I've been spending the weekend getting some minor projects around the house completed along with buying the groceries for our little July 4th party. There will only be eight of us for the day, but it should be a lot of fun. Along with food, we'll likely play some board games, possibly watch a movie and play some video games. I'd guess there'll be a lot of sitting around and talking too. More DeLorean parts came in as well. I received Issues 156, 157, and 158 (which is the final issue). And there was also a surprise in the box: a movie poster for the documentary OUTATIME: Saving the DeLorean Time Machine. Items Added to the Library Movies: A Fistful of Dollars (1964) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Moonfall (2022) Stillwater (2021) Tesla (2020) Comics: Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent Vol. 1 #4 The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 6 #27 (Legacy Vol....
Category: Models
Rebuilding
A good friend of mine, Dale Lewis, has been going through a tough spell medically, so me and some friends are trying to raise some money to get him a mobility scooter through GoFundMe. Please take a moment to read Dale’s story and donate if you can. If you can’t donate, please help us spread the word. Thank you! Over the past several months, I’ve gotten back into buying and reading comic books. One of the roadblocks that I had before was time. And that was two-fold as it takes time every week to get in the car, drive over to the local comic book store and pick up your subscriptions, then haul it all back home. As much as I want to support local businesses, I found that Midtown Comics in New York was able to ship out subscriptions monthly. So, I started getting my books through them and...
It’s February Already?!?
Wow. I just looked and saw that it’s been about three months since I posted last. I guess a quick recap is in order of what transpired during that time. Thanksgiving was great. I took off from December 18 through January 2 to relax and get some projects around the house done, however I was mostly bedridden that entire time as I threw out my back on the FIRST DAY off. As a result of that, and that the girls were out of state for Christmas, Cari and I did very little and postponed Christmas day for a couple of weeks. Last week I got a little bit of the flu. That’s about it. I finally received my Bobcat Helium coin miner that I ordered in June of 2021. It’s up-and-running, but is mining slowly. I intend on replacing the stock 4 dBi antenna with an all-weather 8 dBi one...
A Needed Break
I took Thursday and Friday off this past week to have a long, four-day weekend. And for the first time in quite a while, I went into this break with very little planned. Resting, consuming entertainment, and generally clearing my mind were the top priorities. So as I write this in the middle of the afternoon on Sunday, I feel like this was a successful break. But, that doesn't mean that I did nothing. As we slide into the cooler fall weather, I've had a hankerin' for some goulash the last few weeks. It had been so long since I made it, I dug around the internet to find a recipe, and stumbled across this one (original link at the bottom of the page). I made a double batch and have been eating it every day. I did a couple of small projects around the house too. I fixed a...
Storage and More
As noted before, I got the new boxes in for my nerd collectables et al. And today I've transferred everything into them. Behold. The box. The main collectibles box. The second storage box has a bunch of lanyards, badges, and materials from cons. This last image shows the new boxes in one of the cupboards (top right). I pulled everything out of here today and re-organized it all. I don't have a "before" picture, but this is actually a lot better. Still not done, though. More organizing to come. And, lastly, here's a quick view of the state of the DeLorean.
Lots of DeLorean Work
I spent nearly six hours this weekend catching up on the DeLorean model as I was four months behind (Issues 79 - 94). A lot of the work was done in the engine bay, the headliner of the cockpit, the electrical system, and the front and rear bumpers. The chassis and frame are now married as well. Here are some pics.
Happy Holidays
I think it's starting to sound cliche to say that I've been very busy in my day job lately, which is why I have been posting regularly. But, I'm gonna say it anyway. Over the past couple of months I've been able to re-build how my department works. As a result, projects are getting completed quicker and the team is getting happier as they see see their efforts bear fruit. I think we're on a great track for 2021. I've been experimenting with creating a schedule for my free time. I have so many interests and things I need to complete that, if I don't organize and strucutre, the time will get wasted. For me, the approach to this will be identifying the things I need to do (projects), scheduling them, and then fitting in things I want to do around that. I'll post more on this as I get...
Interior
Got caught up on 12 issues of the DeLorean. Here's some progress on issues 39-50. Converted the Eaglemoss plate (mounted on car) to a magnetic plate from Mike Lane Mods. Also corrected the decals on that place. Also pictured are the two plates from Mike Lane Mods. Dashboard and time circuits. Drive circuits and high voltage box, both with corrected decals. More and more wires are being introduced. Driver's seat and steering wheel installed. Also, tons of wiring installed, both functional and decorative.
Studio Organizing
Cleaning up and organizing the studio has been a high priority this weekend. It's started with some smaller projects like going through the literally cleaning, week's mail, going over finances, and ripping movies. It's now progressed into making forward movement on some small projects and looking at the space here and organizing. I heard Adam Savage recently reiterate a saying has: "drawers are where things go to die." And I would agree. But he reminded me that there's a particularly interesting way to organize drawers to prevent that, which is to build an insert with custom dividers out of foam-core. With that in mind, I started looking at all the drawers in the studio and now have it on the docket to properly organize, and subsequently clean out, the drawers. This will include organizing some items, such as spare external and internal hard drives, into caddies, which I currently have...
Adding Car Parts
Tonight I cleaned up my desk and workbench area in the studio, and added the four most recent issues worth of parts to the DeLorean. Issue 35 parts.Front passenger's side wheel well.Front driver's side wheel well.Issue 36 parts.Assembled pontoons.Issue 37 parts.Driver's side rear wheel well and pontoon assembly.Passenger's side rear wheel well and pontoon assembly.Issue 38 parts.Transmission cover.Driver's side wire harness.Driver's and passenger's side wire harness.
