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Monthly Archives: July 2015
The USS Enterprise (Refit) from Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Build Log: Part 4 The Shuttle Bay, continued Finished up the photo etch applications to the shuttle bay, which included a few extra of the tiny little people (surprisingly hard to get loose without warping). To get the rear wall … Continue reading
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Tagged model kit, Polar Lights, Star Trek, USS Enterprise
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The USS Enterprise (Refit) from Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Build Log: Part 3 Okay, been working a bit on the arboretum and the shuttle bay walls, mostly just attaching photo-etch pieces, so I’ll do a bit of info on how to make those work a little better. Handling Photo-Etch … Continue reading
Posted in Build Log, Model Kits, Sci-Fi
Tagged model kit, Polar Lights, Star Trek, USS Enterprise
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The USS Enterprise (Refit) from Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Build Log: Part 2 I’m beginning, as mentioned before, with the shuttle bay and arboretum, and this is a short tack-on from part 1, detailing a little bit about some of the tools and accessories I’ll use here. First off … Continue reading
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Tagged model kit, Polar Lights, Star Trek, USS Enterprise
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The USS Enterprise (Refit) from Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Build Log: Part 1 Well, here we go! I bought this kit some six or seven years ago when I moved to England, thinking I’d be living alone and have time and space to put it together, but in the … Continue reading
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Tagged model kit, Polar Lights, Star Trek, USS Enterprise
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Multipliers Don’t Create
Well, that’s a rather general topic, isn’t it? Okay, let’s get specific: in the last twenty years, computers and software, roughly labeled “technology,” have become absolutely ubiquitous and necessary in first-world business. And yet, human expectations of them have been … Continue reading
Posted in IT, Politics, Software, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Business, computers, IT, society, software, start-ups, technology
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E25 – entered in the Modellbau-Koenig contest for July!
I’ve taken one of the photos from my E25 finished set and entered it into a contest with the local model shop…they have a page on FB for it, which collects votes in its favor by “likes” – I’d be … Continue reading
Posted in Contest Entry, Model Kits, ww2
Tagged contest, E25, model kit, modellbau-koenig, Trumpeter
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