tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53836637739375581502024-03-16T09:25:27.834-07:00A Miniatures Hobby RoomA blog site dedicated to the wargame miniatures hobby.A Miniatures Hobby Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955521215153908012noreply@blogger.comBlogger220125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383663773937558150.post-14341065872830148412024-03-13T16:38:00.000-07:002024-03-13T16:38:48.098-07:0015MM WWII Vehicles <p>Ok, I admit it! Jonathan Freitag asked me to print him a few trucks and I went a tad overboard. But that's just me. The last time I did this it was ACW ironclads for my buddy Pete in Bournemouth.</p><p><span style="text-align: center;">Left row German: Opel Blitz, 5 Steyr 580 trucks, Raupenschlepper Ost track, 2 Sd.Kfz. 221 armored cars.</span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;">Next row Italian: 4 SPA Dovunque 35 trucks, 1 Dovunque Protetto</span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;">3rd row Italian: 3 Lancia 3RO trucks, 1 Lancia 3RO 100-17</span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;">4th row Italian: 3 Fiat 626 trucks with 1 water/fuel trailer</span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;">5th row French: Matford F927, Renault AGR, 3 Citroën C4P17 tracked, Citroën Traction Avant command car</span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;">Last row Japanese: 3 Isuzu 97 trucks, 2 IJA Type 94 trucks</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHDpt649W1qnmprzdHtTVlArYnEqqcU5yFbCIXGqReA6w_mFKJZPehYmjiq4MVGPepRgA3rfD5RpVHUhA_vfKSR4NY5IWsfzEoi2jYnawro6s2sw7kIVst8w6DJ39jIe7Opli453KyP9AqyFGXsJlobDkIkBwxm5xVO_rjJYrr3-p4tppqCTjkipb2B0/s9248/20240313_155346.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnw5PJ2n4OCyzCUP2gCgX8jCHzNJjcDrnF-zrHW5WKfFsMfhfLhl_knQH3vO5Dp15gg6YsneR5zyyRcH7I0oNjVoiJfJEM42QVFfWLMuND5LVDV0bvTCc-5s6xqENrWQMgoIhknq2uAL280LFH94o4tgb5sItR-Y6VTwnLxrjGbUI87BZ-cjT6MeMlpp0/s320/20240313_162614.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I am going to include one unbuilt "kit" of another US M3 scout car with the delivery. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGqqIm1_sQeiQzW6TB7jvlkKiYHrjAlAYz5hEN1ChA0BWCJRqXSwBZi_rXpV7VDsxQbqsfu79TRcvrjHJuOb0Q2kLJ_z-RFG0vXhnWLajdq1cSSzfQezDf_tiznuj0KVBOwcW9MhyphenhypheniYFxnS8jBXLmdggcj8C24nQXgcanmX-N49Sk9Yb_a95I74fTUik/s4624/20240313_162815.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGqqIm1_sQeiQzW6TB7jvlkKiYHrjAlAYz5hEN1ChA0BWCJRqXSwBZi_rXpV7VDsxQbqsfu79TRcvrjHJuOb0Q2kLJ_z-RFG0vXhnWLajdq1cSSzfQezDf_tiznuj0KVBOwcW9MhyphenhypheniYFxnS8jBXLmdggcj8C24nQXgcanmX-N49Sk9Yb_a95I74fTUik/s320/20240313_162815.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><div>I will be taking them over to Jonathan the next time we play a Face to Face.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Now, back to the Japanese fleet!</div><div><br /><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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I may try some tanks in a bit! </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPFzWGeZ4HmEPfbIPPd-It28qkCJugIdFQzhwlBNnxfCFgYW9L5ysCR87s7GjVXKbz3h6ZKlW9WUWcVxZfAytl2Ckeh3urxZshePfNBrEvAuubprop-S7TXO1MHmlrTwkkraRI_TZCQg1C7PRCxHGoTLs2MsUuFOiZo1oxniVKTQ6e1WR3e-J8ZbhZ7mM/s9248/20240226_091957.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4164" data-original-width="9248" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPFzWGeZ4HmEPfbIPPd-It28qkCJugIdFQzhwlBNnxfCFgYW9L5ysCR87s7GjVXKbz3h6ZKlW9WUWcVxZfAytl2Ckeh3urxZshePfNBrEvAuubprop-S7TXO1MHmlrTwkkraRI_TZCQg1C7PRCxHGoTLs2MsUuFOiZo1oxniVKTQ6e1WR3e-J8ZbhZ7mM/s320/20240226_091957.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPTgaMdsWQ27muEF34fLn_Z8-c8QexbCtUrkSYqenibsG7OQv32pNcq1_apDuHk-uUxSOD5YvZVtH-Y8V3dza9G__h86wjwBTOR0DhGhrSlq7sGolcyY7d9yQ53Qnvm9y8LiNMhw7o7OGLevQMKdHwo-ywDkSq0kPV8QtJ0977z6SJq0OFPEgV7wCW8A/s9248/20240226_091813.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6936" data-original-width="9248" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPTgaMdsWQ27muEF34fLn_Z8-c8QexbCtUrkSYqenibsG7OQv32pNcq1_apDuHk-uUxSOD5YvZVtH-Y8V3dza9G__h86wjwBTOR0DhGhrSlq7sGolcyY7d9yQ53Qnvm9y8LiNMhw7o7OGLevQMKdHwo-ywDkSq0kPV8QtJ0977z6SJq0OFPEgV7wCW8A/s320/20240226_091813.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p>A Miniatures Hobby Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955521215153908012noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383663773937558150.post-48693310462233816102024-02-24T23:20:00.000-08:002024-02-24T23:20:49.669-08:00A Batch of British Cruisers<p>The next batch of ships completed are all British 1/2400 3D prints.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBeIMWo4_oB3u8APL6qb9V9t4VHfn4SIEpVQNcnKHZqXfDk3iyl5-vpLifqKYosKvFwFp1VJnYagGJqiwM4lKPT1UUl83sJ7c0hnKct-umFhuhg9hejoZyWBx7V5zw2Nk3e-pAH4q8voqlJ3vK8eh7KI87c_dqEyTqzayisoeBhKsbLsmg8gGOoXlFH8/s9248/20240222_154410.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5204" data-original-width="9248" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibBeIMWo4_oB3u8APL6qb9V9t4VHfn4SIEpVQNcnKHZqXfDk3iyl5-vpLifqKYosKvFwFp1VJnYagGJqiwM4lKPT1UUl83sJ7c0hnKct-umFhuhg9hejoZyWBx7V5zw2Nk3e-pAH4q8voqlJ3vK8eh7KI87c_dqEyTqzayisoeBhKsbLsmg8gGOoXlFH8/s320/20240222_154410.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>There are nine Dido class light cruisers, one Leander class CL, four Arethusa class CLs, six Town class CLs, six Tribal class destroyers, and two heavy cruisers. One of the heavy cruisers in the photo above, Canarias, was actually a British County class cruiser vessel built in Spain for His Majesty's Spanish Navy. I have it incorrectly labeled in the photo above. Here it is corrected:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2NsBX2KXMPlTPYnTpcvp6hQTWiV6ElYG1c_dXBkl1sS_O6DERrCX96M0Zii9OZLSrZi8qPRy9vckOdWso5atwEJ-vjf0py7zUjRzt3Vya5PW305etOnJqjLKBb3oMDhgjJa8NG_EMUgOQVf78lk7mY0OKcBCuRiQ_bEU2QEdp_GdWu3L_miHJ8yaCzU/s6936/20240223_114323.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6936" data-original-width="6936" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2NsBX2KXMPlTPYnTpcvp6hQTWiV6ElYG1c_dXBkl1sS_O6DERrCX96M0Zii9OZLSrZi8qPRy9vckOdWso5atwEJ-vjf0py7zUjRzt3Vya5PW305etOnJqjLKBb3oMDhgjJa8NG_EMUgOQVf78lk7mY0OKcBCuRiQ_bEU2QEdp_GdWu3L_miHJ8yaCzU/s320/20240223_114323.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqo7Pg94tSEk78G7wPZ9XIx7Ta2JnY-mO-1f5gP3z3dJZxQNjaeR9VkSKoq_ofao4KZ3n-HPUQ8sbWcPuxxFiLrtKpPSdGWOH40aUbe5gvHMOMiSJKa1DX3Y9BPzRbtDohpioepO0ZbZHL5peBhqdIqKNv9rR8b5Dn9cYhQfT7HGOSZLQYuriZP_UcNlU/s6936/20240223_114701.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6936" data-original-width="6936" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqo7Pg94tSEk78G7wPZ9XIx7Ta2JnY-mO-1f5gP3z3dJZxQNjaeR9VkSKoq_ofao4KZ3n-HPUQ8sbWcPuxxFiLrtKpPSdGWOH40aUbe5gvHMOMiSJKa1DX3Y9BPzRbtDohpioepO0ZbZHL5peBhqdIqKNv9rR8b5Dn9cYhQfT7HGOSZLQYuriZP_UcNlU/s320/20240223_114701.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Canarias and her sister ship Balearias were an unusual configuration for the County class, having only two funnels. I couldn't find a file for these two ships. I decided to just clip off one funnel from a County class, but when I did, the spacing just didn't look right. I contemplated removing the other two funnels and most of the deck structure, then build it back in the correct configuration. But then I spied my previously built Exeter! Two funnels, spaced about right,...close enough! Forty minutes to print a new Exeter and voila, I had my Canarias!</p><p>I am taking a short break from ships now to play around with some 15MM WWII trucks I've been printing over the last week. Steyrs, Fiats, Opels, Isuzus, Macks, Deuce & a halfs, Renaults, and even a few armored cars. 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6936" data-original-width="9248" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5hwHj83286PbUOorByIO3DuRJRtM56QUkN0hHT7mSlYNdlLS39nilDhLGXykROfD7Zyy1WVeQtVMtGyanqfzbyM1NE98wVMuQVyA7eFRBRQY_3DEqduIEL4H4rUVwy_Ep2rOXmTEtTiODfhtSJCViG1XKBWr1zgYOaRWQNF4LqF97Z806_Di_YXpMnc/s320/20240217_123012.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Next will be either British light cruisers or destroyers.<div><div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNfBrPjbgdZiChzt9Fsi29tm-6v-FFePetItAf9sj1dP7hZLmk_65S3T7788A6AWLEdN9qH2wyo5vTtmTT-3Q3RS888Phimc5_A96PXPkNsfKnV9U9NY7FHpt8i8ZWiHgoHUCkpauZv0UtlqhYEdJxuKpj4JVgjlcfqO2O3Y3aYSUtdfivJGQhQXyYjt8/s9248/20240214_201115.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6936" data-original-width="9248" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNfBrPjbgdZiChzt9Fsi29tm-6v-FFePetItAf9sj1dP7hZLmk_65S3T7788A6AWLEdN9qH2wyo5vTtmTT-3Q3RS888Phimc5_A96PXPkNsfKnV9U9NY7FHpt8i8ZWiHgoHUCkpauZv0UtlqhYEdJxuKpj4JVgjlcfqO2O3Y3aYSUtdfivJGQhQXyYjt8/s320/20240214_201115.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Britsh cruisers in the center shelf</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIikmKnM1ZWXA-zWr7lwM0jLRnVr9vXF1aDJf97GCcUIpors3hj9UCQfoCi8cMUrfi16ynAcBiDa4VFutz6dfsF4Sbp8X-ccUx4ACoVHO7yXgG5LGzp4G8ZEauSJQSgr3DgvsYJdupG1uJ3WVkqIR8-Tgxl2jCr8JwnKvK4UZxOjQjZQmYV5Pzv8IWDc/s9248/20240214_201628.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6936" data-original-width="9248" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIikmKnM1ZWXA-zWr7lwM0jLRnVr9vXF1aDJf97GCcUIpors3hj9UCQfoCi8cMUrfi16ynAcBiDa4VFutz6dfsF4Sbp8X-ccUx4ACoVHO7yXgG5LGzp4G8ZEauSJQSgr3DgvsYJdupG1uJ3WVkqIR8-Tgxl2jCr8JwnKvK4UZxOjQjZQmYV5Pzv8IWDc/s320/20240214_201628.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">British destroyer classes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>A Miniatures Hobby Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955521215153908012noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383663773937558150.post-77262079395649336812024-02-12T15:24:00.000-08:002024-02-12T15:24:54.269-08:00WWII Fleet Expansion<p>I fired up the printer to print a few more 1/2400 WWII ships. I started with some more Japanese files purchased from Ghuhkek Minis on Wargaming3D.com, but then I'm afraid I got a bit carried away. I ended up making several orders over a couple of weeks, buying nearly every British and Japanese file I didn't already have! So in the last few weeks I have printed 220 ships (not including misprints or prints I aborted to go back and reslice with changes). </p><p>I have completed 61 ships: 20 German, 20 Japanese, and 21 British. All but 15 cargo ships have been mounted on bases. Thirteen more British ships are painted and still need the bases finished and labels attached. So, as of today, I have 146 ships left to finish: 2 Italian, 6 French, 6 American, 56 Japanese, 61 British, and 15 cargo ships. When I said a bit carried away, that was an understatement.</p><p>Here are the recent completed ships:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1xCk9dRHHNI8psRpxtSd9YueGrEhKVYNYGTSm4z5hZA2Ah_5iyfdLhk-vIBd9xV0YeeEZbfsLfu1VB07N2FglLCH19CM7E-ewr4D9a3k6TPqslHzhBITke_gPYxrEjSaMggGtrhqVFhL3EtOVqvTiXTpMRdVinq-GyMDzz9GYKA9th_b2Rk0VXZSflw/s4624/20240208_192823.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2604" data-original-width="4624" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1xCk9dRHHNI8psRpxtSd9YueGrEhKVYNYGTSm4z5hZA2Ah_5iyfdLhk-vIBd9xV0YeeEZbfsLfu1VB07N2FglLCH19CM7E-ewr4D9a3k6TPqslHzhBITke_gPYxrEjSaMggGtrhqVFhL3EtOVqvTiXTpMRdVinq-GyMDzz9GYKA9th_b2Rk0VXZSflw/s320/20240208_192823.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">British battleships: Revenge, Nelson, Queen Elizabeth, and King George V classes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq71nh9uGr7BvFr5QOd6nVqc2E0a5nqe0RrtjpyREwamf7S3WTMp8x9oariqXXM88Wq-OGWHjZkABwM3HfzqW3CP6tmSBEna-JJS6yEIvGnwYfL-YEkuSRz5B_4PdF_ySVmTx7X2hi_EngG3rfgvQqMryAKQ4KIk69VYXgOyCT-kRtkzZpKGzol9vzpwc/s4624/20240212_135416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq71nh9uGr7BvFr5QOd6nVqc2E0a5nqe0RrtjpyREwamf7S3WTMp8x9oariqXXM88Wq-OGWHjZkABwM3HfzqW3CP6tmSBEna-JJS6yEIvGnwYfL-YEkuSRz5B_4PdF_ySVmTx7X2hi_EngG3rfgvQqMryAKQ4KIk69VYXgOyCT-kRtkzZpKGzol9vzpwc/s320/20240212_135416.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">British cruisers: Leander CL and County CA classes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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It went together pretty quick and I had fun with it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6AaY21_7QnReCd56VzvO3SVp5atMbun41zmJIWOKXoi4xD-TXkhmT20OiIJKZtH477kQCBEsd9-AH6gU87L0Qa7kryao-Lp-eq16lgV5bAnDLnlJRUAfshwXTq8aoq3j-oCkr1NKDJk4zgAgvrA894-NplpYmoVLFu_iaiF8XKeGqn4pClBXZ66QXUs/s9248/20240108_151041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5204" data-original-width="9248" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6AaY21_7QnReCd56VzvO3SVp5atMbun41zmJIWOKXoi4xD-TXkhmT20OiIJKZtH477kQCBEsd9-AH6gU87L0Qa7kryao-Lp-eq16lgV5bAnDLnlJRUAfshwXTq8aoq3j-oCkr1NKDJk4zgAgvrA894-NplpYmoVLFu_iaiF8XKeGqn4pClBXZ66QXUs/s320/20240108_151041.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgOELhX6LfkCZ1pgwbByBx5HmL0jefIpGcxSZ78Hn8O_0GcrGc3S72w5he0wGCDEmJnSN8R193VZuSMrFwWfTf8O9D_wq5R5ftug_Nz_T_kQUNwNzZh6kCqi02Q201vo11TOMEOXq7IkArhiyTXSzkG6MwGBuOEsEAKGGReYSUI1qHsxre5q7Lwx9TNKk/s9248/20240108_150852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5204" data-original-width="9248" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgOELhX6LfkCZ1pgwbByBx5HmL0jefIpGcxSZ78Hn8O_0GcrGc3S72w5he0wGCDEmJnSN8R193VZuSMrFwWfTf8O9D_wq5R5ftug_Nz_T_kQUNwNzZh6kCqi02Q201vo11TOMEOXq7IkArhiyTXSzkG6MwGBuOEsEAKGGReYSUI1qHsxre5q7Lwx9TNKk/s320/20240108_150852.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgah_-0QBDBrhkGrIxLZsrbrLE7xhLHcRKH5r6T46HaAwcw3pIGNdKSWpGBjJ9jxxPYgAFzGg2ehrHM1PDqzBeFeySwn4JV165LhwikmsJ2KoRyZL8yBskk13qzTaeM7EN3rWvrWTw6AnXNRxfPj2vGJO8zns1zffgr3W0MEDEiPnnHJNQjVFXOepJuGl4/s9248/20240108_150942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5204" data-original-width="9248" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgah_-0QBDBrhkGrIxLZsrbrLE7xhLHcRKH5r6T46HaAwcw3pIGNdKSWpGBjJ9jxxPYgAFzGg2ehrHM1PDqzBeFeySwn4JV165LhwikmsJ2KoRyZL8yBskk13qzTaeM7EN3rWvrWTw6AnXNRxfPj2vGJO8zns1zffgr3W0MEDEiPnnHJNQjVFXOepJuGl4/s320/20240108_150942.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTH9P44UOjpWt-ESfApbtlwdO6e2jiZFKzMtLF3QiUhnZYdqdrkJAuBTmqqanLIzM9N81wNvFXELpoxvDUidMwY61Iss5N8woRAWMOzPyCRR-kHqlUWA3Is8_l-8Nz5h-OMKB-jdnL5FXt3BCl9Y5bSptJ-4ohElwf4Vg6cNfn4JpLCIMce6Qtx6Qg9c/s9248/20240109_155225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5204" data-original-width="9248" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTH9P44UOjpWt-ESfApbtlwdO6e2jiZFKzMtLF3QiUhnZYdqdrkJAuBTmqqanLIzM9N81wNvFXELpoxvDUidMwY61Iss5N8woRAWMOzPyCRR-kHqlUWA3Is8_l-8Nz5h-OMKB-jdnL5FXt3BCl9Y5bSptJ-4ohElwf4Vg6cNfn4JpLCIMce6Qtx6Qg9c/s320/20240109_155225.