SkyKing
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Ask yourself: “Would I want my child to see it?” If the answer is “no,” then don’t do it.
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That’s what I see, all right, but at the top of the page on the left I also see a yellow box, outlined in red, containing the instruction to fill in the Payment Method, but there is no such field visible. And since I can’t fill it in, I can’t proceed any further. If I try all I get is a spinning beach ball.
Update: I was able to renew from my iPhone, but I still don’t understand why renewing from my desktop computer didn’t work.
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For WEEKS, it seems, I’ve been trying to renew my membership on-line. But EVERY time I try, the Checkout page asks me to “Please fill in the field Payment Method.” There is no such field! I have checked PayPal as my payment method. WTF is going on??!?
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Excellent!
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I like it. I have only one nit to pick: On the contents page, in the first paragraph, line 5, "it's own website" should read "its own website."
"Its" is possessive; "it's" (with apostrophe) is the contraction of "it is."
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Those tins that you find so troublesome will keep the paint fresher longer. Use pipettes to transfer the paint from tin to airbrush cup or bottle. If brush painting, make sure the rim of the tin and the lid are clean of paint before resealing. I have tins of Humbrol that are going on 60 years old and are still good thanks to this practice.
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I suggest decal strips.
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3 hours ago, Dakimbrell said:
I think it is time to start doing away with OOB and create categories to replace them which refine the competition and still give beginners a chance to participate and learn without getting discouraged.
Dak
I agree wholeheartedly. There have been so many developments in the hobby and the kit industry since OOB was first established that it is now meaningless.
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16 hours ago, dvonalmen said:
Well it is January 30th and the Nov/Dec issue of the Journal has still not made it to the islands. Guess I will get it someday.
Have a nice day and build a model cause we aren't out of the woods yet.
David Von Almen, Gentleman modeler in the islands
Got my copy a couple of days ago. Patience, Grasshopper.
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As posted on HyperScale:
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy filed.
Court Texas Northern Bankruptcy Court
Case number 3:2021bk30105
Assets $500,001 to $1 million
Liabilities $10,000,001 to $50 million
Judge Michelle V. Larson
Chapter 7 Filed Jan 19, 2021
Type voluntary
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12 hours ago, edfifer said:
No no Squadron's not dead, it's, it's restin'!
Nope, not that. Nor is it even pining for the fjords. It's a late business.
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Former Squadron employee Jef Verswyvel had a Facebook video this evening. Squadron/MMD is dead. Kaput. Finished. Gone. Sleeps with the fishes.
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Their website design was the least of their problems.
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One of the founders of IPMS, whom old-timers will remember as writer of the "Model Enthusiast" column in Air Enthusiast magazine for many years, has died, according to David Riley of AviationPhotographyInternational.com. David sent this message to the Airline Modelers Digest group:
"It is with regret that I have to advise the death of Bill Matthews, who passed peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday. I know that Bill is known to many of you here. I met Bill through AMD whilst living in Hong Kong and we have been great friends ever since. On my return to the UK twenty years ago, Bill introduced me to the Portsmouth Branch of IPMS and we have attended their monthly meetings whenever possible since then. The last being in September, just before the next lockdown here in the UK. As many of you know, Bill was one of the original founding fathers for the IPMS and his membership number was 007. Very fitting for Bill, the quintessential Englishman! Like everyone, Bill got frailer as time marched on, but was still modelling until the end. He told me at that last meeting that his latest project was making a kit he had discovered at the back of his cupboard, of a plane I had never heard of, by a manufacturer long departed. He loved a challenge!
"Because of his frailty, I took Bill to the IPMS Modelworld event for many years, the last being in 2017, and he was very much venerated by everyone I came across in the IPMS world. One of the IPMS UK Committee once described Bill as one of the most helpful people he had ever come across, and this sums him up perfectly. I always thought of Bill as a true gentleman. He was always willing to take a moment to share his vast modelling experience with anyone who asked him for help."
"I will miss him terribly. His wife has asked me to attend his funeral and, subject to covid restrictions, I will do so."-
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9 hours ago, ipmsusa2 said:
Noel,
In spite of what I've said previously, your comments regarding evolution are correct to a point. However, I'd suggest that regulation is more of a factor than evolution. Case in point is Krylon paint in rattlecans. They've been around for decades and I've been using the stuff off and on for a few decades myself. That changed about eleven or twelve years ago when their formula changed by edict of the EPA. You can read about the entire saga in an ebook I produced...it's available FREE...in your choice of epub, mobi or pdf formats by going here.
Also, remember when Testors bought Floquil and then changed the formula and then killed the line entirely? How about buying and killing Pactra? This happens in the publishing world as well. Kalmbach bought two auto modeling magazines, killed one...arguably the best one...and kept the other. And Kalmbach also made a distribution deal with a magazine I was writing for, started making editorial suggestions and not much later the magazine ceased to exist. Business decisions or evolution?
Evolution, Business Decisions or Regulation? Given the current obsessions in various countries to regulate or control everything in sight, rewrite history from a perspective of political correctness and allow big business to absorb small businesses, I suggest that evolution comes in dead last.
Just my opinion. Your opinion may differ.
As far as i have been able to discern, regulation had nothing to do with Testors changing the formula for Floquil. Original Floquil met all the regulations (except, possibly, for California's) but was not "plastic friendly" due to its solvents (toluene and xylene). Also, Floquil catered primarily to railroad modelers,and that hobby changed as more and more ready-to-run pre-painted locomotives and rolling stock began to replace kits. Killing off Floquil and Pactra was nothing more than an unregulated capitalist business decision to eliminate any competition in favor of their Model Master line.
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3 hours ago, Mark Deliduka said:
Yeah, and the way I see it, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"
Just when I'm starting to get good at making my models look better than average; they take away that which I'd been using to make them look that good. Now my work will start looking like crap again until I find a new brand that works as well as Model Master has for so many decades.
Duke, give True North paint a try. It is an alkyd enamel much like Model Master. The only drawback is that their distribution is not wide, but they do mail order: https://www.truenorthpaints.com/
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Steal your kids’ Legos. You can make custom assembly jigs with them.
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Excellent! Beautiful!
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🎶 🎶 🎶(Twilight Zone theme)
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According to announcement posted elsewhere. The former kit designer for Monogram Models and designer/producer of his own line of some of the hobby’s best vac-form kits had been in declining health and had recently entered hospice.
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Thanks for the update.
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Have you tried the Wayback Machine?
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Looks to me like it might be a ‘71-to-‘73, but I’m no expert when it comes to car identification. Google Mercury Cougar for more info.
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Did you have any trouble contacting Whirlybird? I’ve sent emails to two different addresses but have not had a response. I know the proprietors are social distancing due to underlying health conditions , but I used to be in regular contact with one of them and am somewhat concerned.
Squadron returns from the dead!
in General Modeling
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It’s alive! It’s ALIVE!
This was posted on the Steel Navy forum:
Hello Everyone!
Not sure how many of you remember me, but I've been lurking in the background now for a few years. As fate would have it, a once in a lifetime opportunity has presented itself to my team and I and we have grabed it with both hands! I am excited to announce that a few weeks ago, I purchased the squadron.com and MMD-Squadron.com businesses! We have been working tirelessly over the past few weeks to prepare for a relaunch of squadron.com. Still lots of things to do, but we're targetting June for a relaunch. If you're interested in finding out more, please take a peak at the site and sign up to be notified how we're doing.
Personally, I'm excited to once again be back in the model retail world and am looking forward to the future of our hobby!
Happy Modeling!
Chris Decker
Squadron.com
formerly:
Tridenthobbies.com
Midship Models
Yankee Modelworks