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LyleW wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:49 pm
Tha,t is quite a story…another both counts.

I'm missing something there, Lyle. What does that mean?

Look at you go, Lyle! :shoutout: Your scratch-built replacement parts look great and kudos to you for tackling them with aplomb! :bow: I have the Vietnam version of this Tamiya 113 in my stash and want to build it in tribute to my cousin Thomas who commanded one in Vietnam, circa '68-'69 in the Iron...

Man, that was close! I'm happy that it wasn't worse and nobody was hurt! Her house took a pretty good hit though. I hope her insurance come through for her! Our house had siding installed back in the 1960s, long before we bought it of course. It sits on a corner and the house across the street to th...

I am so glad to read this post, Stuart. :grin: Just like yourself, I've had several really good kits stashed away that I had heard so much about or had seen online, as you mentioned, that looked so great, I felt I just couldn't do the kit justice. The Tamiya Tomcat is one and the Hasegawa Raptor is ...

I agree! You're almost completely healed up; good on ya, Mike!

That is most impressive, Mark! Wow, what an amazing collection you have there!

Me too.

Good for you, Mike! I know you're ready for the bench! I got my first stiches, three of them on my right thumb, the day before JFK's funeral. I was in fifth grade and was trying to cut through an Elmer's Glue bottle with a butcher knife. I just had to get at that last lil' bit! :shocked: Still have ...

Hell, the numbing of the area was so bad that there's no way I could do it. I hear ya. :wink: I had a cyst removed last year; I was on my stomach with my feet hanging off the table. When the doctor began numbing ( yeah, right ) the already very tender area, it hurt so damned much! My wife was sitti...

I've lost about 80% of my hearing in my left ear due to a benign tumor (schwannoma) in my inner ear. I also have a loud, constant "ringing" in that ear; over time, I've come to sort of ignore the noise and the deafness is most annoying when listening to conversations in loud places. It cou...