popeye the sailor

it's a wonder why I didn't recall this.........we had trailers with single slider pins.  modern trailers have four,  two in front and two in back.  Wally phased out these trailers...not sure if there was a requirement for the newer system.  I looked at the back page of the instructions,  'cuz I knew that the slider actuator handle was included in the kit.



the G rails still need stop bars though....so I will add them.
 
....a funny story......
a trailer was brought to the shop {drive up,  as we call it} because the driver couldn't move the slider.  the common way to do this, is to chock a wheel position with a 4 x 4 block of Oak.  wood is the best form of chock,  guaranteed not to allow a trailer to 'drag'......ever this was unsuccessful.  so Jim and Little John {these two were inseparable } decided to get one of the trucks and free it by using the Jake brake.  our supervisor Paul was a little hesitant,  but Jim convinced him it would work....and so the 'go ahead' was given.  so,  here they are..........out in the yard,  hooked up to the trailer,  and driving it around the shop,  applying the Jake a few times.  I was talking to Paul,  being funny..............I started to mention a worst case scenario,  where the tandem gets ripped out.........when all of a sudden,  they applied the jake right in front of us!  what a noise it made!.....Paul was quite addled at this point....they were going probably around 30 MPH  when they did it.  they stopped..........of course the dolly moved....it had slid back.  when they backed the trailer up,  the rear stop bar fell out on the ground!  I saw Paul's face drop,  and the two backed the trailer up to the shop door.  by this time.......Paul didn't say anything.........he just turned and went back over to the truck side.  these two get out of the truck laughing.  it wasn't too long before the bar was welded back in place and the driver was hooked back up to the trailer.  you may be curious why they just didn't use the driver's truck to do this...........his truck was logged in assigned to the trailer.  if they would have used it,  Logistics would have been ALL over them....and the driver as well {for thinking  that HE did it}.
 
another funny story would be the day I showed these two how to make an Air Cannon...........but that's another day  

some were like that,  and some went all the way to the top.  Pine,  Trailmobile {AMT has the 'double header' kit out there},  they built them like that as well.  Great Dane and Hyundai got away from that and started lining them straight up to the roof in 14 1/2 strips,  either in wood or fiberglass / plastic.  the posts are so thin,  that they only give a wall depth of around 1/4 of an inches!  I've never seen one with a sky light,  but we have some that have round clear discs along the tops of the side walls.  they don't fair very well though...........many times I see one with one or two missing.
 
Wally is adamant about the inside wood lining........holes no bigger than your fist must be patched or the panel replaced,  they view it as a form of asset protection.....and rightly so.  I replaced a inner wall panel one day and found several CD cases of a popular game at the time.......the cases and instructions were there,  but the CD's were gone.  I turned them in to the boss and he took it from there.  I did find out about the slider mechanism........I'll tell yaz in a bit....Gibbs needs to go out 

it's a wonder why I didn't recall this.........we had trailers with single slider pins.  modern trailers have four,  two in front and two in back.  Wally phased out these trailers...not sure if there was a requirement for the newer system.  I looked at the back page of the instructions,  'cuz I knew that the slider actuator handle was included in the kit.



the G rails still need stop bars though....so I will add them.
 
....a funny story......
a trailer was brought to the shop {drive up,  as we call it} because the driver couldn't move the slider.  the common way to do this, is to chock a wheel position with a 4 x 4 block of Oak.  wood is the best form of chock,  guaranteed not to allow a trailer to 'drag'......ever this was unsuccessful.  so Jim and Little John {these two were inseparable } decided to get one of the trucks and free it by using the Jake brake.  our supervisor Paul was a little hesitant,  but Jim convinced him it would work....and so the 'go ahead' was given.  so,  here they are..........out in the yard,  hooked up to the trailer,  and driving it around the shop,  applying the Jake a few times.  I was talking to Paul,  being funny..............I started to mention a worst case scenario,  where the tandem gets ripped out.........when all of a sudden,  they applied the jake right in front of us!  what a noise it made!.....Paul was quite addled at this point....they were going probably around 30 MPH  when they did it.  they stopped..........of course the dolly moved....it had slid back.  when they backed the trailer up,  the rear stop bar fell out on the ground!  I saw Paul's face drop,  and the two backed the trailer up to the shop door.  by this time.......Paul didn't say anything.........he just turned and went back over to the truck side.  these two get out of the truck laughing.  it wasn't too long before the bar was welded back in place and the driver was hooked back up to the trailer.  you may be curious why they just didn't use the driver's truck to do this...........his truck was logged in assigned to the trailer.  if they would have used it,  Logistics would have been ALL over them....and the driver as well {for thinking  that HE did it}.
 
another funny story would be the day I showed these two how to make an Air Cannon...........but that's another day  

good you were able to sort out the tanks.  you a great job with stenciling........it looks so much better than with decals  

good you were able to sort out the tanks.  you a great job with stenciling........it looks so much better than with decals  

Thank you  so much  Craig.
 
OC.

The Hussar looks amazing. Great job on that OC.

I have been doing a bit of reading on the net  on the horses  I am  displaying on both sides  -  the  British  Hussars  favoured  Bays  or  Chestnut  horses  and the French Cuirassiers  favoured  Boulonnais Horses,   from the reading  apparently  Napolen  purchased  Thousands of these breeds  in different colours  from their normal  White Marbal.Grey   to  dark Browns  and even Blacks, they are  Heavy  strong horses  with good endurance  and the cuirassiers  them selves  where  chosen  to be tall and  strong  men  - that combination must have been a real handfull against  infantry lines.
 
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Evening all,  my Third 10th Hussar  is  mainly finished  minus a wee bit of details and wash and  dusting.
 
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Evening all,   more work continued  on the Two horses  - I basically  changed their colour  to match a more  historically  correct  shade  of dark Chestnuts.
 
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I  have also made up some more sculpts  including another shot Frenchman  who has fell on his knee's,  and Three  other  54th/55th  Ligne regiment  - still  some more to go.
 
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Evening all,  some more work done this  evening  -  I dry brushed  the Hussar horses  legs and put them a side,   I have also been working on my 2nd KGL  second in command  under  Major Baring, he is also  mounted  on a horse, same  level of detail  as the Captains  with some Silver detail  on his tunic and a Red  waist band sash,  he is  just placed on the horse  not glued down.
 
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Thank you kindly Alan,  I have a Flat coat  to be airbrushed  over them yet  - that will  flat all the sheen, but I may do some subtle  cloth polishing  of the horses fur after  to get a very subtle sheen  almost like a mat/satin sheen.
 
Or  I could get a small  bottle of Vallejo Acrylic  Satin Varnish  and just hand paint over the horses hair/main/tail.
 
 
OC.

Its looking very nice OC. I think horses are very difficult to get right. The colours and the sheen of the coats. You have it down nicely.
Alan

Evening all,  Two 10th Hussars  completed  out of  Three,  they just need some  dry brushing  then put a way in the stash awaiting  flat top coating.
 
OC.

Thank you kindly Mark,   the 10th Hussars  was the Prince of Wales's Own Royal Hussars, so that may have had an influence over their uniform colour.
 
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Lovely work, OC.   Shaky hands would be a problem.   The gaudiness...  not sure why they did that.   Maybe strike fear in the unmounted enemy?  Or something the King liked for parades?  The reason is probably lost in time.

Thank you so much Ken, its delicate work  - needs a steady hand, thats why it can't be rushed.
 
OC.

Nicely done, OC. The cavalry of that era were the peacocks of the army.  In a time gaudy uniforms, the cav alry were the gaudiest.  Your detail painting is superb.

Thank you kindly mate.
 
OC.

Very fine brush work OC

Evening all,   more progress on the Hussars  - I touched up the horses  giving them some  red  detail  and the rolls on the back where  changed to Blue.
 
I then started paintong the hussar figures  - with the Shako's  that received their Red/White and Yellow  details, then I blocked in the jacket's with  Blue  and picked out the Yellow details  -  quite a lot of detail in these.
 
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Evening all,   more work on the 10th Hussars  horses  - I painted the reins  and straps   and  painted the rest of the details  - then a quick dirty wash over the Three of them, they still need some dry  dust brushing  then in then  their riders  need painting.
 
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Evening all,   busy  few hours on the bench  -  I  made up  Three  better  horses in better  galloping  poses, I then  made up a few different base coat fur colours, I also made up another British Hussar, then primed and  added his skin base colour,   I then placed the Five mounted  riders  together.
 
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Evening all,  another figure  completed  in the shape of a injured 54th Ligne  Sapper  - he had  was going to attack the  gates  when he was shot,  its gone in my  "to be flat coated group".
 
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