

Thanks Mister Scot! I remember a fella in England used to war game the ancients with those miniatures back in the day.
He also had some "cold war" miniatures including MiG-21s on little stands.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 26, 2021 06:05 PM (6FtXF)

166 20 I need a hobby. Seriously. I need to upgrade my activity
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at November 26, 2021 05:07 PM (cSyAR)

Drinking, great hobby that can turn into a real profession

Posted by: REDACTED at November 26, 2021 06:05 PM (us2H3)

167 Posted by: Pennsyltucky at November 26, 2021 06:00 PM (lNHqD)

On the first US Navy ship I was stationed on, we ended up with an AWSOME D&D campaign.... mainly because if you were single you HAD to live on the ship, AND, we could only afford to go out one weekend a payday..

So... the other weekend? Dominos pizza and gaming.

Posted by: Romeo13, having Dalls Flashbacks at November 26, 2021 06:05 PM (oHd/0)

168 really need to get back into model airplanes again. Maybe when I at long last move to a house I won't move from.
Posted by: Cow Demon - The Spice Must Flow at November 26, 2021

***
I have a vintage plastic model assembly kit in my kitchen closet: a 1950s Pyro figure kit, the "Cowpuncher" that they marketed on this box as Gil Favor of Rawhide. It's a 9-10" tall figure of a cowboy wearing chaps, his saddle over his shoulder, lighting a cigarette. I picked it up on eBay in 2005 or so, but have never begun to assemble it, or to collect the paints I would need. Having cats climbing up on your work table makes it pointless.

Now that Chekov is confined to the floor, and the great black Wolf is gone to his reward, I can think about it. But I could use a room with a separate table where I can leave the parts out to dry, instead of having to clean up after each session, since my work table is also my dinette table.

My mother painted and built this same kit for me when I was about 6. That's why I wanted to have another. (She painted the chaps white. My gosh.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 06:05 PM (c6xtn)

169 thanks Dude, I was thinking blowtorch. Nah, might burn the garage down.

Posted by: halito at November 26, 2021 06:05 PM (JdMqP)

170 Hey. Part of the fun is buying the stuff (tools, machines, fixtures, rooms to house it all) to make the stuff you need. Not farming it out to so called "experts". Sure it won't look as good first time out but after a few more they'll almost look like normal.

And who knows you might get good at it and become one of those experts.

Posted by: jakee308 at November 26, 2021 06:05 PM (QV637)

171 stills are heavily regulated by most states. I know some that say you can distill around a gallon a year legally for your own use. That is the gov laughing at us, that is how the government laughs. It is not worth building or buying a still if you can only make a gallon.

Posted by: Quint at November 26, 2021 06:05 PM (NXntH)

172 it's impossible to get people around a table.

Secret?

Food & booze.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 26, 2021 06:06 PM (uXonU)

173 Paint stripper that works? about 5-7 layers of paint.

Grandparents antique furniture has many, many layers.

Back to lurking.
Posted by: halito at November 26, 2021 06:01 PM (JdMqP)

Ah, the Grandma 7-Layer Paint Job.

I like Formby's, but I'm not a pro. Others may have better suggestions.

Posted by: sal at November 26, 2021 06:06 PM (bJKUl)

174 Methylene Chloride was the active ingredient in paint stripper that was banned by the EPA. You can find it around. I use it to remove epoxy bonded to metal.

Posted by: pawn at November 26, 2021 06:06 PM (Cfk8j)

175 My friend/ co-worker was going to get a still already made, I think it was like $1500, but don't think he ever did get it, at least hasn't told me.

