Radio Topic: Thing you should not do on a public transportation...

This actually a delayed blog from me, the topic above is actually being discussed IIRC Monday morning in my favorite radio show on the road to work FLY-FM Pagi "Rock" Crew...

first an introduction why i create this topic..

i drive to work every morning altough my office is just 15-minutes away, being in the car is the only time i can listen to radio (other time i'll be watching TV and doing computer stuff). Anyway.. during my time on the road, i listen to the radio and FLY-FM fills my morning needs for laughter just nicely. Before this i listen to Phat-Fabes & Ben + Nadia in the morning but now Phat-Fabes & Ben handling the evening show (which i also enjoyed listening while on the road returning home) and the morning session now handled by Nadia (always being bullied hahaha), Hafiz & Prem. And their frequency over here is 89.9FM (from Penang).

anyway.. last monday they discussed this topic on thing that you should not do on public transportation.
As usual their lines always busy to i think i need to share it on my blog instead...

For the thing that "you should not do in public transportation" are....

1. do not talk on the phone so loudly like there no one around you (1 caller actually said the same thing, and i have to agree with her).
 I dont want to know what your friend ate yesterday during sahur/berbuka/didnt eat.  it just plain annoying... but SMS is ok.. provided its on vibrate more....

(from Google)

 2. Dont fart: doesnt matter if its not smelly or with some silencer or sound like a violin or an atomic bomb... just NO FART allowed on public transportation.

(from Google)

 3. Dont sleep so soundly that your head will "lentok" on the people sitting right next to you... and it will be worst if you have those "air liur basi" drippling all over... aduhai.....

//update

(from google)

 4. Dont pick your "gold mine".. in fact dont pick it even in your car... another people in the car infornt of you might saw this from their rear-view mirror and might lead to some other nasty consequences...( for example.. wondering what they'll do with the ""gold", might get honked due to not paying attention to the green traffic light etc.)

i'll post any other topic i heard on air and share my view here.. (since getting through to the radio station lines is a no go) 
thats it for now.... till later

M1A1 Abrams - Battle Of the Rumalyah Oilfields: Completed

MBT M1A1 Abrams - Battle Of the Rumalyah Oilfields

Main battle tank of the US Army during the Battle of the Rumalyah Oilfields in March 2nd, 1991.
This model was completed at around June 2011 and participated in the SMM2011 in KL.

 The base kit is from Dragon with the scale of 1/35 of the actual tank size (approx), and this was completed with the sand color as it was used in the said battle.

 Again this has been a straight-forward build as this kit has very minimal issue in construction. I kept the weathering to the very minimal since i'm still learning on how to properly weather a tank resulted in a not so accurate representation of the tank in that battle (which suppose to be a very USED and dirty tank).

More photo below..

WIP: 1/35 Russia KV-1 Ekhranami (Part 1)

I'm back this time trying to complete this long-overdue tanks which was suppose to be completed back in 2008 for a Soviet Group Build.

A kit by Trumpeter which i bought it from previous Miniature Hobby location in Mid-Valley way back when i just started this hobby. (Miniature Hobby is no more, they ceased operation a few months back)

This kit gives you 2 options for track-link; if you feel adventurous and up to the challenge (as i did...bad mistake but fun nonetheless); you can make use of the seperate link track where you need to glue every piece one-by-one. Tedious but worth it. OR you can use the vinyl track, an easy way out and will make for a fast & quick build.

Anyway... moving on.. :o)

The box art: (if i can get it to be a quarter of the box art image finishing; i'll be happy)

This is the where i left this project at last time

 More WIP after the jump below

Dead Island: The most powerful game trailer ever!!!

Wow!!... its been a while since i last watched a good game trailer, but a few minutes ago i found this trailer for an upcoming game for the XBOX360, PS3 and PC... Dead Island...

This trailer really POWERFUL , full of emotions and i think its a very engaging to watch it like that...
The music, the character (a family + zombies), the composition, the graphics, all intertwined nicely in this 3-minutes goodness....

