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Trumpeter 小号手公司 Custom Catalog Explore the complete Trumpeter (小号手公司) catalog of plastic scale models including military vehicles, aircraft, ships, and more. The simple and fast interface is ideal for scale modellers wanting to loo...

Trumpeter catalog updated, couple of new releases this month including 1:72 M1132 Stryker and 1:16 Tiger II.
NB: this is my "fast mirror" of the real thing.

trumpeter-catalog.tardate.com

#trumpeter #scalemodels

14.10.2025 11:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

LCK#371 Grouping ChangeLog Edits Using ruby to group data in 10-minute buckets; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2025-10-06).

This week's @cassidoo.co challenge: batching logs.
Tackled in #ruby.

codingkata.tardate.com/ruby/group-c...

12.10.2025 17:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Next time I'll brave myself for turnbuckles😁

12.10.2025 12:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thanks Matthew. Tbh the prop is 95% thanks to Alexey at ProperPlane!

12.10.2025 12:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yeah, I tried this line on my boss too, but he fired me for "working" on company time

12.10.2025 09:02 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Fairey Flycatcher stationed at HMS Hermes, China Station, 1930. This is the Armory Model Group kit in 1:48, with a hand carved prop and wood decals by ProperPlane of #Ukraine. All upstaged by a couple of cheeky seagulls.

modelart.tardate.com/projects/roy...

#histscalemodels #scalemodels #48scale

12.10.2025 07:29 — 👍 35 🔁 6 💬 3 📌 0

..and 50% is in the name. I mean, how can a plane called the "Buccaneer" not be swashbucklingly grand?😆 Blackburn redeemed themselves this time (Skua, Roc, Kangaroo..🙄)

11.10.2025 04:04 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The kit does include crew figures, but they are not posable and are identical. I used some replacements from PJ Productions ("Modern RAF seated in aircraft" No. 721118 1:72)

11.10.2025 03:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Blackburn Buccaneer S.2C; brilliant 2019 tooling from Airfix. An ugly brute, but pretty magnetic when tooling around the sea at 60 feet! I think also the only time I've used the so-called "invisible" acrylic rod conceit😆
modelart.tardate.com/projects/roy...

#histscalemodels #scalemodels #72scale

10.10.2025 06:54 — 👍 65 🔁 4 💬 8 📌 0

LCK#370 Command Line Options with Ruby Comparing all the various ways of parsing command line arguments with the Ruby standard library.

All the wonderful ways of handling command line args with the #ruby standard library

codingkata.tardate.com/ruby/cli-opt...

10.10.2025 06:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

US Paras in Jeeps (20mm) Price per set (12 figures). *vehicles not included.

Good call! Yes, maybe some like paras in jeeps eurekaminuk.com/products/us-...

09.10.2025 07:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Matsu-class Destroyer Sakura (桜). Fujimi 1:700 KISS build: no PE or rigging but replaced some newer parts and couldn't *not* fix the stern profile once I'd seen the issue!

modelart.tardate.com/projects/ijn...

#ijn #histscalemodels #scalemodels #700scale

08.10.2025 11:06 — 👍 22 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

oh yes, wonderful stuff, thanks for the tip!

08.10.2025 10:52 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I built up the Airfix 1:76 Bedford QLT & QLD trucks the other day. Mainly for fun and hopefully a diorama if I can find some suitable troops. I don't want pointing, running, jumping, or shooting.. just bored and sitting please!

modelart.tardate.com/projects/bri...

#histscalemodels #scalemodels

08.10.2025 10:07 — 👍 31 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

😂 "not my fault - all the tests were green!"

07.10.2025 02:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

LEAP#794 CD4011 Touch Switch Testing a common CD4011 touch switch circuit with separate on and off pads.

Just testing a classic CD4011 touch switch circuit. Resistor values are important (and probably environment-specific)

leap.tardate.com/electronics1...

#electronics

04.10.2025 08:09 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

LCK#362 hyperfactorial Using rust to calculate the hyper-factorial of a non-negative integer; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2025-09-29)

This week's @cassidoo.co challenge: finding out how easy it is to overflow while calculating a hyperfactorial.

codingkata.tardate.com/rust/hyperfa...

#rust

04.10.2025 08:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Indeed! So far, Platz and Sweet are my favourite 1:144 brands. Even though most of the toolings are from 20 years ago they still hold up today. Others I've yet to try but have high hopes: Valom, Beacon Models

04.10.2025 08:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

🍻

04.10.2025 07:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

LCK#360 Base44 A quick review and test drive of Base44 AI-powered app builder and hosting solution.

Some notes on my experience trialing Base44 for no-code AI-driven app generation.

codingkata.tardate.com/tools/ai/bas...

01.10.2025 04:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

YouTube video by tardate GM FM-2 Wildcat 1:144 In-flight MODELART#153

Quick demo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMEu...

30.09.2025 13:00 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The GM FM-2 Wildcat. A "Sweet" little 1:144 kit, with motorised in-flight conversion. Snuck this into the MMP Naval GB

modelart.tardate.com/projects/usa...

#histscalemodels #scalemodel #144scale #micromachinespodcast #navalaircraftgroupbuild

30.09.2025 13:00 — 👍 39 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 0

wtf has YouTube done to their UI. "Minimize" is no longer a thing supported by the corporate overlords?

26.09.2025 16:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

LCK#358 What Kind of Number Using rust to classify perfect, deficient, and abundant numbers; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2025-09-22)

This week's @cassidoo.co challenge: crack open the math books to classify perfect, deficient, and abundant numbers. I'm using #rust for this one.

codingkata.tardate.com/rust/what-ki...

26.09.2025 07:29 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

LCK#353 Shell Gem Quick review of the shell gem for ruby

a quick review of the shell gem for #ruby

codingkata.tardate.com/ruby/shell-g...

22.09.2025 03:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Rewind: Inspired by the box art - the Airfix Spitfire Mk.Vc 1:72, Algeria 1942, with a convoy of Pit-Road 1:144 "targets of opportunity"

modelart.tardate.com/projects/spi...

#histscalemodels #scalemodel #72scale

20.09.2025 06:40 — 👍 45 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1

LCK#357 Analyze a Baseball Game Using rust to analyze a baseball game; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2025-09-15). This was the day I advanced to consciously incompetent in the rules of baseball.

This week's @cassidoo.co challenge: analyze a ball game (I used #rust). Also the week in which I advanced to "consciously incompetent" in the rules of baseball!

codingkata.tardate.com/rust/analyze...

20.09.2025 05:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

LEAP#793 AT89C2051 7-Segment LED Control Driving a common-cathode 7-Segment LED with the AT89C2051

Driving a common-cathode 7-Segment LED with the AT89C2051

leap.tardate.com/8051/at89c20...

#electronics

17.09.2025 05:48 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

LEAP#792 555 Breadboard PWM Generator A simple PWM generator circuit using the 555 timer IC designed for use on a breadboard.

I made a variable frequency 555 timer breadboard module the other day. Completing the set with a variable duty cycle (PWM) version..

leap.tardate.com/electronics1...

#electronics

17.09.2025 03:41 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

clever!

15.09.2025 10:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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