Steel Penguins braying

[Steel Penguin]

back from scale model world, total stash additions, 4 books as agreed  and a copy of the 2015 Tamiya catalogue ( needed some change and the £1 it cost went to charity so double win!!)  had a great day chewing the fat with everyone, and wile I can feel the hours walking round, and stood on the rather unforgiving floor, I feel more motivated than I have for ages.   
really didn't find anything that grabbed my attention and wouldn't let me go for stash addition, so happy not to have spent,  wile I didn't find the Christmas present I was looking for, I found out the technical name for it, and got a good couple of leads on getting one ( sister in law want a small iron on a stick similar to the ones the RC aircraft folks use to shrink the film they put on wings, turns out it is a small iron know as a seam iron, and was used on patchwork, and seat covers for flattening the seams,  we stole it from them, and she intends on stealing it from us  . )
I do wonder if its almost getting to big for itself, I know I walked the majority of the displays, but I know for a fact that ive missed massive splodges of amazing stuff,  one I did see was someone's chieftain mk5 that was painted blue with several fish on it, they said that theyed been asked for a "fish tank"  and had done so   wonderful play with words. 

[Steel Penguin]

woke up this morning feeling weirdly energised, and better than I have in ages.  So happily back to SMW,  managed to get on the car park there as well ( 09:15)  had several staff ask ( politely  and clearly) if I was an IPMs member as I walked in along the entry way, when I replied with a friendly yes and showed the wrist band, they were all happy. so getting in was painless and very fast.  got round to the stand and had a good time chatting and talking to punters,  Mini Rolls and Jaffa cakes were all eaten, and it felt rather civilised if a little cold in the hall.  May have given some none sig people a little push towards Whiff dom, and possibly an idea or 2 pin wheeled off into the group 
hadn't seen anything that caught my eye and was sane / cheep enough till I left ( I did see the B36 wing   and XB70 centre body on one table but to big and costly at present)  then I managed to snag a 1:48 Tonka in the car park for £4 ( no decals,) and I think it may join the Harrier as a racer, MRCA it struck me as McLaren Racing Classic Air-frame,    so it may be a wheels down one and ill have to transmogrify the F1 colour scheme for it.   as the Harrier is set for a British racing green and Jaguar marking. 

[PR19_Kit]

hadn't seen anything that caught my eye and was sane / cheep enough till I left ( I did see the B36 wing   and XB70 centre body on one table but to big and costly at present)

What Lawrence doesn't say is that the B-36 and XB-70 were 1/32 scale and were positively GINORMOUS!

He also gave me some older Humbrol railway colours from a stash he'd got from somewhere. Thanks VERY much, they'll be put to good use I can assure you. 

[Steel Penguin]

1:32  Kit, I though they were 1:48!!!    geep!
and you are more than welcome with the paints, I hope there put to good, and ( as some of our detractors would say ) bad use as well 
I think the nest show for me may well be Cosford 2017  , so ive a time to plan and finish things.

[NARSES2]

May have given some none sig people a little push towards Whiff dom, and possibly an idea or 2 pin wheeled off into the group 

I think you almost certainly did  Also increased my knowledge on 3D printing about 1,000%. Very, very interesting, cheers mate 

[Steel Penguin]

its taken a wile but the chieftains done


149 figures   6 bits of scenery  6 models.

all 3 crew members as well ( ive lost the mic the commanders supposed to be using  ,  so ive cut a piece of cylindrical sprue painted it blue  with siler top and bottom and a small spot of black, and hes got a can in hand instead    )

next may well be the racing Harrier itll free up a bit of space under the desk.

[Steel Penguin]

the Harrier sprues are drying in the bath     so that's the next build sorted,  and ive been sent a couple of pic of McLaren F1 cars by a friend whos a bigger fan than I am,  so ill have to do some colour research prior to starting that one,  but that's a way off, at the moment.

the build / paint rate has dropped of recently but that's mainly due to other things getting in the way, but ive still got a reasonable amount of motivation.  so on we gooooooo

[PR19_Kit]

In the BATH? 

[Steel Penguin]

yup    gave the plastic a wash off with the shower, to remove any release agent, then as we were going out for the rest of the afternoon, left the sprues propped up in the bath tub to dry,  don't have to worry were the water goes if any collects in gaps or stuff.    youd wonder if I had planned such things, with like forethought and stuff    

[Steel Penguin]

back from the 4th day  ( last weekend and Monday, plus today) of the sale of my late father in laws railway and layouts,   utterly bushed  the heavy work was last weekend as it was the packing of the locos and rolling stock, and then separating his 009 layout into the manageable pieces ( it was displayed in the past so was designed to come apart into blocks, and the wiring was the same)  getting it down from the railwayroom, some carpentry to make it transportable ( used  a couple of spare bits of 2*1 to brace the frames layout to layout), and then into the purchasers car,  with taking the 00 circuit round the room apart on the Monday, which was not designed to be portable, so lots of cutting wires  and ensuring that they were all labelled to ensure re-assembly is possible,  today was loading that into the dealers car and packing all the controllers, and bits that had been found since away.  Mum in law has gained a room and a good chunk of cash, and we know that others will get some pleasure out of everything 
needless to say no modelling has been done, and now I want to sleep.

[scooter]

back from the 4th day  ( last weekend and Monday, plus today) of the sale of my late father in laws railway and layouts,   utterly bushed  the heavy work was last weekend as it was the packing of the locos and rolling stock, and then separating his 009 layout into the manageable pieces ( it was displayed in the past so was designed to come apart into blocks, and the wiring was the same)  getting it down from the railwayroom, some carpentry to make it transportable ( used  a couple of spare bits of 2*1 to brace the frames layout to layout), and then into the purchasers car,  with taking the 00 circuit round the room apart on the Monday, which was not designed to be portable, so lots of cutting wires  and ensuring that they were all labelled to ensure re-assembly is possible,  today was loading that into the dealers car and packing all the controllers, and bits that had been found since away.  Mum in law has gained a room and a good chunk of cash, and we know that others will get some pleasure out of everything 
needless to say no modelling has been done, and now I want to sleep.

I know the feeling.  I had to do the same thing with my late father's G-scale (LGB) circuit in our family room, locate all the rolling stock, buildings (from the layout that went around the pond), extra tracks, etc.

[NARSES2]

Well done mate, job well done

[Captain Canada]

Good stuff. Sad to think of the passing but glad you can see that it will bring others joy !

[Steel Penguin]

Scooter,  its a job that's more mentally and emotionally hard then just the physical work, I very much empathise and sympathise with you, the removing the years of hobby work really takes it out of you.

Capt  its one of the main reasons we went with this dealer, hes going to get the 009 set up as his local club and was muttering a bought using the 00 stuff in his loft,  so not only will the models be used, but the layouts may give some, some inspiration.  otherwise the layouts would have been junk, as none of the other potential purchasers were interested.

[Captain Canada]

For sure that's awesome to hear ! If only your late father-in-law could know, I'm sure he'd be chuffed !