If you ever watch a movie entitled MOMENTO, then you understand this video since the trailer is in reverse order and that what makes this trailer is so good..

go watch it



to watch in a standard order that we all used to.. Dead Island standard trailer!!


The game official site is at www.deadisland.com


definitely in my play list for this year...

Added new page: Scale.Stuff

To start the day, i decided to create a new page dedicated to any reference/tips for Scale-Modeller like me. Since i'm still a beginner i just thought that i would need a place to put all the tips & technique that i find useful in 1 place for easy reference by me.

for now i only added 2 tips which i think will be very useful for me in my next 2 coming projects... to know what they are.. stay tune.. :D

here is the link to the new page: Scale.Stuff

kuman

The Negotiator (1998) - one of my favorite movie

Last night while waiting for the decal to set on my KV-1 turret, i fired up my VLC Media Player for some movie and i saw this movie in my TO-RE-WATCH-LIST, so i did.

This is one of those movie that you need to watch a couple of times to really understand it (well for me at least) since the script is so brilliantly written for the movie. And to have both Kevin Spacey and Samuel L. Jackson in 1 movie is an instant watch for me.

To read all about it, go and read its wiki entry HERE..

For those that haven't watch the movie, now is the time to do so. It sure better than the recent Transformers III movie (although i still love TF3:DTM)

anyway... go find it on DVD somewhere.. although i doubt they still have it on the shelf..

nNow the other side of my KV-1 turret need decalling....

kuman

Today is IPV6 Day!! June 8, 2011

Just a small update...

A friend text me this morning informing me that today is the official IPV6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) Day.
To learn more about IPV6 click Wikipedia :o)

(the image i got from http://www.worldipv6day.org/)

I do believe that we need to move forward with the IPV6 since i think i read somewhere that the IPV4 is almost running out of number already (although i think the number is a lot already in IPV4).

The IPV6 also a mouthful to remember whereas the IPV4 is still remember-able..

anyway enjoy the unique day...

Gap found!! WIP: Revell 1/144 Space Shuttle Discovery

Last night i work alittle bit on the shuttle mainly trying to get the slight warp on the cargo bay fixed.... by adding this support inside the cargo bay. Since the cargo bay will be closed so no worry about adding stuff in there..

After i'm done with the warping i test fir the cargo bay door... and as expected... i saw a big gap between the door hinges(??) with the side of the cargo bay...

still trying to figure out the best way to tackle this...

1. the first idea is to put a plastic strip on the inside of the cargo bay and then fill the gap with putty
2. To fill the gap with a plastic strip, and then fix the join with some putty
3. similar to step one.. but instead of using putty... use bondite.. err will bondite shrink over time?

Video: Very nice youtube for Pigment Weathering..

I found this a few minutes ago, and i found that this is a very useful video for modeller like me or anyone wanted to know more about Weathering with Pigments.

I for one never used pigments before in my build, just because i dont know how to properly apply it but after watching this video, i'm definitely going to try it on my next armor build....



In fact, watch all of his video, all feature a very nice and easy to follow tutorials regarding modelling especially on how to apply all those techniques that you read so much about on the internet.

He also have a blog at http://armorfarm.blogspot.com.

thought i share it.. :)

WIP - sanding: Revell 1/144 Space Shuttle Discovery

After some sanding process last night...
here is the result.....

still need to touch-up here and there... also according to a fellow modeller from ARC (crowe-t), i maybe need to polish the window.

On top of that i also completed the assembly of the External Tank and also the SRB's.
Again a few gap & alignment occurs which i already treated with some putty and a little bit of sanding.

if you look closely, you might noticed that there are some "bling-bling" on the External tank, just ignore it for now since that is my so-called strap on the tank made using the pot-fixing-tape which i'll cover them later with Mr Surfacer.

Also in the above photo is the comparison on the size of this kit compared to the Gunze paint bottle.

More update soon... :)
kuman

Revell 1/144 Space Shuttle Discovery with Booster Rockets

 1/144 Space Shuttle Discovery, 

30 years of Space Shuttle program

 When i was in the midst of rigging my Titanic last month, i have the urge to start a new project and after discovering that this year is the 30 Years anniversary of Space Shuttle program... i thought this is a appropriate time for me to start this.... (another reason is because the box is big, attract a not needed attention to my stash)

Anyway... i got a few options out of the box, but i choose Discovery because of a nice ring to the name and easy to spell.. but to be historically right, Discovery retired (although there are talks on not to retire it just yet) in March ahead of the Endeavor & Atlantis.