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 06:06 PM (2JoB8)

176 166 20 I need a hobby. Seriously. I need to upgrade my activity
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at November 26, 2021 05:07 PM (cSyAR)

Drinking, great hobby that can turn into a real profession
Posted by: REDACTED at November 26, 2021 06:05 PM (us2H3)

Same goes for whoring and drugs.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 06:06 PM (yrol0)

177 Paint stripper that works? about 5-7 layers of paint. Grandparents antique furniture has many, many layers. Back to lurking.
Posted by: halito at November 26, 2021 06:01 PM (JdMqP)

There is one that is excellent but it's Canadian and not availble here. "Circa 1850 Brand."

https://www.swingpaints.com
/product/1806/Circa-1850-Heavy-Body-Paint-&-Varnish-Remover

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 26, 2021 06:06 PM (s2VJv)

178 169 thanks Dude, I was thinking blowtorch. Nah, might burn the garage down.
Posted by: halito at November 26, 2021 06:05 PM (JdMqP)

I used a frozen turkey in a deep fry!

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 06:07 PM (yrol0)

179 Does anybody make a plastic or metal figurine of a griffin? You know, the mythological creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle? That would be cool to paint.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 06:07 PM (c6xtn)

180 Yeah I do a lot of computer gaming, online and off and xbox (the original). I mean its fun and all but its not the same.

Its like watching a video of a stripper vs having a loving woman in your arms in bed.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 26, 2021 06:08 PM (KZzsI)

181
I offer Darius Rucker with a similar message...

https://youtu.be/2cI51_xsT9M
Posted by: Doof at November 26, 2021 06:01 PM (mZUr4)

"Can you tell what's good? This is wonderful; this is for you! Yeah? Wait a year; and check that. This worries you to death; this is terrible! And what does it turn out to be? Only - the best break you ever got!" - James Gould Cozzens, By Love Possessed

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 26, 2021 06:08 PM (/U27+)

182 Does anybody make a plastic or metal figurine of a griffin? You know, the mythological creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle? That would be cool to paint.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 06:07 PM

Tons of those figures out there mostly for D&D.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 26, 2021 06:08 PM (bVYXr)

183 >>It suddenly is a thing around here, and I'm not complaining. Shame that Rhode Island is so cold, and diminutive.

Paddle boarding is huge around here. As is kiteboarding. And people do it year round in wet suits. Saw some of each when I was out earlier today.

Small but feisty.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 26, 2021 06:08 PM (ZLI7S)

184
Paint stripper that works?

You gotta sous vide that shit. About 18 hours at 204 degrees.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 26, 2021 06:08 PM (dQvv7)

185
Methylene Chloride is really nasty and carcinogenic. I think it's been banned in most states. Try Kleen Strip which is non MC based.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 26, 2021 06:09 PM (s2VJv)

186 For paint layers, the experts I've seen use a hot air gun and work it loose gently, but solvents might help.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 26, 2021 06:09 PM (KZzsI)

187 I didn't stay yesterday but family after holiday meals plays a family game, yesterday and often spinners dominoes. That 6+ can play is nice.

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 06:10 PM (2JoB8)

188 179 Does anybody make a plastic or metal figurine of a griffin? You know, the mythological creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle? That would be cool to paint.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 06:07 PM (c6xtn)

If you have a 3D printer or know someone who does, you could search Thingiverse for a file.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 26, 2021 06:10 PM (s2VJv)

189 Posted by: rickb223 at November 26, 2021 06:05 PM (uXonU)

Turco makes some pretty effective paint stripper. It'll cut epoxy polyamide like nobodys business. It'll roast your lungs though.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 26, 2021 06:10 PM (fLri9)

190 157 Paint stripper that works? about 5-7 layers of paint.

try and find a pure liquid stripper

the thick ones are full of paraffin, which doesn't do shit to the paint

and try to get some kinda catch basin, so you can use to drippings to continue stripping your piece

however, you make want to take it slow and get down to some original paint. Once you get to that pint, gentle scrapping is the mathod to employ

Posted by: REDACTED at November 26, 2021 06:10 PM (us2H3)

191 Does anybody make a plastic or metal figurine of a griffin? You know, the mythological creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle? That would be cool to paint.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 06:07 PM
*
Tons of those figures out there mostly for D&D.
Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 26, 2021

