An Update
While I’ve been “busy” with other things (not all of them pleasant) I’ve managed to neglect my little online world and cause many of my followers to wonder if I’m ever coming back.
Never fear. The “bad penny” effect is strong in this one!
Right now, at this moment, I’m just starting to actually go to work on my Patreon page. I now have two supporters, to whom I owe a tremendous debt of gratitude, and who will probably find my feeble attempts at thanking them to be both embarrassing and pointless.
The Roll of Honor (to be inscribed in granite on some rocks in Georgia)
Eugene DuBey
Michael Drapes
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
My blatant attempts to get money out of people have begun to pay off. Get it? Money? Pay off? I know, I know. Asperger’s humor at its finest.
I will, at some point, begin to ignore this blog. The “action” (ooh la la) will take place over at the Patreon “community” where I promise not to do anything rash. I’m just beginning to learn how this all goes. I’m also just learning to use the Shotcut editor to merge multiple camera angles. My laptop is just too weak to support high-end equipment, and so I’ll be using Shotcut for the time being, and it’s been working amazingly well, considering what it is.
My videos should start to look a lot better, in that I’m using my Android phone AND my webcam to shoot the videos from two angles, and keep everything in focus. No more out-of-focus or wandering out of frame (I hope). The last video I posted shows this to some extent, but the real test will be the next “real time” painting video.
This video will be applying the System 3 Silver Ink to a Tamiya P-47D to make a nice shiny version of good-old “Bonnie” shown here:
I’ll probably make one more “technical” video on natural metal finishes before I jump onto Bonnie.
I’ve been enjoying the ride, as far as my ongoing struggles to look and act normal are concerned. Unfortunately for all of you, I recently found a PASSEL of videos that tell me that acting “normal” is bad for people “on the spectrum” so I’ll be turning to the path of abnormality in the few months we have left before they sacrifice those red heifers and start The Apocalypse.
Just sayin…
Damn you J&J.
Yeha, I just looked up Floor polish. J&J have changed this probly 2 or 3 times in this decade.
And it appears even the latest formula is not available. Product marketing already made it impossible to find under the old names, no more Future or Pledge.
OK it is possible to find product that may or not be suitable for modelers.
But you must be prepared to take out a loan to afford it…. going for stupid prices up in the $70’s
and $hundreds. No sweat , I’ll find some on Ebay… Yep but, people are selling used bottles of the old stuff for $50 blackmail. WTFWTFWTF!!! ???
And just to add loathing, I walked into walmart the other day and saw on the front display plain old Isopropyl at $4.00 , for the bottle that was 99pennies two years ago.
If you have knowledge or living resources kindly inquire as to the path of Salvation.
I finally decided on drastic measures for the Airfix Spitfire. I scrubbed off all the paint with Isopropyl, and located my can of Krylon Clear acrylic….. In the hope it may seal the plastic and provide a surface for Revell Aqua to behave like paint and not watercolors.
I admire your determination.