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Not Dead Yet, or I Painted a Bradley
It finally happened, after nearly three months of no hobby activity, I've actually painted something. Changes at work had caused me to nearly abandon the hobby, but over the last two weekends, I've...
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AAR8 - Escalation in Uwanda
I finally got to play out the eighth battle of my African imagi-nation campaign between the nations of Mugabia and Uwanda. Here goes...After the Uwandan raid on the ULF training camp in Mugabia, the...
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15mm M60A2 WIPs
This year's big project was supposed to be my Cold War project, but my unintended infantry project (which is now done), my hand injury, and changes to my job have gotten in the way big time.I know,...
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AAR9 - Closing the Gate
This is the second of three after action reports on the Mugabian effort to secure Pettu tribal territory in Uwanda.The battle took place at objective A58 on the map below. The river crossing there is...
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A Sci-Fi Communication Tower in 28mm
This post is in response to questions about construction of my Comm Tower that appeared in the photos with my 28mm bunker complex that were posted sometime back. Some of the following is a rehash from...
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I'm Not Dead Yet...
... and even if I was, I don't see that as any reason to quit the hobby. So I just thought I'd post a note for those that pass by here, that despite being a little (Hah!) busy these last few months,...
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The Job Pod, Not Quite a Spaceship in 28mm
Told ya' I wasn't dead yet. Six weeks ago, I thought the crazy at work had stopped, but then had a relapse of 14 hour days. In a way, it was a good thing, as my first hobby project of the year was...
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The Space Bubble - Still Not Quite a Spaceship in 28mm
Here are a few photos of the "space bubble", the second part of my 28mm pseudo-spaceship/time machine/alternate universe portal thingy.I got a couple of hours to rough the thing out tonight, using the...
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28mm Not Quite a Spacehip Update - Space Bubble Takes Shape
Imanaged to nearly complete construction of the space bubble part of my contraption yesterday, so thought I'd share a few more pics. The exterior has a scale-like texture created with one of the...
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Space Bubble Update
Progress has been a little slower than I had hoped, but here are a few more WIPs of progress on my "space bubble". I've managed to get a start on the "ship" part of the model that sets (and travels)...
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Space Bubble Progress
Progress has been a little slow going since my last post, but figured I'd put some pics up anyway. Here are a few shots: I plan to detail the interior of the chambers yet, and add more clutter to...
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Progress on Some Unfinished Business
As construction of the space bubble approached completion, I began to consider how I was going to paint it before final assembly, and realized that I didn't have enough space left on my painting tables...
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New Wings for a Hawker Hunter
Several years ago, I bought a bunch of 15mm QRF moderns and aircraft from a shop that was closing out the line. Among the many items I picked up that day was a Hawker Hunter, which I went to work...
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Mugabia's T34/23-2- A 15mm Conversion for an African Imagi-nation
Sometime back I posted a WIP photo or two of a completely fictional conversion I was doing of a couple of T34/85s, making them into self propelled anti-aircraft guns. These are for the army of my...
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AAR10: Air War Over Mugabia (African imagi-nations at it again)
While Mugabia's three pronged advance was taking place on the ground, its air force took to the air. For the first time, orders dictated that the troops on the ground would officially be supported by...
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M35 truck Model Comparison for 20mm: Academy 1/72 vs. Britannia 20mm
I received a couple 1/72 scale Academy M35 2.5 ton truck kits a couple of years ago, and only recently finished them (well, finished enough to game with). And thought I'd offer some comparison pics...
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A Little Progress on my Earthbound Starship ( i.e., a 15mm M60A2 Main Battle...
Work has taken over my life once again, but during the few moments of free time that I've had, I've been working on another old project, my 15mm M60A2 master. I've only made a little progress on the...
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M60A2 Master in 15mm
Here are the latest pics of my 15mm M60A2 master, more or less done. The bottom shot is with my M113A1 for size reference. I'm pretty happy with the Starship, and it has felt good to be working on...
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Panhard M3 Personnel Carrier with TL-2i Turret in 15mm
Here are a few pics of my Panhard M3 APC. It is just about done here, only needing to have the axles added before making the molds. As shown above, the M3 is a rather small vehicle, but can carry a...
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15mm M1115 Humvee TOW ATGM
Among the kajillian (hah!, spell checker thinks that isn't a word, silly gizmo...) unfinished gaming projects that I have setting around is an unfinished chassis for an unfinished M1167 Humvee Tow...
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