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Paul Gallagher
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Code, music, books, scale models, or mixing genres with electronics and a microcontroller 🇸🇬 9V1DI https://linktr.ee/gallagher.paul
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 1d
Trumpeter catalog updated, couple of new releases this month including 1:72 M1132 Stryker and 1:16 Tiger II.
NB: this is my "fast mirror" of the real thing.

trumpeter-catalog.tardate.com

#trumpeter #scalemodels
Trumpeter 小号手公司 Custom Catalog
Explore the complete Trumpeter (小号手公司) catalog of plastic scale models including military vehicles, aircraft, ships, and more. The simple and fast interface is ideal for scale modellers wanting to loo...
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 3d
This week's @cassidoo.co challenge: batching logs.
Tackled in #ruby.

codingkata.tardate.com/ruby/group-c...
LCK#371 Grouping ChangeLog Edits
Using ruby to group data in 10-minute buckets; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2025-10-06).
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 3d
Next time I'll brave myself for turnbuckles😁
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 3d
Thanks Matthew. Tbh the prop is 95% thanks to Alexey at ProperPlane!
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 3d
Yeah, I tried this line on my boss too, but he fired me for "working" on company time
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 3d
Fairey Flycatcher stationed at HMS Hermes, China Station, 1930. This is the Armory Model Group kit in 1:48, with a hand carved prop and wood decals by ProperPlane of #Ukraine. All upstaged by a couple of cheeky seagulls.

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#histscalemodels #scalemodels #48scale
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 4d
..and 50% is in the name. I mean, how can a plane called the "Buccaneer" not be swashbucklingly grand?😆 Blackburn redeemed themselves this time (Skua, Roc, Kangaroo..🙄)
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 4d
The kit does include crew figures, but they are not posable and are identical. I used some replacements from PJ Productions ("Modern RAF seated in aircraft" No. 721118 1:72)
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 5d
Blackburn Buccaneer S.2C; brilliant 2019 tooling from Airfix. An ugly brute, but pretty magnetic when tooling around the sea at 60 feet! I think also the only time I've used the so-called "invisible" acrylic rod conceit😆
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#histscalemodels #scalemodels #72scale
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 5d
All the wonderful ways of handling command line args with the #ruby standard library

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LCK#370 Command Line Options with Ruby
Comparing all the various ways of parsing command line arguments with the Ruby standard library.
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 6d
Good call! Yes, maybe some like paras in jeeps eurekaminuk.com/products/us-...
US Paras in Jeeps (20mm)
Price per set (12 figures).   *vehicles not included.
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 7d
Matsu-class Destroyer Sakura (桜). Fujimi 1:700 KISS build: no PE or rigging but replaced some newer parts and couldn't *not* fix the stern profile once I'd seen the issue!

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#ijn #histscalemodels #scalemodels #700scale
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 7d
oh yes, wonderful stuff, thanks for the tip!
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 7d
I built up the Airfix 1:76 Bedford QLT & QLD trucks the other day. Mainly for fun and hopefully a diorama if I can find some suitable troops. I don't want pointing, running, jumping, or shooting.. just bored and sitting please!

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#histscalemodels #scalemodels
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 9d
😂 "not my fault - all the tests were green!"
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 11d
Just testing a classic CD4011 touch switch circuit. Resistor values are important (and probably environment-specific)

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#electronics
LEAP#794 CD4011 Touch Switch
Testing a common CD4011 touch switch circuit with separate on and off pads.
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 11d
This week's @cassidoo.co challenge: finding out how easy it is to overflow while calculating a hyperfactorial.

codingkata.tardate.com/rust/hyperfa...

#rust
LCK#362 hyperfactorial
Using rust to calculate the hyper-factorial of a non-negative integer; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2025-09-29)
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 11d
Indeed! So far, Platz and Sweet are my favourite 1:144 brands. Even though most of the toolings are from 20 years ago they still hold up today. Others I've yet to try but have high hopes: Valom, Beacon Models
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 11d
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 14d
Some notes on my experience trialing Base44 for no-code AI-driven app generation.

codingkata.tardate.com/tools/ai/bas...
LCK#360 Base44
A quick review and test drive of Base44 AI-powered app builder and hosting solution.
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 15d
Quick demo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMEu...
GM FM-2 Wildcat 1:144 In-flight MODELART#153
YouTube video by tardate
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 15d
The GM FM-2 Wildcat. A "Sweet" little 1:144 kit, with motorised in-flight conversion. Snuck this into the MMP Naval GB

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#histscalemodels #scalemodel #144scale #micromachinespodcast #navalaircraftgroupbuild
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 19d
wtf has YouTube done to their UI. "Minimize" is no longer a thing supported by the corporate overlords?
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 19d
This week's @cassidoo.co challenge: crack open the math books to classify perfect, deficient, and abundant numbers. I'm using #rust for this one.

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LCK#358 What Kind of Number
Using rust to classify perfect, deficient, and abundant numbers; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2025-09-22)
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Paul Gallagher @tardate.bsky.social · 23d
a quick review of the shell gem for #ruby

codingkata.tardate.com/ruby/shell-g...
LCK#353 Shell Gem
Quick review of the shell gem for ruby
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