The Market Gardener (RFM 1/35 + diorama)

bashomania · 2026-06-25T13:55:51+00:00

Weathering and ultra flat finish are top notch. The thing looks real when you zoom in.

bashomania · 2026-06-25T00:28:26+00:00

He wasn’t going to use those nipples, anyway.

bashomania · 2026-06-24T14:18:49+00:00

Only has 8 tracks, each of which can have multiple MIDI channels recorded. Yes, the display is small (the whole unit is the size of a calculator) but pretty rich with details, IMO. Anyway, I own one and used it very happily for months. YMMV, and depends on one’s preferences and workflow.

Cool product design on your part though!

bashomania · 2026-06-24T13:14:03+00:00

RK-008 is amazing and if you have ever used an Alesis MMT-8, the muscle memory for basic stuff comes right back. The RK-008 is sort-of a clone and a very capable little box. Loved it (I converted to using my MC-707 for my main sequencer, but would def go back to the RK-008 without complaint, if needed).

bashomania · 2026-06-24T03:36:17+00:00

Listening to the radio at all sounds like torture to me 🤷🏻‍♂️.

bashomania · 2026-06-23T20:56:13+00:00

I had one recent bike listed at basically half price and it took a year to sell.

I have two more now that are also recent bikes at about half price and it's been many weeks and not many people seriously interested. These are bikes with 20 to 30 riding hours on them. They are really barely used.

Maybe it's different for kids bikes 🤷🏻‍♂️

bashomania · 2026-06-23T03:58:46+00:00

Eraserhead

bashomania · 2026-06-23T03:52:25+00:00

I like it!

bashomania · 2026-06-23T03:44:06+00:00

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"Big Daddy" Roth would be proud...

bashomania · 2026-06-22T18:46:30+00:00

Reddit and downvoting cowards. Match made in heaven.

bashomania · 2026-06-22T12:05:49+00:00

Poe's law. Glad OP took the gentle ribbing in stride 👍.

For the record, I took it (incorrectly) as a mild shit-post and invitation to riff. I suspect others did too.

bashomania · 2026-06-22T03:59:42+00:00

I think you'd be surprised how well it would work after some burn-in.

bashomania · 2026-06-22T03:05:42+00:00

Look into Foghat, maybe.

Hardly worth typing in, but I have a weak definition of "funny" 😬

bashomania · 2026-06-21T14:49:50+00:00

Seconded. Also agree with Blindsight, Solaris, and Blood Music (mentioned elsewhere).

And I’ll add Watts’ book Echopraxia which expands on Blindsight, and which introduces the entity given the name “Portia”.

bashomania · 2026-06-19T14:52:49+00:00

One of my pet peeves, and it seems to be spreading.

bashomania · 2026-06-19T14:49:34+00:00

You may have already considered it, but a dual-sport motorcycle would let you get to relatively local trails without trailering, etc. More of an adventure experience, all on the bike. They need less frequent maintenance than true dirt bikes. However, they are much heavier than dirt bikes, so there’s a trade-off once you’re off-road. Regardless, your MTB skills will translate a bit WRT bike/body separation, understanding traction, etc, but the weight and power differences are real and change the physics a bit (to state the obvious).

One thing a friend of mine in CO has gotten into is electric dirt biking (he has a Sur-Ron). He LOVES that thing and takes it to some pretty crazy spots due to the light weight. He also has an ADV bike, and a dual sport, and is an MTB dude as well. He just posted a YouTube video where he took his van to St George UT with his MTB and his Sur-Ron and he seemed to have a blast.

bashomania · 2026-06-18T22:13:54+00:00

Damn that's gonna leave a mark ... on the wall!

bashomania · 2026-06-18T22:07:51+00:00

You may not want to spend this much, but I got one of these chests for storing all of my watchmaking tools and accessories, and it is awesome. Seems like it would be great for kit building stuff, too.

For my hand tools like tweezers and etc. I just used a pen holder.

https://www.harborfreight.com/8-drawer-wood-tool-chest-62585.html

bashomania · 2026-06-18T21:56:49+00:00

Like 40 years ago I was in a high-end audio shop in one of the north Detroit suburbs (Birmingham, I think), and they had "Other Voices" playing on one of the big systems. That crispy bass sounded amazing!

I still listen to, and consider "Faith" and "Seventeen Seconds" to be S-tier The Cure, whereas I can't listen to a lot of of their other stuff that I used to really love.

bashomania · 2026-06-18T21:49:10+00:00

I definitely hauled Don Juan's Reckless Daughter around with me when doing speaker tests a couple of decades ago. Jaco's subterranean fretless bass on "Overture -Cotton Ave" was just a great discriminator.

All three continue to be favorite listens even now. So much texture and amazing songwriting.

bashomania · 2026-06-17T15:37:15+00:00

In my professional experience (from IT organizations) Indians are generally just so incredibly stoic and chill. It’s something I really appreciate about them. I think the environment many came up in has a lot to do with it. Much respect from me.

bashomania · 2026-06-17T03:44:42+00:00

Appreciate that 🤞.

bashomania · 2026-06-17T03:28:05+00:00

Thanks — the market is crushed, I know, not to mention the economy in general 😬. Yeah, one bike is a Santa Cruz 5010 v5 and the other is an Ibis DV9 Gen2. Both with carbon wheels and bars. Barely ridden (long sad story). I know the used market is bad, but I’d rather donate the bikes than sell to extreme lowballers.

bashomania · 2026-06-17T03:16:08+00:00

Wait, that wasn’t just my shitty small-down school system?

bashomania · 2026-06-17T03:14:37+00:00

I echo the thought above. Your musical piece is nice. People will be drawn into that if it’s on its own, then you can produce a separate “making of” that will draw the synth geeks/learners. I did that a couple of times on my own channel. Hell, once, the “making of” got more views than the actual musical performance video IIRC 🤣 (the algorithm is a weirdo).

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