I just spent $19.63 on model airplane paint

[Oeditpus Rex]

Ask me anything. :bounce:

[Heidi]

1. Are you finished painting the airplane yet?

Huh, huh? Are ya? What's the hold up? :P

[Oeditpus Rex]

3. Geez, I just Ordered it

Won't be here until Thursday. :eyes:

[Heidi]

4. Oh.

Just checkin'. :*

[reformedrepub]

2. You huffin

model airplane paint??? Cheaper than crack, I suppose....Just kidding...so who you rootin 4 now that "Think Blue" is out???

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. It'd be a hell of a huff

out of half-ounce bottles. :silly:

Mmmm... I ain't carin' that much about the Series. It'd be cool to have a rematch of 1968, but I also think the Tigers and Mets would be a better matchup. Detroit would probably take St. Louis in four or five.

[petronius]

5. You blew it, dude! It's the glue that gets you high...

Model paint is just good for painting stuff.

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. Which is what I'm gonna do with it

Specifically, I'm gonna finish buildin' this sucka:





:bounce:

[TheMightyFavog]

17. 1:24?

Damn, that's gonna be one big model.

[Oeditpus Rex]

19. Yup

Wing span's 18 1/2 inches. :bounce:

You can imagine the detail, which is why I need all the paint.

[petronius]

24. Great! Are you done yet? Can I see it?

...

How 'bout now? Not finished yet? Geez...

[LeftyMom]

6. Can't you get a better high?

Geez, it's a shame when a guy in California can't find a safer way to beat his brain cells into submission for a few hours. ;)

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. I tried cartin' furniture

All's I got outa that was some really good hugs. :P

[LeftyMom]

10. Awwww.

:hug:

I'm trying to set up some sort of a meetup dealie for around Thanksgiving. I'll be sure to let you know when I have a better idea of the day and stuff, and you can get another!

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. k

Thanksgiving Day won't work for me, though. I'll be at my sister's, stuffin' face and playin' poker. :bounce:

[LeftyMom]

12. I figure thanksgiving's out for most people

Besides, that's my day to fatten up flvegan, I have it on the calendar and everything. Probably that weekend, unless that's when we go to Peggy's. I'll have a better idea when he gets his plane tix.

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. Wait, wait, wait!

Hiz Hunkiness is gonna be in your actual physical presence, and you're gonna want Other People around??

You think that's safe? :shrug:

[LeftyMom]

14. They're kinda meetup impaired down there in Jebbieland, so I figure if

I show him that we have both liberals and good beer, maybe I can get him to visit more often. :D

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. But... but... but...

What about the children? :cry:

[LeftyMom]

16. I've just got the one. His Dad will watch him.

:)

[Oeditpus Rex]

18. Well...

What happens when he asks Mom why she's so happy and relaxed? :shrug:

[LeftyMom]

21. !

:rofl:

[BreweryYardRat]

20. Dude, just go to Michael's and get the store brand.

I guarantee you it's just as good.

[Oeditpus Rex]

25. The nearest Michael's is 35 miles (n/t)

[taterguy]

22. Did you buy lots of red paint?

Mustangs look really cool in red paint, but I don't think they ever used this paint scheme in combat

[Oeditpus Rex]

27. Didn't get any red at all

Closest thing to red is International Orange for the pilot's "mae west."

There're bits o' red in the squadron/campaign insignae, but it's on the decals.

Where was that photo taken? That's a '51-A. Not many of those still around.

There's one living at the airport here. It crashed in Alaska in 1944 (thus the name "Polar Bear"), was recovered in 1977 and went through an eight-year restoration. Here it is with "Iron Ass" (since sold to a guy in San Diego) and "The Dutchman." (Another '51-D, "Ridge Runner," also lives here.)





I got to sit in "Iron Ass" once. Heebus, are those cockpits cramped!

[taterguy]

29. Photo was taken at Smithsonian Air and Space

The new wing they opened by the airport a couple years ago. I spent a day there and had a blast. I highly recommend it if you're ever in the DC area

[Oeditpus Rex]

30. It's on my short list

along with such places as Wright-Patterson.

But it's on the other side of the freakin' country. x(

[taterguy]

31. I took a ton of photos that day

I won't hijack your thread by posting them but feel free to PM me for them. I haven't done Wright-Patterson yet but that's on my list, along with museums in Seatle that I'll be visiting in December.

[lizziegrace]

32. But, but

Wright Patterson is only an hour from here...

