What's on the Bench? 2021

[rtfoe]

I swear I saw a workbench the other day...:tongue-out3::flushed: you fellas are hilarious.

The packets on top of the glass case are Hornet heads which I'm selecting to replace those on the figures in the diorama...they will all be smiling or laughing at the donkey.

Cheers,
Richard

[Mini Me]

Hi Richard.....are you fluent in Japanese? Lots of interesting stuff on your bench! So far I have managed to rid myself of one shelf queen......couple more to go

[rtfoe]

Not at all Rick...it's just as good as my German :tears-of-joy:
They are interestingly slow to complete. :smiling2:

Cheers,
Richard

[Allen Dewire]

They are interestingly slow to complete. :smiling2:

Yep Richard, one day I am gonna complete something. Thanks for reminding me......Oh, and my German is way better than my Japanese.......

[Mini Me]

I had a reason for asking Richard if he was fluent in Japanese..........We all know about the barbaric, guttural utterances that you sling about Allen! LOL :tongue-out3: :tongue-out2::tongue-out:.....I have a couple of WW2 relics that have Japanese inscriptions on them and was looking for translation help Sir. Moot point, as Richard is as illiterate as the rest of us.....oh well, it was worth a try. :thumb2: Rick H.

[minitnkr]

Send me a pic, my grandaughter translates some Japanese. PaulE

[Guest]

I have a couple of WW2 relics that have Japanese inscriptions on them and was looking for translation help

https://translate.google.com/ — set the language on the left to Japanese, and you can click on the Japanese character at bottom right of the text entry field to give you the option of writing the text. This gives you a field in which you can use your mouse to draw the characters you see (one at a time). Results are not guaranteed, but if it doesn’t come up with the right one, you can erase it and start again, which often helps.

[Mini Me]

Thanks Paul.......will get some pics and pm to ya. Rick H.

[Mini Me]

Thanks Jakko......I'm afraid that's a little beyond my paltry computer skills. If you would like to have a go at it I would be happy to pm a couple of shots to you as well. Rick H.

[Guest]

If you would like to have a go at it I would be happy to pm a couple of shots to you as well. Rick H.

Sure, send me some photos and I’ll see if I can make Google make something of it.

[Mini Me]

PM sent :thumb2:

[Mini Me]

Pm on it's way to you also Paul I hope You and Jakko can sort this out for me. Rick H. :thumb2:

[rtfoe]

:tears-of-joy: I don't even know what Mooshi Mooshi means...Arigato Gozaimas is some sort of thank you I think. :smiling3: Sorry can't help you there Rick. Why not post an image of the inscription to me and I'll get one of my friends to look at it. He has a smitter of Japanese and the writing is quite similar to the Chinese characters.

Cheers,
Richard

[PaulTRose]

:tears-of-joy: I don't even know what Mooshi Mooshi means...

its a sort of greeting when answering a phone, or when you answer a phone and its for someone one else you say ' Kenji-San.......mooshi moosh' to get thier attention

spent far too long working for too many japanese companies lol

[Tim Marlow]

Hi all
Update so far this week as follows.....
Doggies are pretty much complete and just need the riders adding and the sabot base painting.....



The riders are painted and just waiting on varnish and mounting on the doggies....

I still have to do the standard as well.....

Nest up are the twenty Goblin spearman. Got a new tool to hold these for painting though.....l

I’ve been blue tacking figures to golf tees for painting for a number of years. They are then easy to handle for priming and I don’t have to touch the figure. However, I recently thought of an improvement that will save a few minutes......and the time saved is better used on more interesting tasks....

The figures are usually mounted on 1 or 2 pence pieces. This gives more stability to the lightweight plastic figures, and also allows me to safely transport them in a Really Useful Box fitted with a magnetic sheet.
I thought about this, and realised that I could cut out the blue tack part if I magnetised the golf tees....I therefore purchased some 10mm button magnets and araldited them to the tees. Seems to work. The tees are holding the figures securely but they are still easy to remove. Metal miniatures, being heavier, may need a little more adhesion. Time will tell......