Prop Duster

Very Interesting. Just so I can grasp the unrivaled genius of your current work. You put debris down, didn't like the arrangement, and after much artistic agony and soul searching, you decided to Crush a previously constructed piece and crash those debris on top of the aforementioned unassuming "prior pile" and increase both the quality and quantity of debris? Well as we all now know, you have the skill to make a sows ear out of a silk purse, 🥴 To which I say "Well Done" "Top Drawer", and any and all relevant expressions of amazement and heartfelt praise. 😉

Badder. So sorry to have missed your progress for the last few months. But I have now caught up to date. My usually pithy and quite urbane statements, hysterical (as I think them to be) are lacking, for this message. Regardless, though the improvements you have made and the quality of the decay/collapse is of a very high caliber. The revisions are a very evident improvement all round. Glad to to notice you and yours are weathering (yes I went there) the currant pandemic. As always I shall now eagerly await your next missive. Then I can once again look transfected by the buildings continued destruction / rot/decay as derived from your creative mind Stay Well 😷

Your progress adding items/walls/bits to the structure is a pleasure to watch. When I saw your corner gap, first thing I thought was Downspout! ( downpipe?) that would cover and disguise the willy FTINFBISS as it try's to take control from its minion er Master. Thought your solution, however, was far and away the best and more correct. Oh, and a brief point. You have help expand my lingua franca by your use of the term "biro" which I had assumed was some kind of stylus. I was unaware of the antecedents of "my" ball point pen. Thank you google for the clarification

I Stand in Awh ---though my wife continues to insist its really mud--HA! I say, I know an awh when I see.....never mind. To the current improvements/additions/re-engineering they look to be coming along with great speed- not that having done them before would be any component of that (😋). sadly I am in a bit of a rush as I am required to attend a meeting soon ( No, not the head of the armed forces this time but lesser one with some strange little people---wish I looked good I green tights and curly toed shoes and cap but it is what it is). Again Great job of work to date. eagerly awaiting your next missive

Badder Once again you have turned a sows ear into a silk poncho---or something like that🤭. Hearty congratulations on the recovery from both the "wall fall" and the re-repair of same. Again your skill with the various materials you have to hand is inspiring for a novice such as my self. I hasten to add that I am just now filling out the 57th parchment sheet with my notes of your workings. On a local note: We had a bit of rain here and though the roof held-for the most part- I was able to whisk all the roles of parchment to a dry secure area just behind the hearth. Sad part is we couldn't have a fire for fear of compromising the parchments- alas. But for now we expect good weather, until it isn't. Regardless, on to the paeans of praise for your work to date-🙌 It really is inspiring to see the recovery progress and in my view the new work is much better and more cohesive than the former.

I have been remiss in keeping a close eye on your shenanigans' and what do I find after coming back from safari to outer reaches of middle earth? Why you have made enormous strides in creating or shall we say once again recreating the wall or a wall -its all a bit hazy. That it seemed to offend your fine since abilities is easily understood by all of your loyal minions and followers of this project. I'm sure this latest recreation of a stone wall will show through with all the skill and daring of your past land mark parts (well except for this miscreant wall ). Regardless! Mortar board and trowel at the ready, I euphemistically, once again stand poised to dash in at a moments notice to add my humble troweling to keep the project on an even keel. So, as a unabashed admirer and accolade. I once again sing your praises 😌----------------- 🙄Oh, brother!-sigh

Oh, What fun. Cutting and deconstructing the house . I'm just grateful to be a witness to this historical event. The deconstructing of a bombed out house. [isn't bomb out sorta synonymous with deconstruction?----hummm have to ask Badder next time I see his postings😕]🤣🤣

Ahh yes when to use E or S - base or bass all very confusing to us Yanks. I have been on a several months long safari in the high country of the Dipsy Doodle. We didn't bag even one. But a jolly good time was had as the bearers would put elephant feathers on their conical hats and we could shoot them off -the feathers not the bearers. Had to wind down the hunt though, as the dashed ammunition was getting corroded from the buffalo's slobbering on it. Well, Good to see your sprit is willing and my viewing-ness is at the ready, So lead on MacDuff---so to speak.

Great start on classic of the more modern era😁

Very Well Done presentation. The engine bay is very well populated with all the trimmings. Paint looks like the real thing. 👍

BADDER! is it You?, in the flesh-so to speak. The sounds of timpani and base are resounding through the lands of Merriment and Murmur. Huzzah! the master returns from the battles of Tamiyatiger (a most fearsome beast), after besting the willy beast in its lair. Now we can once again revel in the comforts of home and hearth, while scrutinizing every stroke of genius, by the one and only Badder.

