Fog in February?
In continuation of crazy winter weather, the drive back from the yearly R/C boat meet at the pool in Perth involved navigating some very thick fog. Most of the way was as pictured, though about 2 kilometres from home I had to slow down very suddenly because I couldn't see more than 3 metres past my hood, nor either side of the road, or even the salt-dried median line. Fog in February! That's a first!

Today, I did decals on the Polar Lights Enterprise kit. Unfortunately, they did not turn out as well as expected. Apparently, more glosscoat was needed, to make the surface smoother. As it is, the decal film silvered quite a bit. I've never done a model with so many decals, so this is definitely a learning experience. It still looks decent.

I also watched last night's Battlestar Galactica episode. That show is truly amazing. Their well-written scripts along with exceptional acting, and intentionally Steadicam-less shots with computer graphics to match are fresh. I would expect no less from the developer of the series, Ronald Moore, the same man who made Deep Space Nine a great show.

Speaking of Star Trek, it is finally official that Enterprise is being canceled. If this had been late September 2001, I would have dismissed the show as a complete fluke. While genuinely drawn in by the initial first-season teaser, featuring Superman by Five for Fighting, I thought the prequel idea was terrible. The show didn't even have "Star Trek" in its title. After three-and-a-half years, the show is starting to get good. All modern Treks have gotten good somewhere between seasons 3 and 4, Enterprise being no exception. But, at 1.6 MUSD per episode, no one wants to foot the bill. Now, assuming standard production schedules are followed, the sets should be torn down in March. Sound stages that have been exclusively Trek since 1978/79 will be cleared, and that will probably be the end of Star Trek.