Steel Penguins braying

[Steel Penguin]

in reading other folks blogs, and build projects, I think I have hit the familiar to many.  WHERE THE HELL IS IT! 
I have looked multiple times since cosford for the scissor bridge layer kit I have can I find it can I thump! 
its not on the shelves in the build room,  its not on the lists for the boxes in the airing cupboard, or on the  list / stack plan for the stuff under the bed, and im certain its not in the loft ( I haven't looked there yet), that may be the next thing I do, as I may well be getting some of the "stuff to go" down as there is a wargames tabletop sale coming up I may go to. 
arghhhhhhh.  curse, foam, roll eyes wildly.

in other news 28mm figures are still  being happily painted, and more are being cleaned up ready for undercoating,  and ive had a bit of a move round and repack on some of the already painted stuff, which is good 

[Steel Penguin]

5 more of the copplestone 28s done

figures 38   scenery 18  models 4

and some more paint on the rest,  7 of the remaining 8 are part done to various levels  and enjoying doing so  which is always a bonus

[Steel Penguin]

and another 6 copplestones done
figures 44   scenery 18  models 4
and another 40 ( ish) 28mm figures undercoated, GW elder, an original issue land speeder ( the metal one)  and some animated teddy bears, ( a sort of robin hood pack)

still undecided on what plastic to do next so prevaricating in a constructive way

[Steel Penguin]

not much hobby today, but an important milestone Mrs SP did her first craft fair with FTC leather, we managed to sell a few things, and made a profit on the day so 
im still painting bits and pieces for my "In her majesty's name"  game and wondering where next, it may be a fairly real world academy 1:48 M60 for my 80s era US marines, which will complete all the stuff I have for them, and after that I may well have a go at the turret less M60 ive got,  at the moment its either going to be a fixed gun tank destroyer, or possibly an AAA turret, but that would mean having to scratch the guns and a radar system, not impossible but possibly more effort than I may want to put in  hmmm.
im still undecided with the ELdar camo scheme,  ive seen some one do a good looking version of the east German falling rain  camo, but I think it may be a lot of work,  failing that I may end up doing a Red Planet version of 80 UK DPM  so shift the base to red, with red brown, brown and black, overlay.   

[NARSES2]

not much hobby today, but an important milestone Mrs SP did her first craft fair with FTC leather, we managed to sell a few things, and made a profit on the day so 

So we should watch out for next year's Sunday Times Rich List ? 

Seriously, well done. Very difficult to make money from things like that 

[Steel Penguin]

thank you Narses, both Mrs SP and my self had a laugh with you, with that      She also has managed to make her first sale on Folksy, which we hope will lead to others, as whos going to buy from some one with no sales     no sales = no feedback = no sales  argh!
a little more paint of the lead today, and some of the chores caught up on. 

[Steel Penguin]

got some more 28mms varnished so the 11 strong princes of wales special section from in her majesty's name, the last 2 of the copplestone gun girls, and a rhino  15 figures ( rhino counts as cavalry so 2).
figures 59   scenery 18  models 4
not too bad.
got  7 more 28mms to do on the desk , and ive just pulled the Academy 1:68 M60A1 from the draw for the next project, itll be RW to match my 80s era US marines. that will give a Platoon, with 2 LAV25s a LVTP and 2 M60s, so a nice little force for wargaming with, and the M60s can ( at a push) be deployed with mu us Nam era stuff as well ( itl be a whif).

[Captain Canada]

Cool beans. Especially the armour that sounds like fun !

[Steel Penguin]

the rest of the Tarzan gang are done 7 more 28mms .
figures 66   scenery 18  models 4
they will go to varnish when we get some dry weather.   so the M60 will be next, must pull out my camo guide / paint chart, as I want it to look similar to the other I have done. 
And I had a new tool arrive to day a centre finder, a handy thing for marking the middle of circular things,  bar, jar lids, turret hatches, wheels etc,  been after one for years, and Mrs SP found one on amazon and was kind enough to get it for me 

[NARSES2]

they will go to varnish when we get some dry weather.   

And I had a new tool arrive to day a centre finder, a handy thing for marking the middle of circular things,  bar, jar lids, turret hatches, wheels etc,  been after one for years, and Mrs SP found one on amazon and was kind enough to get it for me 

So you should get the varnish on some time before the end of next year then ? 

The centre finder sounds interesting. I don't have to do it that often but it can be fun finding it accurately 

[Steel Penguin]

Narses,  im hoping sometime between now and the heat death of the universe      If push really comes to shove I have a shed, or a friend with a garage whos close by

Its one of those tools that I will hardly ever need, but is fast and easy to use, I could do it by measuring the dia, working out the rad, and marking from various points round the circumference with a set of compasses, but it takes a lot of time and fiddling.   this you place on  mark the centre area, move round and mark again and your done.

[NARSES2]

Its one of those tools that I will hardly ever need, but is fast and easy to use, I could do it by measuring the dia, working out the rad, and marking from various points round the circumference with a set of compasses, but it takes a lot of time and fiddling.   

That's the way I do it, or just go by eye (my one reasonable one that is  )

The tool sounds ingenious

[Rick Lowe]

I saw one decades ago in my LHS - didn't get it of course, and can I find one now? 

Same with a Set-Square with a raised lip on one edge, useful for making 90 degree cuts.
They're in hardware shops, but priced above what I'm willing to pay.

[zenrat]

A modelling specific centre finder would be relatively easy to make from sheet and rod styrene.
Measuring and cutting accurately would be the trick.

[Hobbes]

Or you could use vernier calipers.
1. Measure the diameter.
2. Adjust the calipers to half the diameter.
3. Line up one of the jaws with the outside of the cylinder.
4. Draw a line along the other jaw.
5. Rotate 90º and repeat.