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The old photon torpedo circuit

I plan to rework this photon torpedo circuit but for the time being, I thought others would appreciate my previous circuit, which …

Guinness cheesecake

Guinness cheesecake is as good as it sounds, or at least as good as it sounds to me, because many people have …

The running lights/navigation strobe circuit

Apart from lit windows, the most basic lighting you’ll see on a starship model (I’m mostly talking the world of Star Trek) …

New and improved Enterprise Refit App

Very much a work in progress, but here is the new Refit App that I’m creating. It’s really intended to be a …

Refit lighting app

Time to revisit an old project that got abandoned because of a hard drive crash. I honest to goodness am going to …

Finished document case

It took forever, but here is the completed document case before it goes downstairs. The glass is 3/8” thick and cost $281. …

Decal problems; sometimes too much knowledge is dangerous

I ran into a bad decal application while working on a long shelved Hasegawa P-51D 1/48th scale Mustang the other day, and …

I don’t like Roadrage by Martin Johnson; couldn’t put it down

Roadrage is really not my cup of tea, a psychological thriller in the vein of Cape Fear or Play Misty for Me or …

The mythical pasteurized egg

(My apologies for the salty language.) Today (Aug. 27), apparently, is National Pots de Crême Day. Who knew? I guess there’s a day …