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    Pushing Back .......

    all set up ...... ready to go ..... first pour ....... numbers are starting to creep up again ..... two rain storm drain frames that made it ...... but the covers never ..... two manhole covers and frames that made the grade ..... and I am back on brick walls as we speak. I may...
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    Pushing Back .......

    Casting going well. Justfinished offthe last of the cobble casts for now. I will be going on to do more brick wall casts shortly. Tried casting some of the very small and fragile road drains ....... no chance ...... absolute disaster and personally I think, possibly, a waste of money. I will...
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    Pushing Back .......

    Can't sleep .... boooooo .....so doing the worst thing possible ....... sitting up drinking coffee .... 😂 Never mind ... gives me time to think. A very busy time later today as I intend to make the most of my time back home this weekend. Domestic duties have been pushed into tomorrow to give...
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    Pushing Back .......

    Thank you very much for your kind comments. Delighted that you are enjoying it. Toto
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    Pushing Back .......

    one last post ....... at least one with photo's ....... I mentioned brick walls earlier ....... and further back lathe plaster ceilings in the buildings ....... well here is my secret weapon ..... If I can get it to work ...... it has two purposes .... This is a mould meant as a plaster...
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    Pushing Back .......

    So ....... the missus just came out to the mancave to remind me of the time ..... and ohhhh how it flies when you are enjoying yourself ..... ahem ..... My last casts for tonight are being aided by my wee 2 kW electric heater ..... my used moulds are having an early bath ...... in their...
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    Pushing Back .......

    OK ..... I have been merrily boosting production of my grey cobbles ...... but earlier on ..... I was reintroducing myself to my brickwork wall moulds. here are some results .... it took a couple of casts to get back into them and get the plaster water ratio correct ..... but I got there...
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    Back in the saddle and the mancave has been repurposed into cobble production mode again ..... The first three moulds have been cast ..... for a Grey cobble production .... second load of moulds in the mould bath awaiting their turn ..... with another couple of moulds in the que ...
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    Vietnam Diorama - 1:35 - US troops/vehicles, etc

    Very convincing .... (y)
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    Tamiya Simca 5 Staff Car

    Ok .... just a few odds and ends progressed really as I want to leave the wheels, doors, bonnet and some of the internal gubbins off to paint prior to final assembly .... Here is a couple of photos anyway .... spare wheel, rear view mirror to go on front lights, bumpers and number plate...
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    Vietnam Diorama - 1:35 - US troops/vehicles, etc

    Quick progress ..... you don't hang around. .... nice ..... (y)
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    Pushing Back .......

    Back up in dounreay until friday so nothing on the diorama build until then. This weekend will be a bit of a mixed bag as I've ran out of my standard grey cobbles sk will need to move the dioramaout the way to make room for cobble mould productions. :D also I hope to be setting up my small...
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    Tamiya Simca 5 Staff Car

    Reading through the destructions again, there wont actually be that many more parts to assemble before priming and painting. I will get what there is to be done completed tomorrow night whilst i'm back up in my digs in Dounreay. The plan is to have all the garious parts ready for painting this...
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    Vietnam Diorama - 1:35 - US troops/vehicles, etc

    Bring it on .... popcorn at the ready. Toto
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    Tamiya Simca 5 Staff Car

    I know the above looks a bit rough but once the hole is formed etc, hopefully, the car will be sitting in more of a natural position. Thats what i meant about bringing the explosion zone, the Simca and the surrounding area all together rather than building each element individually ..... hope...
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    Tamiya Simca 5 Staff Car

    Ok ..... back on the Simca 5 build for half an hour or so ....... The next steps 4 and 5 show installing the seats, handbrake, gear stick, steering column and driver. but I'm not having any of that as I want to prime and paint the inside and do the smaller parts including the seats a little...
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    I'm getting to the stage where I am having to think about building up or forming the explosion zone . Not quite there as ther is still a couple of ideas floating around in the old grey matter as to what I could add to this. However, as I ponder ...... I'm starting to look out what materials I...
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    Slowly but surely ...... things progress ..... A little bit of copper tubing forced through the foam from the outside into the hole ....... and some low voltage silicon cable fed through the tube to provide the power to the LED explosion lights when the tme comes. Another length of...
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    Pushing Back .......

    OK ..... back in the saddle ..... No hangover from last night so I made the mancave after all ..... We start of by creating the explosion crator to try and inject a bit of life into the scene and detract from cobbling for now .... so its out with the balsa wood to start to create a...
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    There maybe a little more progress tomorrow although I don't expect it to be much. I have some business paperwork to take care of before haeding back up to Dounreay on Monday morning ...... holiday over for now. I think a landmark move may be achieved though as I am dying to open up the road...
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