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Its too flipping Hot!
Goth and steam punk ..... amazing including their sense of dress. .... just kicks it out there. I was considering a steam punk jacket / tunic to be designed to go with my tartan troos. Still thinking about it. As for the heat ..... i'm in scotland .... nothing to worry about although I am... -
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Pushing Back .......
Next up ...... I'm looking at what I think would have been a cafe. The area is light industrial set on the very edge of an industrial / residential area so a cafe .... is to me ..... believable .... not glued yet as I am still getting myself convinced of its exact position. Should it sit...- toto
- Post #122
- Forum: Diorama's Under Construction
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Pushing Back .......
So ...... I'm starting with one of the allies buildings / dig in points. and the above are the tools of my trade ...... Aliphatic glue and some modellers clamps ..... on with a good bead of glue ..... and on with the clamps .... and an engineers block or two for some stability whilst...- toto
- Post #121
- Forum: Diorama's Under Construction
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Pushing Back .......
So ..... I am at a bit of a natural point to sit and take stock of where I am and the multitude of tasks going forward. One thing that has been on my mind is to run a sewer down the road from the manhole that I planted ..... and bring it into here .... in line with the manhole which you...- toto
- Post #120
- Forum: Diorama's Under Construction
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Pushing Back .......
A round of applause please maestro. Time to call it a day with the cobbles for the immediate future ........ nearly there ..... doesn't get much closer than this ..... but is has. Ran out of pavement and kerb line so that little corner can wait for another day .... won't hold up any...- toto
- Post #119
- Forum: Diorama's Under Construction
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Pushing Back .......
We plod on ..... Believe it or not ...... the end is in sight ..... I am absolutely crawling towards the finish line ...... at least its in the right direction .... back to the grind. toto- toto
- Post #118
- Forum: Diorama's Under Construction
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Pushing Back .......
Marching on with todays cobbling ..... bay number 1 completed for todays efforts ..... and a second ..... we're cruzing now ..... taking shape with only three and a half bays left to complete. I will do the gutters for the next two bays before taking SWMBO to the shops. I think I am...- toto
- Post #117
- Forum: Diorama's Under Construction
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Pushing Back .......
Slower start today but start I have. No prizes for guessing what I'm doing. I'm hoping today will see the majority of the cobbles done. I am gagging to get on to other things but completing the cobbles is just niggling away at me. So many fresh tasks to have a go at ...... can't wait ..... but...- toto
- Post #116
- Forum: Diorama's Under Construction
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Pushing Back .......
It's been slow mainly due to the cobbles but I think things will start to speed up a bit. You can only hold folks interest for so long with out changing theme. There are so many other interesting tasks to come ... the balsa fit outs for the buildings ..... the various building perimeter walls...- toto
- Post #115
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Pushing Back .......
Awaiting food as SWMBO busies herself in the sacrafice room .... ehhhh I mean the kitchen. Meanwhile I think ...... walls ...... two skins thick with returns on the end. Possibly a thin layer of blue foam in between the brick ( where a cavity would usually be ). You probably would not get a...- toto
- Post #113
- Forum: Diorama's Under Construction
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Pushing Back .......
OK ..... definately the last blast for now .... some more drain kerbs ..... another bay of cobbles but this time with a manhole cover and frame built in ...... and there we have it for now ..... and until tomorrow ...... cheers toto- toto
- Post #112
- Forum: Diorama's Under Construction
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Pushing Back .......
And the band just keeps on playing ..... another bay bites the dust ...... looking the part I think ..... and the bigger picture ..... coming along nicely ........ but not over yet ...... I marked the remaining bays out ready for the next push .... I will have to pack in shortly as...- toto
- Post #111
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Pushing Back .......
Coasting along now with just over another bay done ..... and a bit of an ariel shot coming up. SWMBO has given me a shout to take her to the shops for a few things so I'll need to bow out for now. I am hoping to get at least another bay done this afternoon ( if not more ) before shutting...- toto
- Post #109
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Pushing Back .......
First full bay of cobbles on the remaining stretch complete for today ..... and another from a different angle .... So ..... time to move on to the next ..... the day is still young and I am reasonably fresh to continue with more ...... hold me back .... 😂 cheers for now toto- toto
- Post #108
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Pushing Back .......
So ......... I marked out the next few cobble bays .... approximately eight rows of cobbles per bay .......... Then started on the first edge of gutter ...... a bit like so ..... Then once I got approximately 1/3rd of the way up ....... started the other side ....... I'll start...- toto
- Post #107
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Pushing Back .......
OK ..... no time to waste ..... next task ..... here we go again ....... time to revisit the cobbles and get some more progression on these. I am on the final stretch I am glad to say and I am using the cobbles as a bit of a hospital job in between other tasks to get a bit of respite between...- toto
- Post #106
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Pushing Back .......
So ..... I managed to haul my ass out of my bed at a reasonable time today ..... fed and watered and straight into it with some gusto ..... here is what we are tackling today ..... the hole ..... some off cuts / scrap blue foam to give a bit of shape to the bottom of the hole. I scored...- toto
- Post #105
- Forum: Diorama's Under Construction
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Vietnam Diorama - 1:35 - US troops/vehicles, etc
I think you have the mud bang on. I'd imagine the area would have been a real cesspit with very little evidence of tracks surviving for any length of time due to the tropcal weather ( depending on the season ). Coming together well I think. Cheers Toto- toto
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Pushing Back .......
No mancave tonight ...... a few things have cropped up ...... so an early start tomorrow is envisaged in order to claw back lost time. I have a Simon and Garfunkel tribute act concert tomorrow night courtesy of my missus ( christmas present ) then straight after that ..... a 25th wedding...- toto
- Post #104
- Forum: Diorama's Under Construction
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Tamiya 1 / 35th Scale British Universal Carrier MK 11
Made a bit of a start but nothing to shout about and ..... and ..... Nothing exactly hard so far so I will continue and get some of the other sub-assemblies done now ....... amongst other things. cheers toto- toto
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