Trumpeter T-62

I've decided to resurrect an old project, the Trumpeter T-62, mod 1962.  When I bought the kit, I was really excited to work on a new model of the T-62.  I had built a couple of the older Tamiya kits and while they were decent, I wanted something better after learning what was wrong with the Tamiya T-62.  Along comes Trumpeter with their early T-62 version and all was right with the modeling world.  I jumped in and started building the kit.  It generally went okay and then I started finding some problems and reading build reviews.  That is when the flaws started showing up. This link http://www.network54.com/Forum/47209/thread/1256368532/T-62+woes points out the obvious flaws. I'm not a big fan of the two part wheels as they didn't fit well no matter what I did. Anyway, here are some pictures of my current progress:

Hooooosier the owl

Hooooosier the owl
Originally uploaded by indykaleu

Well, this is as good as any picture to blow the dust off of my blog and get going again with posts. I chose this picture because of this magnificent owl. I took many shots of him, trying to get this view. He was very curious of his surroundings and the people in the crowd. He was quite the friendly bird and would respond with a "hoot" if anyone talked to him.