Marinated Soft Boiled Egg for Ramen

I am always interested in trying to cook marinated soft boiled egg myself since I am a big ramen addict. With all my model kits, supplies and tools boxed up now, I have some extra time on hand to kill. And I have been experimenting with cooking soft boiled egg.

If I did not try to make soft boiled egg, I would not know the culinary science behind boiling eggs. Egg yolk and egg white get cooked at different temperatures. While egg white solidify at a lower temperature and egg yolk turns to solid at a slightly higher temperature. So, to cook soft boiled egg the water temperature need to be just right.

What I figured out is to bring the water to simmering first, then take the large size egg from the fridge and lower them gently to the simmering water for about 8 minutes. Then chill them in ice water. Peel the shells off.

The marinate I used is just soy sauce, sugar, rice wine and water. Soak the eggs in a bowl with the marinate and leave it in the fridge overnight.

Sherman and Panzer IV

I can count the number of AFV models that I built with one hand. Although I'm not a military model fan, I do enjoy looking at tanks.

And as a big anime fan, Girls und Panzer is a recent series that I like. High school girls tank battle as a sport, it's weird but it's fun.

If you are a military vehicle fan or Girls und Panzer fan, here is your chance to own some real tanks. The Littlefield Collection is on the auction block:

http://www.auctionsamerica.com/events/all-lots.cfm?SaleCode=LC14

There is a Panzer IV and a couple of Sherman's for sale, provided you have the cash.

Photos are from Auctions America's web site

Book for sale: Grand Prix Cars of 1988

I am not sure why, but somehow I bought 2 copies of the same book from the Joe Honda series, Grand Prix Cars of 1988. Listed for ￥3,394 on Amazon Japan. As good as new. I am going to put it up for sale on eBay. If anyone is interested, please send me a message.

1996 Le Mans 24 Hours Porsche 911 GT1 Complete

Just in time for the Le Mans weekend. I probably will not do another 1/87 scale any time soon.

Fantastic source of classic F1 photos on Facebook

Came across this FB page with a lot of classic F1 pictures. Enjoy!
GP Memories

Detail

Wheels assembled and painted.

Tow hook installed.

Next: interior

Eat my own words

Even though I said there would not be a new project for a while and the 2 work in progress ones will be shelved, I could not help but played with this little guy. Decals on the body are done and clear coat applied. Since I'll be away from my workbench for 2 weeks, the rest of the work will need to pause for at least that long.

Leyton House CG901 1990 French Grand Prix Ivan Capelli

1990 Leyton House CG901 Complete

The average time I took to finish a kit has been around 6 months. This is no exception. Checking my old blog posts, it was October last year when I started playing with this guy. And it is mid May already. Finally today, it is done.

Although there are so many kits in my inventory that I would like to play with, I will not start a new project for a while until I can afford the time to do that again. The work in progress Porsche and McLaren will stay as is for now.

So close, so very close

Moving at warp speed these couple of days. Mounted the wheels, adjusted the height. It looks almost finished. It's getting late tonight. Things to work on tomorrow:

• Finish the mirrors
• Fabricate the rain light
• Paint and mount the wheel nuts
• Mount antennae
• Miscellaneous touch up

I can see the end of the tunnel

Front and rear suspensions completed. All that are left are wheels, mirrors and the rain light. Hopefully, this guy should be done pretty soon.

As usual, the kit's mirrors and the supports are casted together in one piece with white metal. The supports are too thick, so cut the support off and replaced them with brass wire. Then they are cut to length and I painted the mirror housing in body color. I will paint the support in black after the paint on the housing is dried.

The tires with the kir are the typical old Tameo black rubber donuts with no markings. The kit came with the tire decals, but decals do not like to stick to rubber. The tires from new Tameo kits have all the markings already painted, good for lazy people like myself. This time, I took the tires from another kit. Also added a valve stem to each of the rims. These guys are smaller than a flea. It happened so many times when I use tweezers to handle tiny metal piece, the metal piece turned into a projectile and few away. I lucked out this time, did not lose any.

Next would be finish painting the mirrors, install the wheels, front and rear wings, then mirrors and miscellaneous other little pieces.

Progress, slow progress

Making progress little by little. Front suspension almost together except the upper control arms. Will try to do as much as possible this weekend.

Finally getting some warm temperature in Chicago today. I was still wearing a winter jacket yesterday morning. But today, I can just wear a polo shirt. It's about time.

Impatient

Got impatient and it paid off. Finished putting all the decals on the body. Wait for it to set, then clear coat.

Murphy's law

Started on doing the decals. But unfortunately, I ran into some issue with Micro Sol. May be I was a bit too generous in using the softening solution. I thought Micro Sol is safe on paint, but I guess I was wrong. I notice a dark circle around a drop of Micro Sol on top of both sidepods. On the right side, I was able to buff it out. But on the left side I was a bit too aggressive and it went through the paint to the primer. So, I masked off the decals and spray the turquoise to fix it. Now, I will have to wait for the paint to cure. I have no choice but to let it sit for 2 days.

Tighten the belt

Installed the harness. Should have started putting the decals on the body, just couldn't get the motivation. It is like hitting the wall, the mind is willing but the flesh is weak.

I recently read a quote from William James Durant: "Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it."

I guess, that is exactly what I need to follow.