Moving on.. here is the box shot..

and the sprue tree

The first problem i encounter is the gap between the windscreen and the body... a quick fix is to use plastic strip chunk-ed in the gap and them let the glue cured.

 After the glue cured.... i apply some Green putty, since this whole area (the windscreen) will be painted black.. so i just sand away and maybe try to repair it with some finer sanding later on.

Aircraft Category - photos from SMM 2011

Now the Aircraft Category.
Remember to click on the photo for a bigger view.

More in next page

Armored Vehicles - Continue of the SMM2011 event photos

As promised yesterday, below is another set of photos of the entries during the 2-day event last weekend at HHQ.

This is for the Armored Vehicles category, i just took a overview of the entry, not a specific ones.
Just to give the idea of the entries submitted during the event and also to make this page loads a little faster. :o)

Next page..

Scale Models Malaysia 2011: Awesome event!!!

Last Saturday, i was down in KL for the SMM 2011 event, and it was an awesome event (click me for detail)

With a total of 99 entries from various categories, it was the biggest entry for this event.
I was there with 7 of my models, hauled all the way from up-north in my car and i'm glad that the models survived the long journey ;o)

My entries are 1. RMS Titanic,  2. Kiowa Warrior Helicopter, 3. AAVP7A1 tank, 4. M1A2 Abrams, 5. Eagle transporter, 6. Star Wars ATAT Walker, 7. Tornado Gr1

I have a couple of shot from the event, but for now enjoy this..

 

I'm still recovering from the journey and it was a very worthwhile trip for me.. although i only there on the first day (Saturday), my modelling colleague informed me last night that some of my entries got a medal.
Once i got more detail i'll update in here.. :)

I'll post more photos in another entry after i processed it.

Stay tune...
p/s: The Result was announced on Sunday.

RMS Titanic is DONE!!!!

Just a few minutes ago... i called this project completed!!! and now ready for SMM 2011 in KL..(what is this SMM 2011.. click me!)

as a teaser here is the not-so-detail-shots of my RMS Titanic..

I'll post a better photo a little later...

Now i can look forward to another build... hmmm i wonder what will it be next..

kuman :o)

Little-Green-Pigeon ... not Little-Green-Men .. ok!!!

Little-Green-Pigeon ... not Little-Green-Men .. ok!!! 

I shoot (with a camera not with a gun) this little bird outside my office sometime last week... just thought i share here..

the bird is called "Punai Daun" or Little Green Pigeon (Treron olax)

Apparently this is only a baby.. i believe it try to fly off a palm tree infront of the office and landed on the sidewalk...

when i snapped this photo, it just stand there and i got to "sapu" the head a few times.. which is very rare for this bird..

some of my officemate told me that this bird is really delicious... luckily i'm the one who found this bird.. else it will be in someone elses curry pot already :lol:

just thought i share..

Scale Models Malaysia 2011: Annual event is coming!!!

As some of the visitor to my blog already know by now.... there's another Scale Modelling event coming up in approx. 2 weeks... and i'm for one all geared for the event...

Here is the poster of the event created by my modeller friend, i just copy and paste the location from his site.

If all goes according to plan, i'll be coming with a few of my completed models from last year and this year including my Titanic, Tornado GR1, Kiowa helicopter, my AAVP7A1,
Space 1999 transporter, M1A2 Abrams & maybe a Star Wars ATAT walker...


So if you're free and want to know what this is all about, come and join us at the event starting at 11am ~ 7pm (Sat) & 12:30pm ~ 3pm (Sun).


here is the address of Hobby HQ KL (the venue of the event)..
Address: 52-1 (TKT 1), Jalan Metro Pudu, Fraser BIZ Park, 55100, KL
Telephone number: 603-92238588, 603-92239588.


Be there!!!.. 

