CapnMac82

 

 

Bakster

I hope you got yours because mine didn't show up.

 

 

Home Despot's "Between 8 and 9 i nthe morning" was, in fact, 0705. 

Dropped the buckets off at the door, and only got a glimpse of the orange truck as it was turning the corner.

Ugh.

 

Greg

I've thought about that so, so many times, Steve. Regarding your figure casting, your imagination seems to know no bounds. Good for you.

Great minds think alike!

And thanks! That is a great compliment!

While I wait for paint and figures to arrive, I decided to make the escape hatch. I do not have die cutters or punches. At this scale, it is near impossible for me to hand cut concentric circles, so I set out to try another method. 

A few years back I came across an assortment of drafting templates. I found them at a science and surplus store. The templates are poor quality, but the price was right. I figured they would come in handy one day, and today... was the day.

Notice the circles. For good measure I sprayed the template with mold release. With a layer of wax paper between, I taped the template to my desktop and then forced Apoxie Sculpt into three of the circles. I was careful not to create a lip that would impede my knocking them out later.

Once hardened I popped them out.

Voila! Perfect circles. I then sanded and shaped making them closer to what the hatch is supposed to look like. Btw. I only used two of the three. The extra was for just in case I needed it. 

And there it is, ready for a coat of red paint. The hatch should have 4 handles, but I am on the fence about doing that. I fear ruining it with glue slop. It was a fair amount of work flattening and shaping the pieces, and I do not want a do over. Maybe I will be brave... we shall see.

Is it just me, or do these guy's kinda look like theThree Stooges ?

I have just spent the last 4 days trying to log in. I kept getting notification's that my password was wrong, and then I got a notice that I was NOT ALLOWED to view content , 

........ W T H ????????

I got no response frome customer service , so I finally got "desperate" and H A C K E D  my way through the "new forum member" registry and POOF !!! All my  setting's returned. ( I was afraid that I would have to start over as "Even Little 'er Little Timmy".!!!)

Anyway's , enough of my ranting, I missed your 45,000 view's "Milestone" and now I gotta come up with a suitable "Prize" for this Historic Moment !

Hmmmmmmmm .........

"You better make it a GOOD PRIZE, or you will never be allowed to speak again !"

Uh-oh ....... Hmmmmmmmmmm.....( franticly searching webpages .....fingers flying across computer keys .... Hmmmmmmm....)

AH HA !!!! I GOT IT !

You win the "home version ". The Planet of The Apes  home game.

( You may have noticed, that you cant really win the game ..... but you can get "Captured " quite often ....)  

Bakster

I decided to make the escape hatch. I do not have die cutters or punches. At this scale, it is near impossible for me to hand cut concentric circles, so I set out to try another method. 

Way to think "outside the box " !

I use to make headlight lenses by dripping epoxi all over my workbench, I could"usually " come up with a few that matched.   ( WHO DRIPPED WATER ALL OVER THE PLACE !?!?!? )

Back on your update soon, Steve, but first......

CapnMac82

 

 

Bakster

-I don't want to visit neanderthal days either.

 

 

I would be sore afraid I'd find them far more intelligent and with better common sense than "modern" people and would be forced to take up residence among them.

 

I find myself sadly nodding my head to that.

Victoria Station sounds like a place I'd have loved. Trains and prime rib? Could it possible get better? Yes, the Yorkshire pudding would put it over the top.

There is a place in Chicago downtown called Lawry's, the Prime Rib that I used to visit every 5 or 10 years. They rolled up the prime rib on huge silver serving cart with a rolling top that always reminded me of the containers the non-air-breathing aliens in the first movie adaptation of Dune travelled in.

They have Yorkshire pudding too. Expensive place. No trains though.

Greg

Back on your update soon, Steve, but first......

No worries Greggy. I enjoy the banter too.

littletimmy

Way to think "outside the box " !

littletimmy

I use to make headlight lenses by dripping epoxi all over my workbench, I could"usually " come up with a few that matched. 

littletimmy

Is it just me, or do these guy's kinda look like theThree Stooges ?

No--it's not just you. LOL

littletimmy

I got no response frome customer service , so I finally got "desperate" and H A C K E D  my way through the "new forum member" registry and POOF !!! All my  setting's returned.

Yeah man. Many of us were locked out over the weekend. It sounds like you had it worse, though. Good for you to find a way in! Timmy shall not be deterred! 

littletimmy

( I was afraid that I would have to start over as "Even Little 'er Little Timmy".!!!)

Lol. I wouldn't like that because it's harder to say.

littletimmy

Uh-oh ....... Hmmmmmmmmmm.....( franticly searching webpages .....fingers flying across computer keys .... Hmmmmmmm....) AH HA !!!! I GOT IT ! You win the "home version ". The Planet of The Apes  home game.

Dude! I love it! Thanks for the cool prize! It's a one of a kind game. LOL.  

littletimmy

( You may have noticed, that you cant really win the game ..... but you can get "Captured " quite often ....)  

Lol. I think General Ursus designed it for human consumption. Let's give the humans something to amuse themselves with and at the same time, remind them that capture is their lot in life. They call it, "brainwashing."  It's quite a big step forward for them verses removing the brain and washing it in cool water. (That kills me still to this day.) 

