TV Sci-Fi in 28mm

[carlos marighela]

https://brutalcities.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoqu57ZcHYAk_pN0CF6e6vIRLqIWZ-L4xzKMy_w4_EHcCGBlxe7L

Should have done that before.

[HESH]

Thanks Mate

[HESH]

Bit more work using the new toy today ….

[snitcythedog]

But more work using the new toy today ….

Apologies, I saw the belt sander/grinder and all I could think was you were making a building out of it!!   Very good bit of kit that and those turrets look like they will work well. 

[carlos marighela]

I looked at the same photo, saw the grinder/sander thingy, saw the desk table it sits upon and thought to myself 'What in God's name is he thinking? A belt sander has no place in a cocaine lab.'

 

[Chief Lackey Rich]

I looked at the same photo, saw the grinder/sander thingy, saw the desk table it sits upon and thought to myself 'What in God's name is he thinking? A belt sander has no place in a cocaine lab.'

 

No lie, one of the casting companies I used to work for had the police show up looking for a drug lab after the neighbors complained about us getting deliveries of "chemicals" (55 gallon drums of polyurethane resin) in the middle of the night and odd smells and noises from the basement in the wee hours (we all had day jobs, and casting runs were done whenever we could find the time).  We took the easy way out and just showed them around, explained what all this weird crap was actually for ("no really, people pay good money for models of broken buildings") and generally let them poke around through everything until they were satisfied, which wasted a whole shift the week before Cold Wars.  Bastards still wrote the owner up for some code violation involving ventilation, too.

Ironically, a few years later a new FLGS opened up nearby.  Lasted several years and had amazing minis tables (including two of the four actual sand tables I've ever seen, and another boss of mine built the other two) but they hardly ever sold anything and had crap for stock, so the regulars (self included) couldn't figure out how they were staying afloat.  Then some junkie got busted in the next city over and led the cops to to the upstairs "Asian import business" the FLGS owner was renting to.  Turned out there was a quarter of a million dollars worth of pot (at 1990s prices, no less) growing in a massive hydroponic setup upstairs the whole time, with the utility connections rigged down in the basement so none of the power use showed up on the meters.  That was the end of that shop.

[dickiegranthum]

Too funny!

When I was in the army, we had a sand table! It’s how I got interested in miniature wargaming. We used it all the time to plan maneuvers before we rolled with real fuel and costs. The early 90s were a bad time for the Canadian Army. Although today might be worse - at least we had enough ammo and weapons for live fire ex…

[HESH]

Great stuff Lads !

Just a small job this afternoon with enough time to finish these four EBay Dinky purchases. Stripped them - took the nasty green paint off and using a Halfords spray can redid them .

I’m going for the total UFO war mentioned in the tv series so wanted a ‘hard run’ look to these beasts.

[dickiegranthum]

Exciting. A whole fleet of them! I have a buddy who is nuts about Anderson stuff - he even named his kid Scarlett!

[Ultravanillasmurf]

They are really good.

[HESH]

Thanks Troops ! 🙏

[Wachaza]

Where are the SHADO mobile weapons from? They're lovely.

[HESH]

My mate Mark Wilson 3 D printed them .

They were a tad too high and the mortar had a base  on it so also stood a little too high ….. that’s why I sanded them down .

He is not doing them as a business at present but just spoke to him and he is saying that if he gets his new printer up and running he may well be able to knock some out for you in the near future .  👍

[carlos marighela]

They look great.

It's funny but true. Somehow tracked vehicles do look more menacing in an urban environment.

[HESH]

Agree completely 👍