# DIY and Hobby projects, small to big. Pictures of course **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** arts-crafts, tools-electric-diy\ **Created:** [January 17, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-and-hobby-projects-small-to-big-pictures-of-course/957910 "2022-01-17T00:50:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 739
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Haven’t read thread - no idea if the following has been posted: (Link for scale modelling thread from MPSIMS) > [@The Scale Modeling Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scale-modeling-thread/954812): > > I loved building models as a kid/teenager/young adult and have decided to get back into it. As I love battleships, I have begun work on a 1/350 model of HMS Prince of Wales, the King George V class ship that met an unfortunate demise off the coast of Malaya in 1941. I decided to give this thing a shot without having an airbrush - I figured I’d invest in one if I wanted to stick with this hobby - and already wish I had one because I love this but, yeah, brush painting sucks. Painting is defini… Cross-posted from Game Room: (love doing this every June) > [@Grass Court All set Up!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grass-court-all-set-up/1031031): > > Just finished painting the lines and setting up the net. (perimeter netting goes up tomorrow) In its 52nd year, it used to be my old man’s, who passed away in '22, but strangely enough the new occupants like the aesthetics of the court and told me to maintain it despite the fact that they, themselves, don’t play, and have no intention to. thinking grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes The owner says he should be able to hit up some of the neighbours for weekend (only) use. Always feeling Wimbledo… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-and-hobby-projects-small-to-big-pictures-of-course/957910)._