The END is NEAR..... Titanic almost done!!

THE END IS NEAR!!!

i continue on with this build with the process of rigging again...
a tiring process of the whole build.. since the threads are just so tiny and trying to tie-a-knot by using a tweezer is no fun at all... luckily there's SuperGlue that i can use ... although it helps but i also end-up in more than once.. manage to get my fingers "glued" to the tweezer!!!... painful...

anyway here is another round of photos for the rigging process...

after this i'll be putting the lifeboats and then maybe i call it done....
This ship is due in HHQ KL in May 21, 2011.... so come and see it live there..

Building the famous RMS Titanic - rigging...

ok back to the build....

Now the fun part of ship building.... rigging...

This is the first time ever i do rigging for ship (since  never build ship before), using the included nylon thread in the kit (although i know that there's a good thread called Lycra that is very nice in scale compared to this nylon thread which a bit oversized).

so far so good but having a big fingers didnt help a bit... i need to use twizzers for the rigging and a bit of help from CA glue to make it stick.
enjoy the photos and next i'll post on the stand/base for the titanic.

Pawn Stars, not PORNSTARS

First, dont get me wrong.. the title of the show does sound a little kinky and naughty but when you look at the spelling it does make sense...:o)

Learn about the show Here in Wiki!!

I really love this show, somehow this show makes me laugh from all their jokes.. in fact the latest 3 shows aired just a few minutes ago makes me laugh so hard until my stomach hurts and have tears in my eyes....:o)

i love their negotiation skill in getting the people that come to their shop to let go of stuff at the right price, and their way of doing it is what makes it so funny...

and to see their how they trying to get the right price for the right item that come to their shop is just hilarious.

Building the famous RMS Titanic - painting the parts

back to Titanic...

last week my compressor went kaput so all the mood for modelling kaput also.... now since i'll be getting the compressor back in a few days.. thought i share some of the progress *before* the compressor kaput...

The Funnel
The funnel already being painted with my own red + yellow mixture to make it orange...still i think i need to tone down the orange a bit more..

 The Hull paint
Also since i dont have the Hull-Red paint.. need to mix the paint as suggested by the instruction.. 1 black + 2 red.. but it doesnt seem right.. so i add another portion of red.. and the result as follows...

 The black paint is just a straight Flat Black
will need to clear coat this later

My Version: The story of a Malware Attack : Part Uno...

This is my version of the Malware Attack Story that this blog experience a couple of days back.
(Click on the image to see the bigger version of it)

A few visitor alerted me of the "Blood Screen" warning like below from Mozilla..

i really have to praise them for being so brave and click the "Ignore This Warning" to enter my blog and alerted me via my SHoutbox... thank you very much!!.

Anyway, after i noticed about this i scourge the web trying to find an answer to whats happening this is when i find a link to use Google Webmaster Tool to detect the fault in my blog. Once you login to the tools page (using your Google Account),you need to "add" you blog to the Manage list and also you need to verify that the blog is yours by inserting 1 meta code in your header and then the Tools will do it thing.

Day "minus 0.5" day: Post Malware Attack entry

Yesterday was a really dreaded day for my blog,
somehow i accidentally created an entry that have some code that deemed this site as an attack site...

According to http://onlinelinkscan.com/, my blog is now safe...

Still a bit paranoid of the whole process of recovering. This is my first post at minus 0.5 days after the attack and a bit paranoid and cautious so that i didnt put any more unwanted-codes in my blog.

I'll share the whole experience in a later entry...

Let see how this latest entry play out well to all the visitors.

Thanks to those that alerted me on the possible attack and been helping me test the blog accessibility.

Kumanworks - got updated now with VisualSlideshow 1.5

Finally after a long wait and many model built, i finally got the chance to update my modelling website with some layout enhancement.

http://kumanworks.110mb.com
kumanworks on the web

My website is located at http://kumanworks.110mb.com

I started to use VisualSlideshow 1.5 (Free version) to show my Completed Gallery.

This can be view in my AAVP7A1 Completed page (click me to go there directly)

I'm planning to continue this trend throughout my website updates from now on and see how that goes.

