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Title: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Svennn on 20 August 2010, 06:10:59 PM: Its been a while since I annoyed you all with one of these. :D Its been a while since I made anything too :'( but I can only gleen so much entertainment from winding up the Shropshire Two and your friendly local estate agent ;D

(http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w198/svennnthedhnut/mb033-1.jpg)

As there are over forty rivets on these two small parts I think the genre is a given ;)

Svennn
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Calimero on 20 August 2010, 06:13:20 PM: The gates of hell? ::)
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: former user on 20 August 2010, 06:19:09 PM: cool
well, it looks like... a gate?
judging from the proportions from a fence/courtyard wall...
the contrast between the elaborate irinwork and the rough boarding is irritaing, but I guess there is a reason for it

where did You get the ironwork?
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Bugsda on 20 August 2010, 06:20:50 PM: Miss Whiplash's beadstead? :D
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Skrapwelder on 20 August 2010, 06:53:20 PM: The booth walls for the annual county faire presentation of the Hellfire Club?

Very nice btw.
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Dewbakuk on 20 August 2010, 07:13:15 PM: Gateway to a factory?
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: voltan on 20 August 2010, 09:35:15 PM: Steam powered lawnmower?
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Hammers on 20 August 2010, 11:10:15 PM: Steam Punk Afro Comb?
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Sir Dryden on 20 August 2010, 11:17:18 PM: Quote from: Hammers on 20 August 2010, 11:10:15 PM
Steam Punk Afro Comb?

lol lol lol

Good one Hammers, I'll second that.

Yours truly,

Sir Dryden
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: gamer Mac on 21 August 2010, 12:37:22 AM: Gates to heaven?

Very nice :-*
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Red Orc on 21 August 2010, 12:39:09 AM: A gateway in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, because you're doing a 'Queen Victoria, Demon Hunter' board?
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 21 August 2010, 12:43:33 AM: Pumping station gates?

cheers

James
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: marianas_gamer on 21 August 2010, 01:10:00 AM: Doors to some kind of funky steam carriage?
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Blackwolf on 21 August 2010, 02:43:05 AM: Your having your house re-designed with a strong Arts and Crafts motif and built these gates to give the gate building tradesmen an idea of what you want? Now all you have to do is find the right William Morris wallpaper and start swaning about in a silk scarf and sword cane quoting Arthur Machen with your new bride Helen Vaugn......I doth ramble.

Nice gates :D
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: TwoGunBob on 21 August 2010, 02:52:32 AM: 40K Space Marine shoulder pads.
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Dewbakuk on 21 August 2010, 09:11:55 AM: Quote from: marianas_gamer on 21 August 2010, 01:10:00 AM
Doors to some kind of funky steam carriage?

Not a million miles away...
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: gamer Mac on 21 August 2010, 11:47:45 AM: Quote from: TwoGunBob on 21 August 2010, 02:52:32 AM
40K Space Marine shoulder pads.
I think we have a winner lol lol lol
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: voltan on 21 August 2010, 12:48:54 PM: Quote from: Dewbakuk on 21 August 2010, 09:11:55 AM
Not a million miles away...

Steam powered water closet?
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Thunderchicken on 21 August 2010, 01:36:59 PM: Tis part of the framework to Wellington Flannel's Apparatus of Abstruseness. Then again maybe not.

By the way, did you take the picture on a mysterious leather bound tome that contains the answer to almost everything including where all the odd socks go?
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Col. Aubrey Bagshot on 21 August 2010, 02:46:48 PM: Reminds me of an enterance to a Bawdy House I frequented in the French Quarter....
many many years ago...

Just imagine a large mulato bouncer stood to one side, under moon light and you get the general picture....
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 21 August 2010, 03:22:07 PM: where did you get the wrought iron from?
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Aaron on 21 August 2010, 04:02:56 PM: I don't know where he got the ironwork from, but I've seen a lot of similar stuff from an ebayer called "everydaygoodz".
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Svennn on 21 August 2010, 04:59:36 PM: I got this from an e-bay seller in China called WeHonest
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/WEHONEST_Fences_W0QQ_fsubZ1772579012QQ_sidZ149381402QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

the o guage one looks decent too
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/WEHONEST_Fences_W0QQ_fsubZ1818316012QQ_sidZ149381402QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

I was very pleasantly surprised when it arrived as it is very fine and nicely cast. You get brick plinths and stantions too, they are a little less impressive having quite a bit of flash but nothing that cannot be cleaned up.