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>A Miniatures Hobby Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955521215153908012noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383663773937558150.post-35702847642319892662024-01-09T15:38:00.000-08:002024-01-09T15:38:11.918-08:00Dragonsdawn Booknook<p> My oldest daughter loved the book nook I made her for Christmas so much that she asked for another one for her birthday, in two days! This time she wanted a theme based on Anne McCaffrey's Pern, another book series she loved growing up. I started it two weeks ago and modeled it after the Dragondawn book cover art by Michael Whelan.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVolyuuf5ae_Xz6Hb9HvOdKqLVafQZwFOvxkPUKC6I8ialInPYsAfSgXN2V6NIckRCQCyBMTSRQukrQpnxM59vymAT6RQa7w0jxAFiewHt38MuiKk8VAtmN-b7XbDgKx6mDC5dU-AdL1HEI_KtiCbRgMytqAVnUtEf76zuqku1g_x3a_pNBw5NG_siOQ/s500/s-l500.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="304" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVolyuuf5ae_Xz6Hb9HvOdKqLVafQZwFOvxkPUKC6I8ialInPYsAfSgXN2V6NIckRCQCyBMTSRQukrQpnxM59vymAT6RQa7w0jxAFiewHt38MuiKk8VAtmN-b7XbDgKx6mDC5dU-AdL1HEI_KtiCbRgMytqAVnUtEf76zuqku1g_x3a_pNBw5NG_siOQ/s320/s-l500.webp" width="195" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9iDopKkrCN43DFYIMABPamj4GjtPDvYVFdP0Vpwy1SLQCWCQoL7qWrndqkeq2p29xRPhoPMdmNYbFzWZbWLGE-zO5GLzLNc3xEfhfVZKpBToUYsTKyrwB7XwcFxVe-IOdb01iSITATaPVi_Ey9gX2kpB5OG-9USbjgpwprj7NY88w70S_6cLZ9VWZFY/s735/b7bd82abbf47da9647b09a18286e7623.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="735" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9iDopKkrCN43DFYIMABPamj4GjtPDvYVFdP0Vpwy1SLQCWCQoL7qWrndqkeq2p29xRPhoPMdmNYbFzWZbWLGE-zO5GLzLNc3xEfhfVZKpBToUYsTKyrwB7XwcFxVe-IOdb01iSITATaPVi_Ey9gX2kpB5OG-9USbjgpwprj7NY88w70S_6cLZ9VWZFY/s320/b7bd82abbf47da9647b09a18286e7623.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Full painting by Michael Whelan</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>This was a real challenge for me since I am not an artist or sculptor. I thought about it for some time and decided to go with a 3D flat image effect for the figures. I started by rough cutting out the girl and dragonets. I glued the girl to some 7/16" basswood, then cut the figure out with a xacto knife, and sanded the edges smooth. I painted the exposed edges to match the front. The dragonets were glued to some cerial box cardboard scrap and cut out. The wings, tail, and heads were bent to give more of a 3D impression.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fO9ySuZk5rHnLnjAvRkp48pyx4570uuKDhhx5oQncAU1Oub9JVBy8uX2nYYw7EOVv1TWSZeEcX74wWAFpH9vJmg1zrmmGoBvyoObxOx9lzNfbJXh_HqxFJ3MMW82KGjqVQEFwXTGIemwSuwOMZ3I6_UUwXIc0ssOG6Q-z9PDdcjjJCDYj1s5LrOAiTw/s4624/20231226_164031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fO9ySuZk5rHnLnjAvRkp48pyx4570uuKDhhx5oQncAU1Oub9JVBy8uX2nYYw7EOVv1TWSZeEcX74wWAFpH9vJmg1zrmmGoBvyoObxOx9lzNfbJXh_HqxFJ3MMW82KGjqVQEFwXTGIemwSuwOMZ3I6_UUwXIc0ssOG6Q-z9PDdcjjJCDYj1s5LrOAiTw/s320/20231226_164031.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQllTBJ5L0NfUfVKJMKIrq4V0v4QGhNHXH9CY6gpFwJu0LjHUZr6wL60Vj_WdqSoYg-MmfrWt136FfVR-hiqnKANxPTSuHXRWd3tpzuQZfV2EZqyKhUflNxGy9-EnmZDJ7qnUeMeB3HCpVgAiw9fegwFtR4dPShdapOXDEGtfB1NLrftKPQsbi2Ab_Zc/s1600/IMG_20240109_151817.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQllTBJ5L0NfUfVKJMKIrq4V0v4QGhNHXH9CY6gpFwJu0LjHUZr6wL60Vj_WdqSoYg-MmfrWt136FfVR-hiqnKANxPTSuHXRWd3tpzuQZfV2EZqyKhUflNxGy9-EnmZDJ7qnUeMeB3HCpVgAiw9fegwFtR4dPShdapOXDEGtfB1NLrftKPQsbi2Ab_Zc/s320/IMG_20240109_151817.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Next I glued up some packing foam scraps to form the cave. I filled in the gaps with watered down vinyl spackle, and sealed the whole thing with Mod Podge.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehyphenhyphenzuuGFZnEuCRtqMkZK1JtWBOd0iWJuceVy7nid5lZxSGN9wiki6IgyGR5T4mDhl8A6wVcQt6SkUZZFfI9nhmweWy8UMgQ3I9ZjN10_uz6fSX64z04B0K0zYospUyKrSDP2UZtFHC4C0LW8hasyFcLbOhIq0wxCSiXV56S1JRnB1gMGJbGWWJHdPuk0/s4624/20231229_141619.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehyphenhyphenzuuGFZnEuCRtqMkZK1JtWBOd0iWJuceVy7nid5lZxSGN9wiki6IgyGR5T4mDhl8A6wVcQt6SkUZZFfI9nhmweWy8UMgQ3I9ZjN10_uz6fSX64z04B0K0zYospUyKrSDP2UZtFHC4C0LW8hasyFcLbOhIq0wxCSiXV56S1JRnB1gMGJbGWWJHdPuk0/s320/20231229_141619.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">I used cosclay to make three of the larger tree trunks.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzfQ6wgy4OPz8rPaPp1eJYDaBzURaIl5j-OFK5wYny80Z8H2TCAP-Z4GsWvfYxYtSzREFUgpQRsdDlE_09US6TJBRf_HqM58fsPNwpAwtTZj2fbJ4KEvHwITE9DqgQLQv1miUBnSDKk7TDgsAiTKuiK8zD023TFLrD87E7T0LyyzKpp5ZnqSIqdy7Upg/s4624/20231229_162443.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzfQ6wgy4OPz8rPaPp1eJYDaBzURaIl5j-OFK5wYny80Z8H2TCAP-Z4GsWvfYxYtSzREFUgpQRsdDlE_09US6TJBRf_HqM58fsPNwpAwtTZj2fbJ4KEvHwITE9DqgQLQv1miUBnSDKk7TDgsAiTKuiK8zD023TFLrD87E7T0LyyzKpp5ZnqSIqdy7Upg/s320/20231229_162443.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxxLWkOcoPNxyw_SSc64TNKymq9Zg4fq20kxej3yXoKV8rmQVGS5qCKzuymmm8kWcqGwvwnjTlxPjCLsJ-ko6RxfxBaivigbBavBC62Cm11KeteXyhir_BrOLc1zX872LGYGT-jkV2WC1LI91MKlaymMLYkswEGUjKhTYf4iNQjRPP8RtvyOFLP2D7Wo/s4624/20231229_141628.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxxLWkOcoPNxyw_SSc64TNKymq9Zg4fq20kxej3yXoKV8rmQVGS5qCKzuymmm8kWcqGwvwnjTlxPjCLsJ-ko6RxfxBaivigbBavBC62Cm11KeteXyhir_BrOLc1zX872LGYGT-jkV2WC1LI91MKlaymMLYkswEGUjKhTYf4iNQjRPP8RtvyOFLP2D7Wo/s320/20231229_141628.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I had to make an attempt at a sort of alien landscape painting for the inside of the box.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_GJf8NmJN1toar13uJVGFvCOEr1iQeJFoW3nMDeg7PEzl1PMh0sKn8Rp0BF9kXyLuCBCXdJi_H4BlOKyWdIpwqD4vfr1OJcQEwMB080XDzTDmp4rtOp_YehjHmlwo0oW57UfS5zHRhVaiW9a0vxNEmekpEj0hopDD5Np_T1O2p4l0uyfHlLckORxwHk/s4624/20240101_081613.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_GJf8NmJN1toar13uJVGFvCOEr1iQeJFoW3nMDeg7PEzl1PMh0sKn8Rp0BF9kXyLuCBCXdJi_H4BlOKyWdIpwqD4vfr1OJcQEwMB080XDzTDmp4rtOp_YehjHmlwo0oW57UfS5zHRhVaiW9a0vxNEmekpEj0hopDD5Np_T1O2p4l0uyfHlLckORxwHk/s320/20240101_081613.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My second attempt at the landscape and I called it good.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2YTCoANmGsD8mhj4cviGcSE6naBtGr4Jh22wNr4j2lBTH_M5T49e3fyuw-DHpOHCax8pvdwgcEkPD2gVLu8JTCuRxQZXuEiLY_ZppAe4b6vRaxbhlaZqOgeW9yzkytBR80Y9wFxHeIevVh3ieXsG0AT9vYpqmaOtQnuNeATG9_0cohDAiWLT0eyHxqs/s4624/20240101_144803.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2YTCoANmGsD8mhj4cviGcSE6naBtGr4Jh22wNr4j2lBTH_M5T49e3fyuw-DHpOHCax8pvdwgcEkPD2gVLu8JTCuRxQZXuEiLY_ZppAe4b6vRaxbhlaZqOgeW9yzkytBR80Y9wFxHeIevVh3ieXsG0AT9vYpqmaOtQnuNeATG9_0cohDAiWLT0eyHxqs/s320/20240101_144803.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6936" data-original-width="6936" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJpW6YN6rsvoIGxBbKgzcP8Yw13fHhJ4kfOsFApegarmD68FQlni-TCPqOUBkT6ziBCt-g2z6fhmHCoJsaL3SU46dt0eSnLyOJqb_re8rLWgLAWzyShE4-OQ47caIpLAKcpjKurMue-jcqluz4L1c5Irq4fhVNzbXJvhyphenhyphenEqU4-o7OCTLXBjg_PNPGiUc/s320/20240104_214943.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>I hope she likes it!</div><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div></div></div>A Miniatures Hobby Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955521215153908012noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383663773937558150.post-45378499995813688682023-12-12T14:36:00.000-08:002023-12-12T14:36:01.994-08:00Back to Ships<p>I pulled my Kriegsmarine fleet back out, and finished installing the labels. I need three more light cruisers: two Königsberg class, and one Leipzig class. Pluss several U-Boats. I'm saving up a list with more British, Japanese, Italian, and French ships to print, the next time I start up the printer.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQ2w5n8uBzphqf2ThVX0u20jlTdF9kkActBaarKuh8lY-woMz_tIcNZXqjGN7Bz7kuS23chC9UNgEFTVtbR7coTEkqAAnKwPcKHvmizTem-0UgD5lxc65FNlTVMEoINqhCZY1_h4kt0MPcUE2yxhVAeZAMPJO6F-QxMPLsb5O21Hh0lkYVSPj0prrC1k/s4624/20231212_142528.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2604" data-original-width="4624" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQ2w5n8uBzphqf2ThVX0u20jlTdF9kkActBaarKuh8lY-woMz_tIcNZXqjGN7Bz7kuS23chC9UNgEFTVtbR7coTEkqAAnKwPcKHvmizTem-0UgD5lxc65FNlTVMEoINqhCZY1_h4kt0MPcUE2yxhVAeZAMPJO6F-QxMPLsb5O21Hh0lkYVSPj0prrC1k/w400-h225/20231212_142528.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>A Miniatures Hobby Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955521215153908012noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383663773937558150.post-80099916452448674752023-12-06T12:37:00.000-08:002023-12-06T12:37:07.588-08:00Hogsmeade Lighted Diorama<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUqWOV4HLJeBrtzeX3Hn0VOzzichz_-uvzZ6LM06_eZQwNKg3W8jL9-b0_JxqIqUvCtuzkudT4o7AOU5wAurYCdmm5sqtfpyI-zG9nih2Kqu6NFcUDbhm9gQtymGVXk3hzVI3E_JoWKcLJBwXSjCGWXlcZeIjE1tvJ2YZLKgGYEOfsA1kxD13tEeeF38/s4624/20231205_180222.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUqWOV4HLJeBrtzeX3Hn0VOzzichz_-uvzZ6LM06_eZQwNKg3W8jL9-b0_JxqIqUvCtuzkudT4o7AOU5wAurYCdmm5sqtfpyI-zG9nih2Kqu6NFcUDbhm9gQtymGVXk3hzVI3E_JoWKcLJBwXSjCGWXlcZeIjE1tvJ2YZLKgGYEOfsA1kxD13tEeeF38/s320/20231205_180222.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I finished the next Christmas present on the list. This one is for the youngest daughter, to go with the small lighted Hogwarts diorama I made for her last year. This was actually a sort of sickening experience. Since I wasn't sure of what I was doing, I didn't plan very well. I added so much detail to make it really Hogsmeade, then ended covering it all up with snow! I just felt sick about it. But that is what she wanted, Hogsmeade in deep snow, like in the movies. If I were to do it again, I would leave out 80% of the detail!<p></p><p>I hope she likes it!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0BnngmLvPSzNPv7MfNBxvNAb4n8l4vUuwBThvp2VCaGNCCryR7Cv72SHbnm4QJR6vInH45ejefeyIlPAjNppHZMUPdeS7fzH1kSGqAgOwisu9wfzIKLJnjvnIjrB_HBRXKcvvaKd4eOM5YYoYc-F3NPgYgAF4vyWxjd9tHozmv-3YbiVxUeLQNxNBOk/s4624/20231118_171656.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="2604" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0BnngmLvPSzNPv7MfNBxvNAb4n8l4vUuwBThvp2VCaGNCCryR7Cv72SHbnm4QJR6vInH45ejefeyIlPAjNppHZMUPdeS7fzH1kSGqAgOwisu9wfzIKLJnjvnIjrB_HBRXKcvvaKd4eOM5YYoYc-F3NPgYgAF4vyWxjd9tHozmv-3YbiVxUeLQNxNBOk/s320/20231118_171656.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Time to fill Christmas requests from our two daughters. Again, the themes this year are Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings, although Eragon, Anne McCaffrey's Dragon Riders, Wheel of Time, and Horror were also mentioned. I'll have to keep these others in mind for later perhaps. </p><p>The first booknook for this year is finished. I must confess this isn't an original idea. I saw a similar one created by an artist in Poland, I think. But there were a few things about it I thought didn't look right and should be different. So this is my version. I wanted Sauron to be actively stepping out of the book, not just standing looking out. And since the figure is from the movie version, I felt the ring and mace should be in the right hand not the left, like in the movie. And rather than have scraps of book pages stuffed or pasted randomly around the figure's torso, I thought it would look better to have book pages sandwiching the portion of the figure still in the book and show the fires of Mount Doom flickering between them, behind the figure. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiozLPCHObz7rvEFastoBz6V31jHqaQnOOEsrz36TZwfGqQ1g9r4jzSffS1lUmuBRzKChirpgxPH7WyVICTL1SsROj0XNAODZwl2obe4qV0QWvKJc4oE4vBsGbcu2Ag9Qb2KcpPIwyMaYRhjypWxtTtAh1dU9XkdfIxaRWQ3QwqUUf5DnQkc8Fk84v2awg/s4624/20231117_211118.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4624" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiozLPCHObz7rvEFastoBz6V31jHqaQnOOEsrz36TZwfGqQ1g9r4jzSffS1lUmuBRzKChirpgxPH7WyVICTL1SsROj0XNAODZwl2obe4qV0QWvKJc4oE4vBsGbcu2Ag9Qb2KcpPIwyMaYRhjypWxtTtAh1dU9XkdfIxaRWQ3QwqUUf5DnQkc8Fk84v2awg/s320/20231117_211118.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It was the only thing I could think of.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1deraGFa2sYd82yHnC8aG0gR5q27_NBk3sYm9T8-WzJPI4vFkkQ7Zc2r7yBXgdr2aOOf7a30DV5pS6bqKypn3_uq_E-pQ39L8V8Zurh2dMvKr2vOSLoJgXQ40inU7x5lRm45NJ3w53pOyxvcfcLNwKo3faGuRoVpRrX3DpwGOZDIGQqW5diShk1efwoA/s3456/20231117_213748.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1deraGFa2sYd82yHnC8aG0gR5q27_NBk3sYm9T8-WzJPI4vFkkQ7Zc2r7yBXgdr2aOOf7a30DV5pS6bqKypn3_uq_E-pQ39L8V8Zurh2dMvKr2vOSLoJgXQ40inU7x5lRm45NJ3w53pOyxvcfcLNwKo3faGuRoVpRrX3DpwGOZDIGQqW5diShk1efwoA/s320/20231117_213748.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-97u9EL8PMYWlRke3xSxo5wtvegqr4E8WzOur0tzwblNtrGbtbyP26FuylRfGTpRGvP3bzbhvl-3Ymi-ul7DYZHB86UFf36RLYBD61iUAlpJW_1sPLlTaIBoknNiJxwMDF-rXNWzNdyoTvJopt4em5DievsT95T8xkqD31p3e6E3UgrC-7yPcxRUhB9M/s4624/20231114_065712.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="2084" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-97u9EL8PMYWlRke3xSxo5wtvegqr4E8WzOur0tzwblNtrGbtbyP26FuylRfGTpRGvP3bzbhvl-3Ymi-ul7DYZHB86UFf36RLYBD61iUAlpJW_1sPLlTaIBoknNiJxwMDF-rXNWzNdyoTvJopt4em5DievsT95T8xkqD31p3e6E3UgrC-7yPcxRUhB9M/s320/20231114_065712.jpg" width="144" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This book blank came from the paper machè section at Hobby Lobby. It was surprisingly tough to cut into, being double layered in the spine.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvm2G99kSuaVphNszfpwmoG0r-E0vop54Mgvg0-b4aaTw4TwABttdwZsoUYQszlhqBqt367xWeIrUbxiCbQ7KTVpzti-wVgfAxaLJhIKWyIxxMPFiAqYyWxghqf6H_ttbiFw1uhLnRipHDvy4XEAFMUdMKTgnyFyKxuMQF4ET8DfZmAmQOPF-xqAl-VsA/s4624/20231114_065720.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="2084" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvm2G99kSuaVphNszfpwmoG0r-E0vop54Mgvg0-b4aaTw4TwABttdwZsoUYQszlhqBqt367xWeIrUbxiCbQ7KTVpzti-wVgfAxaLJhIKWyIxxMPFiAqYyWxghqf6H_ttbiFw1uhLnRipHDvy4XEAFMUdMKTgnyFyKxuMQF4ET8DfZmAmQOPF-xqAl-VsA/s320/20231114_065720.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCnAPxJZi_bJAaseUSzY_yDQUEZnToC1JJaUomx5C5dBlb8yADnFE7ilmQaZAMLPchhcgEHR4gT5RFMLwLXTXag0n7tP2jdt5GM99Ixo7Z06pAYyUIXVxd0aU1cMvR8bEOTk8pR2t1VpHN7xbwrMq5vX4phKs6FRcXkfyTqhqA1fWW_iBSHDdaTVqM9U/s4624/20231114_065733.