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I’m Chuck. I am retired as of December 31, 2023. I like playing guitar, listening to music, recording music, reading books and comic books, portrait and toy photography, writing and playing Pokemon Go. I don’t miss work at all.
Category Archives: Model Building
2026 New Years Goals
Health Goal – Lose 35 lbs Another repeat goal. *sigh*. A never ending story. One of these days I’ll get back into the groove where I lost 80 lbs and got down to my high school weight. Is 2026 the … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, chuck sturgeon music, exercise, Life in General, Model Building, retirement
Tagged #chucksturgeonmusic, #modelmaking, #scalemodel, #scalemodelling, #sturgeoncountry, goals, health, health insurance, kids who rock, KISS, Lego, medicare, Music, new years resolution, retirement, retirement ain't easy, scale modeling, song from scratch, Song recording, songwriting, stress, stress relief, walking, youtube
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Tamiya M41 Tank Model Build – Part 2 Paint
The is the 2nd video in my Tamiya M41 Tank Model build. In this video I prime the model, paint the model, detail paint the model and then bring the parts together for a completed model build. Will there be … Continue reading
Tamiya M41 Tank Model Build – Part 1 Assembly
I’ve started building scale models again. It’s been four months since I’ve completed a model, and the Tamiya M41 Tank Model was a nice easy build to ease back into model building. In the video below I restart my model … Continue reading
Hobbies That Keep Me Busy in Retirement – Scale Modeling #3
My second model for 2025 is completed. The Revell AH-64 Apache Helicopter is what I recently completed. I am fairly happy with it but it was not easy. It is rated a Level 4 out of 5, so maybe I … Continue reading
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Tagged ah-64, apache, helicopter, model making, retirement, retirement ain't easy, Revell, scale modeling, youtube
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Hobbies That Keep Me Busy in Retirement – Scale Modeling #2
I’ve completed another model. In January I completed my recent scale model build, the Monogram Patton Tank. This particular model is one I built as a 13 years old, so here I am 50 years later building the same model. … Continue reading
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Tagged diorama, hobby, Hobby Lobby, monogram models, Patton Tank, retirement, retirement ain't easy, retirement hobby, scale modeling, Vallejo, youtube
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Hobbies That Keep Me Busy in Retirement – Scale Modeling #1
I have a number of hobbies and many are from before I retired on December 31, 2023. Things like toy photography, toy collecting, comic book collecting, vinyl collecting and LEGO building kept me entertained. I rotated between these and a … Continue reading
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Tagged black beauty, c3po, captain america, Gemini Space Walk, green hornet, hobbies, hobby, mach 5, model making, monogram, painting, polar lights, r2d2, retirement, retirement ain't easy, speed raxer, Star Wars
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Retirement Ain't Easy 