***
So I suspect, but they are very tiny, most of them. I'd really like a larger one. There used to be a gaming shop in Uptown, but they're gone. Maybe the one big hobby shop in the suburbs would carry some of these things.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 06:10 PM (c6xtn)

192 you may want...

sorry

Posted by: REDACTED at November 26, 2021 06:10 PM (us2H3)

193 I used a frozen turkey in a deep fry!
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 06:07 PM (yrol0)

It cooks faster inside a warm garage!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 26, 2021 06:11 PM (2O3/e)

194 Election expert Jovan Pulitzer is still looking over the 2020 data and hes uncovered a monster of an issue in Maricopa County.

Pulitzer identified that nearly every single batch of ballots cast (well over 10,000 batches) that in every single batch the batch was modified by a human or a machine. This makes no sense.

Sometimes ONE OUT OF FIVE

That mean 20% were CHANGED (Adjudicated).

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 06:11 PM (yrol0)

195 My hot air gun probably would help with that many layers of paint.

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 06:11 PM (2JoB8)

196
Its like watching a video of a stripper vs having a loving woman in your arms in bed.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 26, 2021 06:08 PM (KZzsI)

Wait.....there are videos of strippers?

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Jackson Sparks at November 26, 2021 06:11 PM (Zz0t1)

197
Methylene Chloride is really nasty and carcinogenic. I think it's been banned in most states. Try Kleen Strip which is non MC based.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 26, 2021 06:09 PM (s2VJv)

Use ones based on N-methylpyrrolidone. They work well and have less toxicity. They don't smell horrible either.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 26, 2021 06:11 PM (/U27+)

198 It turns out there is a vendor on Etsy who has a pre-painted griffin, fairly good-sized, 4.5" long. Maybe there are others.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 06:11 PM (c6xtn)

199 Paint stripper that works? about 5-7 layers of paint.
Grandparents antique furniture has many, many layers.
Back to lurking.
Posted by: halito

Citrus strip, Walmart has it. It works but needs a little bit of time and a heavy coat if you are trying to get rid of multiple layers. I use it on everything, wood, metal but do not use it on anything that has plastic or resin, it will melt it.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 26, 2021 06:12 PM (bVYXr)

200 It cooks faster inside a warm garage!
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 26, 2021 06:11 PM (2O3/e)

And you get a check!

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 06:12 PM (yrol0)

201 I think I would take a heat gun to get some of paint gone.

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 06:12 PM (2JoB8)

202 It cooks faster inside a warm garage!
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 26, 2021 06:11 PM (2O3/e)

Burning garage? Even faster! Had 2 or 3 fire repair jobs from just that reason

Posted by: A dude in MI at November 26, 2021 06:13 PM (/6GbT)

203 thanks sal. This project is going to take awhile. The original stain was a dark walnut. Grandma didn't paint it because she was legally blind. The set has been passed around. At least I found some reproduction rollers/wheels that work out well.

Posted by: halito at November 26, 2021 06:13 PM (JdMqP)

204 stripper that works? about 5-7

Thats called Happy Hour ALL OF THEM

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 06:14 PM (yrol0)

205 Wait.....there are videos of strippers?

I mean... probably? There's everything else in the world out there.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 26, 2021 06:14 PM (KZzsI)

206 after you soak your piece of furnitue with flammable solvents

take a heat gun to it

problem solved

Posted by: REDACTED at November 26, 2021 06:14 PM (us2H3)

207 "Can you tell what's good? This is wonderful; this is for you! Yeah? Wait a year; and check that. This worries you to death; this is terrible! And what does it turn out to be? Only - the best break you ever got!" - James Gould Cozzens, By Love Possessed
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 26, 2021 06:08 PM (/U27+)

I'll check that out. Thanks, H7!!