Next update will be of my Tornado build.

stay tune and go give my new layout a go and let me know if i need to change something on that page or how the loading for that particular page is it slow? ok or fast..:D

So far i know that it works fine on Internet Explorer and Mozilla.

thanks for all the support

Building the famous RMS Titanic... - Dry fitted waiting for the LED..

A Small update..

i completed the major build for the Titanic...
the light-block already done except for the hulls and now trying to acquire some LED...

over-ambitious me think.. but if i dont do it now i dont know when else i'll got the courage to try it..
the only left unpainted are the cranes, the funnels and the hulls...
these will be done this week while i wait for the LED.

VB2010 - check for Null value in fields

This is a little Programming related.

Since i'm learning and refreshing my mind regarding to programming in VB2010, so this is a little something that i learned a few days back during my brainstorming session with my little applications that i'm creating.

Just thought i share a little bit of what i found.

You can use the "IIF" statement to do comparison checking to check if the fields value ISNULL or not.

1. IF the Value is null THEN

2. return BLANK value

3. else
4.           fill with Value

 In my application this is how i do it.

this also i'll update in my Apps.Tips page

a very basic beginners tips... :o)

Follower #345....

a small update...

sorry for all for the lack of update from my end either regarding to modelling or other stuff.

My modelling the titanic still progressing just not updated in the blog...
will continue to update again my next week.. :D

On with the update for today,

the number 345 hold a special place for me and my family, so thanks to all visitors who's been following my puny little blog until today, hope will continue to support in the future..:o)

More stuff need to be updated.. :o)

Stay tune..

Building Eagle Transporter - COMPLETED - dah Siap!!!

Building Eagle Transporter - COMPLETED!!

Finally after almost 3.5 weeks looking and working on this model, finally its done...

Now i can start seriously working on my RMS Titanic and my AT-AT Walker from Star Wars.

Its been a lot of fun working on this model and now i know that building a Sci-Fi themed subject is a lot of fun...

So this is ready for the Movie Mayhem GB in March 26, 2011. and whoever wanted to see this in person better mark your calendar since i'll be bring-in this model (+ my Titanic and AT-AT) for the event and it will travel around 480KM for the event.. :D

anyway enjoy the photos.. :D

stay tune for my other build... coming real soon.. :D

Blog: Add Menu Scroll Box to the widget in sidebar

Just something i added to this blog to make the blog a little bit more organized.

From the origin of the site for the tutorial

I added a scroll Box to the bottom of the sidebar, this is merely a way for me to test out the functionality of the ScrollBox before i use it for the rest of the blog... more like a proof-of-concept for me.

I test on my "ANUGERAH" widget to the right bottom of the page.

The link to the original site of the tutorial can be found in my Blog Stuff page (Click ME!)
Entry no 7 on the very top of the page (updated today... Feb 01, 2011).

Hope this helps you guys in making your blog more functional.

Anyway, more Scale Modelling updates coming in the next few days including the completed Eagle Transporter and the progress for my RMS Titanic build.

Stay Tune..

Building Eagle Transporter - at 80% Completion

Updates!!!..Space 1999:Eagle Transporter

Sorry for the delay, got caught up with my "make a living" job, and only a few days ago got the chance to sit back and enjoy the hobby... and can continue with this Eagle Transporter.

This is where i'm at as of last night, all the parts painted and also applied a coat of Future as a preparation to decal this spaceship.

Windows 7 :The trust relationship between this workstation and primary domain failed

Just thought i add & share something that i found at work the other day.

It seems that Windows 7 have an issue with adding user to the Domain.
It will prompt an error like below:

The trust relationship between this workstation and primary domain failed...

when this happened you'll not be able to add the user from Domain to PC.

Actually there a hot fix for it issued by Microsoft..

You can read all about it here and then Request the fix, the link and password for the download will be emailed to you in a few second.

here is the link to the Hotfix readme Click ME!!
I also already added the link to my APPs TIPs pages for easy reference later.

1. Install the hotfix (it just a small download),
2. restart
3. add the user as usual from the domain

Hope this helps someone out there.


