Some Fantastic Plastic model kits that I made the master CAD parts for are back in stock:
Northrop M2-F3, 1/48 scale
Soviet LK Lunar Lander – 1/48 scale
SHIELD Helicarrier – 1/1400 scale
Some others of interest after the break…
Feb 072021
Feb 072021
A little while back, one of President Bidens first actions was to overturn a Trump ban on turning the American electrical grid over to the control of the Chinese Communist Party. Clearly only right-wing nutjobs would be opposed to China digging deeply into vital American infrastructure. Chinese construction quality, customer service and ethics are world renowned and should not be questioned. Here’s an example of what we can look forward to from our future ChiGreenCom power systems:
Feh.
Communist crap is to be avoided at all costs. Communist *control* is to be actively resisted. The ChiComs have nothing to offer. Their lackeys – paid and otherwise – have nothing to offer. You want quality? Go with good old American craftsmanship.
Feb 072021
So, what would be Hell for Emperor Palpatine? What would be an appropriate eternal torment for the evil galactic dictator who blew up planets on a whim?
Holdo.
Palpatine in Hell
In the final film, everyone straight up said that the “Holdo Maneuver” was so unlikely to succeed, it wasn’t even worth attempting. Why would Holdo try something that was basically impossible? Because she wasn’t. Holdo was trying to run away and leave everyone to die, and was so spectacularly incompetent at it, she inadvertently pulled off the most spectacular military maneuver in the history of the universe. If you need evidence that God hates us all, then look no further.
To properly understand what hell is like, imagine being forced to look at Holdo sneering at you like this… forever.
Feb 062021
Feb 052021
This Bbc article is missing some important details.
Piers Corbyn arrested over vaccine ‘Auschwitz leaflet’
Piers Corbyn has been arrested over leaflets comparing the UK’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout to Auschwitz. …
He was then arrested on suspicion of malicious communications and public nuisance.
The article says that he distributed leaflets, but it doesn’t actually say what he did that was a crime.
Feb 052021
Feb 052021
Biden administration prepares to open overflow facility for migrant children
Facilities specifically for migrant children, separated from their families?
Feb 042021
Are available here:
HeyJackass!
All the relevant stats for shootings and stabbings and all the joys of living in Lightfoot’s machine-party utopia.
Feb 042021
A music video from long, long ago… 2015. Someone edited together a bunch of clips from vintage movies showing actors dancing and spliced it magnificently into “Uptown Funk.”
Did I previously post this on the blog? I dunno, maybe. It’s still entertaining as hell.
Feb 032021
A model I CADded up last year for Fantastic Plastic is coming along in the process. This was a design that was constantly flacked by Krafft Ehricke of Convair back in the late 1950’s, included in everything from small Atlas-derived space stations on up to lunar landers. The references for it showed the design wandering all over the place in terms of shape and dimensions; whether this was due to the design constantly changing or – as seems more likely – artistic license is not entirely clear. Evidence suggests that the design was improved and evolved to become the “landing boat” for the larger Project Orion vehicles designed int he very early 1960’s by General Atomic. GA was a division of General Dynamics, and there was some crosstalk about various aspects.
Convair Space Station Lifeboat
The model is not yet now available for sale, but will be soon. It will be a pretty straightforward kit in 1/48 scale.
