Having a 4-day weekend is a definite recipe for hobby productivity... Over the Jubilee weekend/week I managed to push forward a number of projects, including; the OO scale card modelling, the RC dual-motor controller and a couple of new projects. One of the new projects is Arduino based and...
Well then, after a complete strip-down and check over of the new vacuum former, I clamped down, heated up, vacuumed and released. Rather than waste a tonne of new sheet, I reused the first sheet - trying to figure out the heat settings, the timings and the vacuum capacity. I...
Well, if I've got to grow older, then I deserve cool stuff to make up for it. So, roll on my newly acquired C R Clarke 1210 vacuum former [http://www.crclarke.co.uk/Products/VF/1210.html]. Photos to follow, but for the uninitiated, it's...
Having been swamped with things over the past few months, I've neglected my blogs and any form of self-promotion (work purposes, I'm not an attention starved sociopath - yet). So, spending a couple of hours this afternoon, I've updated both blogs (I'm...
...and wipe off the gluey finger prints. My first foray into the fantastically detailed Scalescenes [http://www.scalescenes.com/] self-print OO (and N) gauge model kits. The idea is great; artwork in PDF form to build a highly detailed model, but the added advantage of being able to butcher and...
Well, a new year has come, and we're into March already. I've spent most of my free time procrastinating, making lists and watching action hero films ranging from Iron-Man (1 et 2), Green Hornet, Star Trek (2011 reboot) to X-Men (1-5), Daredevil etc. Pretty much sums...