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Desert Diorama, Part Three

4th September 2024 Going Postal 1701 Comments

Some model kits come with suitable figures to assemble but recently I have taken to buying figure kits made via rapid prototyping techniques by new manufacturers in China. The sculpting of these and also ICM [more…]

20th Century

Desert Diorama, Part Two

28th August 2024 Going Postal 2222 Comments

In parallel with building the baseboard, desert and buildings (see Part 1), I started to collect and assemble the DAK armour, vehicles and figures to populate the diorama. My preference is for kits made by [more…]

20th Century

Desert Diorama, Part One

21st August 2024 Going Postal 2026 Comments

As well as researching “Desert Mysteries” and the exploits of the “Desert Fox”, amongst my other hobbies is the construction of scale model dioramas. For a diorama, I design and build by hand the baseboard, [more…]

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How to 3d Print – a beginners guide, Part 4

18th December 2023 Going Postal 1720 Comments

Build it and they will come. Reading the comments on GP regards 3d printing, it quickly turns to Ann Summers potential accessories, but let me distract you for a moment. Here are some videos of [more…]

Computing

How to 3d Print – a beginners guide, Part 3

13th December 2023 Going Postal 2274 Comments

So the printer sits and sits and sits. It says it can help solve all your problems but just looks at you, waiting. Then it comes! The shops are shut, the cupboard pole has collapsed [more…]

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Cnuteneering, Part Thirty Seven

5th December 2023 El Cnutador 2240 Comments

Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought together. It’s been a very long while – you may want to refresh [more…]

Computing

How to 3d Print – a beginners guide, Part 2

4th December 2023 Going Postal 2124 Comments

In part 2 (Part 1) we are going to take a 2d design and make it 3d. Once you do this then you will see that anything can be made 3d-ish. First we load up [more…]

Computing

How to 3d Print – a beginners guide, Part 1

27th November 2023 Going Postal 2320 Comments

I’ve been using my 3d printer for 4 years now and initially it was the most awe-inspiring piece of tech I owned. “I can print anything! Make anything! Wow!” has turned into “This tech is [more…]

Animals

Cnuteneering, Part Thirty Six

6th November 2023 El Cnutador 2255 Comments

Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought together. It’s been a very long while – you may want to refresh [more…]

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