Posted by: Doof at November 26, 2021 06:14 PM (mZUr4)

208 Been watching Cowboy Bebop since last night. These episodes move fast. Pretty darn good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 26, 2021 06:15 PM (csEWM)

209 There was a guy out here that did glass blowing. He'd do demos on Saturdays. I still have the vases I bought. He was a real character too, libertarian I think.

I did buy a leathercraft book but am not tackling that yet. I think I have a pinched nerve that is messing with my left thumb. I just finished a knitting project so taking a break. I'm not doing any Christmas knitting this year. I do need to cut out and sew a long wool skirt though. Will try and work on it tomorrow.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at November 26, 2021 06:15 PM (YynYJ)

210
Well, it would be nice if the AKC got off their dead asses and updated their event results page. Should be 10 days between the show and the report. It's been three weeks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 26, 2021 06:15 PM (/U27+)

211
Paddle boarding is huge around here. As is kiteboarding. And people do it year round in wet suits. Saw some of each when I was out earlier today.

Small but feisty.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 26, 2021 06:08 PM

Yeah, wet suits. I remember 'white water rafting' on a Pennsylvania stream in like late March. Water was maybe 33 degrees and splashing all around. Didn't care. Fell in. Still didn't care. I think women of a highly desirable nature should be issued free form-fitting wet suits for the entirety of the winter months. If we're tanking the treasury why not have something pleasurable in the process?

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 26, 2021 06:16 PM (dQvv7)

212 Been watching Cowboy Bebop since last night. These episodes move fast. Pretty darn good.

It is good, best anime ever made in my opinion. They deliberate set out to make an adult story, not porn "adult" but actually grown up adult. Still some anime stuff in there like how Ed behaves and some of the reaction shots, but its pretty grown up and well told.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 26, 2021 06:17 PM (KZzsI)

213 it's impossible to get people around a table.

Secret?

Food & booze.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 26, 2021 06:06 PM (uXonU)

I can vouch for this.
It works although you may have a few strangers in there.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 26, 2021 06:17 PM (axyOa)

214 rhennigantx on JJs book making 4th I have on the election, The Deep Rig by Patrick Byrne so far has gotten into the Dominion part. Still recall couple days after trying to look at vote totals being added and subtracted and the exact blocks coming up time and time again.

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 06:17 PM (2JoB8)

215
I'll check that out. Thanks, H7!!
Posted by: Doof at November 26, 2021 06:14 PM (mZUr4)

Out of print, I'm afraid. Cozzens isn't an author for these times. His belief was that people get a raw deal and choices between bad and worse, but had a duty to plow through anyway.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 26, 2021 06:17 PM (/U27+)

216 134 Still play Empire III from 1981, but many a Napoleonic player has said its the most detailed game rules. I sadly only play solo, but can set up and play for weeks without a problem.

My brother was collecting SPI and mostly Avalon Hill bookshelf games for years, and we have tons of them in the house. But they require a big dedicated place to play and usually several days so not really an option.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 26, 2021 05:55 PM (KZzsI)

I still would love to get my hands on one game in particular: Harpoon.

Posted by: Cow Demon - The Spice Must Flow at November 26, 2021 06:18 PM (CdZ4i)

217 I would really like to get into stained glass. Some of the pieces are just beautiful.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 26, 2021 06:18 PM (2O3/e)

218 in over 50 years of restoring, I hardly ever stripped a piece with stripper

just a slow process of some solvent, alcohol, etc. to wash of the undesired paint to get to the original opaque lacquer

very slow but very rewarding

Posted by: REDACTED at November 26, 2021 06:19 PM (us2H3)

219 Cowboy Bebop is best anime so far, but loved Girls un Panzer too.

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 06:19 PM (2JoB8)

220 Do we have anyone who does powered parasailing, aka paramotoring? I looked into it a bit some years ago after Mrs. OB made me give up the motorcycle after an accident. Couldn't really swing the entry cost at the time but it might be possible next year. I'm particularly interested in electric motors if they've gotten better and cheaper in the last five years.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 26, 2021 06:19 PM (nfrXX)

221 Does anybody make a plastic or metal figurine of a griffin? You know, the mythological creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle? That would be cool to paint.