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="2084" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCnAPxJZi_bJAaseUSzY_yDQUEZnToC1JJaUomx5C5dBlb8yADnFE7ilmQaZAMLPchhcgEHR4gT5RFMLwLXTXag0n7tP2jdt5GM99Ixo7Z06pAYyUIXVxd0aU1cMvR8bEOTk8pR2t1VpHN7xbwrMq5vX4phKs6FRcXkfyTqhqA1fWW_iBSHDdaTVqM9U/s320/20231114_065733.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfzy544VaSFHEhv4IqP3DXE-AOQhUTMMUstcaQyrnJ1u_QdCS08VLFRAa_Ca3Xclxz86kNXMT9A6Q6zApaJMfSPv7Pju70sP6mbLFZJHT4dsrgipDFQCJeflbSxf2wgCnIRCh3OlTDj5F8Uby1mO79ROx5k-oTK8tOo5-RnZvb7aOCtviQWtxlSeE3P0/s4624/20231114_065739.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="2084" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfzy544VaSFHEhv4IqP3DXE-AOQhUTMMUstcaQyrnJ1u_QdCS08VLFRAa_Ca3Xclxz86kNXMT9A6Q6zApaJMfSPv7Pju70sP6mbLFZJHT4dsrgipDFQCJeflbSxf2wgCnIRCh3OlTDj5F8Uby1mO79ROx5k-oTK8tOo5-RnZvb7aOCtviQWtxlSeE3P0/s320/20231114_065739.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oGBzuY8zFuKVoAMn0M-_CXMJcZ699u0Gaqk48qRkPmTcZ0gw8pjf7gL2B5JAqf7MThG0W2ZzEDLWAiFweY68uFEkJ9NP7yhGlpywpmGbXP2wttM7rm8kiqg6RX9NCC-pU_6NwnQT6N8gM9B2txWJ7OZC0vfcqHNC44KaXpfcJv_UWehaERSKFAm53kU/s4624/20231114_065755.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="2084" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oGBzuY8zFuKVoAMn0M-_CXMJcZ699u0Gaqk48qRkPmTcZ0gw8pjf7gL2B5JAqf7MThG0W2ZzEDLWAiFweY68uFEkJ9NP7yhGlpywpmGbXP2wttM7rm8kiqg6RX9NCC-pU_6NwnQT6N8gM9B2txWJ7OZC0vfcqHNC44KaXpfcJv_UWehaERSKFAm53kU/s320/20231114_065755.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnWvcOqy7nEjf5Vbia5WPhxhNbFeA_GPUhRlWHkkA3uhUkF-klDOLBkXtSvM76OzAcpDGk8r_9j_oXxP2nLc_4yAEuPxIGIBBzJdQSba_cMez188yHf_yetel1QSDblT8CKYOs7YglEpSVpubddn_uVgViwmDCXqTjGLBHmnGvPsjOPmGUzvRyMfkfSI/s4624/20231114_065849.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="2084" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnWvcOqy7nEjf5Vbia5WPhxhNbFeA_GPUhRlWHkkA3uhUkF-klDOLBkXtSvM76OzAcpDGk8r_9j_oXxP2nLc_4yAEuPxIGIBBzJdQSba_cMez188yHf_yetel1QSDblT8CKYOs7YglEpSVpubddn_uVgViwmDCXqTjGLBHmnGvPsjOPmGUzvRyMfkfSI/s320/20231114_065849.jpg" width="144" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I dismantled the shoulder armor and head to get them ready for lights. I used a sharp blade, heat gun, and rubber band to shape the left leg for stepping out. I drilled the length of the body cavity and shved a straw through the hole to accomodate the wires for the head light.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhll07UaP8MXYGpHr4Qzju0W9gvF1CrHYyvQ20xv9IXOBsJ2Sp5-Hlax1t3cG3gsQAB9J5maqhvyO6AAfj0dW3uCtKZ9GOxdmPG-sRwcCwECDeKOaFtbCE-sOBb2swJPNUUOUihWWbtmqngs6Z6sWQp0TgA-HeD8wiqBBpDew5bGyBFnI54wL_AmmAyIM/s4624/20231117_160028.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhll07UaP8MXYGpHr4Qzju0W9gvF1CrHYyvQ20xv9IXOBsJ2Sp5-Hlax1t3cG3gsQAB9J5maqhvyO6AAfj0dW3uCtKZ9GOxdmPG-sRwcCwECDeKOaFtbCE-sOBb2swJPNUUOUihWWbtmqngs6Z6sWQp0TgA-HeD8wiqBBpDew5bGyBFnI54wL_AmmAyIM/s320/20231117_160028.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The back end of Sauron showing here with the wiring, battery box, and 3 candle flicker bulbs.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwGvvwK33o9hzbdOteUSnUjKRtL8eH3I0mZ4pOnPdzU7p5L6ElIk4fvvoNNcbNdBVCivDOCw_8PAUSBqQ1Ufw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p>Now I have to get to work on the next gift for Daughter #2.</p><p><br /></p>A Miniatures Hobby Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955521215153908012noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383663773937558150.post-77533571380472551422023-11-08T15:30:00.001-08:002023-11-08T15:40:31.413-08:00My WWII US Fleet<p>This is my WWII US fleet, finished and labeled. The ships are all 1/2400 scale and PLA printed, except for one GHQ model, USS Pennsylvania.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcDIqi9sy6MCkHpk0pZgWw6cn4mArM8G_21bluOxf5PDAGfXlilM3Ql46Pa-XdkWsYat-euF5eSWad7rV77g4jHr7iCgMeVdHkAKRdr16fm0fBU2iX95pqOawnZ0GO3IxC7PTo7dIWeTXbARYvT3_BfuU4bMTDG9VhrlcETGI0Tmit3q_Q9fNRzLqHbE/s4624/20231108_150302.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4624" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcDIqi9sy6MCkHpk0pZgWw6cn4mArM8G_21bluOxf5PDAGfXlilM3Ql46Pa-XdkWsYat-euF5eSWad7rV77g4jHr7iCgMeVdHkAKRdr16fm0fBU2iX95pqOawnZ0GO3IxC7PTo7dIWeTXbARYvT3_BfuU4bMTDG9VhrlcETGI0Tmit3q_Q9fNRzLqHbE/s320/20231108_150302.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flattops, battleships, and cruisers</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKUp7rsYr0JaaDKgjSXUokO5-zR2gWAK4i4FimkMyP9J9cXBdh0Xvct8KEa_U2k6q8WHvl4k-5FwDv5Vw4TJLML_NbsHvurAjpxmw7HWDUiA3dP-pDJDV6WSX3gOgVTXk_Sd2EMD9EfvHOIZBJ6rnJSxmG45k_1-r9I0AnEKlX16QY3pCd8iYY9XbplRI/s4624/20231108_150625.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4624" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKUp7rsYr0JaaDKgjSXUokO5-zR2gWAK4i4FimkMyP9J9cXBdh0Xvct8KEa_U2k6q8WHvl4k-5FwDv5Vw4TJLML_NbsHvurAjpxmw7HWDUiA3dP-pDJDV6WSX3gOgVTXk_Sd2EMD9EfvHOIZBJ6rnJSxmG45k_1-r9I0AnEKlX16QY3pCd8iYY9XbplRI/s320/20231108_150625.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Destroyers: Fletcher class, Farragut class, Mahan class, and Porter class<br />Submarines: Gato class and Balao class</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I also added the same tpe of labels to my British and Japanese fleets.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi10rFLJPm6ibGRFzZTdNf6bvuDsWpxSsevioZmWnMCm61kUIgLLWhm4sB13i3jx4S5UG9Ipvthz7__NV6n-KtZ1UHTaoiQQTT5cYGCeF_3YgBuYZgnWsYE9JdQWMBy8z7LAo87kmnvv5l-Aa38ZE5wtGXiwxInj-ZoXM6dZ5RjuJ96Ia7ZJQ5aGsz7A3g/s4624/20231108_153811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4624" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi10rFLJPm6ibGRFzZTdNf6bvuDsWpxSsevioZmWnMCm61kUIgLLWhm4sB13i3jx4S5UG9Ipvthz7__NV6n-KtZ1UHTaoiQQTT5cYGCeF_3YgBuYZgnWsYE9JdQWMBy8z7LAo87kmnvv5l-Aa38ZE5wtGXiwxInj-ZoXM6dZ5RjuJ96Ia7ZJQ5aGsz7A3g/s320/20231108_153811.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIkr5U1m9gQrBPaASaSYLoDyh1jsCPdSk3ti_MdPSNclycRWEzgaNDtDjYpHSZF5Tg85o29lujS-lm1CRnjByP0utTTD3qx0scYgeducHkoL79OjAcRuBxelQ8dEgtpr4BAQTY5uaKFbSNmNJiVWMytM_uziZ_HKTET2zC5fKmlwFjF_iLNlxJz1dBF0Y/s4624/20231108_153822.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4624" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIkr5U1m9gQrBPaASaSYLoDyh1jsCPdSk3ti_MdPSNclycRWEzgaNDtDjYpHSZF5Tg85o29lujS-lm1CRnjByP0utTTD3qx0scYgeducHkoL79OjAcRuBxelQ8dEgtpr4BAQTY5uaKFbSNmNJiVWMytM_uziZ_HKTET2zC5fKmlwFjF_iLNlxJz1dBF0Y/s320/20231108_153822.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>There are more ships I want to do for the Japanese and British fleets. I also want to start French and Italian fleets, maybe even a Russian fleet. And I still need to add labels to the German ships. </p><p>But, I have to stop! Why, you ask! Well, because it's booknook and diorama season of course! It's time to get cracking on Christmas orders from my children! The orders this year are a Shelob vs. Samwise Gamgee or a Dark Lord Sauron nook, and a diorama model of Hogsmeade from the Harry Potter universe.</p><p>It's already a week into November, so I am going to have to move it!</p>A Miniatures Hobby Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955521215153908012noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383663773937558150.post-46748538348919049962023-08-22T20:14:00.002-07:002023-08-23T09:54:38.281-07:00WWII Fleet Extras <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPfh_SMUUP1SPhJCYBoaenmjdRFTXgIBKM4qx8JT00qfHLp4Rwv92hGO9y4EnDf-JLUbL-fhdLL47DgDJR4SoLaFPW0CsnY_57El09-oUk9QOVXRZo1bbUchucRBFidftwALXkQGheFr2iS_V_ibDrA9iePrS3sme4n6Anh3dGaImW0BeCTxmtVrDMPo/s4624/20230822_201535.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2604" data-original-width="4624" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPfh_SMUUP1SPhJCYBoaenmjdRFTXgIBKM4qx8JT00qfHLp4Rwv92hGO9y4EnDf-JLUbL-fhdLL47DgDJR4SoLaFPW0CsnY_57El09-oUk9QOVXRZo1bbUchucRBFidftwALXkQGheFr2iS_V_ibDrA9iePrS3sme4n6Anh3dGaImW0BeCTxmtVrDMPo/s320/20230822_201535.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Here are 16 more ships to fill in each navy that I've done so far. </p><p>Five German ships:</p><p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Gneisenau battle cruiser </li><li>Prinz Eugen - Hipper class heavy cruiser</li><li>Blücher - Hipper class heavy cruiser </li><li>Graf Spee - Deutschland class heavy cruiser </li><li>Admiral Scheer - Deutschland class hevy cruiser </li></ul><div>Six British ships:</div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>HMNZS Achilles - Leander class light cruiser </li><li>HMS Ajax - Leander class light cruiser</li><li>HMS Sheffield - Town class light cruiser </li><li>HMS Dorsetshire - County Norfolk sub-class heavy cruiser </li><li>HMS Norfolk - County Norfolk sub-class heavy cruiser </li><li>HMS Cumberland - County Kent sub-class heavy cruiser</li></ul>Five Japanese ships:<p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>IJN Soryu - Aircraft Carrier</li><li>IJN Hiryu - Aircraft Carrier</li><li>IJN Kaga - Aircraft Carrier</li><li>IJN Akagi - Aircraft Carrier</li><li>IJN Shokaku- Aircraft Carrier</li></ul><div>These should round out the three fleets.</div><div>Next I'll be concentrating on the US fleet. I haven't found many freebees in the US ships. So I will most likely have to make some more purchases, like I did with this lot.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9REbw1dsuvdXzWwJ8JkF8odSUGL6qxmYSVDLAhQE4eyK2Imgh2jMZmVGJmFFInNT5K2l1zET_ly-y_d5CVMsuSLtZQgFOlH8yXNJ4BsMCb1seHmARSf0oBvrOQK4ZDyoj2pWA71VzbGSq98R93daw3M4QdRfdlTX-4cK8xCId1mUsxLMwZjSWmcxsEAQ/s4624/20230817_201346.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2604" data-original-width="4624" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9REbw1dsuvdXzWwJ8JkF8odSUGL6qxmYSVDLAhQE4eyK2Imgh2jMZmVGJmFFInNT5K2l1zET_ly-y_d5CVMsuSLtZQgFOlH8yXNJ4BsMCb1seHmARSf0oBvrOQK4ZDyoj2pWA71VzbGSq98R93daw3M4QdRfdlTX-4cK8xCId1mUsxLMwZjSWmcxsEAQ/s320/20230817_201346.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt51oQEk4v-2tbiNO2phkjgoWojp9DQ2avIjhUlaMBPaQC9pXUpjZpFAmvuwvXMxTAaSady_cePIAJYPsf5cersJOS1zFY53DdStILTqiywg32hLW5ISDoPoH9UBQVvhyRuCzZFbvA5f3K6LKafiZIxVGfV-DHqD5EWOMKxe11xzrV9pto_QuyyrKHA-M/s4624/20230818_162131.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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These include additional British cruiser classes, German cruisers, and a few more famous IJN carriers. I've been in the process of printing them all day and mountin them to bases as they come off the printer.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22sslCVDm8Ha-0yFvN-i3D--G4f5nYqAox8BSWjSnGYIcjKhYdiUo4tCud3XX3M7PrwgUEiFKPZmMRNSwrl2zFEb9ZU-c2tS49onrl1RFTtHAQWDTl4mmE4AXtEm-YTargPBsmcV8a7XwL06DxFWtnwAkuPskl9NEJZ_hrVlHSwc6LCuqkjaJefMsVgA/s4624/20230817_201346.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2604" data-original-width="4624" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22sslCVDm8Ha-0yFvN-i3D--G4f5nYqAox8BSWjSnGYIcjKhYdiUo4tCud3XX3M7PrwgUEiFKPZmMRNSwrl2zFEb9ZU-c2tS49onrl1RFTtHAQWDTl4mmE4AXtEm-YTargPBsmcV8a7XwL06DxFWtnwAkuPskl9NEJZ_hrVlHSwc6LCuqkjaJefMsVgA/s320/20230817_201346.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Germans to the laft, British to the right.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>A Miniatures Hobby Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955521215153908012noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383663773937558150.post-42500577868973872882023-08-08T15:48:00.001-07:002023-08-23T09:55:47.914-07:00WWII German Fleet<p> I finally had a couple of days to get back to work on the 1/2400 WWII fleets. This one is the German fleet. It only has 13 vessels so far. The next time I have enough new files to justify firing up the printer again, I will print another Hipper class heavy cruiser to use for the Prinz Eugen, and another Scharnhorst to use for the Gneisenau. The Scharnhorst here is GHQ and the Bismarck is scratch built.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiow5yxmIjHtPbUF3FM5c89liGmynt9ZD3fq7w92HfQaQ_xYlTL__6jPH6B7QDduKKFnjVAuRfg0FNWK8we3s7zJ8IQDvB2hIvLnd7gzbUwNGRugz_ZhhwzEMNAbkTd3zDclfaRbU7kDXCx7BIbEvTAO949HAi7FaGzoePhrFR-S9NUMS35LZCjyQZP9DA/s4624/20230805_195841.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiow5yxmIjHtPbUF3FM5c89liGmynt9ZD3fq7w92HfQaQ_xYlTL__6jPH6B7QDduKKFnjVAuRfg0FNWK8we3s7zJ8IQDvB2hIvLnd7gzbUwNGRugz_ZhhwzEMNAbkTd3zDclfaRbU7kDXCx7BIbEvTAO949HAi7FaGzoePhrFR-S9NUMS35LZCjyQZP9DA/s320/20230805_195841.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy7ALqyX-K-WB3E09J3GE3lqc4rO8OJGH0UYfeqMv5x0Jg0c10WL4uOruYFsYVQVot6H0TTTr6qOqy7zkseD5Q799jXDXHppSX8xcTpZRfcG7ORY2RbvAZEO0stiQys4ouEwcbBPXmEgfesqQIQtMUgjAaeKF9s-4jX_S8jI57X20vkAUC31HPNadOsc4/s4624/20230808_152408.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy7ALqyX-K-WB3E09J3GE3lqc4rO8OJGH0UYfeqMv5x0Jg0c10WL4uOruYFsYVQVot6H0TTTr6qOqy7zkseD5Q799jXDXHppSX8xcTpZRfcG7ORY2RbvAZEO0stiQys4ouEwcbBPXmEgfesqQIQtMUgjAaeKF9s-4jX_S8jI57X20vkAUC31HPNadOsc4/w400-h300/20230808_152408.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>A Miniatures Hobby Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955521215153908012noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383663773937558150.post-12658202947797713192023-08-04T18:36:00.006-07:002023-08-06T22:56:52.534-07:001/600 Scale Spanish Armada Transport Galleon<p> A couple of weeks ago Henry Turner, from Turner Miniatures, asked me if I would be interested in building a ship from his upcoming Spanish Armada Kickstarter coming out around September 1st so he can use it for advertising. Of course I said no! (NOT LIKELY!) I actually said hell yes! So here is the build of a 1588 Spanish Armada Uncas Transport Galleon. I hope you like it!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTzlhKQWju60Xe5jIbGkW2fIHtjo9JHZ26QxMKfX5FC-8sFHJchbP0NESZ9-CkeVNEKpdV1_zrXaY4PXcHcLURet7ScEwZL8gzF91FioFPb-7q9p4REKE9glPRH1dRtiKbBR5IHmmfMoXprTPg6ZW8p7xNEMa_if5PGquOI6-b71vANzDNUz_L9mpMWZ0/s4624/20230804_171612.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTzlhKQWju60Xe5jIbGkW2fIHtjo9JHZ26QxMKfX5FC-8sFHJchbP0NESZ9-CkeVNEKpdV1_zrXaY4PXcHcLURet7ScEwZL8gzF91FioFPb-7q9p4REKE9glPRH1dRtiKbBR5IHmmfMoXprTPg6ZW8p7xNEMa_if5PGquOI6-b71vANzDNUz_L9mpMWZ0/s320/20230804_171612.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>After Henry sent me the file, I sliced it with Ultimaker Cura 4.12.1 to prepare it for my Ender 5 Pro printer. Then started printing.<br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhv1QWMK9VCoib6TrBdgEOf--2jy-wk90-U_NfAMbgKmz5NMcCeA3Lne_EXhkIaV_5VhR6dcXmFWa_VA4uMEkduURMbX1biLu-Mi5qpdCVGk9PwWo36_tVcTXITA7YMv01596IswWa01V7xkO4oFFjPxW7JsJCJAzlGza_iQIfv9VnPlkFJmVipO-RtdQ/s1920/received_976520660229996.