today's work

[Das Boot]

Nope. 1/48

Will they be kits for purchase? If so, put me on the list.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Will they be kits for purchase? If so, put me on the list.

Don't know. I'm doing this for a second-party.

[Das Boot]

Don't know. I'm doing this for a second-party.

Well alrighty.

[Albacore 569]

And the 'Italian' job?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

And the 'Italian' job?

Right along side of of the ALBACORE, pal. You have not lost your place in line. ****ing Italian pig drivers.

[Albacore 569]

Right along side of of the ALBACORE, pal. You have not lost your place in line. ****ing Italian pig drivers.

Thanks, Beauty and the beast. Beauty = Albacore, Beast =
CB midget.

[Subculture]

Would be nice to see the Albacore files available in a range of scales- a 1/96th Albacore is a nice little tuck-under-the-arm pocket rocket in phase 4 guise. Stern links are tighter than a ducks chuff mind.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Would be nice to see the Albacore files available in a range of scales- a 1/96th Albacore is a nice little tuck-under-the-arm pocket rocket in phase 4 guise. Stern links are tighter than a ducks chuff mind.

Behold! 1/96, ALBACORE, phase-4:

















https://youtu.be/4NIRblzfz_8

[Subculture]

I remember that, but they’re unobtainium aren’t they?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I remember that, but they’re unobtainium aren’t they?

In the case of the 1/96 ALBACORE. Yes. Those kits were a very limited run by a friend. But in the case of the much ignored fittings kits and refurbished line of GRP hull kits recently discontinued:

Yup. Got to get 'em while they're hot, or you don't get 'em.

Ellie and I worked our butt's off producing fittings kits. Few bought them while they were still in production. Our outlet(s) lost interest in pushing low-sellers, Ellie and I saw we were wasting our time. And almost to the day we stopped producing them people starting complaining that they were no longer available. WTF!!!!



Same happened when we were asked to recondition the SWM submarine kit tools and one of the Thor kits. Soon as they were in the catalog few bought them, they were dropped from the catalog, and all that master and tooling gone to hell-knows-where.

And... of course... people were *****ing that the kits were no longer available. Where the **** were you people when they were on the market?!....

**** it! I'm retired.

So! You guy's -- so enamored with CAD and 3D printers -- you've prevailed; you surrendered the hobby to the robots; now those machines are having all the fun.

Rotsa Ruck! (And when Ron stops making WTC's... whatcha gonna do then?).

Embrace you precious Replicators, you Craftsmen, you -- you're on your own.