Good evening Shop Dwellers! 56*F, calm and dark in my central MD neighborhood. (Easier for me to press [SHIFT+8] than it is to type [ALT+0176]
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Patrick - I echo what
Curt said, and urge you to get that Shingrix vaccine! Having the
varicella-zoster antibodies in your bloodstream makes you susceptible to shingles, even if you don't remember having had chicken pox.
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Haven't posted in here the past few nights because I've just been too dang
busy! On days when I do my treadmill routine, I lose ~2 hours of otherwise free time - and by the time supper is over, I simply don't have any energy left. And on Tuesday, my afternoon was taken up by a visit from my home insurance claims adjuster and a roofing contractor to evaluate wind damage that was done to our roof during Hurricane Isaias. Looks like we'll get a new roof in the deal, so no complaints from me! But first our solar energy company has to temporarily remove their panels from the roof so the contractors can do their work, and they are always slow to send any technically qualified people to our property when we request support.
As far as mrr activity, I've finished weathering my three new "Athearn-like" bay window cabeese: a Tangent I-18 and two Athearn Genesis ICC models. This time I used Pan Pastels to eliminate the fresh-from-the-box sheen on the sides and ends, though I used regular flat Tamiya paint on the roofs:
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Even though I'm happy with the results, they now make all of my I-12's look like
crap! The reason for this is that I neglected to install the protective screens on the windows that came in their boxes, and now all my I-12 boxes are gone [along with my chance of ever getting any replacements for those screens]. Their lack of screens becomes really obvious when they are viewed beside any of my ICC cars. Now I'm trying to figure out a way to scratchbuild something with a screen-like appearance that fits over the I-12 windows; maybe spray some Dullcote over clear acetate, cut to size, and paint the outer edges in flat aluminum...[?]