PS: The paint arrived. Secondly--if the tracker is to be believed--the "stooges" will arrive on Friday. Just in time for a weekend eye shave and hair pulling by Moe.

[quote user="CapnMac82"]I would be sore afraid I'd find them far more intelligent and with better common sense than "modern" people and would be forced to take up residence among them.[/quote

Funny you should say that; I was watching a science programme on the TV and scientist have found evidence of neanderthal DNA in samples sent in from people today. Archeology sites have been changing the way we think of neanderthals. I'd love to jump into that time machine and see what it was really like. 

Est.1961

I'd love to jump into that time machine and see what it was really like. 

Something tells me you'd find this...

Bakster

 

 

Est.1961

I'd love to jump into that time machine and see what it was really like. 

 

 

Something tells me you'd find this...

 

 

littletimmy

Is it just me, or do these guy's kinda look like theThree Stooges ?

OMG, I just saw this.

I honestly can't stop laughing and my wife and granddaughter are giving me real funny looks.

You are having one clever day after another, Steve.

I'm impressed with your hatch covers. I used to have one of those templates from drafting class. Now that's thinking outside the box.

.....and besides, the covers look good.

Major bonus points for using the circle template--that's "pitch the box out the window at 60 mph" thinking there.  Bravo!

I will contend that Neanderthal were the real earthlings, and Cro Magnon were all Golgafringians, and we are still reaping that whirlwind.  Sigh.

Greg

You are having one clever day after another, Steve.

I'm impressed with your hatch covers. I used to have one of those templates from drafting class. Now that's thinking outside the box.

.....and besides, the covers look good.

 

CapnMac82

Major bonus points for using the circle template--that's "pitch the box out the window at 60 mph" thinking there.  Bravo!

 

Thanks Capn!

CapnMac82

I will contend that Neanderthal were the real earthlings, and Cro Magnon were all Golgafringians, and we are still reaping that whirlwind.  Sigh.

 

For my better understanding I'd like to discuss this further over a beer, but what you said thus far, sounds dang funny. Your wisdom could be great fodder for a T-shirt slogan. I'll start, all feel free to add...

If you are a Cro-Magnon, you are too close

City of Cro-Magnon, population too many

Golgafringia, home of the original Cro-Magnon

Don't be a Cro-Magnon 

I used my template for the first time to fill in the centre of my Scammell wheel, getting to grips in a manner of speaking with a gentle touch on my airbrush rather than hand brushing. Very pleased with the result, would never thought of another use. 

Capn, that takes me back to archaeology digs if it wasn't for preparing the way for by-passes a lot of this information wouldn't see the light of day. 

Wow! I go away for a few days and all these posts!!! 

Bakster: Good thinking there on the hatches, I love those circle templates! Good thinking there 1961- in fact I've gotten to painting the road wheels of tanks with the black grey I'm using for rubber and then use the template for painting the interior metal section that is the actual wheel. No muss, no fuss. 

Timmy: You could do a drinking game with that game. Everytime you get captured take a drink. Winner is the last guy to pass out. 

Est.1961

getting to grips in a manner of speaking with a gentle touch on my airbrush

Looks like you did well.

I can share your enthusiam as I am going through a learning process trying to ease up on my heavy-handed airbrush techique too.

Gamera

Wow! I go away for a few days and all these posts!!! 

Solution?  Don't go away. 

Gamera

Bakster: Good thinking there on the hatches, I love those circle templates!

Thank you sir.

Est.1961

I used my template for the first time to fill in the centre of my Scammell wheel, getting to grips in a manner of speaking with a gentle touch on my airbrush rather than hand brushing. Very pleased with the result, would never thought of another use. 

 

Bakster

 

 

CapnMac82

I will contend that Neanderthal were the real earthlings, and Cro Magnon were all Golgafringians, and we are still reaping that whirlwind.  Sigh.

 

 

 

 

For my better understanding I'd like to discuss this further over a beer, but what you said thus far, sounds dang funny. Your wisdom could be great fodder for a T-shirt slogan. I'll start, all feel free to add...

If you are a Cro-Magnon, you are too close

City of Cro-Magnon, population too many

Golgafringia, home of the original Cro-Magnon

Don't be a Cro-Magnon 

 

 

 

So if I go back to see dinosaurs and the time machine puts me in my ancestor instead of a shrew it would be a telephone sanitizer on Golgafringian Ark B??? 

Thanks Greg, Gamera and Baxter, good results are confidence building and little tricks that work are all the more welcome. 

Yeah Gam they were on Ark B there were also hairdressers and some others. 

[quote user="Bakster"]Your wisdom could be great fodder for a T-shirt slogan. I'll start, all feel free to add... If you are a Cro-Magnon, you are too close City of Cro-Magnon, population too many Golgafringia, home of the original Cro-Magnon Don't be a Cro-Magnon   [/quote

Great idea, thinking about this while I was at work, 

Slogan,

I have a little bit of the neanderthal in me.

Top tip; don't let your telephone sanitisers go.

Say no to bypasses. 

Well I was supposed to be working. 

Gamera

So if I go back to see dinosaurs and the time machine puts me in my ancestor instead of a shrew it would be a telephone sanitizer on Golgafringian Ark B???

Best answered by the originator. I defer to the Capn.