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April 8th Buildday final parsing & cleaning completed
Techmages @ MCM & April Club meeting updated/posted
The J-57 Station & support vehicles made it to Butch-O'Hare!

December 31st, 2006 Mockup Session II:
 Part 19 Mech Bay 2.2
 Part 20 Mech Doors 2.0
 Part 21 Mech Bay 2.2 meet Doors 2.0
 Flesh it out;
  Part 22 Walls skinned/doubled-up
  Part 23 Doors skinned/doubled-up

December 26th, 2006:
 Mech Bay Cane & Tower Concept Sketches from Neil:
  Part 18

 GGRU Part 16 & Messy Work Room

December 21st, 2006:
 Mech Hex Bay Concept Sketches from Tony, an a Kitted Bay from Neil:
  Part 17

December 20th, 2006:
 Mech Bay 2.1 Concept Sketches & A stand for heavy detailing from Tony:
  Part 14
 GGRU Mesh & Plating from Larry & Sparky:
  Part 15
 Email notes:
  Part 16

December 17th, 2006 Brainstorming Session & Mockup Session:
 Concept Sketch Homework Review, Tony:
  Part 8, Column Support details
    Inner bay and doors, there's a Mech charging out,
    Turn table details
  Part 9, Ideas on Gribbly usage
    Details of the observation cabin
 Concept Sketch Homework Review, Neil:
  Part 10, Flat Bed trolly,
    Crates & portable generator,
    Garage Doors & Crane housing details
 The First Brainstorming Session:
  Part 11, Figures, Gribblies Oh My!
 Extended Brainstorming Session:
  Part 12, Free standing Bay (no garage door)
 Wrap-up:
  Part 13, Photoshop tweak of the Free standing Bay
    Recap Email from Larry S.
    And a Go Soh-cah-toa Sparky's geometry refresher

December 11th, 2006: Latest concept Sketches
 3 new Concept Sketches from Tony,
we migth be honing in on the final design!

December 9th, 2006: Catered Diner Techmage Meeting
 Archived Techmage Club Page
    Bill's master Mobile Raydish from the Godzilla series

December 8th, 2006: Mechs almost ready
 Emails about Larry J's paper/styrene mech

December 7th, 2006: Mountain Mech Bay
 Emails about concerns of project scope & design
 Second Pass Sketches
 Email note on
    a simplified mountain face we're going to have to have one anywyas

December 6th, 2006: Mech Bay, Mmm, Pie
 First Concept Sketches

December 5th, 2006: Resurrection of the Mech Project, Mech Bay
 Email about how to display the mech bay

December 1st, 2006: First Snow Fall
 Snow!


November 11th, 2006: Techamge Meeting @ BOH
 Archived Techmage Club Page
    Refurbished J-57 Jefferes Space Sstation on Display
    Neils P's Light Mausi
    Neil P's Wheeled Pocket Tank (aka Hunter Tank)
    Terry's Macross Crane
    Terry's Starblazers/BattleShip Yamaoto Mini Fleet
    Terry's Alliance/Cobywon New BattleStar Galactica (BSG Mini)
    Tony's 'One in a Million' CaptinCardboard X Wing Vignette
    Tony's 'Grab Your Gun and bring in the cat' BSG vignette
    Larry Js Abby Normal Monster (Arura Frankestien's Monster Kit)
    And Much more Military craft

November 10th, 2006: J-57 Refit Parts 10 & 11
 Adding the arboretum images,
  Reviewing the antenna strobe circuit (CD4060CN),
  Black CA helps seal the Excutive Shuttle Bay nav. lights
  Tissue Paper & white Elmer's Glue eliminates the light wash out in the force perspective boxes
 Packing it all up

November 8th, 2006: J-57 Refit Part 8
 Adding an LED to the Sub-Space Transceiver
  And Fixing the broken Antenna strobe

November 5th, 2006: J-57 Refit Parts 5-7, Last Buildfest
 Broken docking port power plug fix
  And Docking the Orin
 Assembly of the Station for a Test Powering
 She's Fully Loaded & Lit Up


October 22nd, 2006: iHobby Expo Make-n-Take 250 Kits later. . .
 Day 2 even more busy
 Marco from BOH club mans 1/2 paint setups
 Running Full tilt
 Manning the front table
 Some Cub Scouts come by to finish the day off

