So ...hello, and after a very long pause I am back.
To cut a Long Story short, I have made some pretty big alterations to the house, have been very busy workwise and had virtually no time for modelling compunded with the fact that the modelling room has been out of action during the build phase on the house. But, all done now, modelling room back in one piece and time to get cracking again...and I am looking forward to it.
In the meantime we (the Havixbeck Model Club) have for the first time showed our models in public at our local spring fair with a make and take sponsored from Revell. That event went well, Wizzel was there so he can fill you all in on the details if you are interested.
We will be working together with a local historian over the next couple of years at least providing Dioramas for his public presentations of local events during WW2. We had a Flac Station, a V1 launching Station (still here in the woods) and some considerable action over and in Havixbeck so plenty to model and learn about about the area where I live....all good stuff.
At the end of this month we as a club are visiting Revell in Bunde for a day out including shop till you drop at ridiculous prices...I am looking forward to that!
In September we have a Joint Project with a proffessional photographer for a culture weekend in a nearby town. He wants to photograph our models and then set them in a realistic setting under the theme of "minature reality" The photos will be projected onto buildings in the town and in his Studio the public can see the models for real on display and see modelling taking place. In Addition to that we will have a static Display of some of the stages invoved in building a model, and for that we have several models in 1:48 kindly provided by Revell (our best friends) at no cost to us.
So lots going on for the little Club that we are, and lots of different things other that just putting your models on a table and letting people look at them.
I will be posting my future builds in the forum and look forward to the good old retoric and abuse that I am used to.