A number do. Reaper and Games Workshop come to mind, though I have a deep seated grudge against GW so maybe try Reaper to start. There are a few companies that specialize in larger scale figurines like 75mm that might have griffons.

Sefton is right, there's a whole bunch of 3d files for griffons online. Myminifactory is having a Black Friday sale and I saw the Asgard Rising folks have some that I was considering buying. I decided against it for now, but they looked very nice.

Posted by: J. Random Dude at November 26, 2021 06:20 PM (FfJxM)

222 I'll check that out. Thanks, H7!!
Posted by: Doof at November 26, 2021 06:14 PM (mZUr4)

Out of print, I'm afraid. Cozzens isn't an author for these times. His belief was that people get a raw deal and choices between bad and worse, but had a duty to plow through anyway.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 26, 2021 06:17 PM (/U27+)

Now you've activated my "quest to be achieved" mode. I will find a copy. Used is fine with me

Posted by: Doof at November 26, 2021 06:20 PM (mZUr4)

223 >>Yeah, wet suits. I remember 'white water rafting' on a Pennsylvania stream in like late March. Water was maybe 33 degrees and splashing all around. Didn't care. Fell in. Still didn't care. I think women of a highly desirable nature should be issued free form-fitting wet suits for the entirety of the winter months. If we're tanking the treasury why not have something pleasurable in the process?

The big thing all the Cool Kidz are doing around here these days is kiteboarding with hydrofoiling boards. Once they get up to speed, which is pretty damn fast, they rise up and sail on the wings of the fin. Very fast and very unstable.

Wish those were around when I was younger.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 26, 2021 06:20 PM (ZLI7S)

224 213 it's impossible to get people around a table.

this a problem that strippers can easily solve

Posted by: REDACTED at November 26, 2021 06:20 PM (us2H3)

225 Guy who did our taxes long ago did stain glass as a hobby, had all kinds of work in his office building.

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 06:21 PM (2JoB8)

226 As much fun as it is to see a small sailboat sail smartly across a local lake, all the young women in bikini who have discovered paddle boarding hold my interest just a little longer then a spinnaker.

It suddenly is a thing around here, and I'm not complaining. Shame that Rhode Island is so cold, and diminutive.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 26, 2021 06:04 PM (dQvv7)

Which is why the sailboat HAS to practice tacking near the paddle boarders

Posted by: A dude in MI at November 26, 2021 06:21 PM (/6GbT)

227 I still would love to get my hands on one game in particular: Harpoon.
Posted by: Cow Demon - The Spice Must Flow at November 26, 2021 06:18 PM (CdZ4i)

Try Noble Knight Games on the interweb.

They sell old games.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 26, 2021 06:22 PM (6FtXF)

228 Methylene Chloride is really nasty and carcinogenic. I think it's been banned in most states. Try Kleen Strip which is non MC based.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 26, 2021 06:09 PM (s2VJv)

Use ones based on N-methylpyrrolidone. They work well and have less toxicity. They don't smell horrible either.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 26, 2021 06:11 PM

Stripping a desk at the moment. Major PITA.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 26, 2021 06:22 PM (PoI2l)

229 Avalon Hill is still around interestingly enough but I think its just the brand and some properties, not the original company. Their games are still hella expensive (heroquest is 125.99!)

Their catalog is shockingly diminished, I think they are in the process of rebuilding the brand.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 26, 2021 06:22 PM (KZzsI)

230 Hey Cow Demon, here's a link for Harpoon. Unless you're looking for an earlier edition, I guess.

https://www.wargamevault.com/product/319427/Harpoon-V

Posted by: J. Random Dude at November 26, 2021 06:22 PM (FfJxM)

231 It is good, best anime ever made in my opinion. They deliberate set out to make an adult story, not porn "adult" but actually grown up adult. Still some anime stuff in there like how Ed behaves and some of the reaction shots, but its pretty grown up and well told.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 26, 2021 06:17 PM (KZzsI)

All anime has to have an element of rampant insanity (this is my theory, there are many like it- but this one is mine.) This show just put it all into Ed, which works well.

