Menards US Army vs UFO

As posted previously, my Menards saucer arrived in a nonfunctional state, i.e. wouldn’t power up.   Menards customer service was as helpful as they could be but all the saucers were sold out. Ebay was already gouging the saucer north of $200.  They rectified the issue by offering me a refund or the opportunity to fix it myself and offering me their latest lighted  blue panel pickup truck.  I decided on the latter since I really wanted that saucer for my layout.  After fiddling with it for a few days, to my surprise, it powered up.  I’d like to say it was my gifted electronic ability but it was not…..still don’t know why its working but I’m not questioning the divine intervention!  I really like this saucer and it goes well with the rest of my UFO themed layout which includes the cow stealing saucer.  The only other problems I had were gluing back loose figures, trees and fxing the scuffed up saucer dome.  The saucer dome was an easy fix since the scuffs were not deep and faded out with a bit of toothpaste rubbed into the dome.  Finally I repainted the upper body of the saucer to hide the decals which I am not a fan.

If you have some time to kill,  here are some pics as well as some other videos of my layout!

-Pete













And a few more pics of those “pesky aliens!”