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="1920" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhv1QWMK9VCoib6TrBdgEOf--2jy-wk90-U_NfAMbgKmz5NMcCeA3Lne_EXhkIaV_5VhR6dcXmFWa_VA4uMEkduURMbX1biLu-Mi5qpdCVGk9PwWo36_tVcTXITA7YMv01596IswWa01V7xkO4oFFjPxW7JsJCJAzlGza_iQIfv9VnPlkFJmVipO-RtdQ/s320/received_976520660229996.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I use masking tape after the brim has printed to ensure the print stays fast to the table.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOWCnVali7Nh_5xgbLyHahKdM7F4DUOVx7JXKE27fpPYqkQsM7b0US5_ubRi0KbMqGI_qS-1cNH0Xf2LY1pMSwGh70JuDH9G6PoTs9Wb1RwfjSP0kqB7S1VhVXO5zh7AKHQCPO6J8qy1tN41Mu6RpEwRO32Fe9suhL2CSSZKytdXnNYn426JeFwSO-V4/s1920/received_1023382852361777.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="1920" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOWCnVali7Nh_5xgbLyHahKdM7F4DUOVx7JXKE27fpPYqkQsM7b0US5_ubRi0KbMqGI_qS-1cNH0Xf2LY1pMSwGh70JuDH9G6PoTs9Wb1RwfjSP0kqB7S1VhVXO5zh7AKHQCPO6J8qy1tN41Mu6RpEwRO32Fe9suhL2CSSZKytdXnNYn426JeFwSO-V4/s320/received_1023382852361777.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The print turned out beautiful</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I had never built one of these before so I had to do some research. There is not much to go on.</div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZE_lrw7ASjmIFD1sAXRwEWqGKqOKSdfeKgFjTsDrrnUUbizY4VEsGwcR90Q3oQOt4dXrUyUZDDkEl-lVCL1LEn8CrzfGlA3pKkCzuUrUPGobkCIQC9KpTuVmCkYqY7maabCcQ3IcLBsiMoV8EY07abEqzwS3SHTWx0NEV3Vpalj-z7U7WqaQGrqc1tpc/s1920/received_290961386937506.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="1920" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZE_lrw7ASjmIFD1sAXRwEWqGKqOKSdfeKgFjTsDrrnUUbizY4VEsGwcR90Q3oQOt4dXrUyUZDDkEl-lVCL1LEn8CrzfGlA3pKkCzuUrUPGobkCIQC9KpTuVmCkYqY7maabCcQ3IcLBsiMoV8EY07abEqzwS3SHTWx0NEV3Vpalj-z7U7WqaQGrqc1tpc/s320/received_290961386937506.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first base colors are on</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNDDba7wBim6QsDXz-QroSY5Big6t7fHVAdt8gvN9CfP-RlGHwQ14gaNd1AQqk2i5JGdK_BUEYMV26GIBzyhSzbqowRR43AFmCxBE6T4lEQV0GUmcEsOIqdiD_m4WQRRAGoJflvyQflzmVMXQoK1QZuM_35HwJy7_3F9gxkBOi5EbG1v-PEzeYmcyZUwg/s1920/received_820036319536335.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="1920" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNDDba7wBim6QsDXz-QroSY5Big6t7fHVAdt8gvN9CfP-RlGHwQ14gaNd1AQqk2i5JGdK_BUEYMV26GIBzyhSzbqowRR43AFmCxBE6T4lEQV0GUmcEsOIqdiD_m4WQRRAGoJflvyQflzmVMXQoK1QZuM_35HwJy7_3F9gxkBOi5EbG1v-PEzeYmcyZUwg/s320/received_820036319536335.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I built the masts in my usual method with steel music wire</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6kOJUWkVWFhMjl8LKjXtlGo0q-7FEE2p1UqApI4wyBkfelsBHtvJdsVbWcH-DxW-iWKBFTKnwFRNDzs-XaVmqG2nj2Uezgc-R_oiTPgeFin_HfyZHx4ERHv5g9Hbf1_k7qc7Z4poACm1WNeVrkZNy2-kLWAlJrLzI69U6iSv-GRnaP-qwBGFa_9EeCE/s3456/20230723_191911.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6kOJUWkVWFhMjl8LKjXtlGo0q-7FEE2p1UqApI4wyBkfelsBHtvJdsVbWcH-DxW-iWKBFTKnwFRNDzs-XaVmqG2nj2Uezgc-R_oiTPgeFin_HfyZHx4ERHv5g9Hbf1_k7qc7Z4poACm1WNeVrkZNy2-kLWAlJrLzI69U6iSv-GRnaP-qwBGFa_9EeCE/s320/20230723_191911.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sails for this one are made from regular printer paper</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfpTa-KS2t27fFzoPHY8L5koZuBmhx3UM1MGRU5I8xUd_9klp0MTieCOWKO3RGwmMGc8QAB5j5LvFWdlXMpJDmTKwmu1SG6XOewo-y9hXwIga3eVYZhf2jbpm4BrEkKOQcbkZ7yUvvptHYno82SKV2W_2HNZz8AdGNr1wAFuqFyhWjO8sC-g1g3pN5PI/s3456/20230723_191937.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfpTa-KS2t27fFzoPHY8L5koZuBmhx3UM1MGRU5I8xUd_9klp0MTieCOWKO3RGwmMGc8QAB5j5LvFWdlXMpJDmTKwmu1SG6XOewo-y9hXwIga3eVYZhf2jbpm4BrEkKOQcbkZ7yUvvptHYno82SKV2W_2HNZz8AdGNr1wAFuqFyhWjO8sC-g1g3pN5PI/s320/20230723_191937.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Masts set</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08b2f3mVXR4JRLfB_QUOYtC7Qo_yiIJ5ZHsZx8DJLuDRx_P9xLoCL7-7ymqhBKuiddlmU7XxTb5YUHX8pBS5QHda9IkZ4gRB2eI3_tFq9QsITZEriVMJwjZp8-yfvZHpghEa2c3SoKG1HlP4KMDTv8D9HOCFIzNZ7r3h4QKkf9_kLtLeEAQZ9yJfOwTQ/s3456/20230724_174330.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08b2f3mVXR4JRLfB_QUOYtC7Qo_yiIJ5ZHsZx8DJLuDRx_P9xLoCL7-7ymqhBKuiddlmU7XxTb5YUHX8pBS5QHda9IkZ4gRB2eI3_tFq9QsITZEriVMJwjZp8-yfvZHpghEa2c3SoKG1HlP4KMDTv8D9HOCFIzNZ7r3h4QKkf9_kLtLeEAQZ9yJfOwTQ/s320/20230724_174330.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spars are tied on and tie holes punched into sails</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8B8Jf3ZzmP0ffbkg2RfHF7ESgCK7ScZiXScGRmAYvZ0l6s4B3cyLm32jFWOgxbD5Q31_wJqRW6oRrRO6gXH9T5cEIJkHB9AtHZ4JlxTjDaEhC7uWItaFUu5RXxTzCvgtCnrJiQsZrLRrOjauL4QGnIXWjZFekzJILnPvvw8oOe1THKS8LmCOSUL20uw8/s3456/20230725_190313.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8B8Jf3ZzmP0ffbkg2RfHF7ESgCK7ScZiXScGRmAYvZ0l6s4B3cyLm32jFWOgxbD5Q31_wJqRW6oRrRO6gXH9T5cEIJkHB9AtHZ4JlxTjDaEhC7uWItaFUu5RXxTzCvgtCnrJiQsZrLRrOjauL4QGnIXWjZFekzJILnPvvw8oOe1THKS8LmCOSUL20uw8/s320/20230725_190313.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sails get tied onto spars with just a touch of glue to hold the knots</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNXomlLoSc4-KMdit-rNaBkjrJmZieh812JWVlqlyxRGBvkLq4PomtUkOpRJXtKK0jmDPX3L1vW9eqlD_LGNNARi6Acp7xOkOY1J8eddgFkP_jjSXB3XPBSSvbakFSk3fN7YftDIAXIep_dt5gPxaGjI3hBsTc9EjDtalq4Gon2OKN3i_uVJdPxLVVU1Y/s3456/20230726_123446.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNXomlLoSc4-KMdit-rNaBkjrJmZieh812JWVlqlyxRGBvkLq4PomtUkOpRJXtKK0jmDPX3L1vW9eqlD_LGNNARi6Acp7xOkOY1J8eddgFkP_jjSXB3XPBSSvbakFSk3fN7YftDIAXIep_dt5gPxaGjI3hBsTc9EjDtalq4Gon2OKN3i_uVJdPxLVVU1Y/s320/20230726_123446.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirVPUaACBIJxpX7S7bn9t5UYNLR5QmNtf5VRZh2_mPrtK2OiYIHUqd_wDEBpJq--6kRZukh2ZkgkJt8xSY6FV3sJDMBs93jlYlzhnIZWPKfxRmtpVBhOQNOFhg73KD6lVym8yR_cunyh7S83LnP9nQ6Tb-RNg-bCJcvBz-fdEwKsHUA7ouhDTAakD1g5s/s3456/20230726_191205.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirVPUaACBIJxpX7S7bn9t5UYNLR5QmNtf5VRZh2_mPrtK2OiYIHUqd_wDEBpJq--6kRZukh2ZkgkJt8xSY6FV3sJDMBs93jlYlzhnIZWPKfxRmtpVBhOQNOFhg73KD6lVym8yR_cunyh7S83LnP9nQ6Tb-RNg-bCJcvBz-fdEwKsHUA7ouhDTAakD1g5s/s320/20230726_191205.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first of the standing rigging is being applied</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR6WfSSwlxUBUYaihXbzqyF1Ox2xSEcC5wv0A2eJC27jCajnrfYkyjFEOU52H4w6UVqgJMcVbgfrdbuTLqrPsKrakMfdGD2PB4uTikNzjET079hr7y8PB1dA9atoYUTgk2W0uHi3lY3HSNYx9TkyC3LtjZGVin7Fe_DI4K8YUbzRTt91gditMTTTuKdV4/s3456/20230730_135911.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR6WfSSwlxUBUYaihXbzqyF1Ox2xSEcC5wv0A2eJC27jCajnrfYkyjFEOU52H4w6UVqgJMcVbgfrdbuTLqrPsKrakMfdGD2PB4uTikNzjET079hr7y8PB1dA9atoYUTgk2W0uHi3lY3HSNYx9TkyC3LtjZGVin7Fe_DI4K8YUbzRTt91gditMTTTuKdV4/s320/20230730_135911.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time to make the ratlines. One set more for this ship due to the extra mast</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6pK9Uifm6vTcILYskCtxU9BELhlWWxKbVO2usGAwnHf83ZOoZ7ok5aNQFEU83u5xhhNcsbm-YbW_0OjvBO2uBbN459w9SAA-e5XT6_Afgs-GJvjTuaa_UW7eIxAMgTR9oFRZgeMUe44TykF-ttZ7WHYBVxfcqL4AcdmRX6c-bzFyoO3qqRsSoIo5KrKI/s3456/20230730_173825.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6pK9Uifm6vTcILYskCtxU9BELhlWWxKbVO2usGAwnHf83ZOoZ7ok5aNQFEU83u5xhhNcsbm-YbW_0OjvBO2uBbN459w9SAA-e5XT6_Afgs-GJvjTuaa_UW7eIxAMgTR9oFRZgeMUe44TykF-ttZ7WHYBVxfcqL4AcdmRX6c-bzFyoO3qqRsSoIo5KrKI/s320/20230730_173825.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ratlines mounted</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxLXw1u6Hn5UOJB6inA5wrRLnNT1GgXL3qSMfWrsm_Y8fS00snc_5W8FjDxrlExdmYlRdTZzwsfgisUh0LCvBKNcSeGAp3BpBmrV3N_bw2_wY8mUMFK7f5O1SC_d7TwM5qng5AVfl8uAEPT4O6erG98OL11MiepA9cLyjIa2NCPOWi41q2C7a3i0lTJ38/s3456/20230731_200831.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxLXw1u6Hn5UOJB6inA5wrRLnNT1GgXL3qSMfWrsm_Y8fS00snc_5W8FjDxrlExdmYlRdTZzwsfgisUh0LCvBKNcSeGAp3BpBmrV3N_bw2_wY8mUMFK7f5O1SC_d7TwM5qng5AVfl8uAEPT4O6erG98OL11MiepA9cLyjIa2NCPOWi41q2C7a3i0lTJ38/s320/20230731_200831.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All of the standing rigging is done and the first of the running rigging has started at the stem </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3E4xG21wsQQ9Cw2vXhcXAinAkj8iFkfJDPZK26Aqq0a5cdyqyvq9Adz86NiCzVWwMuPnNTFUbu1fdQpZWw9W5t3wjSY_eSq7cm670f7Ia42mwsaUcqc8rY9deOfuferatdAiQfAjV_etU1G1XnXVDDM6U7hfGBtmmmgbnM6I1jzP3qWIPyP3fa3XRJY/s3456/20230731_200845.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3E4xG21wsQQ9Cw2vXhcXAinAkj8iFkfJDPZK26Aqq0a5cdyqyvq9Adz86NiCzVWwMuPnNTFUbu1fdQpZWw9W5t3wjSY_eSq7cm670f7Ia42mwsaUcqc8rY9deOfuferatdAiQfAjV_etU1G1XnXVDDM6U7hfGBtmmmgbnM6I1jzP3qWIPyP3fa3XRJY/s320/20230731_200845.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I'm sorry I didn't take any photos of the running rigging process. It was a bit more involved than my usual. The rigging is complete in the photo below.<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhPJ0RP2cqVWuoy2001PU73M-Mchvp_f-TElr4NSSTQkGEUxjSQL_q_ZacXdJNeSXSbygEqYrr0Z6c7TQAUYKxuG9lRTyIuxaLTH4iEHTUHlt3RLZYFEpGuoV6-xFqFwtBaZfNq24A1rlTU52eqRuQ2_lTxCAOdfNGrHN9T_nw51Xg141WVPN9YLmhTO8/s3456/20230804_114816.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhPJ0RP2cqVWuoy2001PU73M-Mchvp_f-TElr4NSSTQkGEUxjSQL_q_ZacXdJNeSXSbygEqYrr0Z6c7TQAUYKxuG9lRTyIuxaLTH4iEHTUHlt3RLZYFEpGuoV6-xFqFwtBaZfNq24A1rlTU52eqRuQ2_lTxCAOdfNGrHN9T_nw51Xg141WVPN9YLmhTO8/s320/20230804_114816.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The base is cut and vinyl texture is on and dry. The hull shape is cleaned out.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />And the finished beauty shots:</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1RCpRyQ2eItr1mpt9pXxIAW_9m23O-3mVOFMwisP1qKOcdFU1OpWpDHldMls1lglS0g4_fY1EjhoJHtZszq163s0Q84DS9aGjKDiCDqAi-Ky6iudEF44KLZM32ygXuTQtQvb_U24vIoPpFdjfKZB41FpGcteaUg0q3t9QOuRtHOrH5W8K0S-rjl6DKdU/s4624/20230804_171215.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1RCpRyQ2eItr1mpt9pXxIAW_9m23O-3mVOFMwisP1qKOcdFU1OpWpDHldMls1lglS0g4_fY1EjhoJHtZszq163s0Q84DS9aGjKDiCDqAi-Ky6iudEF44KLZM32ygXuTQtQvb_U24vIoPpFdjfKZB41FpGcteaUg0q3t9QOuRtHOrH5W8K0S-rjl6DKdU/s320/20230804_171215.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4VVXOutaGBWzb_qfAGa8NKRve7dS3P4HBAOmW9hObRgkYJsHODXyfxy2Bz8MpZKdjf46D-wjdQ2cviO-zUb_CF9baz872Lqk6vOXw1_sBjtU0o8oDT3I9I9Zjjlp4ApkRZO1v1hNhaDHvxRqqThUQcQOQYyDnrC9nKgPnm4W8qYRdhl9mlAhJet2hyMw/s4624/20230804_171238.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Lots of work on the 'Ranch' and in the shop. This morning I woke up early to enjoy my coffee on the front porch, then as the sun grew a bit too intense, I moved to the back deck to enjoy the visiting turky family and view.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzwInAAmUlNy5j3CYv0kBy1cgSo50xwC5d3Ac3KJMFKEEgWNFMMj3Wfgpeiz9OuaiorhF5JyrkM7WH38bA3ZQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p>Morning is a time to catch up on the news, hobby posts, FB hobby groups, and reflection.</p><p> After I had sold Jonathan Freitag my Galia castle set, I felt bad that it didn't include a gate section. So I made him one from foam, complete with swinging gates.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQaHZ5SC0ALmm2QUL0-Jq7zUu11781D8dM4OAq_rnPiq4jKYxFZCcwlpdIL_UIBboeNWc41Cp9aXAaQxZF2usXubhD1fmJPQZ2_5wvlfJr_w5__HOw62IMprBGAhoPaybciaGsDv5hwS7EM5736TTsZy8J7NHz0NDVASen5D_CrheYLx0bpAeeUU0GZtM/s3456/20230721_155647.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQaHZ5SC0ALmm2QUL0-Jq7zUu11781D8dM4OAq_rnPiq4jKYxFZCcwlpdIL_UIBboeNWc41Cp9aXAaQxZF2usXubhD1fmJPQZ2_5wvlfJr_w5__HOw62IMprBGAhoPaybciaGsDv5hwS7EM5736TTsZy8J7NHz0NDVASen5D_CrheYLx0bpAeeUU0GZtM/s320/20230721_155647.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo80F8tigQi4YfJjsuYfiaBpJv96LstkPZBInjdornmHMT-HvDhe4eLKNt_TQ4XVMLolBMl2zLcXP6rg90Bw1VfPwYwCr9Ggtgn2w5ukZtebeeIKtyYKTwcCIMbwy4cM_t-kzILWeXnln6CwPlt_JKTyn2CZ3Cuedl-_P9mP6gYnigvK_Iod4ceOEfhQ4/s3456/20230721_155655.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo80F8tigQi4YfJjsuYfiaBpJv96LstkPZBInjdornmHMT-HvDhe4eLKNt_TQ4XVMLolBMl2zLcXP6rg90Bw1VfPwYwCr9Ggtgn2w5ukZtebeeIKtyYKTwcCIMbwy4cM_t-kzILWeXnln6CwPlt_JKTyn2CZ3Cuedl-_P9mP6gYnigvK_Iod4ceOEfhQ4/s320/20230721_155655.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Shortly after finishing the gate I was contacted by Henry Turner (Turner Miniatures), inquiring whether I would be interested in building a representative ship, from his upcoming Spanish Armada Kickstarter rolling out September 1st, to use as advertisement. Of course I said "You betcha!"(never turn anything down for free, haha!) This is my progress so far:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPcYzSMSMOfY49zz_aRPaIB-PnFDRUqls1Ptx_yEtD5mOGuWYgCR2RTo86veM4c_5Mdp3UfjWugU_Y5zPX855XP1DCMcJGdZ6H_a_582gwIH-UzMNHhGj1Cx53BPnlybFbAYIDTqXrmnGI99wds43x_yO4x_XATmNxQoq1HHJcy5ROl6vm0ABMQneFpU/s3456/20230726_173007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPcYzSMSMOfY49zz_aRPaIB-PnFDRUqls1Ptx_yEtD5mOGuWYgCR2RTo86veM4c_5Mdp3UfjWugU_Y5zPX855XP1DCMcJGdZ6H_a_582gwIH-UzMNHhGj1Cx53BPnlybFbAYIDTqXrmnGI99wds43x_yO4x_XATmNxQoq1HHJcy5ROl6vm0ABMQneFpU/s320/20230726_173007.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Yesterday I drove over to Jon's house for a game using modified Fields of Honor rules. The scenario was Gettysburg day two, Hood's attack on the Union left flank. This being my first time playing these rules, I felt a steep learning curve challenge. Jon was great, very patient with me.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTsJqPdTuCJmk89wRz_S63WOduBMZ80pimPF8Lqdpz7WUQjTffZD7R1f-zuFCDgSXzOZxOaBTrAVt0rEGauYA86MADAeqJpVjb5DwKGnsFB5RsR86tvfyU-5RBRvQ2g22twR0F6fMFCv8ySVcsnYCaIMAvBJqxv7XnkFcqV1AFGKVfPqj8pixR683S2I/s1129/Gettysburg%20day%202%20Situation.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="1129" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTsJqPdTuCJmk89wRz_S63WOduBMZ80pimPF8Lqdpz7WUQjTffZD7R1f-zuFCDgSXzOZxOaBTrAVt0rEGauYA86MADAeqJpVjb5DwKGnsFB5RsR86tvfyU-5RBRvQ2g22twR0F6fMFCv8ySVcsnYCaIMAvBJqxv7XnkFcqV1AFGKVfPqj8pixR683S2I/s320/Gettysburg%20day%202%20Situation.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Nu-Q9eQTLkSpKT3lDUbBitsSc1adiFsIF59jF4oI6qSsQR6Ui_e6jJI5EvOu1yGTBA1Ks2vC50JBowgtlgK2LKOhPHJUK1A8rmQCwFz8xeku3RFLkfrsZgMtcp6wopY_l0chAOcBiGCsKevzoEhOa1tQo3MkfFp6nKjJ4fJcVcYGPRcbHf_9TglTTl4/s1132/Battle%20Map.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="1132" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Nu-Q9eQTLkSpKT3lDUbBitsSc1adiFsIF59jF4oI6qSsQR6Ui_e6jJI5EvOu1yGTBA1Ks2vC50JBowgtlgK2LKOhPHJUK1A8rmQCwFz8xeku3RFLkfrsZgMtcp6wopY_l0chAOcBiGCsKevzoEhOa1tQo3MkfFp6nKjJ4fJcVcYGPRcbHf_9TglTTl4/s320/Battle%20Map.