Badder Just stopped in to stand-er- sit, in awh and amaze. at both the progress and the consummate skill on display here. I have no clue as to the purpose of the "tie downs" but if they are there they have a purpose regardless, your application of said tie downs is outstanding (not counting the errant little basss--Kit balls!). As a side note (F sharp as it happens) the work on your ditty of the clanking door was a priceless addition.

My Dear Badder RE: my presumed mistaking of your Zebra camouflaged "Pachyderm”, I (with nose in the air with a restrained haughtiness) respond with the ever never failing, Inter Net Intelligence that says… “ pach·y·derm /ˈpakəˌdərm/ noun noun: pachyderm; plural noun: pachyderms a very large mammal with thick skin, especially an elephant, rhinoceros or hippopotamus. “ Thus "proving" the Elephant is of the first water and the rhinoceros only second tier. Also a little known fact is the Reichsminister für Rüstung und Kriegsproduktion (Reich Minister of Armaments and War Production) had a Top Secret small group (streng geheime kleine Gruppe ) reporting only to him; Every 32nd of the month. They decided as the ultimate disguise they would fourth with call the Elephant a Rhinoceros and the rhinoceros a Heff-a-lump. Unfortunately the group’s recommendations were printed by a blind printer whose assistant spoke only Eskimo. So when a wind scatted, the pages they became rearranged and the result is, as the world now knows, the Rhinoceros name stuck and the Elephant became another kind of vehicle entirely. Lost to history is the Heff-a-lump. Tisk, tisk History is so weird; Ya just can’t make this stuff up. Glad you’re better. Also able to get back to the bench. p.s.The door prop, could be a backpack, flung up there, while rushing to action stations

Badder Apologies for the lack of viewership, but the catching up has been and inspiration. I can only imagine (OK I really do know) the frustration of having to deal with the "Flying Wallenda of the Pachyderm Cable Part" > But am gratified your skill in "hunt and fetch" was no match for the grubby little bas....But I regress ( distress, empress, duress--WHAT Ever) You have made a marvels of the work to date. My unbound admiration for showin' how to paint Zebras on an Elephant 🤣 truly remarkable the husbandry involved - most perspiring. I do like the artistic license (vs real world gravity) of keeping one rear door "ajar" [A jar! How can a door be a jar? if true, what do we put the marmalade in?]🙄😎 Seriously: Good results all around. Looks great all the best to you.

UH, did you take any pictures of the model? I mean the pictures of the 1:1 is nice but......NO! you mean those ARE the model? p.s. Really inspiring work. Many thanks for sharing your craftsmanship with us.

here ya go. Badder great progress on the gun and the 78th redo of the interior() It does look much more cohesive. Thanks for the special treat: As a small aside re: my adventures in Oil Wash Land I have completed the experiment and it is a resounding- mediocracy, but I feel better for having tried. I think after putting the dashboard in to the Rolls it will only show a wee little bit. Especially if I darken the windows with a triple layer of gloss black enamel and keep all viewers at least 6 feet (1.82m) away, so all will look perfect. That should do it - Yep.

AHH Badder, I step away from our planet for a brief sojourn around the outer quadrant just to check on the few remaining Orangest-de La Crunch-eitas. Come back and what do I find? Progress on ol' Nashy, of course, Washes being washed, Color -oops Colour being applied to the big gun and that all prefaced by you (quite unfairly, I might add) having to endure a vile attack. Well as (I think) Terry Thomas said "Damn it man we can't have this sort of thing, it just isn't Cricket- don-ch kow?" ……….🤔 'course it could have been Peppa Pig, I'm never quite sure. To be a bit serious, I'm glad for your return to at least a relative "norm" . The work on your Nashorn is very inspiring. It has caused me to have tried an amateurish oil wash over Acrylic, for the first time -ever. 😮 While I now see how it works-sorta, and I shall, "Bravely go where no man has gone before" and keep at it. Besides, truth be told, this project de-jour is a car model's dash board. To which I'm trying to create a hint of Burled, something or other, wood grain. So far, a resounding ZZZZZZZZZ😴. But it's early days so, I'll soon be able to overwork it until it looks like the bottom of a cow pie. Keep Smiling - it makes them, wonder what you know

rockpopandchips LOL No we are not so blessed to have a Flymo Company/mower. But it is of no matter, it gives us an new avenue of learning about another's yard maintenance equipment.... "so Vital in todays global economy"..... 😂 by the by your representation looks just like the sample picture- good job.