The gates are made from one piece of oo guage which I cut in half and then added strip to rebuild the edges. It is approx. 7cm wide.

The EveryDayGoodz looks like the same stuff, probably the same seller under another name, and has more listed at the moment

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/everydaygoodz/m.html?_nkw=model+fence&_sacat=0&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_odkw=&_osacat=0&bkBtn=&_trksid=p3911.m270.l1313

I would recomend it

Svennn
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Col. Aubrey Bagshot on 23 August 2010, 10:44:20 AM: Quote from: Svennn on 21 August 2010, 04:59:36 PM
I got this from an e-bay seller in China called WeHonest
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/WEHONEST_Fences_W0QQ_fsubZ1772579012QQ_sidZ149381402QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

I got a whole bunch of tree's from this guy a few months back... a whole Ardene's worth...
Worth taking the time to go through his listings, as most of the stuff he sells looks like OEM for "Western" based model train and architectural model makers supplies... check out the bulk buys on figures and on tree's etc etc...

Service was good and the quailty was also good, and the prices are amazing...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/500-pcs-O-gauge-Model-People-1-48-Painted-Figures-/390129706080?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models

if you wanted to play an Urban game like hunt the terrorist in a shopping Mall, and need lots of er, shoppers for scenery and meat sheilds....
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Christian on 24 August 2010, 01:25:23 AM: Thanks so much for those links Svenn! I needed exactly that material for a project I'm working on now.
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Centaur_Seducer on 24 August 2010, 11:22:26 AM: I've shopped from the guy before and he has got some really nice stuff.
And besides, with the name "WeHonest", there's no room for bad feedback ;)
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Pil on 24 August 2010, 03:15:48 PM: Sorry for going off topic, but this:

Quote from: Thunderchicken on 21 August 2010, 01:36:59 PM
By the way, did you take the picture on a mysterious leather bound tome that contains the answer to almost everything including where all the odd socks go?

reminded me of the Secret Underground Sock People:

(http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/yhst-11870311283124/sock-zoom.gif)
source:
http://noisebot.com/the_secret_underground_sock_people_t-shirt.htm
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Svennn on 29 August 2010, 10:18:24 AM: As much as I liked the inspired idea of them being space marine shoulder pads I had to admit that there were not enough skulls so resorted to the original idea of an early VSF troop carrier/landing craft nef. Please excuse the crappy pics.

(http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w198/svennnthedhnut/mb073-1.jpg)(http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w198/svennnthedhnut/mb062-1.jpg)(http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w198/svennnthedhnut/mb075-1.jpg)(http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w198/svennnthedhnut/mb065-1.jpg)(http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w198/svennnthedhnut/mb074-1.jpg)(http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w198/svennnthedhnut/mb061-1.jpg)

Svennn
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 29 August 2010, 10:22:49 AM: :-* :-* I like the idea of that. Would this be for the Shropshire two by any chance lol

cheers

James
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Svennn on 29 August 2010, 10:26:03 AM: The Nottingham one actually :D Hopefully its a swap deal for some lumps of mis-shapen lead ::)
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Thunderchicken on 29 August 2010, 10:54:55 AM: Oh yes, I like this :-*. I'm wondering if this is the first VSF landing craft I've seen. Could be the start of something new. Great design and detail as usual, those railings work well and the 'wings' are a nice touch too.

Over to the Nottingham lad to see what he has planned for this, Atlantis perhaps? ;)
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: gamer Mac on 29 August 2010, 11:04:21 AM: Lovely details :-* :-*
Very unusual shape. Do you have a plan view?
Is there going to be a ramp at the front?
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Doomsdave on 30 August 2010, 05:37:09 PM: That is absolutely beautiful. I want a 1:1 version please. :-*
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Malamute on 30 August 2010, 05:52:44 PM: Very nice, I ilke the ship like sides, it reminds me of a steam punk style pirate ship with rivets :)
Title: Re: Can you tell what it is yet? Another annoying guess thread
Post by: Dewbakuk on 30 August 2010, 08:00:53 PM: I think it's great :)

While it would probably fit in with my Collegium force on Atlantis, it's actually destined for Venus. It won't have any ramps for two reasons, firstly it's an Aeronef and therefore doesn't need to 'beach' as it were, and secondly it's a civilian trading barge that's been commandeered by the Royal Marines for troop movements.