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I have to admit that I prepared for this game by rereading Shelby Foote's history of the battle and watching every documentary I could find on streaming providers. I also watched the Gettysburg Battlefield Park Service tour videos on YouTube to get a feel for the terrain. By game time, knowing I would be commanding the Confederates, I had a definite strategy confirmed in my head. And it worked well. The requirements for the Confederates to win were as follows: Take and hold Houck's Ridge and Little Round Top, plus have units on the Millerstown road east of Stoney Hill at the end of six turns.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismAB_lz90GNeIX3S5Bn35GBP3E344MB84mbPm56TvCJyW4HbUi-KsiaLvs_lBUvZXEknvo_dYBRS_2C7R2LyZ4xE9lOj4F_-xJVnvNCZmMV8pNZaxNup6UapIdodQ4l1-KPNJj3bO7xIHxDlj8EbqUNK12ApF7KPWk_MLwrSGmsBxZ-z9zW4H7OwpzeM/s1128/Table%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="1128" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismAB_lz90GNeIX3S5Bn35GBP3E344MB84mbPm56TvCJyW4HbUi-KsiaLvs_lBUvZXEknvo_dYBRS_2C7R2LyZ4xE9lOj4F_-xJVnvNCZmMV8pNZaxNup6UapIdodQ4l1-KPNJj3bO7xIHxDlj8EbqUNK12ApF7KPWk_MLwrSGmsBxZ-z9zW4H7OwpzeM/s320/Table%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Initial Unit Positions</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeo3iIYNqPd1mBxTI9vqOQSEfZJhWZBgrq56-6Qum-QiXfRacVToBFQWsBLtgb0Rr-RmqFF3I8qHdluBecI8cKaR6QYq0xfk-hRgQbFGa-QoedF96jAoGvzFQ2ujTOyHUQc7uhifpMqACO2P3pbKnA2qKwz54tZgt6gIDGR5ukqk9pgmzOmYjXO_iEF7k/s3456/20230727_124554.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeo3iIYNqPd1mBxTI9vqOQSEfZJhWZBgrq56-6Qum-QiXfRacVToBFQWsBLtgb0Rr-RmqFF3I8qHdluBecI8cKaR6QYq0xfk-hRgQbFGa-QoedF96jAoGvzFQ2ujTOyHUQc7uhifpMqACO2P3pbKnA2qKwz54tZgt6gIDGR5ukqk9pgmzOmYjXO_iEF7k/s320/20230727_124554.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The field of battle starting out</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="text-align: center;">Hood's Confederate division is set up as follows: Two of Robertson's regiments</span><span style="text-align: center;">, 4th Texas and 5th Texas, are perched just below Little Round Top facing Vincent. Behind him on Big Round Top are Law's 4th, 15th, and 47th Alabama regiments. Law's remaining two regiments are strung out across the junction of Rose and Plum Runs facing Union skirmishers holed up in the Devil's Den. On their immediate left are Benning's four regiments, the 2nd, 15th, 17th, and 20th Georgia, formed along Rose Run facing Rose Woods. On Benning's left are Robertson's remaining two regiments, the 3rd Arkansas and 1st Texas, a long way from their commander! Anderson's five regiments are in position just south of the Rose Farm, with Latham's artillery consisting of a Napoleon smooth bore 12 pdr and an 8 pdr rifle. </span></p><div><span style="text-align: center;">Birney's Union division dispositions are: de Trobriand's four regiments are on Stony Hill and the eastern slope with Winslow's </span>artillery. Ward's five regiments are covering the entirety of Houck's Ridge, with artillery in front overlooking Devil's Den. There is another unit of artillery perched on the Millerstown road east of the Plum Run bridge. And last, as mentioned earlier, Vincent's four regiments command Little Round Top.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEkL1XNVV4zE-hpS3-3qT7LsPAdRPkfkeJvv70nEPdifFqukp6jTeiYnM8BE59mIEVeu9zmrJASek11BUJTEWA9ZyqvQJu6qoHzgzau3dEuPpPcshiFaQ6VHvw7BPNvgHrqafr4MXtaC1EDXfgcnSIn_CcdWijP2b_Ju-9l1yJVzaRp5rmdvLpLzkgPp0/s3456/20230727_124623.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEkL1XNVV4zE-hpS3-3qT7LsPAdRPkfkeJvv70nEPdifFqukp6jTeiYnM8BE59mIEVeu9zmrJASek11BUJTEWA9ZyqvQJu6qoHzgzau3dEuPpPcshiFaQ6VHvw7BPNvgHrqafr4MXtaC1EDXfgcnSIn_CcdWijP2b_Ju-9l1yJVzaRp5rmdvLpLzkgPp0/s320/20230727_124623.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robertson activates. 5th TX fires on 44th NY and does damage</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgJZH6ZXw_P72HnCASCm3ILR-r8URWutwUPJyFicwE2AdzMwkUZb9nZedQ0pT7OR64-7nWZexvJFjhqjgRwbjEFvJwYGj67SyCTJHlq-4G54IO9KexAsfClERr35PaV4XxDkI3LPZUmo3C2VqeouFYmZ8gjOkn0_4W8mD8PEp1FxOvt-3GhFBdIspbCk/s3456/20230727_124628.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgJZH6ZXw_P72HnCASCm3ILR-r8URWutwUPJyFicwE2AdzMwkUZb9nZedQ0pT7OR64-7nWZexvJFjhqjgRwbjEFvJwYGj67SyCTJHlq-4G54IO9KexAsfClERr35PaV4XxDkI3LPZUmo3C2VqeouFYmZ8gjOkn0_4W8mD8PEp1FxOvt-3GhFBdIspbCk/s320/20230727_124628.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st TX moves up to probe the skirmishers in the Devil's Den but do no damage</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUy07HKBEe9hDImPHDKTVB1PilhjINtDK5HCG0CeD4XNlItWN3KSynwdX1xkXgK1guVuq7M4Fco-bS4DoZ_wzkKcokB5SByRSqDODKPpEAes03up5jcP81bT1REQIeQMehitfT_bw0JuvXk3JSzZ2OO3aQJbpby_Y7EV0Hy9ugFSLo53mEwHXdiw0x3dQ/s3456/20230727_124634.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUy07HKBEe9hDImPHDKTVB1PilhjINtDK5HCG0CeD4XNlItWN3KSynwdX1xkXgK1guVuq7M4Fco-bS4DoZ_wzkKcokB5SByRSqDODKPpEAes03up5jcP81bT1REQIeQMehitfT_bw0JuvXk3JSzZ2OO3aQJbpby_Y7EV0Hy9ugFSLo53mEwHXdiw0x3dQ/s320/20230727_124634.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3rd AR moves into position to fire on Ward atop Houck's Ridge</td></tr></tbody></table> Law consolidates and begins moving down off of Big Round Top towards Vincent, and around behind the Devil's Den along Plum Run. Benning drive across Rose Run into Rose Woods to threaten the west side of Houck's Ridge. He attacks with two regiments and takes the south end of the ridge. Anderson's regiments move up into support positions.<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEk_IZiD19A_ey4H-38QHp0HVW3jCyx9WSkt3FiljHNqxa1c_1G_jlPLetD_Sm54fxZqNR7uDo4TdPoSWgfx7gcFR-ccX9daY9LE79gyNnQeq9ImGu12f90wr2_LnZn9gBeAvYTB_HHErGiq0b16qMxfy6_ktNgIiYp0yHFi6C8eDQj-ZMfyTgAU3BXG8/s4624/20230727_131958.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2604" data-original-width="4624" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEk_IZiD19A_ey4H-38QHp0HVW3jCyx9WSkt3FiljHNqxa1c_1G_jlPLetD_Sm54fxZqNR7uDo4TdPoSWgfx7gcFR-ccX9daY9LE79gyNnQeq9ImGu12f90wr2_LnZn9gBeAvYTB_HHErGiq0b16qMxfy6_ktNgIiYp0yHFi6C8eDQj-ZMfyTgAU3BXG8/s320/20230727_131958.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Union activations</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Lw9oZZxAHb2oOV_WGOhd9XLmqotjK-Aduqel60jX4MAF5EWNtrkjTouc3kKDKLqvdHhwloHTuJDTKNICBsANHMzUlBHpV4GMl6zcHO8lZ9ZpU4N3NpeYUgGaxEGoCGiju1X5OkNqSbV0bUpSufjB9Mn-BiyozdiDiD3ZvBej71dZ002NIckLbQUs4rM/s4624/20230727_135035.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2604" data-original-width="4624" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Lw9oZZxAHb2oOV_WGOhd9XLmqotjK-Aduqel60jX4MAF5EWNtrkjTouc3kKDKLqvdHhwloHTuJDTKNICBsANHMzUlBHpV4GMl6zcHO8lZ9ZpU4N3NpeYUgGaxEGoCGiju1X5OkNqSbV0bUpSufjB9Mn-BiyozdiDiD3ZvBej71dZ002NIckLbQUs4rM/s320/20230727_135035.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">de Trobriand moves around to flank the Confederate left</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uaDZhx-WBOqG1ezHqu3NPsUDuwuAodHGmeP9DI6bB4xcM7EpjTR3oqX_JvKizYo5guaWYwtSMJgXR70V8vXYJj8PsVA5LWC91yXIXbHwMQdfhCbmYhgEMq2JbAInS_xjX_r_-uPxf0HICR_h075ROOUz8JJVl2AinMujHxhJeoKbI1ck7bu3mOtsX7U/s4624/20230727_135041.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2604" data-original-width="4624" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uaDZhx-WBOqG1ezHqu3NPsUDuwuAodHGmeP9DI6bB4xcM7EpjTR3oqX_JvKizYo5guaWYwtSMJgXR70V8vXYJj8PsVA5LWC91yXIXbHwMQdfhCbmYhgEMq2JbAInS_xjX_r_-uPxf0HICR_h075ROOUz8JJVl2AinMujHxhJeoKbI1ck7bu3mOtsX7U/s320/20230727_135041.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robertson's 5th TX has taken the summit of Little Round Top while the 4th TX threatens the 14th MI</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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And the 4th TX reaches the Millerstown Road</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SNM1nsvwqA4qDjHF5hAUAgzDOyMGnzh8y_PStIZBbS9k-jLva6w7gJI1VANLwZ2m2L2gmXZ70XQynsWMPgfqPnAleZj-TW2RR5uf4ecjKgSEdOmsPLlQQXFyrVQdP6pMc0_4ymj3vh0ZzQefVQYKr5EOiuJ7DjspZfarcAkQCS0e_hWshgJ-5gjsAvc/s4624/20230727_145529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2604" data-original-width="4624" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SNM1nsvwqA4qDjHF5hAUAgzDOyMGnzh8y_PStIZBbS9k-jLva6w7gJI1VANLwZ2m2L2gmXZ70XQynsWMPgfqPnAleZj-TW2RR5uf4ecjKgSEdOmsPLlQQXFyrVQdP6pMc0_4ymj3vh0ZzQefVQYKr5EOiuJ7DjspZfarcAkQCS0e_hWshgJ-5gjsAvc/s320/20230727_145529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st GA captures Smith's second battery</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_BFFt-mLoslXFA0400Xr4qXO_BUkKimqqYBaYE42HTr2XWixzBfXqZH2kCJwPWpuCqHSUer4VtdBEoWFdbSaPWRatHRaL4cFweq0eWfRktPL1aRAHey1xyL0YE3kXDzLBAHaYruC_t8ZxoW5Ajmc4b4HiwPQb1GZHB_2aZYyHT5RxEdKqUsiiY83XtAw/s4624/20230727_150416.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2604" data-original-width="4624" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_BFFt-mLoslXFA0400Xr4qXO_BUkKimqqYBaYE42HTr2XWixzBfXqZH2kCJwPWpuCqHSUer4VtdBEoWFdbSaPWRatHRaL4cFweq0eWfRktPL1aRAHey1xyL0YE3kXDzLBAHaYruC_t8ZxoW5Ajmc4b4HiwPQb1GZHB_2aZYyHT5RxEdKqUsiiY83XtAw/s320/20230727_150416.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birney calls a general retreat to save what's<br />left of the Union Division<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">Confederates hold Houck's Ridge, Little Round Top and have a unit across the Millerstown Road. 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I apologize for my one sided report but I really can only remember the things I did commanding the Confederates, My SITREP did not include the information on the Union regiments and my photos were taken from the Rebel side of the field so I could not read the Union regiment labels. I know Jonathan will be writing up a much more complete and detailed report, so I recommend reading that one on his blog. I just had so much fun and was so stoked about winning that I just had to write something about it. I really hope he invites me back, but I wouldn't blame him if he didn't, Haha! <br /><div><br /></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>A Miniatures Hobby Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955521215153908012noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383663773937558150.post-26841860603242436262023-07-14T17:22:00.007-07:002023-07-16T08:22:48.868-07:00Kiss Me Hardy Game<p> Yesterday July 13, I took some ships over to Joathan Freitag's house for an afternoon game of Kiss Me Hardy. This being his first age of sail game, and my first with a real gamer, we kept it small. Four ships to a side, American vs British. </p><p>I rolled the Americans and experienced an initial disaster once the wind was rolled. My squadron was dead into the wind and I had to roll for damage for each ship. Constitution took 5DP and lost her foremast right off the bat. Fortunately my other ships escaped damage. </p><p>The British had the weather guage and this advantage told through out the game. 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It may have been the plastic models of IJN Micasa, Yamato, and Akagi my wife and daughter gifted me; or it may have been watching the Little Wars "Battle of the Denmark Strait videos on YouTube. Whatever it was, I went a bit crazy and printed every ship file I could get my hands on. I resized everything to 1/1200 to match the scratch built Bismark I did, along with two GHQ Micronaut WWII models I have.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IuDWZDH2tg81X2Z7UAKzxhzMCs8UVuwLWRhDyBYhoeUpoLkhjiRcpEEcRFI1Y8J1zSKYGyLfUEn9YoICyscbHHF0l6IEcWDfdv2htP3nOEbsU1H8rnfuayvLiaOp6l-y2KsPzzs_gDTRBuM9sQS4Uw4dDUQLMUL3MYYhpZz_mB70R3uy-xrSzFznBjw/s4624/20230505_163744.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IuDWZDH2tg81X2Z7UAKzxhzMCs8UVuwLWRhDyBYhoeUpoLkhjiRcpEEcRFI1Y8J1zSKYGyLfUEn9YoICyscbHHF0l6IEcWDfdv2htP3nOEbsU1H8rnfuayvLiaOp6l-y2KsPzzs_gDTRBuM9sQS4Uw4dDUQLMUL3MYYhpZz_mB70R3uy-xrSzFznBjw/s320/20230505_163744.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IJN, German, RN, and USN</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1A892js7SMcySsQLtCzBLmev3oHRG7Cv0ieg9eOZtqNF8wwBupy3sgLSHCddMpUUAYaKMur-2Q0y-wBJpW-iDYBGvAGZYXpmjh8CDyflPZTPFaxBj2vXCHwQPUuSKwZpLVxpum0mztBYqedUQcE3hJlGzKK5AYY5H9epWtqhuXQgmdYXAZrR2XmuBKI/s3456/20230505_163754.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1A892js7SMcySsQLtCzBLmev3oHRG7Cv0ieg9eOZtqNF8wwBupy3sgLSHCddMpUUAYaKMur-2Q0y-wBJpW-iDYBGvAGZYXpmjh8CDyflPZTPFaxBj2vXCHwQPUuSKwZpLVxpum0mztBYqedUQcE3hJlGzKK5AYY5H9epWtqhuXQgmdYXAZrR2XmuBKI/s320/20230505_163754.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three Merchants I found</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDxCok3acbYRdHACOgg45_xUChgVGZulWoEt22p-QBS3nHzG-hZkayloL6SyQ913yzsZb0aRbMNf8fH3oCcCbiyvTW7_-Hw-tye54eubN0RJBId4S08t1kpvlIKgGdu3uI4K7QFGi_6BSqJeHGvK56JDOClnhM-IcwQlr4MYZxg0JyUFJGir_4iUKOga8/s3456/20230508_091048.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDxCok3acbYRdHACOgg45_xUChgVGZulWoEt22p-QBS3nHzG-hZkayloL6SyQ913yzsZb0aRbMNf8fH3oCcCbiyvTW7_-Hw-tye54eubN0RJBId4S08t1kpvlIKgGdu3uI4K7QFGi_6BSqJeHGvK56JDOClnhM-IcwQlr4MYZxg0JyUFJGir_4iUKOga8/s320/20230508_091048.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Royal Navy progress</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>It's the summer work season now so I'm not getting much done on the hobby front. Mostly piddling with different things, reorganizing books, and a 1/450 3rd rate.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9i9CMFLT7PTUDrRyB909E2EmqUGUO-UoONps0eIv1IByTbAvVIbGmJDra51bUoE3H-8706S-9R9T2cqzU2e4ZCNQL4fVamakhk3pD3yVLIDxWD0n5UMHJiDvUcvoiJPWhGasEzzpKte-Gtfsm7FRaFUXPgMIgNhhxbm5qBlZsYbD6XvmOH16UniVKtgU/s4000/20230620_082910.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9i9CMFLT7PTUDrRyB909E2EmqUGUO-UoONps0eIv1IByTbAvVIbGmJDra51bUoE3H-8706S-9R9T2cqzU2e4ZCNQL4fVamakhk3pD3yVLIDxWD0n5UMHJiDvUcvoiJPWhGasEzzpKte-Gtfsm7FRaFUXPgMIgNhhxbm5qBlZsYbD6XvmOH16UniVKtgU/s320/20230620_082910.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60x72Pc60ztIvaXqQ08TPQUpRiZjzPcQCyYcelsutXTwtkS02H8Y_VQLV3hoaK0WQ7xP7YtJZ1dxwMVV0UR5z_jLVG7OJWsn1yvRiaM2mdW8Jp_njZbU9HBXCO6OTKcOJydcYaTfH2qLVwl14HjhjwrcJ-_QrMAlnttVn5Ovj-Q2QLK2X2XxbzFUI0CI/s3456/20230620_082816.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60x72Pc60ztIvaXqQ08TPQUpRiZjzPcQCyYcelsutXTwtkS02H8Y_VQLV3hoaK0WQ7xP7YtJZ1dxwMVV0UR5z_jLVG7OJWsn1yvRiaM2mdW8Jp_njZbU9HBXCO6OTKcOJydcYaTfH2qLVwl14HjhjwrcJ-_QrMAlnttVn5Ovj-Q2QLK2X2XxbzFUI0CI/s320/20230620_082816.