After a few weeks of having to hand wash clothes, it feels great to finally have the washing machine back in working order. More importantly, it frees up valuable time for hobby work. And that was spent on early assembly and paint work on the Bandai 1/12 scale C-3PO model kit. Thus far I have only managed to complete Threepio's head and upper torso. It's moving along at a snail's pace but that's