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BamaRefugee

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13. Buying models and tools is an international pursuit nowadays

Reply to sanatanadharma (Reply #11)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 03:59 PM

Aug 2020

I buy lots of stuff from Japan and Hong Kong, Spain, England, Canada, depends on who has what I want at the best price.
Airbrush skills only come from practice practice practice, you can buy large toys really cheap at the Dollar Store and spray away, far better than “learning from your mistakes” on a model that cost 50 bucks and 20 hours of work!

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Looking for something FUN to do while quarantined? I'm a lifelong scale model builder, and it has [View all] BamaRefugee Aug 2020 OP

Neat! Very clever and without the glue to sniff soothsayer Aug 2020 #1

Yes, unfortunately, that's the downside ;-) BamaRefugee Aug 2020 #2

Ha I wanted to add that! soothsayer Aug 2020 #3

Digitally? Not for me! Liberal In Texas Aug 2020 #4

I've been building models since (gulp) 1956. Never stopped. But a lot of people are intimidated by BamaRefugee Aug 2020 #5

Yes, good point. If it gets new interest in scale modeling it's all good! Liberal In Texas Aug 2020 #6

OUR STASH is the equivalent of another man's wine cellar! BamaRefugee Aug 2020 #7

I am a model train buff...HO Gage mostly..Lionel too. Stuart G Aug 2020 #8

Model railroading is the greatest hobby of them all. BamaRefugee Aug 2020 #12

I think I would have loved to get into model RR but I've never lived Liberal In Texas Aug 2020 #22

If you can get a 4ft by 6ft wooden board, you could put the HO tracks down permently, Stuart G Aug 2020 #23

Neil Young owns 20% of Lionel Trains MagickMuffin Aug 2020 #25

There's a great great online model railroad magazine, totally free, that comes out every month BamaRefugee Aug 2020 #26

Thank You for the link.. Stuart G Aug 2020 #27

I built models when I was younger. Now I just assemble jigsaw puzzles. nt Binkie The Clown Aug 2020 #9

It's quite similar, but you don't have to paint the puzzle when you're done. BamaRefugee Aug 2020 #14

My girl friend and I spent years putting together jibsaw puzzels.. Stuart G Aug 2020 #16

My late wife and I did jigsaw together when we were dating back in the 60s. Binkie The Clown Aug 2020 #17

Nice! nt Raine Aug 2020 #10

Revelling in the Heller good, Imex thinking Adam good idea; raise a loud Aurora for a DU scale group sanatanadharma Aug 2020 #11

Buying models and tools is an international pursuit nowadays BamaRefugee Aug 2020 #13

So true. Like playing music or writing the only way to get better is to do it....a lot. Liberal In Texas Aug 2020 #18

...So When I put the model railroad together with the glue, and blueprints of models, and Stuart G Aug 2020 #24

I see what you did in your header by the way. 👀 BamaRefugee Aug 2020 #15

I've been assembling and painting plastic scale models Codeine Aug 2020 #19

Interesting. Did quite a few models back in the day Tarc Aug 2020 #20

I know the feeling. I got $1.25 a week allowance. A kit cost $1.49. So I had to wait 3 weeks to be BamaRefugee Aug 2020 #21