Enjoy

 

Building the famous RMS Titanic...

"You jump, i jump" 

-- Perhaps one of the most famous sentences uttered in the whole 1997 movie Titanic by James Cameron.

Another build from me since my last build (the Space 1999: Eagle Transporter) is about to be completed soon.

This time around, i'll be building the famous RMS Titanic ship in 1/400 scale (about 2.3 feet long). This is the first ship build for me in this humongous scale. Dunno if i'm up to the challenge since this is a big plunge for me in ship modelling.

I bought this kit a few years back together with an Eduard PE to complement the ship detailing. And this build i target it to be completed by March 26, 2011. Overly ambitious? yes.. since my track record of building anything usually will take around 2-3 months to finish, but i'll try my very best o get ti competed in the time-frame. allocated.

On to the photos...The box art.

Building Eagle Transporter from SPACE 1999 series

 Building Eagle Transporter from SPACE 1999 series

For those that lived in the 70's and 80's sure remember this classic TV Series; SPACE:1999.
read the Detail on Wiki...

in conjunction with another Group Build schedule in March 2011 in KL, i'll build another model just for the GB.

here is the box art... thanks to a fellow modeller - Landyshah@SMM for the photos.
and that is how the Eagle Transporter looks like in the TV Series.

For me this is a true design of a Spaceship :D

first order of business (after washing the plastic with dish soap to remove the moulding oil & dirt), is to cut the frame out.. since this ship suppose to have this frame exposed and showing the inside of it.

Blog Tips: Web-based Tools to generate Tag Clouds

 Blog Tips: Web-based Tools to generate Tag Clouds

Here another tools of site that i found on the internet to create a cool looking Tag Clouds which will take your blog tag and create a cloud based on those sentences.


Click the image below to go to the my BlogStuff page and follow the link from there.

Here is a sample i created using Wordle, one of the tools from the link i posted in my BLOG STUFF page.

there are a lot more possibilities you can choose to create with those tools...

Enjoy.

Modelling RAF Tornado Gr1 - Desert Storm - "ITS ALIVE!!!"

ITS ALIVE!!!!..

finally after 1.5 months tinkering with this kit, its finally done and read to be deployed in the GB in KL..
although this will be another "virtual" entry since i cannot make it to the event this weekend.

But to show support, i manage to complete this build in record time...my personal record time.. hoorrreeeee for me!!!

enjoy the photos of the completed Tornado...
now on to the next build... stay tune for it in this page..

The complete WIP can be viewed Here: Tornado GR1 Tag..

Modelling RAF Tornado Gr1 - Desert Storm - "Promodeller Wash!! "

I already can see the finish line for this "Tonka" (another name for Tornado) and its has been a very interesting progress...

Today we'll look at "wash", essentially i use was to make the panel-lines more visible and also to add some of the dirtiness of the aircraft, as real aircraft get really dirty in operation.

Here is the before and after photo of the was application.

Note from above how the panel-lines more "visible" after the application of the wash.

This Promodeller wash is very easy to use, all i need just to make sure the surface already being Gloss coat to make sure that the Wash will flow nicely into the panel-lines and will make cleaning the excess wash easier.

Application Tips pages: Updated (05.01.2011)

i just added another PAGES to my blog which can be access on top under the name APPS.Tips
or can click http://kumanx.blogspot.com/p/appstips.html

This will be an additional to the rest of the pages i already have up there.

In this page i'll list out any tips that i find and those that i already used in my daily work.
This will also serve as a reference point for me as well..

The first entry to the page is a tips on "How to create a bootable Windows 7 Flash drive"

Go to the Page to see the links to it..

I'll create an entry like this once i've added more links to all the PAGES i created on top :D

kuman

Modelling RAF Tornado Gr1 - Desert Storm - "Decal Completed... "

Sorry for the lack of updates.

The decal was completed a few nights ago and below is the finished product for the decal stage.

I only post the photos of the decal near the nose of the Tornado, since this is where the most decal is located..

As i mentioned before, the decal is a bit thick and a few layers of Future Floor Polish was used to make the decal stay on the kit... pretty tedious job.