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    Advance from Normandy.

    Paul Composition is very much a personal preference, however I too like to keep things fairly small. The first thing I try to do is to make sure that each part of a scene interconnects with the other parts. This can be done by colour, by physical connection or by repeated shapes. This little...
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    Sherman V “Cock o’the North”, 1 November 1944

    Great model Jakko I don't know if you get Netflix but this has just been released about The Scheldt. Don't know if its any good but I thought it might be of interest.
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    Simon T - one year on

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    Developing a new modelling room

    As far as lights are concerned Barry you might want to consider something like this that I use. This is a light panel made by VILTROX. It is about 19cm X 12cm and can run on mains or battery pack. The beauty of this device is that it can be adjusted both in brightness and in Kelvin number as...
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    Bird Watching a Relaxing Hobby

    Great photo Dan or rather Mrs Dan. Finally got my ducks in a row. Merganser family taking a break in our river. John
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    Silver Spitfire 1/32

    Colin You might enjoy this painting done by my nephew who is a professional artist in England. Arriving back at Goodwood with some Red Arrows. John
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    Bird Watching a Relaxing Hobby

    More dining room visitors. This is a female Oriole. She appears to be madly jealous of her reflection in the dining room window since she repeatedly throws herself against the glass. Never could understand women. John
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    Bird Watching a Relaxing Hobby

    Nice shots Ron and that looks like a pretty useful little camera. We have our bird feeder hanging just outside our dining room window, so I can take photos while sitting in comfort. This is an American Goldfinch that stopped by for breakfast this morning. John
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    Bird Watching a Relaxing Hobby

    Like I have mentioned before we have a river running through our property so we get a fair selection of ducks. Here is a selection of our baby album. Mallards Megansers Wood ducks and Dad We have some ring necked ducks this year but I haven't got a photo yet. John
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    Latest Acquisitions (2021)

    Tim I have a collection of these figures by Bruno Leibovitz. They really are very nice castings and they paint up great. I trust you will blog them.... John
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    Lee Drennen’s Hobby Farm & Garden

    We get a few raptors here. For some reason when this guy is out all the other birds and beasties seem to disappear. We also have a family of geese who return to the same spot every year to raise their kids. This is last year's gang they are about a week or two later this year so we expect...
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    1/72 HMS Victory Cross Section

    Jim This continues to be a fascinating and beautifully executed build. Great job on the 32 pounders. Incidentally most gun crews tended to name their guns and the name was painted free hand, in small letters along the side of the carriage. They tended to choose names like "Thunderer, Beelzebub...
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    boatman's 1/72 HMS Tiger C20 build

    Chris I know you will sort it. But I had a similar problem animating my owl puppet. I wanted the head to turn and the eye lids to move up and down. I solved it basically like this. All the best on your terrific build. John
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    How would you start a Diorama?

    My most usual starting point is the wish to construct a certain type of building. I will then find photos or paintings of such building and sketch my version. The next part, which is usually just planned in my head, is to create a story of what is going on near the building. What ambience I want...
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    Puppet

    I wish I could post a video now that Olive the owl is finished. Anyway this is what she looks like. And with all the wiring. And this is my control box that I made up. I must say I have an enormous respect for all those Chinese workers that you see on news reels, spending days soldering...
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    Puppet

    Thanks again guys. Have to take care that this doesn't turn into a real wiring rat's nest. I have nearly finished his head. Which will turn from side to side when finished. The mechanism for turning proved to be a bit of a challenge. I finally decided to go with a stepper motor instead of a...
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    Puppet

    Thanks for indulging me once again guys. I have now got the first prototype working. Not really as complicated as it might look. Although a second single malt suffered a certain amount of an assault to get this far. Now that the head works I will move on to building the body with the...
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    Puppet

    Thanks Richard not the same as your great dio's A new puppet version. This time entirely Arduino controlled. Early days bit excellent use for a drained single malt. An owl I hope eventually. He will have 5 servos controlling him via 5 potentiometers and an Arduino Uno. John
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    Chess

    Gentlemen you are very kind. So one antique "Isle of Lewis Chess piece", bids in excess of $500,000 considered.. A bit of weathering with various oil colours and finished off with a shine from some furniture wax. John
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    Chess

    Since the lockdown our son and I have been playing chess online. This is a great way to stay in touch in spite of the fact that we are both ranked slightly below incompetent, as far as playing is concerned. This prompted me to have a go at making a trophy for him. Some of you might recognise...

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