The pseudo-social life of RaNma

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17 octobre 2004

The DMZ card of the firewall encountered hadrware malfunction which caused the last days' unavailability of this web site. Sorry for this but it's not easy to find old ISA cards for this old machine. Maybe I'll have to switch to a new Soekris4801/OpenBSD firewall soon...

Taiho Schichauzo garage kits are evolving, see AMC forum for step by step review. I was pretty amazed how easy I managed to use my new airbrush to paint shades without masking. I'm happy of this device. By the way I received my Fujimi's Honda Today G-Police+Motocompo 1/24 kit of the same series!

JASDF fans will find their pleasure in the last "Combat Aircaft" magazine Vol.6/nr3 (UK publication): JASDF's F-15J & E-767 participating to "Cope Thunder '04" in Alaska (pictures of refueled F-15J) and a wh
ole review of the Mistubishi F-1 in the JASDF, ending its career in Tsuiki AB within 6 Hikotai. Sugoi but sad!!!

04 octobre 2004

IPMS Wieze

I went to Wieze these two days for the national IPMS convention 2004. What to say about that? Well, I was quite disapointed by the contest even if I didn't put one of my models into and most of the sales/swap stands were in fact shops -most of them didn't made special discounts-. I still managed to find a way to empty my credit card and I was happy to find useful tools at a German shop and some Koku-fan and other Burin-do releases by UK and Dutch sellers.
I also found a Shinmeiwa modelkit ;-) Next time I'll stay only a half day instead of a full weekend for such an event and because it's far from home. I also acquired a Revell Mirage VBA 1/32, a F-4J Phantom II "JollyRogers" and F-14A "Wolfpack" Hasegawa 1/48 from Albert (Albatros of AMC) and another Hasegawa T-4 & F-104J 1/48 via the only discount I found (10euro/box!).