Just found this little gem. WOW is just the thing to convey my delight at your vignette. The clever use of scattered items to give the look of a "work in progress" yard and shed. One thing I hesitate to ask, but if you could explain: Why do you mow your fly's? is it to keep them from becoming too big? 🤣 😉

Just caught up with your build. Very nice work on the vehicles and the ground work looks to be a good start. The cracks in the road are an interesting touch, Looking forward to your next post 👏

First, the additional white wash and upgrades to the "chips and clips"-so to speak, have added an improvement far beyond what most would have been able to achieve. Well Done. As to the above posed question I was thinking, perhaps a light shield OR a small enclosure for hiding a spare ignition key Or the enclosure could have housed the map for the way to the Gasthaus ? Well back to me nap. Keep your Xacto blades in the holder -----OUCH-Darn!

Bader Goodness the trials and tribulations of being a "Ye ol' Jolly English Modeler. Having to wonder about into the snow covered tundra trying to scout a passable way to reach civilization, only to be thwarted and have to trudge back those weary steps. Then just when ready to cozy up to a roaring fire in the Great Room and return to putting on winter white wash (is there any irony here?). You loose your life line and have to slog to and froe, in vain- The despair must have been palpable. Well its good you were able to at last break-in to a car-though I can't quite figure out how being inside a car eases your way to the inside of the house -doubtless I missed a sentence or two in all the excitement. However a hearty Huzza! for the masterful "weathering- er- wintering-er- Well What-EVER it s called. Re: the impending glut of unwashed masses Not to worry, I live in the Southern portion of California (which is some 1,240 km long) so the only bit of snow we get is in the mountains. It's very polite, the snow. It never comes down from the mountains to our population centers . We have had to "hunker down", however, all the while scampering about to find out rain gear ( plastic trash bags are a suitable alternatefor Millennials or younger) Our local rain has been very heavy - well, when compared to a lawn sprinkler. Shockingly, Rain water has actually RUNOFF the roofs and into the gutters and down the hill. Quite an disturbing sight for we locals, here about. We are due to have "rain bands of showers" for the next couple days; so the treat level is raised to high ( 'bout .002 on the 1-5 scale- we are a nervous people- ya know) So far the hordes of teaming masses from the rest of the country have not materialized- likely do to the fact is Too Cold for them to get out. We wait with fresh sunscreen, beach umbrellas, sun glasses and iced drinks for their expected arrival, come the thaw. In ALL seriousness. I am blessed to live in this part of the country. That Artic Vortex is no joke and I can only imagine how hard daily life must be. My Best wishes go out to those who are enduring at this time. Well tis all for now, I bid you happy modeling. Steve

Badder Not surprisingly you have once again [insert stentorian voice here] "Scaled the Olympian Heights of White-warsher-dum" [end voice] Thus creating a tour-de-force for the rest of us to bash about trying to be worthy of following in your paint steps. To read you are going to add colours to the white of the white wash seemed to me counter intuitive....then I realized that that is done all the time in armor modeling, so, Why Not? Well Good Wishes to you and remember if the paint brush you just picked up feels, soft, warm and pliable in your fingers; you've picked up the wrong end.

Badder' Such a wonderful Tutorial of the famous "Mudding Up and Toning Down and Adding To and Removing After Some Rubbing Down"-just marvelous! All in the preparation of establishing a basis for the final mudding up and toning down and adding to and removing after some rubbing down-ness, to come. I am truly in awe - or in the Dutchy of Plastic - or California - or...Well never mind, my waffles are done and so am I Seriously, Really great stuff so far and you future plans sound like a winner-even if you "tweak" them a bit.😉

Badder Grand job on the cabinets and the stored rounds. It makes a world of (Good) difference with the plastic lackeys hiding in the back. I like the idea to use a bit of brush to help locate the brass shells. The interior pictures are a bit of modeling magic, Well Done. As to the horrors of the assault by the rain sprinkles for the last Two Whole Daays! Some of my fellow villagers get some what dramatic. Oh, well. the SUN RETURNED! today. So all's right my fellow local indigenous personal and they are relaxing from the fright of the past. So Sun, Temperatures in the 78° range Fahrenheit, which would be, hummmm ..carry the 3, minus the sub of...after then 9 and AH! 25° Celcee-ouses in your area. Keep you eyes open for the wily paint brush rolling about you desk, 'cause no one knows for whom the bell....Oops, never mind