Weekend in the workshop

For some reason, I spent more time in the workshop this weekend than I think I ever have.  Lots of things going on, of course, chief of which is the upcoming Pinewood Derby for Grayson.  He's decided he wants to do Herbie, so I ordered a pre-cut car body, and have spent the last week sanding, priming, and painting.  Grayson fiddled around sanding it, then I let him prime it the first time or two, sand some more, and then loaded up the airbrush and let him spray it with the first coat.  The spray box is actually worth mentioning - I've wanted one for some time, as well as some convenient trays for different projects, and this weekend everything clicked.  I happened to have a box the right side to start using as a spray booth, and it coincidentally was exactly the right size to slide file box lids in and out of.  So I spent all weekend spraying additional coats on Herbie, then swapping that out for the Enterprise shuttle bay parts.  I also worked on the Revell Saturn V I've had for several years, and got additional work done on stages 1 and 2, as well as building stage 3 and getting the base for it painted.  (Stage 3 of the Saturn V has always been a personal favorite of mine). I also built the SMs for the CSM and LM, since Grayson was adamant that he wanted to start working on the Lunar Module.  He and I are also having a heated argument over whether to build the LM with legs extended, so it can be displayed on the moon with the CSM, on retracted, so it can be shown inside stage 3.  Since I have a resin Block 2 (meaning accurate) CSM, I'm lobbying for a lunar display for the kit CSM and LM, but it's not decided yet.  Knowing that I can now really airbrush the stages (which I have to do to conceal the markings, since I have an accurate set of decals to apply) I'm a lot more enthusiastic about getting this beast built.  It's got a good place in the display cabinet, if I can just get it finished.  It's not complicated, but it is large.  But it's good to see the boys excited over it.