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Getting my Kolinsky Brushes Back - Save Hobbes' Fur

Getting my Kolinsky Brushes Back - Save Hobbes' Fur
I think I'm pretty tired of government red tape at this point, especially with a possible government shut down looming. I went over to the US Fish and Wildlife Services website and dug up the contact form and sent them a message about the shortage of Kolinsky Brushes.Here is what I posted. I tried to keep it as reasonable as possible.I am currently having problems buying paint brushes made from Kolinsky hair (which...

Burn In Designs Wild West Buildings

Burn In Designs Wild West Buildings
I was asked in the comments section of one of my posts if I had seen the Burn In Design western buildings. I actually have several of these buildings, most of which I haven't completed. While they are still a quality product they just don't fit in with the buildings from other manufacturers. In fact I don't think they are designed for our 28mm miniatures. I half believe that these are actually 1/48th scale or pretty...

And if Floods Weren't Enough

And if Floods Weren't Enough
Last Thursday, the day after the rains started (beautiful today though) my younger son was in a bit of a fender bender. Fortunately he is fine, sore, but fine and he wasn't at fault either. Remember, turning traffic never has the right away unless its a green arrow! The gentleman that hit Alex had his vision obscured by a car in the other turn lane, Alex was going straight through on the green. Based on the extent of...

Flooding in Colorado

Flooding in Colorado
I believe many of you know that I live in Colorado. I have been relatively unaffected by the rains that have been falling pretty steadily for the past five days. I have kept a close eye on my family that live here as well as we have been quite fortunate to escape major damage at this point. I came across a gallery of images though that show just how damaging this series of storms has been to the area.Colorado Flash...

New Corner Clamps!

New Corner Clamps!
I have been looking for some replacements for my corner clamps. They are old, and a little awkward to use. I needed something that would clamp together and still let me add glue easily to the joint. Well I found a couple of possible replacements on my favorite tool site; Micro Mark.I don't really have anything to use them on at the moment so I grabbed a plastic kit just to see how I might be able to use them. I'm curious...

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of 28mm Laser Cut Western Buildings

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of 28mm Laser Cut Western Buildings
With the introduction of a western building line from 4Ground, there are now six major players in the laser cut western building market. And since my original post Tri City Laser buildings, sold through Knuckleduster, have completely re-designed their line. That means its time to update my original western building comparison post. There may be some other companies out there that I'm not aware of...