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arrogant class 3rd rate</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I hope everyone is having a great summer!<br /><div><br /></div>A Miniatures Hobby Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955521215153908012noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383663773937558150.post-50478251363545824082023-06-16T15:35:00.002-07:002023-06-16T15:35:43.322-07:00Downsizing My Stuff<p>I need to make room for more creations, so I have decided to move some terrain pieces that I haven't used in many years. </p><p>First off is a cast resin four tower Castle Keep, plus two extra corner round towers, two octagonal towers, 9 wall sections, and two stone stairs. The Keep, one octagonal tower, one wall section, and one stair is painted. The rest are base coated. These are heavy so shipping could be expensive.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjkB0aGt1WTDFDgc3U1gdNXu3K4bUJgTHoyPYmBQqDcc_SziZPcYqOJrS2-2VDy2jpZOPdX9xo2h3Y_oauesGk_SnizlfbYEvWtD_YKFs9WH4puMWaCKySPHuh6A_Q23N2WF4vNVD9rNVJe8rCx1MKX4Pkju3fsKhL8fI18panDR9OMfHDWVM1w99/s4624/20230616_122614.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2604" data-original-width="4624" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjkB0aGt1WTDFDgc3U1gdNXu3K4bUJgTHoyPYmBQqDcc_SziZPcYqOJrS2-2VDy2jpZOPdX9xo2h3Y_oauesGk_SnizlfbYEvWtD_YKFs9WH4puMWaCKySPHuh6A_Q23N2WF4vNVD9rNVJe8rCx1MKX4Pkju3fsKhL8fI18panDR9OMfHDWVM1w99/s320/20230616_122614.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Cp-0L1TSbeKvD3dlcCyS9N7usCc0uvAZ6TqicklQuqj_2eKeRSPfKdUE1RuobnzfqjFYkRG9_Fw53aGW1j_qdPfzQufZqCh5T0b_D9EqBqiQa3QvNwQKWvJHom1QNtdi3sXfA3QwuXqxBscFA_xvZHvzEBlALAuMk-3aXYHricpIclMqqdK4Xgct/s4624/20230616_122624.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><ul><li><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-2WRbDXK6Hh_zEYpQhLVF38sj4wwVKsTtJIdzHXQ6qyEW6fF-ax2Gb5Np9ZydSoHOxMGIJUqPsMN0B6ML3qy8JDzmrUdVBeyoAWSX0lNEf3cvbwbtLaHozBdrX9RDpmGajUPe9lQB0dEJ0jhfZSJCBP1VkBB52Ztl_F5xI5C86_0U_MGleO_6oX8/s4624/20230616_122639.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2604" data-original-width="4624" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-2WRbDXK6Hh_zEYpQhLVF38sj4wwVKsTtJIdzHXQ6qyEW6fF-ax2Gb5Np9ZydSoHOxMGIJUqPsMN0B6ML3qy8JDzmrUdVBeyoAWSX0lNEf3cvbwbtLaHozBdrX9RDpmGajUPe9lQB0dEJ0jhfZSJCBP1VkBB52Ztl_F5xI5C86_0U_MGleO_6oX8/s320/20230616_122639.jpg" width="320" /></a></li></ul></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-EXbH_y8HJSGftxP5JJcsdO-mTeNIVZUtpwxoX8MHBcaSYskyZvRt8VEtNPb1Mmav20mSJ_H3Qttpz8hrDzpXMIMyW2I_4dc032IXLLC2ssqYC71kOBEFH1lZlYSy-jqoBaZku4Wr5COrvZcIZTrYUhQB-2SIuRTV-HTWhtUbX2E4wVwPWFZcvKw/s3456/20230616_122710.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-EXbH_y8HJSGftxP5JJcsdO-mTeNIVZUtpwxoX8MHBcaSYskyZvRt8VEtNPb1Mmav20mSJ_H3Qttpz8hrDzpXMIMyW2I_4dc032IXLLC2ssqYC71kOBEFH1lZlYSy-jqoBaZku4Wr5COrvZcIZTrYUhQB-2SIuRTV-HTWhtUbX2E4wVwPWFZcvKw/s320/20230616_122710.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I am asking just $200 for the set.</p><p>Next are some Hovels buildings from the English line.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs2dU-5aFcuir8rdmj581bmwiPZ2ZpduG8O7W2sfwUkIZTx3ewY9aeHNuHlkQ6AjGUovKJkkpEIHqRcAhHz6b1C3h7AJlCRiFpQ9WDwUD8Vb8YPsUis9P8x-IKBtP80OBTwLDGj6J9C4x_NIOhpxcUHCE8r_gW44dPF6-xQ1xbfpXvOXJRdc95f5d5/s4624/20230616_132256.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2604" data-original-width="4624" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs2dU-5aFcuir8rdmj581bmwiPZ2ZpduG8O7W2sfwUkIZTx3ewY9aeHNuHlkQ6AjGUovKJkkpEIHqRcAhHz6b1C3h7AJlCRiFpQ9WDwUD8Vb8YPsUis9P8x-IKBtP80OBTwLDGj6J9C4x_NIOhpxcUHCE8r_gW44dPF6-xQ1xbfpXvOXJRdc95f5d5/s320/20230616_132256.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDbVuKwG0D2yeMPksUZzjx3LbLl2t9mAOEpqxT1MHhj9lRWv647G02l4i4dXss5Ef7mBcSCgKjEWwlqBrG_sr3qneZfoqngAVBJNcd38T_xexsCB_eBcZblMwRug0PXpO07l53lh4r3NrNY9JFbDAq-YVsg5Y-PJp56XoN4e0rzZQwhc-691Afx5SE/s320/20230616_124401.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The Roman watchtower - $20</div><div><br /></div><div>A-frame barn - $6</div><div><br /></div><div>Round Celtic or African Hut - $3</div><div><br /></div><div>These are just ballpark prices and not set in stone. I am willing to negotiate. Thanks for looking. </div><p></p>A Miniatures Hobby Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955521215153908012noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383663773937558150.post-22872565633454734912023-04-18T20:01:00.000-07:002023-04-18T20:01:09.662-07:001/700 IJN Pre-Dreadnought Battleship Mikasa<p>For my birthday this year my wife and daughter gifted me with 1/700 waterline ship models. The IJN pre-dreadnought battleship Mikasa is the first one of these waterline ship models I have built since I was a kid. And holy cow, some of the parts were smaller than those on my 1/1200 scale AOS ships! LOL</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7JXg1worNeqlDG9opraoTTLUBDTTnCt-1lYuOxMc_aaDanei620x-Q8zdmYb0Q9EgMOApXesNWbRntVYZrS5zBlJSV58zx_Ze5mhrkB47wMJ3ahWPlJQsnlsO7dQ3EkltW1N3A_Opn4kd592qXHztA9oGx3SbrOssDy4Xm-It_gau92q5qN9ZiF56/s4624/20230417_082917.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2604" data-original-width="4624" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7JXg1worNeqlDG9opraoTTLUBDTTnCt-1lYuOxMc_aaDanei620x-Q8zdmYb0Q9EgMOApXesNWbRntVYZrS5zBlJSV58zx_Ze5mhrkB47wMJ3ahWPlJQsnlsO7dQ3EkltW1N3A_Opn4kd592qXHztA9oGx3SbrOssDy4Xm-It_gau92q5qN9ZiF56/s320/20230417_082917.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The model is the Hasegawa 1/700 Waterline Series Kit No. 151. The Mikasa was 432 feet, making this model about 7-1/4" long. She was ordered in 1898 from the Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness in Great Britain. Like the earlier Fuji and Shikishima class battleships, Mikasa was built in the United Kingdom because Japan lacked the technology and capability to construct its own modern battle wagons. While she closely resembled the other battleships, Mikasa was the only ship of her class and, at the time of her launch in November of 1900, she was the most powerful ship in the world. Mikasa was designed as a modified version of the Royal Navy Formidable class battleships with two additional 6" (152MM) secondary guns. She had an overall length of 432ft, a beam of 76ft, a normal draught of 27ft 2in, and a displacement of 15,140 long tons at normal load. The crew numbered around 830 officers and men. Power was provided by two vertical triple expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller, using steam provided by 25 Belleville boilers. Each engine was rated at 15,000 horsepower, using forced draught. Top design speed was 18 knots (21 mph). She carried a maximum of 2,000 long tons of coal, allowing a range of approximately 9,000 nautical miles at 10 knots.</p><p>The main battery were four of the same Elswick Ordinance Company 40-caliber twelve inch guns used in the preceding IJN battleships. They were mounted in twin-gun barbettes fore and aft of the superstructure. They were additionally protected with armored hoods, resembling true gun turrets. The guns fired 850 pound projectiles at 2,400 ft/s. Mikasa's secondary guns consisted of fourteen 6-inch guns mounted in casemates. Ten of these guns were mounted on the main deck and the other four guns were placed higher up at the corners of the superstructure. They fired 100 pound shells at a muzzle velocity of 2,300 ft/s. For protection against torpedo boats, Mikasa sported twenty QF 12-pounder 12cwt guns. The 12-pounders fired 3-inch (76mm), 12.5 pound projectiles at 2,259ft/s muzzle velocity. Lighter guns consisted of eight 47-millimeter (1.9 in) 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns and eight 47-millimeter 2.5 pounder Hotchkiss guns. The 3-pounder guns fired 3.19 pound projectiles at 1,927ft/s, while the 2.5 pounder fired 2.5 pound shells at 1,420 ft/s. I found it interesting that the ship also carried four submerged 18-inch torpedo tubes, two on each broadside.</p><p>Mikasa, like all other Japanese battleships of the time, was fitted with four Barr & Stroud FA3 coincidence rangefinders that had an effective range of 8,000 yards. The ship was also fitted with 24-power magnification telescopic gunsights.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDNG6ExwRVXV9yOai4m7xqoduHesd84XThtI8Uir3mjgSaURuRBokE5OUSsltbsC4_nIQElZC_dA_MJNrR9hqZDAoKHZmqNVtknjzcPLGifuRhmmGSQFPSVJuywjN-qsVO4KXgERWX55sQsN2Lk-zHWl9xOXi1IebOFfaKs6vmvBUlAYhODjrd9Dbn/s1280/Japanese_battleship_Mikasa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="1280" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDNG6ExwRVXV9yOai4m7xqoduHesd84XThtI8Uir3mjgSaURuRBokE5OUSsltbsC4_nIQElZC_dA_MJNrR9hqZDAoKHZmqNVtknjzcPLGifuRhmmGSQFPSVJuywjN-qsVO4KXgERWX55sQsN2Lk-zHWl9xOXi1IebOFfaKs6vmvBUlAYhODjrd9Dbn/s320/Japanese_battleship_Mikasa.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IJN Mikasa as she appeared in 1905</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>At the start of the Russo-Japanese War, Mikasa was assigned to the 1st Division of the 1st Fleet and participated in the Battle of Port Arthur on 9 February 1904 when Admiral Togo Heihachiro led the 1st Fleet in an attack on the Russian ships of the Pacific Squadron anchored just outside Port Arthur. It was planned to be a surprise attack, but the Russian cruiser Boyarin was patrolling offshore and alerted the Russian defenses. Togo attacked the Russian coastal defenses with his main guns, and engaged the Russian ships with his secondary guns. This proved to be a bad idea, inflicting little damage to the Russian ships, while all of the Russian guns concentrated on the Japanese ships with effect. Togo chose to disengage with 60 killed and wounded. The Mikasa was hit by two ten-inch shells that wounded seven crewmen. During the Battle of The Yellow Sea on August 10, Mikasa was at the head of the column of IJN battleships and, being Togo's flagship, was the primary target of the Russian fleet. She was hit twenty times. Her aft 12-inch gun turret was knocked out, and she suffered 125 casualties. In turn she concentrated her fire power on the battleships Poltava and Tsesarevich, both of which were only lightly damaged. At the battle of Tsushima (also known as the battle of the Japan Sea) on 27 May 1905, Mikasa again led the fleet, this time against the Second and Third Pacific Squadrons detached from the Baltic Fleet. Mikasa opened fire on the battleship Knyaz Suvorov, the Russian flagship, at 14:10 and was joined by the battleship Asashi and the armored cruiser Azuma. Within an hour a serious fire started aboard the Russian ship, the Russian fleet commander Vice Admiral Zinovy Roshestvensky was badly wounded, her rear twelve-inch gun turret was knocked out, and her steering was jammed so that she fell out of formation. During this time, as the lead Japanese ship, Mikasa was the focus of all of the Russian fire, and was hit by 6 twelve-inch and 19 six-inch shells. They did very little damage and Togo was able to cross the T of the Russian squadrons. At 18:04 a twelve-inch shell detonated prematurely in the barrel of the right gun of the forward turret, disabling the gun and and knocking out the left gun until 18;40. Another twelve-inch shell had exploded in that same barrel almost two hours earlier without damaging the gun. One six-inch gun jammed after firing 19 rounds. Mikasa fired 124 twelve-inch shells during the battle, second only to Asashi's 142. In total she was hit more than 40 times during the battle, including 10 twelve-inch and 22 six-inch shells, but none of them seriously damaged her. While Mikasa suffered 113 personnel casualties, the entire Japanese force combined lost 117 men killed and 583 wounded. Six days after the treaty of Portsmouth was signed, ending the war, Mikasa sank at her moorings after a fire and magazine explosion at Sasebo on the night of 11/12 September 1905, that killed 251 crewmen. She was refloated, repaired and reconstructed with upgrades. She was restored to active service on 24 August 1908. During World War I, she served on coastal defense duties, based at Msizura during 1914-15, and was then assigned to the Second and then Fifth Squadrons for the rest of the war. Mikasa supported the Japanese intervention in Siberia during the Russian Civil War during 1921 and was reclassified on 1 September 1921 as a first-class coast-defense ship. Mikasa is preserved and on display in Yokosuka, Japan, and is the only surviving example of a pre-dreadnought battleship in the world. There are some really good YouTube videos I watched about this ship and her history, plus some good videos about the battles.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAF7ZZSS_DxT8TkoCj1IgAzyXMUBRwYQqyLyEH5sdYq_fxUDwjCc9w8nAFIfI0W2ArQy1Bfd8StYw6I9tvPaCuIv6FFlXuy6dLdEAFZeRZMx1K1pKRpivbiOt-Y04nD4sBNu4_RSB-mnt0pmNSY5YMaKbRNlAfrqlAE7sJC0MSr_P26bF5V1y3uRs/s4624/20230416_211758.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAF7ZZSS_DxT8TkoCj1IgAzyXMUBRwYQqyLyEH5sdYq_fxUDwjCc9w8nAFIfI0W2ArQy1Bfd8StYw6I9tvPaCuIv6FFlXuy6dLdEAFZeRZMx1K1pKRpivbiOt-Y04nD4sBNu4_RSB-mnt0pmNSY5YMaKbRNlAfrqlAE7sJC0MSr_P26bF5V1y3uRs/s320/20230416_211758.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLE7dV0YKpmIIPi3v859hp5sTWAb8grUm26mrFJbWcaOr_Q3yaoj9k1KwBXujLaHbkvBrek55uCcFozGXX1HOcmoUfYv8VVYBA-yTghkPXbcgU2kV4b-6YME8d60L-t-aBU7vOGsXEJmtWOxnIYGZm2QNDFP9EW4R2jeVEdZL5MO0O0_ZmpInMfZT6/s4624/20230416_211812.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1jeihDcFwTwVZUKrtCfmGw1Roh28Y-tbqHQHSbvWN8wz280BNGmtOtFuZYtUBynTra6fmYbe4SJn2WBZziSk84VrBLU6pM0_6GhqXrtQIrV6YMWv75zK4f75cQhaqcDMCLrK7oezv_yPInIZ1hAnC5mJSzlSZWF_BgzU3KZHfu9GyoSJR9lOEMJwk/s3456/20230409_140631.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1jeihDcFwTwVZUKrtCfmGw1Roh28Y-tbqHQHSbvWN8wz280BNGmtOtFuZYtUBynTra6fmYbe4SJn2WBZziSk84VrBLU6pM0_6GhqXrtQIrV6YMWv75zK4f75cQhaqcDMCLrK7oezv_yPInIZ1hAnC5mJSzlSZWF_BgzU3KZHfu9GyoSJR9lOEMJwk/s320/20230409_140631.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Today I finished my first scratch built 1/2400 scale WWII ship, the Bismarck. I was inspired by a painting tutorial YouTube on the Little Wars TV channel. The gentleman was painting a 3D print of Bismarck, and I thought "How simple!" So then insanity took over and I downloaded hundreds of colored ship profiles from Pinterest. Then I inserted all of them into a Word document, calculated the size at 1/2400 scale for each of them, and shrunk them down. Then I printed them out and put them in a 3-ring binder. I started with Bismarck, since that was the video I watched I suppose. