Surf - Design Planet Blurp No.59

When the weather is hot ...the modeling is cold!

Yes, it's summertime; and in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada where I live it is hot. I always will call Hawaii 'Paradise No.1' after living there for 13 years ...but this valley is definitely 'No.2'. The mountains, valleys and lake views are gorgeous. The orchards and vineyards are green, and the deep red cherries are ripening.

Mornings are typically spent buying groceries, picking up needed supplies, banking, the post office, inside household chores, and outside gardening etc.

Also we have two very playful, and 'dying for exercise', one year old Labrador Retrievers who in the early afternoon anxiously await a trip to the local dog park, or the dog beach.


Well, who has time for modeling in the summer?

I figured, if I can make time for a TV show, to surf the web etc., then I can squeeze a little time for my hobby and art passion.

I mentioned in my Blog No.51 and No.53 that I had completed the renovation of a small lower patio area, with no view, into a cozy little hobby shop room with a few tools, and a homemade spray booth for spraying scale models. Well, I was anxious to try the spray booth, so I've been busy priming and base painting a few unpainted models that have been sitting for a while. It works great with most of the paint fumes exiting to the outside.

The above photo shows some of the Scopedog figures that I am in the process of priming and base painting, along with many other small models. In Surf - Design Planet Blurp No.36 I blogged in detail about Votoms Scopedogs.

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In the next couple of blogs I will detail my base creation and the detail painting of AMT Ertl's #30067 Alpha Moonbase from Space 1999, Star War's Battle of Hoth Diorama, and Aurora's Godzilla and Rodan models.