Kingston Modelrama is coming up soon!

This is the moment I wait for every year. The Kingston Ont. Modelrama contest! Whether I win anything or not, it's the deals I go for!Almost my years supply of model kits comes from this show/contest. $2 and $5 models, here I come! I'm not entering many models this year, but I'm hoping my efforts on my VW Pig at least get an honorable mention for it's uniqueness. What category though? Customs? It is a custom, I guess that's where it will go.

The 2011 Pontiac Trans-Am is here!

Good news! the new 2011 Pontiac Trans-Am has been revealed!

The Bandit is back! This new car was created for the new Smokey and The Bandit movie by ASC (for GM) and you can bet that since it is based on the Camaro that GM plans to manufacture and sell this baby because they are bleeding money again and need a new "cool" car. Now let's hope some company like Revell or AMT Ertl picks up the license to make a model of it, so we can build it!

The VW Pig is progressing well!

So my VW Pig model is coming along quite well now. The nose, ears and tail are attached and molded in with putty and have a couple of coat of paint brushed on over the puttied areas. It is looking more like a pig with each piece. Here's a few pics.

The pigs nose for my VW Pig is done!

If you read my last post you would know I'm working on a VW Bug turned into a pig. The problem was finding a suitable kids toy that had a proper sized nose I could use. Well, I had no success and decided that if I could not find one, I would have to make one. So, that's exactly what I did and it turned out great! I could not use clay or modeling putty as they are not strong enough for the grinding and sanding I was going to be subjecting it to. I was looking in my craft box and found some of that repair putty for household repairs (also known as Mighty Putty) and figured "this should be strong enough. It turns out  this stuff dries rock hard and was perfect for my uses as it was sand able and did not chip very much when I was grinding it. Here are a couple of pics of this finished and partially painted piece.

My latest project, a VW Pig!

I saw this picture of a real VW Pig and it just so happened that I had a new style bug kit just sitting around, waiting for an idea like this! You might be thinking to yourself, easy enough to paint a bug pink. Sure it is, the challenge is getting the rest of the stuff for this model. I found a toy plastic pic that has perfect ears and tail, but the nose was too small. Now I am on the hunt for a perfect pig nose. Then the challenge will be shaping it to the hood and using model putty to blend it into the hood. Here is what I have so far.

Finally over the Flu and I learned something cool, too.

After being down and out with the Flu for almost 2 weeks I'm finally almost over it and during my "sickness" I was researching Flu shots and such (because I never got one this year) and found out something interesting that is not really related to scale models but would nevertheless make a good, informative blog post. Do you hate the idea of getting needles, like the Flu shot? Good news for you! By the next Flu season, there should be a few alternatives to the shot. The first one is a nasal spray Flu vaccine. By next year/season (in Canada at least) us Canucks will be able to get the spray instead of the needle. The second option, although it's debatable as to if and when it will be available, is the Flu patch. This is not a typical patch though, it's not trans dermal in the way you are used to thinking of patches (like nicotine patches for example) it's called a micro-needle patch. It's feels kind of like a sandpaper patch. Many little (micro) needles in a patch. Very cool stuff, that they can now make needles so fine and small that it's no more painful than rubbing sandpaper on your skin. I can live with that. Not that the Flu shot hurts much, especially if you get someone who's really experienced it can be nothing worse than a mosquito bite feeling, but for those with a real aversion to needles, these are some very cool alternatives and hopefully will be a new option by next Flu season. If your one of those people who just doesn't believe in getting the shot, or think there is some kind of "conspiracy" behind it, GET A CLUE! The shot is your first, best and sometimes only protection from viruses. Remember this quote from the movie Outbreak "Man's most dangerous and deadly enemy is only 1/1000000th of his own size" and with today's "super bugs" and "bird flu's" like H1N1 we really need to utilize whatever is available to prevent  the infection and spread of these bugs. Trust me, if you have not had the Flu lately, you don't want it, it's absolute hell and it has me wishing I had got my shot this season and skipped this nightmare.

No post for a few more days, very sick.

I suppose it was inevitable that I get sick with something this season, but it couldn't be just a simple cold, or 24 hour flu. No, it had to be the full blown, knock you down and kick you while your down, flu. I feel like I've been run over by a truck. Back to bed for me.