One thing I like about it is that they have managed to infuse the series with Noir, but not leaned on noir tropes like night and rain. They have also managed not to stray into nihilism.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 26, 2021 06:23 PM (csEWM)

232 thanks for the info. everyone. Gotta go. This place is great...been coming here reading for about 12 years.

Posted by: halito at November 26, 2021 06:23 PM (JdMqP)

233 I still would love to get my hands on one game in particular: Harpoon.

Posted by: Cow Demon - The Spice Must Flow at November 26, 2021 06:18 PM

We played that back in the 80s with miniatures when I was stationed on Adak, Alaska.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 26, 2021 06:24 PM (bVYXr)

234 Man - I hated the landscapes those artists did...nothing was realistic except the lady, who did a pretty good job - boring but decent - the rest was dreck. I don't do landscapes much, but come on! Make them lovely or quit doing them!

I'd like to see the portrait competition - I love portraits and can relate to doing them...sounds fun.

Posted by: Boswell at November 26, 2021 06:26 PM (5iUNf)

235 Out of print, I'm afraid. Cozzens isn't an author for these times. His belief was that people get a raw deal and choices between bad and worse, but had a duty to plow through anyway.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 26, 2021
*
Now you've activated my "quest to be achieved" mode. I will find a copy. Used is fine with me
Posted by: Doof at November 26, 2021

***
I've always had good luck with Abebooks. Cozzens' other famous novel is Magnificent Obsession, featuring a playboy who causes a death and decides in compensation to become a doctor. I've never read it, but it's been filmed a couple of times, once I think with Rock Hudson.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 06:26 PM (c6xtn)

236 this a problem that strippers can easily solve
Posted by: REDACTED at November 26, 2021 06:20 PM (us2H3)

especially at 5-7

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 06:26 PM (yrol0)

237 My local microbrewery is offering regulars the opportunity to help brew a pilot batch.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker

Do it!
I brewed 4 batches with the brewmaster at a local brewery (since out of business

).
Turned down a brewmaster job due to low ball salary offer. They went through 6 brewmasters the 1st year and then closed in Lake Havasu. How do you lose money in a perpetual boat party destination?!?!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 26, 2021 06:27 PM (mMQZc)

238 There are larger griffin figures to be had, some of which are very well modeled. Every one of them, though, is the classic griffin with the talons in front. I'd like to find the variant with the front lion paws. Somehow I think I'd have to commission one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 06:28 PM (c6xtn)

239
Cozzens' other famous novel is Magnificent Obsession

*polite cough*

Lloyd Douglas. Cozzens' other famous novel is Guard of Honor, probably the best World War II novel and winner of the 1948 Pulitzer Prize.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 26, 2021 06:28 PM (/U27+)

240 especially at 5-7
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 06:26 PM (yrol0)

the Electric Blue in Tolland CT used to have a helluva HH that started at 4

It was a wild place 10 years ago, rivaling the RI clubs

but alas have been tamed

Posted by: REDACTED at November 26, 2021 06:29 PM (us2H3)

241 Cozzens' other famous novel is Magnificent Obsession

*polite cough*

Lloyd Douglas. Cozzens' other famous novel is Guard of Honor, probably the best World War II novel and winner of the 1948 Pulitzer Prize.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 26, 2021

***
Thanks. I've never read it, as I said, and didn't look it up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 06:29 PM (c6xtn)

242 If you want a figure someone makes it. Griffins
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=383305
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=477268

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 06:30 PM (2JoB8)

243 the Electric Blue in Tolland CT used to have a helluva HH that started at 4

It was a wild place 10 years ago, rivaling the RI clubs

but alas have been tamed

Posted by: REDACTED at November 26, 2021 06:29 PM

Not sure if it is still legal, but the Rhode Island strip clubs used to let 16 year olds strip with parents permission.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 26, 2021 06:32 PM (bVYXr)

