Blogs

It has been a while since I posted about this build.  Frankly, after building the custom fairwater to model the USS Lapon, the rest of the build is rather vanilla.  The only variations are the PE additions. And that’s what I started with.  I used the Eduard PE set to replace the kit’s bow free flood baffles. This assembly is installed within the bow section.  I painted...

I have seen that some folks here on NT are not aware of how to embed YouTube videos here on the new site. For those who need help with this, I am posting the steps here for you. Find the YouTube video you want to insert Click on the   Share   tab in gray under the video Click on the   Embed   icon to present the URL. Copy the link in the window which displays the link by clicking...

Moderators now have a support system to automate most of the manual work that has taken place behind the scenes.   The new system will be largely transparent to members - especially if one is never suspended.   Most of the new functionality will only be seen (and used) by the moderators. The most visible change to members will be the flagging icons (and behavior), the new moderation area and...

 First, you know what an earworm is? It's that damn commercial jingle, or segment of a song, quotes. Things like that just rolls around and around in your head seemingly forever. My mother who I was pretty close to had them all the time but she would just sing it or say it and all the time in the kitchen. Which is where she was most of the time anyway. On any given day I would hear the same...

I finished my last blog with the Periscope Shears and the lookout platform built.  I’ve been rather busy adding quite a bit of detail to this part of the superstructure.  Unfortunately, I didn’t take a lot of pictures (read none) to show the progress.  But I will show each of the details I’ve added now.  Reference photo is at the bottom. I’ll start with the SJ Radar mast....

# OTD In 1933, Nazi Germany staged a daylong national boycott of Jewish-owned businesses http:// apne.ws/ZcmZsiE   Who knew today is the 85 anniversary of the BDS movement? I wonder if there is some sort of ceremony on American university campuses to commemorate the event? Walking in the footsteps of monsters! (they could call it) It is really not that difficult to...

We got this about 2 weeks ago and it was delivered a week ago. We're slowing getting the things we need for it like sheets, memory foam, dry goods, towels, etc. We probably won't get to take it out for a few weeks because of the vacation plans we made before we bought the camper. But I'm going to sit down with my "sister" and talk to her about the campsites she and her husband go and make...

  “Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!” ― Anne Frank  I am going to spend today looking inside of myself to find my potential.

Why Do We Need A Publisher? NewsTalker’s underlying platform provides native support for three types of articles:  Blog, Discussion and Group Discussion.   Blogs are for authors (or columnists) to produce and publish original content.   Discussions, in contrast, are less formal.   A discussion can be original content or it can be a seed.   A seed is an article whose original content was...

MockingBird DaY This morning, there were sounds of many voices heard outside my window. I thought, "Who could it be, now?" I gazed over at the security cameras. There was the neighborhood mockingbird up and at 'em prancing house-left along my home - spitting out mellow sounds and rhymes in a throaty soliloquy to no bird in particular.  I watched as this lady bird bounced...

Okay, I know the Fairwater isn’t the first step in the assembly instructions for the Revell model kit.  But I’m a Submariner.  And we are referred to as Pirates.  So I treat instructions like the Pirate Code:  they’re more like guidelines than actual rules! At any rate, it’s easier to get the fairwater built first before installing it on the model.  Besides, this is the area that will...

  “A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.” ― Pearl Bailey  As I think about this I see the truth in the quote.  If you do not want to go forward then what is there to live for?  If you do share yourself (love) others then again what is there to live for?  I consider myself...