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Post by iansadler on Mar 27, 2007 18:13:26 GMT
Hi john , glad you had such good service and like me you are finding them very useful . my next tips page will be arriving very soon , how to make your own cheap orbital sander , yet an other idea from the Pound shops watch out for it , I am recovering from a hernia operation I had yesterday so still trying to get fully into the swing of things cheers ian
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Post by karlos on Mar 28, 2007 9:32:00 GMT
hi all . as promised I have provided some input and to this end the SIG'S web site is up and running www.ipmsarmoursig.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ any one have any comments suggestions let me know, Ian has produced some good hints tips and ideas already, I will update the site a s a p with any further offerings |
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Post by daz1971 on Mar 28, 2007 16:57:13 GMT
A nice looking web site Karlos.
I 've been thinking (which is painful for me). That would be a good idea for a theme at SMW one year, would be the evolution of Armour from its earliest days up to the Modern Armour of today. (As I say it's only a thought).
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Post by sanguin on Mar 28, 2007 19:58:37 GMT
A nice looking web site Karlos. I 've been thinking (which is painful for me). That would be a good idea for a theme at SMW one year, would be the evolution of Armour from its earliest days up to the Modern Armour of today. (As I say it's only a thought). Sort of starting with leather then hoplites helmets and so on up to medieval chargers and then breastplates etc? Or, more specifically, mechanically powered armour? (as sketched by da Vinci......?) Or even more specifically internally combustioned enginy things? Now my brain hurts, too. Sanguin being Silly. Apologies. |
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Post by daz1971 on Mar 28, 2007 20:05:48 GMT
Would you think it would be a good theme Sanguin?
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Post by karlos on Mar 28, 2007 20:36:09 GMT
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Post by sanguin on Mar 31, 2007 17:04:41 GMT
Would you think it would be a good theme Sanguin? What do the rest of you think? Taking the 'History of Armour' to its broadest involves figures, horses, fleshy bits, metallic finishes and major scratchbuilding. Whereas I suspect that most of us are content with plastic, resin, the bits of brass that we don't lose and varying shades of green/brown/sand. Whereas confining it to powered by 'internal combustion engine' keeps it on home territory; and that is quite a large bit of terrain..... Sanguin |
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Post by daz1971 on Mar 31, 2007 19:57:44 GMT
Ok the history of the armoured fighting vehicle from WW1 to the Present Day, it would be an impressive display.
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Post by karlos on Apr 1, 2007 16:37:56 GMT
you wouldhave to pick key developments in the field, which ones tho?.......mark I male a whippet? which of the between the wars models? which of the wwII models? whichof the post wwII models,we can argue for ages.........
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Post by sanguin on Apr 2, 2007 20:23:01 GMT
you wouldhave to pick key developments in the field, which ones tho?.......mark I male a whippet? which of the between the wars models? which of the wwII models? whichof the post wwII models,we can argue for ages......... Time, wife, garden and Wacky Racers permitting I will go for the begining and end of Swedish tanks for the display. That's Strv M21 (the 'imported or built from plans, you decide, German LKII from 1918ish) and Strv 122 (probably without the concealment of modelling mistakes so no Barracuda camo sheets), both in 1/35th. So who's next? Sanguin the Stupid..... |
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Post by John Prigent on Apr 3, 2007 18:32:04 GMT
I somehow don't think I can contribute to an SMW exhibit. Not only a bit too far for a day out, but also I don't build to those standards.
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Post by sanguin on Apr 3, 2007 19:18:07 GMT
I somehow don't think I can contribute to an SMW exhibit. Not only a bit too far for a day out, but also I don't build to those standards. First Nationals I attended (the joys of Stoneleigh) I left feeling useless as a modeller. I still am. But it's not a competition, it's a display of models. Most that you see are excellent, some are really good and many are as good (or as poor) as your own. Some years back I took great pleasure in a Ferrari (an old Heller kit, I believe) on a stand which obviously had a bodged exhaust system. A chat with its maker and he felt as happy as me - my model, still at home, had exactly the same problem and no matter how much skill, criminal violence, beer or bad language I let loose on it, the pipes didn't fit and never would. But it is a long way.... Sanguin |
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