October 21st, 2006: iHobby Expo Make-n-Take: Iwata, Testers, Excato, and the Techmages
 Finding the Booth & Setting Up
  Kits, kids, glue, n paint
  Last hour rush
  Example Builds/Displays and my GGRU homework, tank wheels

October 15th, 2006:
 Quick GGRU for Larry J's Plasma-ball entry
Cat Log
 Sugar Likes Boxes

October 14th, 2006 Techmage Meeting:
 Archived Techmage Club Page
    Macross Ghosts from Germany (TV version unamanned drones)
    Italeri Sahariana Scout
    TOS Trek Akira Type Destroyer
    Stikfas Knight (magnetic model)
    WarHammer 40K with magnets for interchangable parts
    Wallace & Gromit (with plane)
    1/48th WWII models (VW bug & Allied tank)
    Brittania II from the Lensman (early anime)
    Dust; Alternate History WWII mecha-nized tank & figure
    Jon's Tanks and SG-3 Team
    ERTL Aluminum Falcon Landing Gear Bay detail set
    SSM's 1:1000 Oberth/Grissom
    SSM's 1:1000 Scale Refit Enterprise[-A]
    1/72nd VF-0S Reactive armor
    Self-propelled howitzer in 1/72nd (tiny)
    Titanium Minis
    A build by numbers paper zoid like wolf kit
    Bucket-o-ResinEggs
    Annigram kits from Fantasic Plastics
    Jessie Meyers 1/24 scale BSG Raptor kit
    Anime robot-girl Figure, Chi (Chobits Series)

October 7th, 2006: J-57 Refit Parts 2-4
 Tony's Repair of the mega tug,
  System monitors,
  ETV-7
 Review of ships and docks
 Alternate mounting/power solution for stand alone docks

October 1st, 2006: J-57 Refit Part 1
 J-57 Refit Buildfest


September 26th, 2006: GGRU Mini Sheets NG & CA
 Two more mini sheets, Nice Grills & Control Armor

September 22nd, 2006: Casting for Da' Jimi TM
 Twin Egg Pod Car & Egg Blanks

September 12th, 2006: GGRU Update 14
 GGRU Part 14 Teaser Sheets
  CoMMiES Sheet Masters
  Missiles Sheet Masters
  Pointe Sheet Masters
  Mech Bay Sheet Masters
  Hot Rod Sheet Masters
  Armor Plating Sheet Masters
  Weirdos Sheet Masters
  Nice Grill Sheet Masters
  Warp I Sheet Masters
  Fins n Bulges Sheet Masters
  Many left-overs await placement on a Sheet
 Expanding Media Collection & A Wet Box from Scott land


July 10th, 2006: Buildday
 GGRU Part 12 Engine Block Sheet & a Sneek-Peek Sheet
 GGRU Part 13 F-16 engine parts for the F-302


June 10th, 2006: Techmage Meeting
Archived Techmage Meeting
    Mark's Grown/Rapidprototype Resin N scale model railroad parts
    Mark's 1/6th Mega TOS style Viper I
    Mark's Commssioned Copernicus (Los Vegas' Trek Experience
    Mark's Prototype 'New Viper' Commissioned for Sci-Fi Channel's New BSG
    Space Dinner propsals
    Macross ARMD0 proposal pics
    Ken's Blame Canada fun project


May 23rd, 2006: Buildday
Review of Hollow Casting (pictures for backup demo)

May 13th, 2006: Buildday & Techmage Meeting
 New Gold paint & Mini Com Tank on a Piston
  Some Honey Mayo from Ken
  Moose-Eye's Wide Shut
  Forward Details on the Mausi, and Concept Pics for another big project

 Archived Techmage Club Page     Ter's Starblazer's/Battleship Yamato Mini fleet
    Updated Ravenstar BSG Mini buildups
    Commemorative Macross VF-0 (aka Macross Crane)
    Jon's New Tank
    Pat's remote Homework Submission (TOS Cyclon Raider)
    BushWhacker Paper-Styrene Mech Update
    Frankstien's Monster (aka Abby Normal)
    Orginial Batgirl, Yvonne Craig, Dio/Vignette
    Luke Nail's it Star Wars Dio/Vignette ('One in a Million Shot')
    1/48th Galactic Raider, Pet ship
    Fantastic Plastic's "Galileo" Atomic-Powered Moon Rocket
    Cruciform Fighter


