Well, that’s done.
Some of you may have noticed some certificate errors when trying to read the site. I’ve updated the SSLs with help from Bluehost. Sadly, their security side is as bad as the Bluehost support is good. I was going to post screen-caps of the conversation I had with SiteLink, but I’d rather let sleeping dogs lie and be the better person. In any event, there were no posts for a bit.
But I’m back up and posting!
First off, here’s a glimpse at a major project that we are working on for next year:
That’s right. Aircraft. But which ones?
That’s right. A very obscure aircraft, though it shouldn’t be. It was the primary air drop and glider tug aircraft in the Med and on D-Day for the 6th Airborne Division. There weren’t any models of these on the market anymore, so I worked with a designer at Shapeways at the recommendation of Fitz (from Shouting into the Void in NZ). Some discussions and a few weeks later and the design was ready. Then I had it printed and shipped. It was pretty neat to hold the first 1/100 scale Albermarle in existence (or at least since the Second World War). They are printed in black nylon with good detail. Sadly, some of the turret guns were damaged in transit, but Lucius has fixed them up and primed them already.
So what are we doing with them? I’ll update you in a bit, but Operation Tonga is a part of it.
In other news,
I apologize for the poor picture. My camera is hors de combat right now.
I’m quite happy with the Sherman. The Pz II Luchs gun broke off just as I set up the shot above. The barrel is considerably thinner than the same 20mm on the 222, but c’est la vie. As Fall approaches I hope to have these sorted soon. My Tiger II and Humber are partly primed, but as I ran out of primer, I haven’t coated them in their primary colour yet. My FJs are also (slowly) coming together, but they won’t show their mugs on here until they’re done.
Anyway, it’s nice to be up and blogging again. I really enjoy the act of blogging, and the forcing function to move things along is also useful.
More later!