244 And Lloyd C. Douglas is the guy who wrote The Robe, made into the 1950s film with Richard Burton in the days when he could have played James Bond. I knew the name was familiar.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 06:32 PM (c6xtn)

245 Nood. Weird Dave and movie posters

Posted by: Doof at November 26, 2021 06:34 PM (mZUr4)

246 179 Does anybody make a plastic or metal figurine of a griffin? You know, the mythological creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle? That would be cool to paint.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 26, 2021 06:07 PM (c6xtn)

Griffins were a popular Beaux-Arts, fin de siecle choice for artists. I see them at auctions all the time. As I collect jewelry from that period, I have a few nice griffin brooches and pendants. I've seen small sculptures and have seen them used in brass and bronze as handles on lamps and vases.

Posted by: CN...FJB at November 26, 2021 06:34 PM (ONvIw)

247 I enjoy wood carving, all kinds.
I have a very old carving of an elephant, it came from India and is carved from a very hard wood, maybe mahogany. This is a large carving, maybe 8 lbs.
Anyway, his tusks got broken. They were made from another wood.
I carved him some new tusks.
Now, he is fully restored. I consider him to be museum quality.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at November 26, 2021 06:37 PM (jTmQV)

248 Great thread.

Posted by: KT at November 26, 2021 06:37 PM (0ghg2)

249 2 Any coin collectors in the Horde?
Posted by: tbodie at November 26, 2021 05:05 PM

I've been collecting all of the state and other commemorative quarters since 1999. Can't believe it's been that long!

Posted by: Moonbeam at November 26, 2021 06:37 PM (rbKZ6)

250 when I was an active dealer, one of my specialties was minature furnture and boxes of all sorts

I still have a Leather covered cabinet, about 12 wide and 15 inches tall,which is like a piece of furniture and an architectual facade combo. doors open to reveal drawers with book front and writing material inside drawers.

from the Regency period, 1820 to 1830

Posted by: REDACTED at November 26, 2021 06:38 PM (us2H3)

251 BTW, the Addams Family episode where Lurch's harpsichord gets stolen and Gomez and Uncle Fester decide to build him a new one is terrific.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at November 26, 2021 06:38 PM (jTmQV)

252 Not sure if it is still legal, but the Rhode Island strip clubs used to let 16 year olds strip with parents permission.
Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 26, 2021 06:32 PM (bVYXr)

I think it might have been younger that that

but no more

but I think as long as it is indoors, like club, prostitution is legal

or so a friend told me

Posted by: REDACTED at November 26, 2021 06:40 PM (us2H3)

253 Wolfus if still here or when I catch you again
Look up Griffin Miniatures, take a look and see if you find what you want. Edsy also shows some.

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 06:42 PM (2JoB8)

254 Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.

Total babe in miniskirt bending over and hanging her boobs out to engage in typical female behavior...

... picking semi-trucks off the highway because they bother her or something.

Had that one on my wall as a graduate student.

Posted by: Alec Rawls at November 26, 2021 07:30 PM (WsqCN)

255 Lurker here, but longtime plastic kit builder. The Lovely Mrs. says I have waaaaaaaaay too many (I have a storage rental full of boxes of kits).

Airplanes from WW1 to modern day
Tanks from WW1 to modern day
Cars from the Model T to 2010s
A few ships and submarines
No sci-fi, but I have built and have kits of historical spacecraft. (Including Revell's 1:96 Saturn V)

A great hobby for being stuck inside. Last big purchase was Airfix's new release 1/72 Avro Vulcan. Sadly, while the kits have improved in detail and fidelity, they ain't cheap no more. And that was BEFORE Slow Joe's inflation.

Posted by: mmack at November 26, 2021 08:03 PM (pQuLh)

256 "I remember the Ral Partha miniatures from back in the day. They still in business?"