[Oeditpus Rex]

33. I *knew* you were gonna say that!

And while I'm in the general vicinity, I might as well schedule the trip around the Oshkosh Fly-In so I can hop over and see RevCheese and buy some books from RL, huh?

[lizziegrace]

35. and the downside to that would be

:shrug:

Then there's a Cleveland meet-up at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

;)

[Oeditpus Rex]

37. The down side to the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame

is that it's in Cleveland.

[lizziegrace]

38. It's not so bad

honest...

;)

[Oeditpus Rex]

39. I have the most reliable of sources

Les Nessman called Cleveland "a magnificent city."



In other words, run.

:scared:

[lizziegrace]

40. Aww come on

The river doesn't catch fire anymore. :)

[Oeditpus Rex]

43. River?

I thought that was Lake Erie. :shrug:

[lizziegrace]

45. The Cuyahoga River caught fire in the 60's or 70's

Yes, it was *that* polluted

:(

[Oeditpus Rex]

47. And, as we all know

"Cuyahoga" is pronounced "Cahoga."

According to Chrissie Hynde.

[Call Me Wesley]

46. Oh! You wanna see the aliens?

:bounce: :bounce:

[Oeditpus Rex]

51. Nah

I've seen 'em.

Used to live next door to some.

Nice enough folks, but I never believed for a second that they came from France.

[NewWaveChick1981]

23. Are you related to my husband?

He buys modeling supplies all the time. Model airplanes, model kits of all sorts, toy restoration, you name it. He's a graphic artist, so it's in his blood. :rofl:

[Dukkha]

26. are you airbrushing?

I just got a Testors Airbrush kit and need to get a bunch of black paint to airbrush synthetic fabrics since it cannot hold dye.

[Oeditpus Rex]

28. I'm not that advanced yet

I sprayed the fueselage and wings with Testor's Model Master #2914 (German Silver) after wet-sanding with #400 paper and applying a primer coat, then wet-sanding that. Everything else has been or will be brushed. (I've got a decent set of brushes from 0 to 1/2", in camel hair and nylon.)

[Zomby Woof]

34. Do they make Dodger Blue?

Or is that paint only available if you "wait 'til next year"? x(

[Oeditpus Rex]

36. This is about as close as it comes

Testor's makes a French Blue that's pretty close. But you could be sent to Gitmo for usin' it.

[Call Me Wesley]

41. Where's ze German silver?

I vanna see ze German silver! And zen, I will take outh your little airoplane wiz my Messerschmidt or Flugelscheiben!

[Oeditpus Rex]

42. But iss it ein Kämpferflugzeug or ein Bomberflugzeug?

Hier ist ze Deutschensilver. Haffen sie fun mit und.

[Call Me Wesley]

44. Ist ein Kämpferjetflugzeugen!

It has ze jetsengines und is faster zahn alles! Jawoll!

Ahh, ze Deutschensilver! Made in Amurrika! Zhanks for the silver dollars! And ze nylons! Verrrry pretty!

My, I really liked to do these when I was young but I soo sucked at painting them. If I remember correctly, the first model I did was a B-52, and it was quite big.

[Oeditpus Rex]

48. Hitler wanted it to be a Bomberjetflugzeugen

Which is why it didn't get into service until late 1944. If they'd used it as a bomber interceptor when they first had it, the outcome of the war might've been different.

Ach, vas der Fuerher's face rot!

I think the first, or one of the first, I built was a Bell X-3. I got glue all over it and I hung it from the ceiling. One day I got up on the top bunk and snipped the strings. Crash.

[Call Me Wesley]

49. I was just guessing, I have no idea what it had to be.

And I think I burned my B-52; you know, I was little, and there was the gas for the lawn mower, and matches in my pocket. It was, let me say this, heroic!

[Oeditpus Rex]

50. I burned a model once

Forget now if it was a plane or a car. Car, I think.

One learned that day the meaning of "toxic fumes."

[Call Me Wesley]

52. Toxic fumes, I call them 'Oxygen.'

You see this:


Now imagine a 12 year old filling it with gas and playing flamethrower, and you'll get me. Ze Germans had no change! Nutting!

[Oeditpus Rex]

53. You don't have flashback dreams or anything, do you?

Heidi has such beautiful hair... :scared:

[Call Me Wesley]

54. LOL!

Ask her once what happened when she light up a cig! ;)

[Oeditpus Rex]

55. I shall remember to do that

Did she smush her face into a copy machine or somethin'?

[Call Me Wesley]

56. Nope ...

Just ask her ...

I'm off for tonight. Take good care, my friend! :hi: