Show us your "other" hobbies in pictures!

[Diamondback]

Picture shot for a client who develops these miniatures. Size comparison between a typical 1760s British "Common 74" two-decker ship of the line (bottom left; HMS Captain as commanded by Nelson at Cape St. Vincent 1797); a Spanish three-decker (top left, Captain's prize ARS San Jose in the "Nelson's Patent Bridge" action) and in bottom right a 1780s-1800s Common 74 design (in this case HMS Minden as seen in the bombardments of both Ft. McHenry and Algiers). Top right is HMS Victory as first sailed by Keppel for the Glorious First of June 1778; all these models are works in progress in 1/1000 scale, meaning San Jose and Victory are about as long as my finger.

Why this photo was shot: calling attention to how badly my client has oversized some models in their catalog and grossly undersized others--their existing Spanish three-decker is about the size of Minden, while their existing 1760s Common 74 is a little bigger than Captain and their French and British three-deckers are pretty close to San Jose and Victory.

The entire "shipyard" of fifteen models in progress:

Most of the Ganges class like Minden are on Indefinite Hold until I find period paintings or models for reference; the two smallest ships are a pair of 64-gunners I'm painting as direct replacements for an "official release" where they played "mix and match" slapping names on the wrong sculpt. (Yes, you see three Spanish Purisima Concepcion 112-gunners in that picture even though there were only two built! The third is for San Jose's second life as HMS San Josef, and as soon as either Henry the modelmaker announces another run or I find someone to 3d-print a batch for me I'll be ordering up a half-dozen to stand in for the undersized Ares-official Meregildos 112's because even with the slight detail differences these are MUCH closer to correct for a 1/1000 Meregildos than the ~1/1200 existing release.)

 

[ejmpnu92]

I build stuff, models, tanks, planes, etc....
Paint figures... not so good at it, but still enjoy it...
I also work on my house... which is relaxing for me...
I like to cook....
And I have a cat... which takes up precious time....

 

[Bull72]

Pictures are worth a thousand words, and easily more appreciated than text.

Outside of shooting, gun collecting and reloading I enjoy..

Fishing...
on the skok...
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on the Columbia...
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at Neah Bay...
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In Puget Sound of course...
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at Sekiu...
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If it is harvestable in the Pacific Northwest, I've harvested it.

My other passion is golf...
Reflections Bay...
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Smoking a nice Robusto...
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[Mephistopheles]

Fly fishing, bourbon. Funny thing about the bourbon. Back when it was a difficult to even afford inexpensive bourbon, it was always Evan Williams (Best bang for the buck). Now that I can afford the more expensive, I still only drink Evan Williams.

 

[Diamondback]

Work in progress on adding HMS Culloden to the fleet, based on her appearance at 1798 Nile:

 

[Diamondback]

And an update, shiny new Culloden with weary old Captain (left, black gallery top) and Majestic (right, all yellow gallery). If my memory were better, I woulda left Captain in the tray and used Orion for a third ship from the Battle of the Nile in the photo instead.

 

[Pierre]

One of some 200 I've done in the past 55 years.

 

[sobo]

One of some 200 I've done in the past 55 years.

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That is IMMMM-PRESSIVE!!!!

 

[Pierre]

That was actually the very last large mural carving I did before my wrists gave way. Seeing the specialist, he informed me that I had been so aggressive with the chisel and mallet for so many years that I had worn away all of the cartilage in my wrists.
He did microsurgery's on me three weeks later and that was the end of 60 years of carving.

 

[tac]

Truly beautiful work, Piérre! Let's hope it will be there for many, many years to come.

 

[Pierre]

Thank you, Tac.

 

[solv3nt]

My BBQ table is almost done.

 

[solv3nt]

 

[sobo]

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That is frik'n awesome!

 

[solv3nt]

That is frik'n awesome!

Thanks! The maiden burn consisted of two chickens, each halved. One chicken received a marinade, and the other got a dry rub with home made sweet and sour bourbon bacon bbq sauce blanched from fresh tomatoes.

 

[Member 38805]

My other hobby for over 50 years (longer than my gun hobby!) has been old cars, and hotrods. I started building cars before I could drive, and most of the guys I hung around with were older and owned or built hotrods back then. I'm not sure why, but I was attracted to cars long before I was even thinking of driving. I knew every guy who had a cool car anywhere near my house. If I heard one fire up, I jumped on my bicycle to see if I could locate it before they drove off.
I'm not sure I could even make an educated guess how many cars I've built for myself, or for friends in the last 50 years? But this is one I just finished up Memorial day for myself. It's a '39 Chev coupe I've wanted to build since the 1960's, and for whatever reason I never found one to build. Bought this one as a total rusted out mess two years ago, and spent 6 months replacing all the missing sheetmetal. Then built the engine, and did all the drivetrain swap. After that I put all new suspension under it. Then sewed up the new upholstery, and finally painted the car, and lettered it up in old school 60's style gasser drag car style Memorial Day.

 

[Ura-Ki]

My other hobby for over 50 years (longer than my gun hobby!) has been old cars, and hotrods. I started building cars before I could drive, and most of the guys I hung around with were older and owned or built hotrods back then. I'm not sure why, but I was attracted to cars long before I was even thinking of driving. I knew every guy who had a cool car anywhere near my house. If I heard one fire up, I jumped on my bicycle to see if I could locate it before they drove off.
I'm not sure I could even make an educated guess how many cars I've built for myself, or for friends in the last 50 years? But this is one I just finished up Memorial day for myself. It's a '39 Chev coupe I've wanted to build since the 1960's, and for whatever reason I never found one to build. Bought this one as a total rusted out mess two years ago, and spent 6 months replacing all the missing sheetmetal. Then built the engine, and did all the drivetrain swap. After that I put all new suspension under it. Then sewed up the new upholstery, and finally painted the car, and lettered it up in old school 60's style gasser drag car style Memorial Day.

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Those old Fat Fender Chevys are some of the best looking cars ever built, back when if it looked right, changes were it was!
Always wanted ether a 39 Chevy or Buick or 46 and up Ford Fatty!almost had a 41 Studebaker Commander, but ended up with a 50 bullet nose Commander Coupe instead! Kinda wish I still had that one, with the 392 and 4 on the floor, it was a hooligans delite! Now it's a 49 Chevy 3100 pickup, and no regrets at all building that one, it's still can haul a load or pull a trailer! Wife has her Jeepster project we need to get done now a 1950 Jeepster with 401 and GM 4L60 automatic!

 

[Member 38805]

Those old Fat Fender Chevys are some of the best looking cars ever built, back when if it looked right, changes were it was!
Always wanted ether a 39 Chevy or Buick or 46 and up Ford Fatty!almost had a 41 Studebaker Commander, but ended up with a 50 bullet nose Commander Coupe instead! Kinda wish I still had that one, with the 392 and 4 on the floor, it was a hooligans delite! Now it's a 49 Chevy 3100 pickup, and no regrets at all building that one, it's still can haul a load or pull a trailer! Wife has her Jeepster project we need to get done now a 1950 Jeepster with 401 and GM 4L60 automatic!

I had a 1940 Chev coupe just after high school, and my buddy and I dropped a 413 Chrysler, and Torquflite in it. I went into the military, and when I got back home I sold the '40 to another guy I was working with in 1973. He still owns it, but completely redid it after letting it rust away outside for nearly 40 years!
The '39 Chev coupe was a car I wanted back then, as I preferred the '39 grille and lights over the '40 back then. Just never found one I wanted until 2 years ago when I stumbled across this '39 that was just a rusted out shell of a car. I spent the first 6 months replacing all the rusty metal, and then did the front suspension, rear axle, and built the motor. Then finished up the bodywork, primered it, and finally sewed up the upholstery. After driving it last fall to get some miles on it, I began doing more sanding, and finally painted it, and did the lettering on it in 60's gasser style.
I've done quite a few cars for friends since I retired 11 years ago, but also built two other cars for my self before the '39. These two are a '37 Britiish Austin:


And a '63 Falcon Futura:


Austin is a 327 with old camel hump Corvette heads, and a bunch of other performance changes.
Falcon is a 468 big block Chev, also with a lot of performance mods.

 

[Ura-Ki]

I had a 1940 Chev coupe just after high school, and my buddy and I dropped a 413 Chrysler, and Torquflite in it. I went into the military, and when I got back home I sold the '40 to another guy I was working with in 1973. He still owns it, but completely redid it after letting it rust away outside for nearly 40 years!
The '39 Chev coupe was a car I wanted back then, as I preferred the '39 grille and lights over the '40 back then. Just never found one I wanted until 2 years ago when I stumbled across this '39 that was just a rusted out shell of a car. I spent the first 6 months replacing all the rusty metal, and then did the front suspension, rear axle, and built the motor. Then finished up the bodywork, primered it, and finally sewed up the upholstery. After driving it last fall to get some miles on it, I began doing more sanding, and finally painted it, and did the lettering on it in 60's gasser style.
I've done quite a few cars for friends since I retired 11 years ago, but also built two other cars for my self before the '39. These two are a '37 Britiish Austin:
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And a '63 Falcon Futura:
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Austin is a 327 with old camel hump Corvette heads, and a bunch of other performance changes.
Falcon is a 468 big block Chev, also with a lot of performance mods.

Been on the hunt for a Fiat Topolino glass body to wrap around that old 392 and 4 speed Muncy Rock Crusher I still have sitting around! I'm kinda picky on the shell, I want a roof and standard nose setup for an old school cool gasser type build!

 

[Member 38805]

Been on the hunt for a Fiat Topolino glass body to wrap around that old 392 and 4 speed Muncy Rock Crusher I still have sitting around! I'm kinda picky on the shell, I want a roof and standard nose setup for an old school cool gasser type build!

A few years back there was an original, complete Fiat Topolino at the Portland April swap meet for what I thought was dirt cheap money; $1800. It was not just 100% original, but also very little rust repair needed. I looked it over seriously, but they're even smaller than my little Austin, and really wouldn't make a very good street/strip car. More of a strictly strip car really.
My Austin is only 140" long, 52" wide, and 89" wheelbase. It's so narrow that inside my two bucket seats are barely separated, and when I close the rear doors the rear window cranks are trapped against the seat backs. I had to install the window cranks so the knobs are clocked to miss the seat backs, or I couldn't close the doors! I sit almost in the backseat when driving because of the firewall setback to get a V8 under the hood.