tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post4033963603262877688..comments2024-03-01T01:36:41.620+13:00Comments on The Hinton Spieler.: Conversion TherapyWellington Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295966991101976478noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-40166022453294985692017-07-04T20:14:51.339+12:002017-07-04T20:14:51.339+12:00He wasan amazing bloke. He'd been an apprentic...He wasan amazing bloke. He'd been an apprentice artificer at Woolwich during the war. He catalogued some 40,000 of our gun-equipment blueprints!Wellington Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295966991101976478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-1568466843316263062017-07-03T20:46:12.676+12:002017-07-03T20:46:12.676+12:00Solder. That is sheer genius. Not to say competen...Solder. That is sheer genius. Not to say competence. I like the story about the .22 Gatling just a bit too much.........the Archdukenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-24393807792203586742017-07-03T14:22:49.806+12:002017-07-03T14:22:49.806+12:00Cheers, ABC.
In this case it was just a craft kni...Cheers, ABC.<br /><br />In this case it was just a craft knife and drill bit, but when I was making him there was the most fearsome collection of medieval implements of torture on my desk. I think I need to put these up on my next post too,Wellington Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295966991101976478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-91439395978243520062017-07-03T10:32:04.679+12:002017-07-03T10:32:04.679+12:00How did you clean up the figure so well? Excellent...How did you clean up the figure so well? Excellent work!<br /><br />ABC Wargammershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14565259869932116259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-47332117538614773302017-07-03T06:20:35.008+12:002017-07-03T06:20:35.008+12:00If I ever start feeling too pleased with myself, I...If I ever start feeling too pleased with myself, I have a gander at what the model railway engineers are up to and am put firmly back in my place, 'Lee! There's nothing they can't build. We have a volunteer at the museum once who built himself a working .22 Gatling Gun using engineering drawimgs from our archive. He got into terrible trouble with the police, although they were gentle with him on account of him being 86.Wellington Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295966991101976478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-79207005060899414552017-07-02T22:37:46.578+12:002017-07-02T22:37:46.578+12:00I was just about to ask how you fashioned the Lite...I was just about to ask how you fashioned the Litewka Matt, but you explained in the last comment reply, it really is very clever and one would never think it was a conversion.Good point re model Loco builders too, those guys have miniature tools for everything as you say, including rivets and some of the scratch building skill is fantastic.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181989906410822069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-31029735493897649212017-07-02T21:13:14.686+12:002017-07-02T21:13:14.686+12:00I haven't revealed that much, Archduke, now th...I haven't revealed that much, Archduke, now that you've pointed it out. The blanket roll was removed by paring it off with a craft knife. The litewka skirts were created by smearing solder around his legs. The hard part was to get him hot enough for the solder to adhere, without actually melting him. A craft knife and drill was then applied to tidy him up. It all took about 30 minutes.Wellington Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295966991101976478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-83507213981979939572017-07-02T21:04:37.290+12:002017-07-02T21:04:37.290+12:00Bet Gilder didn't share his knowledge as you d...Bet Gilder didn't share his knowledge as you do. I'm still trying to work out the litewka....and spellcheck is trying to work out what a litewka is........the Archdukenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-73164149321918077402017-07-02T19:10:26.279+12:002017-07-02T19:10:26.279+12:00I bet there's a tool out there somewhere, LG. ...I bet there's a tool out there somewhere, LG. It's the sort of thing that model aircraft and railway modellers would know all about, I reckon (all those rivets and whatnot) - I shall talk to a colleague who's very knowledgeable about these things....Wellington Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295966991101976478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-37751797783044002862017-07-02T18:34:33.330+12:002017-07-02T18:34:33.330+12:00Re punches
Could one get the ball out of a ball po...Re punches<br />Could one get the ball out of a ball point pen and then hold the head in a chuck? This would give a hollow brass tube that should be harder than the alloy of the original figures.<br />Or are there hollow point medical needles, perhaps for veterinary work ( injecting cows or horses?) that one could cut and file to produce a punch?lewisgunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935143236897047636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-45400039248300212722017-07-02T05:33:45.559+12:002017-07-02T05:33:45.559+12:00Maybe, maybe not, Rob. I've half a mind to wor...Maybe, maybe not, Rob. I've half a mind to work on him a bit more. He'd make a very nice Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich August of Prussia, I reckon, bearing the colour of the 11th Silesians at the Battle of Kulm!Wellington Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295966991101976478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-70662077614044675072017-07-02T05:21:59.870+12:002017-07-02T05:21:59.870+12:00I don't always succeed, Stokes. I'll put a...I don't always succeed, Stokes. I'll put a picture of my most egregious disaster in my next post!Wellington Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295966991101976478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-61559390049125871162017-07-02T05:14:29.709+12:002017-07-02T05:14:29.709+12:00I'd figured that's what it must have been ...I'd figured that's what it must have been and have been wondering where I could get one!Wellington Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295966991101976478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-53579755147697409362017-07-02T02:49:43.346+12:002017-07-02T02:49:43.346+12:00My guess is black - going by the litewka my money&...My guess is black - going by the litewka my money's on an officer for the Lutzow Freikorps?Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-43498621938060165792017-07-02T00:15:12.761+12:002017-07-02T00:15:12.761+12:00Yes, you are defiitely well on your way to out-gil...Yes, you are defiitely well on your way to out-gildering the late Mr. Gilder. Well done!<br /><br />Best Regards,<br /><br />StokesWSTKS-FM Worldwidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173042438761572040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-44111994238271758822017-07-01T23:43:11.515+12:002017-07-01T23:43:11.515+12:00Hinton himself had a small hollw punch that was us...Hinton himself had a small hollw punch that was used for buttons and, I think for the mail on his 1066 figures.lewisgunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935143236897047636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-88897542715854483082017-07-01T22:30:01.159+12:002017-07-01T22:30:01.159+12:00It may be white and it may be not, Phil. He hasn&#...It may be white and it may be not, Phil. He hasn't received his commission yet, so it could go either way.Wellington Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295966991101976478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-75995018865068653412017-07-01T22:21:25.158+12:002017-07-01T22:21:25.158+12:00Follow my white plume! Excellent work WM!Follow my white plume! Excellent work WM!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08913029478686087197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-23867735848769639362017-07-01T21:46:58.776+12:002017-07-01T21:46:58.776+12:00The buttons took just a couple of turns with the p...The buttons took just a couple of turns with the point of a craft knife, Ian. The DKs are made of a rather soft stuff.Wellington Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295966991101976478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-17326556590822130772017-07-01T21:43:07.879+12:002017-07-01T21:43:07.879+12:00I've already done it LG. Have another look at ...I've already done it LG. Have another look at the Essex Hussar!Wellington Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295966991101976478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-45905767798689871322017-07-01T21:41:25.107+12:002017-07-01T21:41:25.107+12:00How did you manage to remove the blanket roll and ...How did you manage to remove the blanket roll and show buttons on the coat underneath? Did you carve in new buttons? this is clever stuff!Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242408484763644333.post-81957206777857298722017-07-01T21:34:27.342+12:002017-07-01T21:34:27.342+12:00Lovely work WM.
Soon you will out-Gilder Gilder. H...Lovely work WM.<br />Soon you will out-Gilder Gilder. Have a go at repositioning a horse's legs into a rearing position. for an Hussar general?<br />lewisgunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935143236897047636noreply@blogger.com