Xiom Sigma 1 Pro Table Tennis Rubber

Today I tried the Sigma 1 Pro rubber. It felt pretty good. Since I have been using Xiom Vega Asia rubber, I did not need to make much adustment to use Sigma 1 Pro. Sigma is definitely faster and louder than Vega. It has a distinct pop sound to it. When I smashed or fast looped, the ball speed was excellent. It does look like Sigma 1 Pro can produce kill shots.

Aoshima 1:24 2004 Skyline R34

I recently finished this car model. The original racing livery decals have gone really bad, so I put on some comic decals that came with a Japanese magazine. There are fitting problems for the wheels because the body wheel well openings are not in line with the wheel centers. I suspect Aoshima used the same chasis for a few model cars to cut cost at the expense of accuracy and fit. I ended up sniping the wheel center connection rod from the brake assembly and used super glue to position the wheels as centered as possible.

Revell 1:24 2004 Corvette Coupe Snap Kit

Today is the day after Christmas. I just finished this model car kit. It's always a good feeling to finish something.

Earlier I finished Tamiya's 1/24 Honda CRX:

2010 Challenger (AMT)

I finished this model a while back. This is the first model I finished ever since I became a father 19 months ago. It is a simple snap kit.

Back on

I am back. A lot of things have happened since I last updated. The main is that we have two kids now that take most of our time. In fact, our life is on hold due to them. I'll try to write more from now on.

I have been doing some hiking

The weather started to cool down. I have been going to hiking every weekend.

Hiking San Marcos CA on Sept. 7 Labor Day

The hike took 45 mins up and 30 mins down. It was a good work-out.