April 24th, 2006: GGRU Part 11 Legs Sheet [9]
 Mechanized Legs Sheet 9

April 17th, 2006: GGRU Part 10 Trenches & Junk Sheet [8]
 Trenches & Junk Sheet 8

April 11th, 2006: GGRU Part 9 Mini Legs Sheet
 Mechanized Legs in a mini mold

April 8th, 2006: April Buildday
 Delta Gunboat, Var'Nic, and Moose-Eye
 Paper-to-Styrene Bushwhacker Mech & Mausi

April 3rd, 2006: Hacking up the Mini-G
 Packing the Enigne lights in with white Aves


March 27th, 2006:
 HomeBrew Electric Roto/Hollow-Casting Machine:
  Hollow cast tank hull

March 22nd, 2006: Hacking up the Mini-G
 Dremalling the Enigne pods

March 21st, 2006: Hacking up the Mini-G
 Readying the main hull for lighting
 Starboard Launch Bay Lighting Review
 Port Launch Bay Lighting Prep

March 18th, 2006 Techmage Meeting @ MCM:
 Archived Techmages @ Mad City Modeler's Contest

March 16th, 2006:
 GGRU Part 8:
 VED & GC sheets
 Cat Log:
 Spice likes cheese?

March 11th, 2006 Buildday & Techmage Meeting:
 Buildday Setup & Infotainment (My Basement Media Collection)
    Scratchbash Variant based on Babylon 5 Gaming Mini Var'Nic
    Project(s) Recap(s)

 Plasma Ball Ship Concept Sketches

 Archived Techmage Club Page
    Neil's completed the rebel bomber
    More Top Ten sayings over heard at Techmage meetings
    Kevin's taking a break from Gundum, for Trek and a Jupiter 2 bash
    Terry's started painting some of his Ravenstar BSG Minis the detail really pops out now
    He's got a mega dragon and rider mini
    Larry J's Paper to Styrene Mech updates
    Balta's Chinook Cargo Helicopter tail repair (aves):
    Balta's Media Library
    Arts completed Tritium Trek Ship
    Jon's Narn Var'Nic variant
    Neil's got the latest grown homework, a raptor skull
    Jon's Russian Tank
    Jon's Chinese Mobile Missle Rack
    Tony's original Batgirl vignette
    Al Wong's F-303 master
    Robot fighter Master (1/72nd scale?)
    Zarkus' Dager


February 11th, 2006 Techmage Meeting:
 Archived Techmage Club Page
  Ravenstar Studios Mini Prototype Gaming Pieces
  Completed Italeri Autoblinda AB41 kit, in 1/35 scale
  An F-100F conversion Wild Weasel aircraft from the Vietnam War
  Green Monster Bust Build
  Paper to Styrene Mech updates
  Last cast SMT Bubble Fighter
  Chinook Cargo Helicopter gets a sludge wash
  SM ERTL FM Detail sets
  Non-symmetrical ME-109 Challenge
  Tony like's the YT-1300 Corrlian Freighter, Mellinium Falcon
  . . . great many pieces' oh ya 1:1 Replicas
  . . . build up of Alliance/Cobywon New BattleStar Galactica (BSG Mini)

February 5th, 2006:
 Buildfest Time! Attendees
 Project Review, full coverage of genre
 Neil needs a quick ring-o-lights circuit, heres one done in a day


January 14th, 2006 Buildday & Techmage Meeting:
 Archived Techmage Club Page
    January 14th Buildday pics
    Bumped to the 'Board' room
    'Grab Your Gun and bring in the cat' BSG vignette
    Monster in Motion's Police Spinner from Blade Runner
    Polar Lights Vinyl Masks for his Tritium
    Studio Scale Viper, cast from an original prop
    Larry J's Paper-to-Styrene Mech
    Larry S' mech bay parts
    Tony inspired to sketching, long range X-wing
    Silent Death fighters, FASA minis
    New Cyclon base star kit (Alliance?)
    Alliance/Cobywon New BattleStar Galactica (BSG Mini)
    Mongoose's Bablyon 5/Crusade Excalibur mini
    Stargate Replicator 1:1 kit
    a cast of the Rebel Bomber
    Buildday Pics


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