Steel Penguins braying

[Steel Penguin]

kind of distracted at the moment, so ive been cutting balsa to make railway sleepers  ( at 1:50 there 52*5*3mm)  ive got several boards that I can use,  they will give some random stackable cover for industrial areas / garden centres, or even for a rail line under construction for wild west stuff.  ( unless any one here knows, where I can get a lot of similar scaled ones dirt cheap) ( as in a few pence each)  in which case ill turn the 2 bits ive got part cut into something else...

[Steel Penguin]

ok my head hurts, just finished watching Ascension, which is a cracking show but the end was rather confusing 
I wasn't certain whether the son of the original founder,  wasn't going to actually fire the main engines when he said " there going to space"  at the end. and then the surface shot with the XO maid it even weirder.   but thank you dr Bowman  the star child is born   

[Steel Penguin]

went to the Aldersly wargames show today, with a some friends and my youngest brother who came up from Bristol for the weekend.  some very inspirational stuff on the display / participation tables for the games, and the modelling clubs that were there had some equally neat stuff on display, including one gent who had made an ammo supply vehicle for the AGS90 from a reworked version of the Trumpy SPG kit.
got the normal few bits of lead,  witch's for the witchfinder general game,  cards for Munchkin, 2 more building sets from 4ground, the 28mm grocers shop and bakers shop, some of the Lead adventure characters ( plynikes, matakashi , and a couple of others) and a big pile of second hand Challenge magazines ( score!!)  so I can get the ideas and adventures for Twilight 200, Dark Conspiracy, space 1889, and others from them.
put a few more bits on the staghound,  and a little more paint on the 28s that are sat on the desk,

[Steel Penguin]

not a lot more done on the AC  and  so its been fairly quiet,  been watching more Musketeers  of the Vbox, and doing some tiding up on the shelf's in the back room, which ment we found 2 resin vehicles and 2 resin Viking houses that belong to Mrs Penguin that shed forgotten a bought ... oopps

[Steel Penguin]

got abought 1/2 doz bits and the ac is assembled, a quick spray and decal and itll be finished  ( whew).
got some more done on the hotel, been reading the Challenges I picked up, and that's got me thinking  Traveller again    ( ive tried to run it several times got absolutely nowhere  )
think that the next build will be the brachiosaur,  just to get some space back in the modelling room.

 

[Steel Penguin]

started the Brachi,  big ole beasty  but not a massive number of parts, the skin texture is good and craggy.
if I can get the body assembled and puttied, ill have to see a bought getting the colour on by spray paints

[Steel Penguin]

the staghounds been resprayed, and ive got to add the wheels, decals and its done.  some of the parts could have fitted far far better.
ive the baby brachiosaur together  and its big enough for a 28mm figure to ride easily,  the legs of the adult are together as well and there a sight to see. 
ive got my own mix of the best of blue oyster cult on the PC and enjoying a good ole relax.

[Steel Penguin]

decals, and wheels are on the staghound, need to add some blue for the optics and a bit of dirt and ill call it done, which will give me a bit of desk space to tat on with the dinos, or ( as likely) paint some more 28s or start something else.

[Steel Penguin]

staghounds finished struth its big, its larger than the Honey tank ! and around 3/4 the size of a Churchill !
62 figures 2 pieces of scenery 3 models

the brachi legs are together and 2 of them are attached to a half body, I was wondering how to fill the gaps that I knew where going to be there so ive put a bead of humbrol filler in the leg socket and then pushed the leg in     success !  though it means that the vapour fumes are a bit heady!     ill let it dry then have to do a bit more filling and re-scribing the skin detail  and if my head comes back to dock ill do the other body half later,   
also assembled a 1985 Grenadier storm dragon for Sapphire penguin yesterday, the joy  ( and I mean joy here) of drilling and pining old  high lead content metal minis.  so much easier on the hands when using a pin vice.

[Steel Penguin]

packing and doing I.R.A.N.  for Cosford tomorrow, a tray of 28mm and 1:48 figs, some 28mm vehicles, 3 Martian scout tripods, a 1:300 modern British battle group ( its easier to bring the box there in than split out a couple ) 2 f19s, a hawk, and hopefully the lear  ( the access doors are having to be re-glued on)  the flight bases will have to come separate but the rest should fit in the now empty brachiosaur box, which means that the rucksack will have the minirolls, Jaffa mini rolls and food in it, on the way, and any purchases on the way back !

[Howard of Effingham]

it was good to even briefly glance at your models yesterday SP as the harrier PR a/c as based in belize istr, has given me an idea as to what to do with a rather stalled harrier T2 I have on the bench.

[Captain Canada]

Harriers ? That's it...we need pics ! Can someone direct me to them if they are already here ? Can't keep my mind off of them Harriers ! 

[Steel Penguin]

Howard , we may be a cross purposes here, as I had 3 on display  a F19 with a laser pimple and SNEB pods, the twin sea eagle armed Hawk, and the reengined Lear, ( plus the Blakes 7, 2 man space craft, Martian walker and a few figs )  Im not certain who's the Harrier was, but alas it wasn't mine.

[Weaver]

The PR Harrier was mine, the other whiff factor being that it's in AAC markings (the US Army won the handbag fight with the USAF over fixed wing CAS and the Uk forces followed by example). It was done for the 1WkGB back in 2009: http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,25092.0.html

[Steel Penguin]

thank you Weaver