Ammunition boxes coming along, kits in mail

I have the boxes stained and labeled now. I added the dovetail joints as well. Once the glue dries I'll give them a coat or two of shellac.

My contest kits are in the mail from Roll Models. Maybe my decals will arrive from MisterkitUSA today.

Waiting for Models.

My contest orders haven't arrived yet.

Tbf, there was a 3 day weekend without mail.

Busying myself building ammunition boxes.

I have 3 built and stained, and I added the rope handles yesterday.

I aged some printer paper and printed out the labels. FIL will rout out the flanges on the tops this weekend, then I can stain them, screw them on and add the labels. Then shellac the whole box.

Labels and instructions from Tommy's Pack Fillers.

The People Have Spoken!

OK. Polls closed, Here are the results:

WW1 list contest poll.

Vote here for the kit we'll all be doing.

What kit to build for Contest?
	Fokker Dr.I (Any)
	Fokker Dr.I (Eduard)
	Albatros D.Va
	Nieuport Ni-17
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Poll closes 09:45am Arizona time, Jan. 10th 2009.

Is now open for business! Our first guest arrives from the UK on Friday.

The wallpapering and painting is all done.

The sky has been painted, including secret nighttime surprise ;) This is not easy to do with 12' ceilings.

I discovered a cool way to liven the sky up with aircraft pics. Print them on "Clear Sticker Project Paper", from Avery (4383). I do, however seem to be having stickiness troubles. I may need to go over them with wallpaper paste to get them to stay up. Our problems appear to be twofold; Arizona daytime heat, and textured walls.

Here's how it all looks so far.

I'll be having a 1916 corner, 1917 corner, 1918 corner and a Home Defence corner.

Starting with the 1916 corner, I have a Somme battle map with some pics on the wall. And some of the aircraft types in the sky.



Models to follow!

Up and Running, completely. Maybe.

I added a light above my paint booth. Need to replace the bulb with a full spectrum one. I have one somewhere.

Paint Booth. Knocked up out of an old printer box and some duct tape. Then sprayed white inside and out.

I have a stash of WIP kits and three awaiting photographing and posting to the list! Beware, some kits in the stash are ot.

On deck is the Eduard Dual Combo 1/72 Dr.I kit. A build article is in progress, honest.

Here's one of my side of the workshop. I built 3 smaller desks a the same time for the kids to do craft projects on, and hopefully models in the future.

And if you need a close-up, here it is. Big file, 1.2MB!

Back in Business

Got my workshop finished. Here's a pic, but be careful, its a big one. an 8' and a 6' bench. I knocked up a spray booth from an old printer box. I still have to get a 100W full spectrum flood light to hang above it and I'll be happy.

I have my little Fokkers out and have started work on them. I've been invited to a Phoenix IPMS meeting next week, so I'd like to take something to show them. If iled down the molded stuff on the inside of the cockpits and added some styrene strips for the plywood part. Painted that wood brown (?), and German CDL for the rest. Added an ink wash to punch out the detail. These will be rigged with hair! Dr.Is don't need much.

I'm having pin vise problems with my #80 drill. GRRRRRRRR!