Aug 242021
 

I would have committed unspeakable acts – perhaps going so far as getting a job – to have gotten this when I was a kid and “Airwolf” was on the tube.

A bit pricey, but it’s 3D printed. I don’t see much point to the “completed and painted” version unless they take care of the rather obvious printing lines. Those will have to be sanded smooth; the tail boom also looks like it’ll need substantial modification (it’s oddly fat at the tail). The sides of the fuselage will also need substantial modification; the nose looks like it might be too pointy. Someone will have to vacu-form some windows for it.

1/18 “GI Joe” Scale Airwolf Helicopter (Unassembled Kit)

$225.00

1/18 “GI Joe” Scale Airwolf Helicopter (Completed and Painted)

$325.00

 

 Posted by at 5:50 pm
Aug 232021
 

For a brief, terrifying moment it appeared that our betters in the leadership class thought they might have to curtail their nonstop partying. Huzzah! Them days of darkness and despair are over! Now that Afghanistan failed and thousands of Americans are effectively hostages to the Taliban, the “party like it’s 1999 and there’s no such thing as a pandemic” days are back!

 

 Posted by at 7:00 pm
Aug 222021
 

Rescue dogs shot dead by NSW council due to COVID-19 restrictions

Several impounded dogs due to be rescued by a shelter have instead been shot dead by a rural council in NSW under its interpretation of COVID-19 restrictions, alarming animal activists and prompting a government probe.

Bourke Shire Council, in the state’s north-west, killed the dogs to prevent volunteers at a Cobar-based animal shelter from travelling to pick up the animals last week, according to council’s watchdog, the Office of Local Government.

 

 Posted by at 6:13 pm