Well this evening I did a little proof of Concept with some cereal box card (and a teeny bit of foam).
This is about the size I was thinking… Not 28mm unfortunately. I could upscale everything a bit and the size shown could be the attached byre height.
I will have a bit of a think on this and see what I think.
What’s a song that changed your life?
Seriously, one Song…. Not a chance, no one song has changed my life.
Even Desert Island Disks give people 8 tracks….
Not life changing but I do love them…
Jerusalem… Starting strong or maybe not…. William Blake’s 1808 poem put to music.
Streets of London, Ralph McTell’s Song was nearly streets of Paris… Maybe why I such a Lefty!
Where do you go to: Peter Starsted…
Spirit in the Sky, most versions to be honest
We Didn’t Start the Fire: Billy Joel
An Odd One…. A Melanesian choir …jesus you lewa blong mi.
Gaudette by Steeleye Span
City of New Orleans…Arlo Guthrie version is my favourite.
But to be honest this is just scratching the surface…
Well as of now the course is not running. I needed a minimum of four and got two.
They have asked me to do a taster session at the end of the month so I have agreed. My good lady suggested a croft house, make it a snow scene and put a flickering LED tea light inside….
So this was my rough sketch to get some ideas down. It will be about 4 inches long (ish).
Thatched roof and attached byre/shed…
I will mock one up this week. Really not sure what I will make it out of, foam will be easiest, but they might want me to go down the found materials… As the tutor I can technically set the rules.
I also got my field undercoated…
I will get it painted sometime, no real rush for Saturday now.
Well we are back with my arbitrary list of the Chinese Bots visiting the Blog.
We start with Beijing dropping 0.4% with 249 visits. They are down from 249 Maybe my pep talk helped as they were 24% down before it.
Livzhou has sadly dropped 5.6% to 17 visits.
Taizhou is still increasing in visits but has dropped down to 15.4% increase at 15.
Sadly Weihai has dropped off the top 250. I did wonder if it had peaked too soon.
I am a little concerned and wondered if one of the other Bots would check in on Weihai.
Please note that since starting this post Beijing has upped its game and is now up 0.4% therefore at closing they are breaking even at 251
What are your thoughts about cryptocurrency?
What are my thoughts….
To be short and succinct….A load of Bollocks.
So for a start they are/it is not legal tender that is recognised by governments.
Secondly the market is highly volatile so your gazillion crypto coins are worth ten by teatime … Somewhat of an exaggeration….
Thirdly. The market is unregulated… AKA the kind of scheme CMOT (Cut My Own Throat) Dibbler would be well up for. You cock up and go down the wrong route then you are on your own.
Finally and in a more political vein if Nigel FF Farage is interested in it then it basically tells you everything you need to know.
So in short who does it actually benefit… Average man on the street or some rich person getting richer….
As an aside a Crypto company was recently hacked as in Thursday 29th October and lost something like $6.3billion. North Korea has been blamed….
Well today I really, really couldn’t be arsed but I decided I really needed to do something so I set to work on the field…
Covering the whole base in toilet paper to add a bit of strength and also to cover the foam.
I also started on a mini project… walkways. You can never have enough of them lol…
From top to bottom…basic, a bit more interesting and then interesting with added texture.
That’s another little thing sorted.
Still need to do a fence, another house using bought gear, aka foam and foam core …oh and I also need to build my Proxon.
Regarding the course, I had eight spaces and now have seven spaces left…this may not run at all.
It might be because of the location or people aren’t really interested… I am not sure what their minimum number is for it to run.
We shall have to see!
This is my pitch…
Creating Small Worlds
Get creative with miniature model-making! Learn new skills and discover how everyday objects and recycled materials can be transformed into buildings, landscapes and terrain for miniature wargames, role-playing or dioramas. Whether you’re an experienced crafter or a complete beginner, come along and see what you can create!
Please note: A £10 materials charge is payable to the tutor at the first session.
I decided to get some watered down PVA on the hedge this morning and it’s still soggy.
Well after the fourth day. Of training in a row I am absolutely buggered, but needs must.
As you can see, I went for the vegetation option for filling the gap. This is done with my home made clump foliage that I made ages ago.
The remainder of my home made stuff compared to the bought stuff. I will let you work out which was the cheapest. Even the bought stuff is ancient. The stuff in the jar is about a quarter of the lump of foam I bought.
As this looks a bit old fashioned it reminded me of the bronze age… Don’t know why but this made me chuckle ..
Literally!
Went for a tinkle earlier and as I flushed the loo. I know we are having high tides, but 3 miles from the sea… Went to investigate….
Lots of backed up ‘material’ in the septic tank header….after swearing and fighting with a hundred metre pipe I got it going again… It was a bugger it happened, but at least it wasn’t pissing it down!
My arms ache so I shall give building stuff a miss this evening.
A couple of people asked what was woven between the uprights…. Voila….
There was one missing so I got a quid off. I must have had it in my cupboard for over a year.
I am still toying with the idea of putting a bit of vegetation in the gap. I was actually just heading off to see what clump foliage I had knocking around.
Quite a nice view from the top of the hill. So I stopped and got a shit if it on my phone.
What’s one piece of travel advice you always follow?
One I have always believed in…eat where the locals eat and also try what they would eat too.
