Steel Penguins braying

[Captain Canada]

Sounds good. Nice to hear you guys can enjoy the hobby together !

[Steel Penguin]

the 4 quarters are together and mounted on a 2*1 foot piece of 6mm MDF the parts for the 6" wide by 2` long sectioned araldited together fine, when I tried to repeat the process with the 2 long halfs I got a total contact area of less than my little fingernail,  ( ad id used around half a pack of araldite to try to get them together.  So the central join is  Wikeses  solvent free gap filling high grad adhesive  between the central joint and mounting the whole lot onto the base board, a whole tube ( 300 + mL) 
if this thing moves im going to be very very disappointed

[Steel Penguin]

no modelling tonight,  I spent the evening, playing ( and losing) a game of Munchkin  ( link to producers web site http://www.worldofmunchkin.com/  )
with 3 very good friends and my lovely lady wife,  it was an absolute laugh a minute backstabbing slaughterfest,  and we will no doubt repeat the silliness on sunday, and win or lose it will be the same.   

[Steel Penguin]

well the 3 figs mentioned above that took a dive have been touched up and just got some brush on matt varnish.
the ZSUs had some more khaki drab on it, and the red primer is staring to disappear.

and just seen the new releases from Crooked dice,
for the strange there's  a set for  the  series  Danger 5    ive seen a bit of it on you tube and its wonderfully barking 
for the more familiar  there's department X     the Commandos are cool  and the  2 stars are readily identifiable but from different series.
http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/wp/
And after watching Black sails ive an urge to get some pirate figs,  there's a skirmish set of rules from Osprey that should work and  between Northstar  and Black Scorpion, I can do standard human, and several fantasy pirate crews.  YAR!

[Steel Penguin]

went to Cosford today to visit the conservation centre, ( its open  10:15 am till1:00pm till the 15th  £5 to get in).  the Halifax looks better the hambone is coming along nicely and the rescue boat look better than last time I was there.

[Steel Penguin]

started gluing MDF this morning,  the front part of the 4ground grand stone hotel in 28mm, if I can get a good bit done, ill have finished a Christmas present in the same year I got it  ,  that's on the downstairs table, up on my desk ive got the last of the Martian scout walkers coming together, this one will be gunmetal with a green ink wash, the 3 will then have a similar base look with a slightly different tone to them to tell them apart.
im also doing a bit of tidying up which will ( hopefully) get a bit of order in the lead mountain, and maybe just maybe, give me a little more room on and around my painting desk.

[Steel Penguin]

    ( insert invective filled rant to self here) 
Ive just sat back down to start fitting the interior walls to said hotel.  And realised that id put the 2 external end walls on the wrong ends  and there handed, and they have dried in place.
So out came the razor saw and craft knife, I hope ive not made too bad a job of it as the panels are now re gluing  with masking tape holding them in place...
if im lucky, I can repaint the areas where the MDF is visible and do a little filling and it wont be noticeable.

[Steel Penguin]

been into Brum today with my wife,  the sealife centre  to see the Penguins, and the Rays,  well neat.  had luch in bella pasta and came back via ian allen, kits and books for me, and a tree set for her.
I think ive salvaged the hotel, the interior walls have gone in and fit ok,  whew.

[Steel Penguin]

finished the 3rd scout tripod, and the grey knight tecmarine  and made another "sprue stack" terrain piece
from 83 figs  7 models  18 pieces of scenery
to  85 figs  9 models  18 pieces of scenery
zsu23-4 is finished as well

[Steel Penguin]

varnished the last few things id mentioned today, as well as a mesa scenery piece that Mrs Steel Penguins done.
started on a new tree, an off cut of grape stalk if I remember correctly,  it glueing onto a base, then will need some polyfilla to hide the gap where ive straightened it up.  Also undercoated is the Revell F-19 I got from Kit a wile back,  got a spare pilot to put in it, and it may well get a different load out to the 2 mavs that come in the box, im thinking that with the advances in laser guidance tec ( and that the military are actively trying to get) 2.5" rockets with designator heads arnt that far off. so the trapezes will get rocket pods, and instead of the load being double barrelled I can give it a clip.
after ive finished typing im re watching the assembly dick for the chieftains hall again,  ive got the body together, I need to fit the internal steps, and then work out how im going to do the roof and totem poles.. busy busy

[Steel Penguin]

cleaned up some 1:72 wildlife for my wife so she can paint them for her dads railway layout,  2 dogs, 2 goats, 2 horses,  2 giraffes and a rino.   as his layout is a small welsh village narrow gauge scene, it should make the viewing public stop and think.   

[Weaver]

cleaned up some 1:72 wildlife for my wife so she can paint them for her dads railway layout,  2 dogs, 2 goats, 2 horses,  2 giraffes and a rino.   as his layout is a small welsh village narrow gauge scene, it should make the viewing public stop and think.   

Put a sign up at the entrance to the field they're in that reads "Dai's exotic meats..." 

When I was at school, all the societies and clubs had to put on a show for Founder's Day, so the wargames club used to put on four or five big dioramas, which were pretty much the highlight. Some wag always managed to sneak a jokey item in. The WWII Pacific beach assault diorama got through most of the day before one of the teachers noticed the psychedelic M113 with peace logos painted on it hiding deep in the jungle, and they never did spot the Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy cast stood on a ledge watching the fantasy Ragnarog scene (well it was the End of the Universe, right? .... ).

[Steel Penguin]

Weaver    that is just spot on 
as the layout is the Wye, Bodda, and Dunnowe railway,  the start helps in the smiles. one of the scenery flats he ha has the Bodda boot company's factory on it.

[Steel Penguin]

trees done, F19 progressing,  done a simple conversion on a crooked dice Tarrent  remove neutron blaster, straighten arm add big ole auto pistol,  instant 70s cop,  the Dayna fig that was in the same pack ( and the reason ive got 2 of them)  has had her neutron blaster removed and her arms re-bent to give a more side on archery stance, and a bow glued on, so that I can do the version from the 1st ep she appears in.   The Chieftains hall as had the steps glued in and green stuff added to fill the GAPS!!!   and is now in the airing cupboard till after the family and friends have visited over chrimbo.  I can still do bits of the hotel as that packs far tighter.  Also may be starting the clean up on the empire of the dead vampire slayers I got recently.

[Weaver]

Weaver   that is just spot on  
as the layout is the Wye, Bodda, and Dunnowe railway,  the start helps in the smiles. one of the scenery flats he ha has the Bodda boot company's factory on it.

Don't know why I didn't see this reply when you posted it.....

I love "Asterix-style" puns like that, probably because my mum did too. We once came up with a whole story about two defecting Russian ballet dancers just so we could call them Tarachuk and Opitova. If I ever get around to it, my Airfix RNLI lifeboat is supposed to end up as a KGB Border Guard patrol boat called the Ukan Bugarov...