Reply To: The 'good-boy' zone!

[unclejimmy 9225xp 1]

…and we are close! A bit later, but I was chatting with @sundancer! A massive thanks to all of you for your time and for your patience when we got invaded by some dicks. As nobody answered my question about next week do I take it that nobody minds if we try my suggestion about making this once great thing big again? Well, @oriskany and that new guy have mentioned it, but no one else did.

This unoffical “weekender” is yours, I just have nothing better to do with my time, but you have to play your part too.

I did find time to try the hairspray thing…

This is the test piece. It was roughly painted with Vallejo gunmetal that was not thinned too much. Then I brushed some bits with a mix of dark grey and orange and washed the corners and detail. Sprayed it with some matt varnish (£1.50 for a massive can from my local harware shop). Works great too. No frosting. Then some hairspray.

As it is just a small box/crate I just sponged on some Wacoshop Macharius Orange and then noticed the thing was stuck to my leg. Knackers.

I blame the strokes. My left hand is to blame as I couldn’t feel where there piece was!

That is speed tried with a heat gun. It sometimes gives you a blistering effect if you go just a bit too close. I don’t think this would work on plastic kits! Now to get the cotton-bugs out and get rubbing…not jokes either.

The results will have to wait. I have been sent a very nice bottle of Port and I am going to try a wee drop. If you have been and go before I return then sleep tight.

If you would like a night time rhyme from the western isles of Scotia then try this:

“Time for bed, sleepyhead.

Let us wait a while, said Joe.

Well drink a pot says Gobblegot, let’s sup ‘afore we go.”

I have never shared that with anyone before. My dads Aunt Mimer told it to me when I was 11.