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqk1tTsKs5IMUS0nLefHSQxFXdlKBs48a11GHW6O8Hd2deD9hy2MJz-LsCVb6TOskTdvo2iyn5NdrCuIM6tf6p7VX34bbSVG6UP7jMZbJAm-oNd1i2Wku5BPpzJpYarRqhNZEvIS9O6RaPQhjlePTL0_a4JN8hu6jSlUBBxExuudIC3Br9wOhgDRD/s4624/20230403_180616.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqk1tTsKs5IMUS0nLefHSQxFXdlKBs48a11GHW6O8Hd2deD9hy2MJz-LsCVb6TOskTdvo2iyn5NdrCuIM6tf6p7VX34bbSVG6UP7jMZbJAm-oNd1i2Wku5BPpzJpYarRqhNZEvIS9O6RaPQhjlePTL0_a4JN8hu6jSlUBBxExuudIC3Br9wOhgDRD/s320/20230403_180616.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Then using a sheet of carbon paper, I traced out the deck onto a sheet of 3/32" bass wood.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I used balsa wood and paper card.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4wxGpd1RH1coYi2TXmjioYSF4rs4qI7NxPhKYGGmeV1eGZL1zmPgIKQtBvbpADtFO5L_tB9LdkfO2q2OX7Sf2ee2zuwVaWvxhzD8lG03UoAg3tl15YxN-yf3WlNizutbhuMv8K1lWpQpEuDef03DoV3UbyeRaBYZ67q9ENo3wMOv-488rOGyb-lw/s4624/20230403_192331.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4wxGpd1RH1coYi2TXmjioYSF4rs4qI7NxPhKYGGmeV1eGZL1zmPgIKQtBvbpADtFO5L_tB9LdkfO2q2OX7Sf2ee2zuwVaWvxhzD8lG03UoAg3tl15YxN-yf3WlNizutbhuMv8K1lWpQpEuDef03DoV3UbyeRaBYZ67q9ENo3wMOv-488rOGyb-lw/s320/20230403_192331.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgziNV6980ALjfPbhMux2wxWhFeej30fRdbH29wLKU83RKqeJrdI3AjOXVGU-Ig2B_vdLFBcvsdTax_5ynTGzvnIVNq9ic8iSZh5oGqwvX1dX7j7JwsQXTddOpvclyOl-9YJr5-wQPrvBzmBLy0uwsmGi-N-UXlTOE7lo--zz7tcxogA4sUiEqgP1zs/s4624/20230404_160327.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgziNV6980ALjfPbhMux2wxWhFeej30fRdbH29wLKU83RKqeJrdI3AjOXVGU-Ig2B_vdLFBcvsdTax_5ynTGzvnIVNq9ic8iSZh5oGqwvX1dX7j7JwsQXTddOpvclyOl-9YJr5-wQPrvBzmBLy0uwsmGi-N-UXlTOE7lo--zz7tcxogA4sUiEqgP1zs/s320/20230404_160327.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The large gun turrets are balsa and the gun barrels are 30lb test monofilament line. The deck is Oak and the superstructure base is London Gray. Black India ink wash over recesses.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycRWnUKg-4zWpf_JNbIrxKyb4Cgqw1o5CllfKAbaJslW89rYmytdJ73gr6t-L_sKaPJSR4NTq8qWfCt5tudfs9COfB8utcAp6_n2Q7RNuwqsAuiKLizMsTj1N5wjM1mv_9OPz5RvuM4RKMZKH_T3ByG5IaEtKwkeYi7tRpAmT5il7BbZbCmOOz2UX/s4624/20230404_195836.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycRWnUKg-4zWpf_JNbIrxKyb4Cgqw1o5CllfKAbaJslW89rYmytdJ73gr6t-L_sKaPJSR4NTq8qWfCt5tudfs9COfB8utcAp6_n2Q7RNuwqsAuiKLizMsTj1N5wjM1mv_9OPz5RvuM4RKMZKH_T3ByG5IaEtKwkeYi7tRpAmT5il7BbZbCmOOz2UX/s320/20230404_195836.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The smaller gun turrets are thick card with 20lb test monofilament guns</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw62GwjT4omIxkWVkXIcdGnufMWPv_Mv6pdlRCUS6f8xUTsGE6YS9PjHZ-olMdp4sVm_p9fC0F2UXPfzdAao4zaKxfWeLk4wcvN8iIPN3rZM7SmFCc2l1IjrqO0HZiiaZBKPnTJXCChojlTsEKJq9gnYtAirPvN17eVHcHPVEaTpYC8RT9WJKT8Bes/s4624/20230408_174425.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw62GwjT4omIxkWVkXIcdGnufMWPv_Mv6pdlRCUS6f8xUTsGE6YS9PjHZ-olMdp4sVm_p9fC0F2UXPfzdAao4zaKxfWeLk4wcvN8iIPN3rZM7SmFCc2l1IjrqO0HZiiaZBKPnTJXCChojlTsEKJq9gnYtAirPvN17eVHcHPVEaTpYC8RT9WJKT8Bes/s320/20230408_174425.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Almost done. Superstructure and guns dry brushed with French Gray then Pale Gray.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78Q8buBTxTXhu3BML8jQ52si3L3Jxo6D5_VARAMUAL5KGEtdyWh2bB_VM-yJKjt3gUXr9Vqip5eaopdqR04ENefZOXgk4pi7ahL-KQDSMMP1DyPfOr6lbeYpH4VwrtDLsyW0HdE-AwlFDhJR8nJ7kxwnPwhBd8NRe-IOHa2vVSSC4OSfxYGtOjHOs/s4624/20230408_174434.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78Q8buBTxTXhu3BML8jQ52si3L3Jxo6D5_VARAMUAL5KGEtdyWh2bB_VM-yJKjt3gUXr9Vqip5eaopdqR04ENefZOXgk4pi7ahL-KQDSMMP1DyPfOr6lbeYpH4VwrtDLsyW0HdE-AwlFDhJR8nJ7kxwnPwhBd8NRe-IOHa2vVSSC4OSfxYGtOjHOs/s320/20230408_174434.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEkL-98_q8bvh4S7R1VAI_6be1W5gG3V2diUZqK9IT2ZvDhaVlyquaFF2bq0xVWV7U5oMY1LZUFtKiqfSwo7INHyVR5jfpBTgNquHuhh0i9XVBkzyQUpa47zQ0RII0teoPaEGQDS4f3Ht8T6rsfWz72jf_-tUwz3MqjamZSp7lFlzA6Nh4SF1dGfvY/s4624/20230408_174613.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEkL-98_q8bvh4S7R1VAI_6be1W5gG3V2diUZqK9IT2ZvDhaVlyquaFF2bq0xVWV7U5oMY1LZUFtKiqfSwo7INHyVR5jfpBTgNquHuhh0i9XVBkzyQUpa47zQ0RII0teoPaEGQDS4f3Ht8T6rsfWz72jf_-tUwz3MqjamZSp7lFlzA6Nh4SF1dGfvY/s320/20230408_174613.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJpDIDGPD28f4HgbN_rtbLSdxzEz7re9lF9TNJcB-wuH7OVAvZgtPnTf1bm1YTXkItPgpKAQhtzo-nYkiobF9IEbZHhb2VTADum4cvIFkKaLdcBZazZBTErJGxWMw-0d66KW-NgN0ULscR_-pqgaE6Rl0TMHES3g0VWsjeZe6bxD6wxPynMxZ6DCB/s4624/20230408_174631.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJpDIDGPD28f4HgbN_rtbLSdxzEz7re9lF9TNJcB-wuH7OVAvZgtPnTf1bm1YTXkItPgpKAQhtzo-nYkiobF9IEbZHhb2VTADum4cvIFkKaLdcBZazZBTErJGxWMw-0d66KW-NgN0ULscR_-pqgaE6Rl0TMHES3g0VWsjeZe6bxD6wxPynMxZ6DCB/s320/20230408_174631.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSO5zJBjZkk9yrlcovNGD2zj_NNs3fKYHZ3lIxrZM4UERSaxRGGxTxr4M5PVmGKPrZFxMiUTb7r2olUi7nagJCzuFzucAGhdVdkGeGJoEUPIqIcbxixlXbeLd2PzoNv6BsV-ayztX6FY4YExm84HzWHBTFUCz_J3y750WM-NLMA0_0I6InhxKx4TT6/s4624/20230408_174657.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSO5zJBjZkk9yrlcovNGD2zj_NNs3fKYHZ3lIxrZM4UERSaxRGGxTxr4M5PVmGKPrZFxMiUTb7r2olUi7nagJCzuFzucAGhdVdkGeGJoEUPIqIcbxixlXbeLd2PzoNv6BsV-ayztX6FY4YExm84HzWHBTFUCz_J3y750WM-NLMA0_0I6InhxKx4TT6/s320/20230408_174657.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5jzfXD6SeSL_IQxbM_ONr4_uTqsAq1CBEJmFUvTDK6ohYMUWslnCTf64bzntSZKfDm6sjpPdA7nv42m-zTD7boyHQSY-OTMxS6tvyCNFuo171ZaVZplQdkjIG-Q6wKgf7Y-fxWW_HMc1OLP9uxFJaWev8u-5hgyQcsleuW58SuAnnH4W62jrpHyD/s4624/20230408_174733.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5jzfXD6SeSL_IQxbM_ONr4_uTqsAq1CBEJmFUvTDK6ohYMUWslnCTf64bzntSZKfDm6sjpPdA7nv42m-zTD7boyHQSY-OTMxS6tvyCNFuo171ZaVZplQdkjIG-Q6wKgf7Y-fxWW_HMc1OLP9uxFJaWev8u-5hgyQcsleuW58SuAnnH4W62jrpHyD/s320/20230408_174733.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4cQTjCkQzmPSJ4CrySlHvm7qssYzSGPlRxDVehfXahSlor2Idmh7coDd2tQyLp0_XnDavhyfTKgvPnTRge0vTxMfNZnkd4AMDPSDzHHZNSBModRL1VRqBkhdcUzockWajupUDNP9TOBUxiH40V4nG1qzY5uEnogBSYEajBihnMG_UNVHp0V_EQTtE/s4624/20230408_180208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4cQTjCkQzmPSJ4CrySlHvm7qssYzSGPlRxDVehfXahSlor2Idmh7coDd2tQyLp0_XnDavhyfTKgvPnTRge0vTxMfNZnkd4AMDPSDzHHZNSBModRL1VRqBkhdcUzockWajupUDNP9TOBUxiH40V4nG1qzY5uEnogBSYEajBihnMG_UNVHp0V_EQTtE/s320/20230408_180208.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At this point I was almost done. But I felt the ink wash I had done earlier was just not standing out enough, so I repeated it. Then I had to do a bit more dry brushing with French Gray and Pale Gray, plus a bit of deck touch up.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Ta_hy1BibkZK6DypvLO83gxL8z23Y4o-QgHwUSWYiEVL_KsMevlvqc4BQM7lUtQlKTmBszvD5WcSZz7OngrIo_HYUfYcPoVfIiQCVeU9W9sD6tBv5NJUQtgyqjXXf1nr4GmWy2YRLSCN7h4NbIFLhEIyWt1E21ELJ5s50JejbhCV32GjJKC69Xnr/s4624/20230409_125145.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Ta_hy1BibkZK6DypvLO83gxL8z23Y4o-QgHwUSWYiEVL_KsMevlvqc4BQM7lUtQlKTmBszvD5WcSZz7OngrIo_HYUfYcPoVfIiQCVeU9W9sD6tBv5NJUQtgyqjXXf1nr4GmWy2YRLSCN7h4NbIFLhEIyWt1E21ELJ5s50JejbhCV32GjJKC69Xnr/s320/20230409_125145.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The base is 1"x5" matt board. Waves were sculpted with the PVA/tissue technique. Painted with Navy blue and wave tops lightly dry brushed with white. The model was sealed with ModPodge matt sealer spray. Then the water was coated with ModPodge gloss. In this photo the tiny anti-aircraft batteries show up. I made them with Play-Doh and brush bristle guns.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLhNQxbJROXdW1Uq-BxSclDkjlLiotZKzmGZVZw7xvKM-HW3M6fYNmKhJ_iG5T01WbhrCFV0bUxUqmfnJNBylOSu8mu5ZdU63p9c6EnpJhzXF6590yd7A6FabAVfJj9Q0GlkJLRFGZ_wm3C4OM5HRBUc6W9ZdXJClys5MmFWdE2rELMSQXkh89L_e/s4624/20230409_140221.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLhNQxbJROXdW1Uq-BxSclDkjlLiotZKzmGZVZw7xvKM-HW3M6fYNmKhJ_iG5T01WbhrCFV0bUxUqmfnJNBylOSu8mu5ZdU63p9c6EnpJhzXF6590yd7A6FabAVfJj9Q0GlkJLRFGZ_wm3C4OM5HRBUc6W9ZdXJClys5MmFWdE2rELMSQXkh89L_e/s320/20230409_140221.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX7WqbMbq1Pqn55k5sMuXQHIC65gfEnhYjGg52MeKW_kPCeevm5UATcoiXS9jxEe9h09gEK7MYMAWhp5YlXs0UaQDyTnwNrG_9A6HBp9t-QA-xtMKVCeEEOjQ9FFM2y9UifjX2eGXT19JGBoHc30JvAkk9Kg3qT9f1Phs2NoqEDMd0jZlCy4UjNsvA/s3456/20230409_140341.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX7WqbMbq1Pqn55k5sMuXQHIC65gfEnhYjGg52MeKW_kPCeevm5UATcoiXS9jxEe9h09gEK7MYMAWhp5YlXs0UaQDyTnwNrG_9A6HBp9t-QA-xtMKVCeEEOjQ9FFM2y9UifjX2eGXT19JGBoHc30JvAkk9Kg3qT9f1Phs2NoqEDMd0jZlCy4UjNsvA/s320/20230409_140341.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG3Xi1ul9c8L58a7p2GKomNbZzonpjm0db4J_3LAtSLQlvJb_q4g9oy7x0H_01OZFN0QvMI0fY4m-WIi8V0-NRn7l0ONm_Z75GoecG9iQphkZ6cy-5gcUOL52fotKakBrT7HHsH1H6Cbm6KmmUcVEhxrX-Bgnoh753MZePAqfSgpl76xT1DuWMB997/s3456/20230409_140359.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG3Xi1ul9c8L58a7p2GKomNbZzonpjm0db4J_3LAtSLQlvJb_q4g9oy7x0H_01OZFN0QvMI0fY4m-WIi8V0-NRn7l0ONm_Z75GoecG9iQphkZ6cy-5gcUOL52fotKakBrT7HHsH1H6Cbm6KmmUcVEhxrX-Bgnoh753MZePAqfSgpl76xT1DuWMB997/s320/20230409_140359.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZ9ZZ-w_AJgDAGhny7lEmfXbNf7C3TBhwbmgHtjQ2JJUC9Tv3lGFJmhqMrJUtEPt07VXnEGtY2C2IHYt0_U_Ba58WruZ4jTMVrgMZdqSb3pGjl4oyPI9SYnfZuj-P5UnYrsHJI6dPbibdD-BXi7GPemef7RnrqhXkIh5Rkn0YWyPmJ-TqZXUl2gLa/s3456/20230409_194010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZ9ZZ-w_AJgDAGhny7lEmfXbNf7C3TBhwbmgHtjQ2JJUC9Tv3lGFJmhqMrJUtEPt07VXnEGtY2C2IHYt0_U_Ba58WruZ4jTMVrgMZdqSb3pGjl4oyPI9SYnfZuj-P5UnYrsHJI6dPbibdD-BXi7GPemef7RnrqhXkIh5Rkn0YWyPmJ-TqZXUl2gLa/s320/20230409_194010.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>My next build will be a 1/700 waterline IJN ship. Either the Yamato or the WWI Battleship Mikasa.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <br /><p><br /></p></div>A Miniatures Hobby Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955521215153908012noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383663773937558150.post-12356893855756267882023-04-04T10:56:00.000-07:002023-04-04T10:56:05.207-07:001/1000 Scale Alamo Terrain<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCpb0Ia08yRBXP028ws4wbFSheMf-ZAGtzBOLAohe1biJLwmIcDGnHmeaxa57pb4HtL5_Idi5kEFhTNrDLLigN4gQmvYpCQwSnaSQqfAu10aFy2Nc0RXjO6dKh0wyo48i1EuGzzAdLKa-3Q7c7Za9WcF49D7xry9BPhn_RVvUXfznvaaONZhRP-at/s530/2ab47edfabc5ae643b6dcc7a57a0bbef.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="530" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCpb0Ia08yRBXP028ws4wbFSheMf-ZAGtzBOLAohe1biJLwmIcDGnHmeaxa57pb4HtL5_Idi5kEFhTNrDLLigN4gQmvYpCQwSnaSQqfAu10aFy2Nc0RXjO6dKh0wyo48i1EuGzzAdLKa-3Q7c7Za9WcF49D7xry9BPhn_RVvUXfznvaaONZhRP-at/s320/2ab47edfabc5ae643b6dcc7a57a0bbef.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I have always been fascinated by the Texas struggle for independence and the last stand at the Alamo. beginning with Disney's 1955 "Davey Crocket at the Alamo" and Republic Pictures' "The Last Command" the same year. Then came my favorite, John Wayne's "The Alamo" in 1960! I will never forget that experience, sitting in a lounge chair in the back of a pickup truck at the Bordertown Drive In Theater, freezing my little 8 year old butt off in November! But I didn't care because I was mesmerized! A month later I was ecstatic to find the Marx Alamo Playset under the Christmas tree! Wow! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0RN5Px9XDOa_V_f5AnjnnnyCnUgivELwgafZ48wMuNLJvX8ndUCXpOcEZQKCMezuzhArUf2rupWLXwGZm4_Mltq4duN2NWRSNiG-jQtdzXknRAhZx4sIZxPf6H2OQ7Vp0s87XeCzrIH3QRSTtvV0EvNp9md8jZVUNntID4dQwI5VfafdKoLpPlGV/s400/s-l400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="400" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0RN5Px9XDOa_V_f5AnjnnnyCnUgivELwgafZ48wMuNLJvX8ndUCXpOcEZQKCMezuzhArUf2rupWLXwGZm4_Mltq4duN2NWRSNiG-jQtdzXknRAhZx4sIZxPf6H2OQ7Vp0s87XeCzrIH3QRSTtvV0EvNp9md8jZVUNntID4dQwI5VfafdKoLpPlGV/s320/s-l400.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Then along came the 2004 "The Alamo" movie with a bit less mythic depiction of the events, albeit more realistic. It was still good and I enjoyed it thoroughly. But it just doesn't hold the magic for me that the 1960 version does. While working on this project, I watched every one of these movies again in the order they came out and I still like them all.<div><br /></div><div>To start with, I found a free 3D STL file on Thingyverse.com for the Alamo compound. I reduced and printed it out at 1/1000 scale. It wasn't very accurate so I cut it up to rebuild it. There are so many drawings and artist renditions of the original 1836 compound, and few of them match! so it was difficult to determine which was correct. Even the San Antonia mission park website has conflicting illustrations. I ended up taking what I considered to be the most consistent elements from all of them to configure my Alamo compound.</div><div><br /></div><div>I started with a 10"x12"x1/4" foam sheet. Then I glued the modified compound to it and carved the arroyos and irrigation ditches. I then coated the whole thing with diluted black paint and ModPodge. I used vinyl spackle to contour and coat the foam, and another ModPodge coat over that. I used a base coat of earth brown, followed by successive dry brushing of brown tan, trail tan, and desert dune. The trees are twisted strand wire frames coated with white modeling putty, and PVA glued foam flock leaves. The sage and mesquite are pieces of painted lichen. The abatis are made of dried weeds from the yard as well as the represented cut stumps the defenders obtained them from. The palisade wall portions are reduced printed photos, glued together back to back over heavy bond card. I also had to add additional gun platforms and stairs or ramps in places. The cannon were difficult at this scale and I did the best I could using bits of card and monofilament fishing line. They are a bit large for the scale. The defenders are all 1/800 scale Eduard photo-etched naval figures painted as Texicans. Their guns are all bristles from a shoe brush. I could not find any troops to represent the massed Mexican army attackers that satisfied what I was looking for, so I decided to stop here and move on to other projects. Sometime in the future I may find the perfect solution. I hope you like it.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUauA3HlfWRMOko4DlVTXUZ3jTmAUhq4eRwGgtojgaGb96CNCkqzT3CZQ82_IZsRIFXlsBPaLOJp7YG65iSJ93B-ZrFfUgUmOVAfkMjspVKyjcR-w-KZvkT56agu-gv5JZZIQ1C18d3YaCK095lKW3glUK2R0f228qjxVyW9Lxk2gIER6RHetnDDjj/s4624/20230309_081059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUauA3HlfWRMOko4DlVTXUZ3jTmAUhq4eRwGgtojgaGb96CNCkqzT3CZQ82_IZsRIFXlsBPaLOJp7YG65iSJ93B-ZrFfUgUmOVAfkMjspVKyjcR-w-KZvkT56agu-gv5JZZIQ1C18d3YaCK095lKW3glUK2R0f228qjxVyW9Lxk2gIER6RHetnDDjj/s320/20230309_081059.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqOmSNwJxxMLIyOLn6YRTRa1i7UDpiTMgeq2N9IwTMcmaVj4hiIwPvfwmWxoLreNyuBb4pE9qxIMj60kFLq6UrfNz2kby7Fn22H7xRs2wOjGfvkg02KMYDfLpjaAKxJ9bFdHumG37MJ9qaqGfY2NtEoPBqEYEuzpG12SxXaRkUFYn3sH9suyv5-wWi/s4624/20230311_072707.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrR5DTILR20gHBZTXOozPHIg2zXBscV0_wnSRFP8UfHXLl51MtDuqyg6nygN6oLuhMZ53VDnzvQnALd7tmMP4vkiyGHFKUJj4V_LGU_ANplo6rawmlBezzSNjONoBOzKKJf1IqwKQSjkskP-jfk_7E76Aftnq0SlnfLYti_9IWSogCEbqf6z7oPvO/s4624/20230404_093250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrR5DTILR20gHBZTXOozPHIg2zXBscV0_wnSRFP8UfHXLl51MtDuqyg6nygN6oLuhMZ53VDnzvQnALd7tmMP4vkiyGHFKUJj4V_LGU_ANplo6rawmlBezzSNjONoBOzKKJf1IqwKQSjkskP-jfk_7E76Aftnq0SlnfLYti_9IWSogCEbqf6z7oPvO/s320/20230404_093250.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hung on the wall</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <br /><p><br /></p></div>A Miniatures Hobby Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955521215153908012noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383663773937558150.post-51811931105047457092023-03-05T22:27:00.002-08:002023-03-06T12:56:39.568-08:00Lindberg 1/144 Santa Maria<p> A few Christmases ago my youngest daughter gifted me the Lindberg 1/144 scale box set of Columbus' three ships. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqiimBmifFdNLRV5i8dq0U0xMVc7eyHLvVLNBosEc-92KK00SqerS9dbbX6_VEF4aaU-EQ3SsI1-PAi_eeTzzY7MCB0K63AQIzn1DcHCPgNYQEIMerZH_4oAeg4iADhrEdCMGI8v4c1inonLzAqO2_EsVqjg6FaZuasEEkRF-D-sAXdfFME3m1BlBI/s4624/20230305_194212.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqiimBmifFdNLRV5i8dq0U0xMVc7eyHLvVLNBosEc-92KK00SqerS9dbbX6_VEF4aaU-EQ3SsI1-PAi_eeTzzY7MCB0K63AQIzn1DcHCPgNYQEIMerZH_4oAeg4iADhrEdCMGI8v4c1inonLzAqO2_EsVqjg6FaZuasEEkRF-D-sAXdfFME3m1BlBI/s320/20230305_194212.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I built the Nina and Pinta a long while back. It was quite a challenge to make those very plain and simple models look respectable. And this last one was no exception. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK67atIdhXseUD9hNd9BJLijg5Hnc4iVcjqa_vbabJeEzZswi--vijSErCOhaKG66lxZ61yX-3-tHd_BcJIqvru5v59bX-yhIYuEQ4nsz_nJx29u8hQ4v9sDDA7IhNiZNrGmcQxgHWfCp13cpGEtQmzjTeNDcy6hI2V6n3fRjywvsgbWoTmCSDxLOm/s3456/20230305_193955.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK67atIdhXseUD9hNd9BJLijg5Hnc4iVcjqa_vbabJeEzZswi--vijSErCOhaKG66lxZ61yX-3-tHd_BcJIqvru5v59bX-yhIYuEQ4nsz_nJx29u8hQ4v9sDDA7IhNiZNrGmcQxgHWfCp13cpGEtQmzjTeNDcy6hI2V6n3fRjywvsgbWoTmCSDxLOm/s320/20230305_193955.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsC_-f8PM16QanrLIt0FrCrGrG9BFAqWa882jtJGRwIjOFhYdKWKyPJK7SJyUNXk4cuYISeikqw5kb8GsbNlaD0ZTnV0dj9Yk4-YZA6XzGSZNqDScuDUI5UkHlG97bIBLEcM4TrlggcserAwzuLjWHOa4Ej3ASnNadjLGyu5D7AC8ALp2ZJMBUQXtG/s4624/20230305_194055.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsC_-f8PM16QanrLIt0FrCrGrG9BFAqWa882jtJGRwIjOFhYdKWKyPJK7SJyUNXk4cuYISeikqw5kb8GsbNlaD0ZTnV0dj9Yk4-YZA6XzGSZNqDScuDUI5UkHlG97bIBLEcM4TrlggcserAwzuLjWHOa4Ej3ASnNadjLGyu5D7AC8ALp2ZJMBUQXtG/s320/20230305_194055.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdB9soTAb4qz9rF0jWTH0XCUE8qbR3XEWyxo4dNkLlpS3CWjklcLHIXjHZ1l43n9KrqmVDe8E6IVl6Y-eaXHZIvOY7xP9eNb9SadvWoRmlnJ_Ix1P8OTu8p57TDebI1kAJJb0cVt2nqk3On0m017F0CtCwUYUeciC2RI4b4RxyNv7bUimFXNp5weW4/s3456/20230305_194107.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdB9soTAb4qz9rF0jWTH0XCUE8qbR3XEWyxo4dNkLlpS3CWjklcLHIXjHZ1l43n9KrqmVDe8E6IVl6Y-eaXHZIvOY7xP9eNb9SadvWoRmlnJ_Ix1P8OTu8p57TDebI1kAJJb0cVt2nqk3On0m017F0CtCwUYUeciC2RI4b4RxyNv7bUimFXNp5weW4/s320/20230305_194107.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p>I had to add a lot of detail. The stern was just a blank, no channels, the super thick flags attached to the masts had to be removed and replaced with new flags. A stern spar was added and the anchor modified. Like the other two models, the supplied cannon were from a much later era so I had to make some short ship bombards to fit the narrow space available. I also added gratings and coiled ropes where I deemed appropriate.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIgBMYw_P5oxi04RiXeS9JNQvZQPVaFDl_naRb19KW8JixyguBN2sNYX4p5EYNh255i6LFwaaKyFNrdNkGYCwBDRq5ocXGPMgVOjKPAJnoKRkJroHYTLnzBGtfo08emj-JzSQzWuJYd7KIw7zI7O7YFSwV9sTs9GZD35cts6VcQqML_33eQZHElnx/s4624/20230306_122918.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIgBMYw_P5oxi04RiXeS9JNQvZQPVaFDl_naRb19KW8JixyguBN2sNYX4p5EYNh255i6LFwaaKyFNrdNkGYCwBDRq5ocXGPMgVOjKPAJnoKRkJroHYTLnzBGtfo08emj-JzSQzWuJYd7KIw7zI7O7YFSwV9sTs9GZD35cts6VcQqML_33eQZHElnx/s320/20230306_122918.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG6rLwFDd89MBdySdKSDeUyFfTdS3e1cAn7HkVWT0rwvznWIQqMvhaE1B0JuwscYVE0djJUKZI7mx-nmkrYFqapDkOWsCZUCHG4-M-ckJ5zpzTkl_5tNB3nc5ybTvguty15U82Qi0IWBostuw40ZghbnFDWpt_fJ_Av4BUe1qsG-XwLTsY63FhDbdI/s4624/20230306_122930.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I'm not sure what I'll work on next, there are so many ideas floating around up there.</p>A Miniatures Hobby Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955521215153908012noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383663773937558150.post-22336372607883993992023-01-24T16:24:00.001-08:002023-06-20T22:38:45.438-07:00Small Lighted Hogwarts Display<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRkxkBBSropSe5KV-WCF6NRiodUBc_GTaYjDMky6QYvp_p_RviPUIW1n-jZzYwcxnwtiQD4L4uw90bxjLJrV2ktvOiiI_dE6keyxJLZUvmsmutni2_HJQMgN-4YGJPG4QlUuFFZ1IYMXBb16XNjWBBh2KIhY81QTvtw_2PiF9NbHt_7cpX0d5Np8x/s3456/20230118_152600.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRkxkBBSropSe5KV-WCF6NRiodUBc_GTaYjDMky6QYvp_p_RviPUIW1n-jZzYwcxnwtiQD4L4uw90bxjLJrV2ktvOiiI_dE6keyxJLZUvmsmutni2_HJQMgN-4YGJPG4QlUuFFZ1IYMXBb16XNjWBBh2KIhY81QTvtw_2PiF9NbHt_7cpX0d5Np8x/s320/20230118_152600.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I decided to take a short break from building ships to make another Hogwarts diorama for one of my daughter's upcoming birthday. This time a small one, only 7-inches in diameter, lighted, and in winter. The basic castle is a 3D print, hollowed out using various drill and Dremel bits. Drill bits didn't work very well for the window holes, so I used a small heated wire to punch through the hard plastic walls. Not all of the buildings are lighted, just the ones I could reasonably get to. The surrounding land and lake bottom is sculpted from foam. The lighting is a 20 count fairy light string powered by two 3V wafer batteries mounted underneath with a switch. The lake is poured resin. The covered wooden bridge, standing stone circle, and Great Hall courtyard palisade and roof are scratch, as well as all of the flocking and shrubbery. Pine trees are painted pipe cleaner bits, and the Whomping Willow is made from twisted wire and foam flocking.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY22LdhW9MJ2ur9H2UgMyLhtM3zGV-Mu4rXZMkfc0sEOAL_AbVTy2RoHvu4Wiy49rDVLVBBDNu8XJVTBy_fu7j8Mj5Ipi3SdRmKxHC_IdSlPbi6J-vQw95f5bIBn1iTaa_CRbWyLRHu6WhJjdWpw_KkccuM6oItvVaH1MUh0y1g3Sak_juaQZ8gdxQ/s3456/20230109_192406.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY22LdhW9MJ2ur9H2UgMyLhtM3zGV-Mu4rXZMkfc0sEOAL_AbVTy2RoHvu4Wiy49rDVLVBBDNu8XJVTBy_fu7j8Mj5Ipi3SdRmKxHC_IdSlPbi6J-vQw95f5bIBn1iTaa_CRbWyLRHu6WhJjdWpw_KkccuM6oItvVaH1MUh0y1g3Sak_juaQZ8gdxQ/s320/20230109_192406.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of work went into hollowing out the buildings and towers to place the lights</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEAFiYku0V_g9Dy1gK7lXSU44CZQodGENtiQ7k_2Gv3B5NIwIaOrdWr2q9kqYZ8GFNwLUKgZEsEz54hRv2KcE7Tm8iAC4_cCyEMh09ESChRj97objlQfHvWfNS_T2KaY7rck4JBqUlVbBOwBDHNoQbe8vnf314FhvxT_WMWGqzhXPgyCseN6s32wZ/s3456/20230109_192417.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEAFiYku0V_g9Dy1gK7lXSU44CZQodGENtiQ7k_2Gv3B5NIwIaOrdWr2q9kqYZ8GFNwLUKgZEsEz54hRv2KcE7Tm8iAC4_cCyEMh09ESChRj97objlQfHvWfNS_T2KaY7rck4JBqUlVbBOwBDHNoQbe8vnf314FhvxT_WMWGqzhXPgyCseN6s32wZ/s320/20230109_192417.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIgnXOuw_nRUfOurwrDVnU0OBe8QSMFko8ulP8WSMpWmOYDW029-FmcfxA5sZCQE1VlItPx2QXzhLDjQ4maqk-UlENlRu5z1sSf8eKyvtPFHTi-4J2gR8JWct82TCOCIAUhWdZd5oOTVYUaz2ZUYnHLbq0CZwaFyAaRPbKk498v9CZhcx35wUvVGR/s3456/20230110_135221.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIgnXOuw_nRUfOurwrDVnU0OBe8QSMFko8ulP8WSMpWmOYDW029-FmcfxA5sZCQE1VlItPx2QXzhLDjQ4maqk-UlENlRu5z1sSf8eKyvtPFHTi-4J2gR8JWct82TCOCIAUhWdZd5oOTVYUaz2ZUYnHLbq0CZwaFyAaRPbKk498v9CZhcx35wUvVGR/s320/20230110_135221.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Testing it out, cool!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_w542tmoQsGa2rFK77lnim9ZkhhcxFINjQ7qVa1nttLEKPbwaWvXv8WFK0_NM3IESnS9nZkxl0QE_DcByb72tSlcULj9xB3GTnO0z4TiHlBfWIKp52qwXbFnZYASQ93gBVp99k0elEdHRMdHlNObNjYBTHWOhC9ECxxbAU4rrC0mWjv5NR-jdLuC/s3456/20230110_135246.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_w542tmoQsGa2rFK77lnim9ZkhhcxFINjQ7qVa1nttLEKPbwaWvXv8WFK0_NM3IESnS9nZkxl0QE_DcByb72tSlcULj9xB3GTnO0z4TiHlBfWIKp52qwXbFnZYASQ93gBVp99k0elEdHRMdHlNObNjYBTHWOhC9ECxxbAU4rrC0mWjv5NR-jdLuC/s320/20230110_135246.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After gluing down to the foam base</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivwim1qi6atGBn_kHA6Wn2-TSnIAqJlt_bCXNDWNL22_wuTyLt3gZ0r8guVg0RKvnwItRnvtXg7MjT-3UQb8yKBc26SWqgT3wPqnG6AXAATlED6oh9fW7mB_J1PHeH6pbUosgHETcWxz8LNFvYobl__k3m0W0yO_bCsWUleaOuwDfA65SihRLCWVPZ/s3456/20230112_194649.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivwim1qi6atGBn_kHA6Wn2-TSnIAqJlt_bCXNDWNL22_wuTyLt3gZ0r8guVg0RKvnwItRnvtXg7MjT-3UQb8yKBc26SWqgT3wPqnG6AXAATlED6oh9fW7mB_J1PHeH6pbUosgHETcWxz8LNFvYobl__k3m0W0yO_bCsWUleaOuwDfA65SihRLCWVPZ/s320/20230112_194649.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mounting the battery pack and switch in the base</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDuqVTYneAGZsvPrlF4lhWd-X9Eqw0LqJ9m5AwwmxJdva7BK9oc50GZ3n1B3EW8usEx8pZBtQokH1BCxKq6vVyTp7US54rcNed29MguxGhrMlTmS9l-5lZfP_t44YLn9fCNBXMuAOWGY06fIstN2vajc8Wvec0DYegsMYRYlRJgupxTCk5aM4-Ak5Y/s3456/20230112_194719.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDuqVTYneAGZsvPrlF4lhWd-X9Eqw0LqJ9m5AwwmxJdva7BK9oc50GZ3n1B3EW8usEx8pZBtQokH1BCxKq6vVyTp7US54rcNed29MguxGhrMlTmS9l-5lZfP_t44YLn9fCNBXMuAOWGY06fIstN2vajc8Wvec0DYegsMYRYlRJgupxTCk5aM4-Ak5Y/s320/20230112_194719.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can see the internal lighting through the clear housing. This had the added benefit of wicking the light through the clear round acrylic base</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP27oL2B1pXb7EPN1mUVbkQ_5yyoToIb0iYkeRRLs1IV0ksaMtd65MImnnu82Hfmo4BI9bXStFhhms7642D9hGM_lW9ir-GBlnawvCys1e8-5oKWu29R_I4sR_zydmNlRfyFV_dh3fY1nX6lIW9oCJ8uIct7vm7Ha2roRhduvT-uZDX0_seYeXvPF-/s3456/20230111_193120.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP27oL2B1pXb7EPN1mUVbkQ_5yyoToIb0iYkeRRLs1IV0ksaMtd65MImnnu82Hfmo4BI9bXStFhhms7642D9hGM_lW9ir-GBlnawvCys1e8-5oKWu29R_I4sR_zydmNlRfyFV_dh3fY1nX6lIW9oCJ8uIct7vm7Ha2roRhduvT-uZDX0_seYeXvPF-/s320/20230111_193120.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lake bottom was dug out of the foam. Vinyl spackle was applied in a thin coat over the lake bottom to seal the foam.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27O7Q7iLVZZT5v5RTlBhrqN3OXbPL9di-Qg3FKvdOI8hBsd7rBHQG-qNTBO1HZHykc2-IjId4OxocF7BCHj9KynVI7dWR6iZkPLwDsblqudazloPRScmKcG2tA4ghscfa1WrjhxHRBmWOJhjFI6m0MjhBFYcDwdjanecUakET3Uzcuks1QFEvHZsU/s3456/20230112_175711.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27O7Q7iLVZZT5v5RTlBhrqN3OXbPL9di-Qg3FKvdOI8hBsd7rBHQG-qNTBO1HZHykc2-IjId4OxocF7BCHj9KynVI7dWR6iZkPLwDsblqudazloPRScmKcG2tA4ghscfa1WrjhxHRBmWOJhjFI6m0MjhBFYcDwdjanecUakET3Uzcuks1QFEvHZsU/s320/20230112_175711.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The vinyl spackle was applied over the rest of the foam terrain as well, blending the printed parts to the rest.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdHRQ5uX4YgQHpTAmzvEbDeX0ErR0C4ZM2_cjlHy2WowEwL6ihR-t_KNlzE5o9RR_H2nIoVN5p2db3q6vodKKm1thjLk5JJE-e4znau6OUQ3E9YWTruXdvt9eUDPme-Lz3iZjOM9VnrfemsK0ntMXSDzbsuY9oOyuxht1LUVKOlaWBo5_wj2dq8Am/s3456/20230112_181423.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdHRQ5uX4YgQHpTAmzvEbDeX0ErR0C4ZM2_cjlHy2WowEwL6ihR-t_KNlzE5o9RR_H2nIoVN5p2db3q6vodKKm1thjLk5JJE-e4znau6OUQ3E9YWTruXdvt9eUDPme-Lz3iZjOM9VnrfemsK0ntMXSDzbsuY9oOyuxht1LUVKOlaWBo5_wj2dq8Am/s320/20230112_181423.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Mod Podge mix was applied to seal the whole structure</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Launched 10 April 1800, she sailed from New York on her first cruise on 5 August 1800, Commodore Thomas Truxton commanding. </p><p>President was the flagship of Commodore Richard Dale in the Mediterranean during the first Barbary War 1801-1802, and again in 1804-1805, participating in the actions against Tripoli. She cruised off the eastern coast of the United States from 1809 to 1812. She sailed from Annapolis, MD on 12 May 1811, met and fired on HMS Sloop Little Belt of 22-guns.</p><p>President sailed from New York on 21 June 1812 with United States, Congress, Hornet, and Agnes on a cruise in the North Atlantic. Two days later she fell in with HMS frigate Belvidera, and after a running fight of 8 hours, Belvidera escaped. </p><p>She sailed from Boston on 30 April 1813 for a cruise off the coast of Europe. on 23 September she captured HMS schooner Highflyer of 5 guns off New York and arrived at Newport, RI 27 September 1813. She sailed from Providence 4 December for a cruise to the West Indies, returning to New York 15 February 1814, and was blockaded there for almost a year by a British squadron.</p><p>She sailed from New York 14 January 1815 under Captain Stephen Decatur, and the next day was captured by British ships Endymion, Majestic, Pomone, and Tenedos.</p><p>President was taken into the Royal Navy, and was broken up just two years later at Portsmouth in 1817.</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Armament: 32 x 24 pounder long guns, 22 x 42 pounder carronades, 1 x 18 pounder long gun</li><li>Displacement; 1,576 tons</li><li>Length 175', Breadth 44'4", Depth of Hold 14'3"</li></ul><p></p><p>This model is another of the Warlord Games Black Seas resin cast models. The only other parts of the WG kit I used are the two furled sails I cut from the metal masts, and the two anchors. The ships boats are 3D prints. 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