With
the return of #1 son a number of months back, I had to move my model building
operation out of his once and future bedroom. So the basic work table was
exiled to a free wall in the living room and the books migrated to the
downstairs library. For the last week or so I've been trying to figure out how
to improve the layout. It seems to have encrusted with all sorts of growths:
kit boxes, partially completed models, and of course my ebay operation is based
on (translation: has taken over) the dining table nearby. Basically I decided
that some of the boxes would have to go back to the garage to wait their turn
and the dining table had to move a few feet to give me some more space around
the work bench.
Alas,
this decision landed right in the middle of this year's Northwest Heat Wave.
You guys in Dallas can start laughing now, but an entire week of 90+
temperatures is enough to get the first 15 minutes on every local news
broadcast here. And we were passing 95 in the middle of it all. That, to the
pale skinned denizens of Washington, where about 2% of the houses have any sort
of air conditioning at all, is the heat death of the galaxy in miniature. So
most of the last week has been spent laying in front of a fan blowing warm
humid air.
But at
least I did get one thing accomplished. The masking for the two Spitfires was
completed, clearing the way for the first coat of paint on the lower surfaces. So
that means I will definitely have to confront my airbrushophobia in the near
future.
Of
course, since I am starting another temp job tomorrow (processing support for the
WA state election), I can probably find excuses to delay that confrontation for
a while at least.
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