ICM 1/16 Roman Centurion : a second attempt

[Neil Merryweather]

sorry to hear about this ,Peter.
Hope you are back at the bench soon
all the best from me
N

[Guest]

Cheers Neil. Already started a bust thread.

[monica]

sorry to hear about this ,Peter.
hope its not so serious ,and all will be well soon
take care and look after your shelf,wishing you all the best
cheers moni

[Guest]

Thanks Moni.

[boatman]

Hi Steve

Still feeling bloody awful I'm afraid, so no painting yesterday. Seem to be suffering from extreme fatigue and wondering is it isn't some sort of ME thing. It's been getting worse all year and I did an online test that concluded it's more than likely, so time to try and see the doctor, though there's little hope of that at the moment. Weird times as well, and it looks like the local roads are going to be clogged now that Dover is closed to traffic.

One bright spot was that Katherine and I went up onto the downs yesterday to see the great conjunction and got a beautiful view of it. Just as it emerged from behind a wisp of cloud a shooting star appeared slightly to the left, which added an extra touch of magic. We will probably go out again this evening to try and see the full conjunction.

Will attempt to paint today, though the light is very bad.

HI AGAIN Peter so sorry to hear you are still not feeling well an we hope you will soon be feeling better an sorry t bother you on this but what great conjunction are you talkin about is it the planets jupiter an saturn meeting up ? as i see on the news about it as they think it might have been the star of bethelyhem ? an they say it should be seen if clear sky on xmas eve the best time an i'll be out havin a look at it as i used to have 6inch reflector telescope an i loved bein out lookin at the planets an stars but now tooo cold for me with back injury
chris

[Guest]

Hi Chris.

Yes, it's the coming together of Saturn and Jupiter, which can only be seen every 400 years or so. They were actually at their closest on the 21st, but they will still be near each other for quite a while. They can be seen from about 5.00 pm until about 7.00 low down on the Western horizon. Mars is also very bright, higher up in the South-Eastern sky. I too have a telescope, but it's such a pain to set up that I don't really use it any more. And as you say, standing out in the freezing cold no longer has the appeal it did.

ATB.

[boatman]

Hi Chris.

Yes, it's the coming together of Saturn and Jupiter, which can only be seen every 400 years or so. They were actually at their closest on the 21st, but they will still be near each other for quite a while. They can be seen from about 5.00 pm until about 7.00 low down on the Western horizon. Mars is also very bright, higher up in the South-Eastern sky. I too have a telescope, but it's such a pain to set up that I don't really use it any more. And as you say, standing out in the freezing cold no longer has the appeal it did.

ATB.

THANKS for the info Peter we are goin out for fish an chips supper so will have a look tonight an yes i love astronomy but even with my 6 inch reflector only planets that show anything is mars an an the rings of saturn an the storms belts on jupiter an all the others are just points of light but its still ecitcing to look out at the night sky do you follow the sky at night on the telly ?
chris

[Guest]

Peter.
Just told Christine you had seen the conjunction, she went out the other night. Only to return saying it was cloudy.

Hope you feeling ok. Lee in the US is really suffering from fatigue following his Covid .

[Guest]

Chris - I've seen the moons of Jupiter, which was a thrill, but the planets are still just bright blobs with my telescope. Certainly watch The Sky at Night and anything on astronomy or science in general. I'm particularly fascinated by quantum physics and hope to begin to understand it some day.

John - Could be Long Covid, but as there were no tests when I think I had it, who knows? Poor old Lee eh?

[boatman]

Peter is your scope a refractor or a reflector ?an what size ?as my scope was a 6inch job

[john hutton]

Hi Peter, looked in to see one of your excellent 1/16th figs, but not to be just yet. Sorry to hear you are not to grand and hopefully it won`t be anything serious. Get well soon matey :thumb2: . Popping across now to check out the bust thread you mentioned. All the best,
John.

[Mini Me]

Hang in there Peter.........it only gets better. Rick H.

[Guest]

Just realised that I've put this in the wrong category. It should of course be pre WW1. If a mod sees this, would they mind changing it?

John and Rick - Thanks for looking in.

So back to this one and the head is done:



I had the usual shenanigans with the kit head, which I had two attempts at before abandoning it. This is yet another Reedees head, which needed much chopping and trimming to make fit. It was also a b****r to paint, with lots of bumps emerging under the paint - the cuts across the face are an attempt to accommodate the anomalies, and luckily most of the head will be hidden by the helmet.

[Jim R]

Well Peter I think he looks perfectly fine.
Jim

[Guest]

Peter, agree with Jim:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2: