Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)

[Canute]

Same goes for me, too, mate.

 

Is it a bulb/lamp or is the whole gizmo kaput?

[Old Collingwood]

1 hour ago, mtaylor said:

Sorry to hear that, OC.   What Edward said goes for me too.  

Thought about it  (sitting the chair bit  watching rubbish tv)   "Nah  wont work"   I get too bored  - will have to find something else to do,    I have my aircraft spotting logs books  and  underline  reference books I could do for a bit  - I  have about 3 years worth of movements to cross check  from spotting in the back garden.

And some old aircraft RAW files I could re-re edit again on my laptop.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

2 minutes ago, Canute said:

Same goes for me, too, mate.

 

Is it a bulb/lamp or is the whole gizmo kaput?

Its a  Two fillament strip light  that has a  bendy  tube that sits in a weight  and plugs into my extension lead,    It has been flickering  before starting for some time now, then this evening  it just flickered and went out,   I unplugged it took it in the kitchen (for light)  and found a few screws so I could open it up - rocker switch and power lead from mains  -  and a choke,   I fiddled with it  took the choke out - put it  back in, even took the element out (Two piece unit)  and put it back in,   there is some blackening at the power end of the element  (mind  you its old  - was second hand when I got it and that was a good few years back)   it tries to start keeps flickering  but wont.

Its a lottery as it could be  - the element, the choke or even the starter  or possibly all Three.

 

Time for a nerw one  me thinks.

 

OC.

[Canute]

Not good, OC. Hope it's a quick bit to get a replacement.

[Old Collingwood]

Just now, Canute said:

Not good, OC. Hope it's a quick bit to get a replacement.

Going on my list for the new year Ken.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   so fingeres crossed my little light problem will be fixed soon  - the admiral has ordered one of these for me -

 

OC.

[mtaylor]

2 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

Evening all,   so fingeres crossed my little light problem will be fixed soon  - the admiral has ordered one of these for me -

 

OC.

Nice light.   I hope it works for you.  We can't have too much light... or tools.. or toys.

[Old Collingwood]

8 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

Nice light.   I hope it works for you.  We can't have too much light... or tools.. or toys.

Thanks Mrk,

 

I'm getting bored already  away from the table.

 

OC.

[Canute]

Does your lamp, per chance, have a magnifier? The dimple in the middle, maybe? Or is it a the design feature? Almost never can have too much light.

[Old Collingwood]

18 minutes ago, Canute said:

Does your lamp, per chance, have a magnifier? The dimple in the middle, maybe? Or is it a the design feature? Almost never can have too much light.

I'm not sure you know,   but doesn't matter either way  as I have seperate magnification,   it looks tidy  - no leads  apparently  recharges off an internal battery  from a USB  lead.

 

OC.

[Canute]

Good to hear, mate. I'm having some vision issues with cataracts. See my Medway Longboat log for more info. https://modelshipworld.com/topic/26404-medway-longboat-124-scale-by-canute/?tab=comments#comment-777604

 

Edited December 22, 2020 by Canute

[Old Collingwood]

39 minutes ago, Canute said:

Good to hear, mate. I'm having some vision issues with cataracts. See my Medway Longboat log for more info. https://modelshipworld.com/topic/26404-medway-longboat-124-scale-by-canute/?tab=comments#comment-777604

 

Thanks Ken,     found you now mate.👍

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

bad break on the light issues......looks to me like you were on a roll!  that is the type of light that I have on my main table.....I don't like it.  I want to set up a crane light {or even two} because it's easier to replace a bulb,  than a florescent tube.

 

sorry to hear of your issues Ken......hope a remedy is in the works for you   

Edited December 23, 2020 by popeye the sailor

[Canute]

It is, Denis. Seeing the doc on Monday for an exam. Then, get lined up for the procedures in the New Year. Sorry to co-opt the log, OC.

[Old Collingwood]

48 minutes ago, Canute said:

It is, Denis. Seeing the doc on Monday for an exam. Then, get lined up for the procedures in the New Year. Sorry to co-opt the log, OC.

Its ok Ken    - no  worries at all.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all, from over here in the UK  - Happy late Christmas,

 

Right the day was done  -   I cooked a naked Christmas Curry  (Turkey-less)   with Rice and Naans, then we had a  mince pie each,  then sat down to watch the repeats on the tv,    then I spent  Five minutes on the work table  -  I moved the Five figures I am working on  from left to right and back again  - thats it.

Might move them round again tomorrow  - if I feel up to it.

 

All the best my  friends/muckers/on-lookers/posters  and genuinly  everyone who puts up with me

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Just done this  -  its the actual ground plan of my dio  when I build it, its taken from the actual  over head scene of how La Haye Sainte looks today, it shows the boundary dictated to me by how much room I have, the gray patch  lower front is the gracel roadway, the rear is chopped off loosing the width of the buildings and roofs  but will  still have a false wall.

 

Hope it makes sense?

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Got my yule tipple on hand  - but why did the admiral have to get me   (from our yorkie doggy)   such a Huge  shot glass.......🤪

 

OC.

Edited December 26, 2020 by Old Collingwood

[Egilman]

32 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

Got my yule tipple on hand  - but why did the admiral have to get me   (from our yorkie doggy)   such a Huge  shot glass.......🤪

 

OC.

Well that is Tennessee sippin' whisky, maybe she expects you to be sippin' for a while...... {chuckle}

[Old Collingwood]

9 minutes ago, Egilman said:

Well that is Tennessee sippin' whisky, maybe she expects you to be sippin' for a while...... {chuckle}

Quality stuff bro  - really realy nice,  last time I touched it was 20 ish years ago,   you know that warm feeling in your cheeks and mello feeling, was a nice supprise.

 

OC.

[Canute]

Nice present, OC. Savor every sip, brother.

 

As to the farm, the back side looks like it could be a photo backdrop, if you keep it as square as your picture.

 

You may want to run the front at a shallow angle to draw interest to one corner or the other, but you then need to build up one of the  back buildings as a flat of maybe an inch deep on the end closest to the viewer. I hope that makes sense, mate.

[Old Collingwood]

I guess everyone could tell the JD  was one of those minitures and a normal size tumbler.

 

OC.

[Edwardkenway]

Hope that JD don't affect your painting OC 😉

this is a smooth supper or chaser if you have it on the rocks, a present from my older brother 😁😋

[Old Collingwood]

11 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said:

Hope that JD don't affect your painting OC 😉

this is a smooth supper or chaser if you have it on the rocks, a present from my older brother 😁😋

It was just a dram had it last night to try to help me sleep,   no modeling/painting at the moment.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Excellent video  showing La Haye Sainte as  it is today.

 

OC.

 

 

[Kevin]

LOL how you going to get everyone in there with that much traffic around

 

[Old Collingwood]

3 minutes ago, Kevin said:

LOL how you going to get everyone in there with that much traffic around

 

Gonna put a load of cones up for the duration of the battle  or a  filter light system, but as soon as "Boney"  come down the hill  they will be on a permanent  Red light😃

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

  when I saw the JD picture,  I thought that you were gonna need a bigger bottle!     looks like a neat dio plan.......if your gonna have that large of a 'guest list',  you may need to expand the 'playing field' a bit more though     a larger entrance 'door'  wouldn't hurt either.

[Old Collingwood]

22 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

  when I saw the JD picture,  I thought that you were gonna need a bigger bottle!     looks like a neat dio plan.......if your gonna have that large of a 'guest list',  you may need to expand the 'playing field' a bit more though     a larger entrance 'door'  wouldn't hurt either.

I  have a side board  it got to sit on  so I'm controled size wise by that, to have doen the dio I would have liked to would have taken roughly a 5foot square  board, but thats a no no.

 

I  have a few ideas for the layout (movement of figures etc)  dictated by what stage in the battle I do.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

I will be back folks   - dont go away,    just waiting for my "Light at the end of the tunnel"   mind you dont think a tunnel will look good in the dio🙃

 

OC.