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 26, 2021 05:33 PM

"They went out of business years ago. Some group bought the fantasy stuff and is still selling them IIRC. I know the guy who has most of the ancients/Napoleonic molds though, he has no intention of ever selling them or starting production up again, he is a collector/hoarder kind of guy."

Iron Wind Metals out of Woodlawn Ohio has some of the Ral Partha catalog for sale-in 25mm (true 25mm) Ancients and other historicals (but no Nappies) and lots of fantasy figures. The web site advertises a current sale, so it looks like they are still in business-I bought some figures from them several years ago and as I recall they were a bit slow but reliable. IIRC I bought some of the old 25mm wild animals which they don't list in their catalog now.

Posted by: Pope John the 20th at November 26, 2021 09:56 PM (Ap+cR)

257 As my prior post suggests, one of my far too many hobbies is historical miniatures. Not much of a Nappies (Napoleonics) fan, albeit I've played Empire, Napoleon's Battles and, in the far distant past, Column, Line and Square.

For years I ran historical games at GenCon and other conventions and game days at local Colleges. Among others, I've run English Civil War, American Civil War (land and river combat), American War of Independence, French and Indian War and Seven Years War, Colonial warfare (French Foreign Legion against Berbers, Brits on Northwest Frontier, and Brits in Sudan), Anti-piracy naval actions in Southeast Asia (Rajah Brooke of Sarawak) and Ancient Rome, WW 1 and WW 2 aerial and Naval combat, and WW 2 land combat (25mm skirmish level, micro-armor-1/285 scale, and 15mm). I've also run a few western gunfight games, including helping a friend at Historicon with games on his roughly 1/50 scale riverboat. I've got the figures and plans to run lots of additional stuff-Anglo-Sikh Wars, Italian Wars, Thirty Years War, French Wars of Religion, War of Spanish Succession, Napoleonic Naval and Ancient galley warfare, and Samurai warfare in large battle and skirmish.

Posted by: Pope John the 20th at November 26, 2021 10:24 PM (Ap+cR)

258 Oh, and as for Avalon Hill-I think it's now a part of Hasbro but its catalogue is pretty much limited to Axis and Allies, Hero Quest and Diplomacy. There's also a fan produced (and officially authorized I think) variant of Speed Circuit and lots of the old catalogue is available through Noble Knight and other online sources.

For those interested in that type of boardgame but not necessarily Avalon Hill, the stuff available today is simply astounding-today is the golden age of gaming. GMT games produces very high quality and varied games. The Boardgame Geek web site is a good starting place to check for games, as is the Wargames Vault. As I say, the stuff available today is simply astounding-for example, I have two different games modeling the logistics of the American War of Independence (north theater and south theater) and have the rules and miniatures to refight the Cod Wars between the UK and Iceland.

Anyone wanting more information can contact me at dsenfield at aol dot com. Just mention this thread in your email so I won't think it's spam.

Posted by: Pope John the 20th at November 26, 2021 10:40 PM (Ap+cR)

259 Oh, is that a very large remote control plane? Peter Sripol fucking builds light aircraft from RC plane parts and shit he sources from Lowe's and flies it around with him in the pilot seat. Fuck your large RC plane if you're not flying it.

Posted by: Youtube Dickbag at November 27, 2021 01:55 AM (kYW+l)

260 My hobby has turned into reading all this crap day after day...

Posted by: JMW Turner at November 27, 2021 11:06 AM (gckL2)

261 Great stuff, J.J.

Posted by: Hippopoonis at November 27, 2021 01:14 PM (JPVCx)

262 Press Sec Psaki blamed, the greed of meat conglomerates.
and the Kulaks
oh and the hoarders
uh uh and the profiteers
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 15, 2021 08:24 AM

Anybody still saving $0.17 on their holiday cookout meal?

Posted by: Adam Schiff (D-CA) at December 15, 2021 08:29 AM (a3Q+t)

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