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

[popeye the sailor]

hope your feeling better........don't know any of those foods you folks were talking about    a keg 'o beer and some fried chicken....and I'm a happy camper   

[Old Collingwood]

58 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

hope your feeling better........don't know any of those foods you folks were talking about    a keg 'o beer and some fried chicken....and I'm a happy camper   

Sounds good to me Denis.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

I chased up my lamp  got a reply back from them  - thay said it was despatched on the 22/12   likely story as it isn't even showing that on thier tracking slip, think I could have made one  faster   (Grrrrrrrrrrr)

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Progress on the lamp  - "Its not lighting me up"   its been lost in post   so the shop is sending out another,    we will see.

 

OC.

[Edwardkenway]

Sorry to hear that, at least the company are sending you a replacement 😉

Hopefully you get this one, else the KGL will be wanting to start a war if you can't keep them busy😋

[Old Collingwood]

30 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said:

Sorry to hear that, at least the company are sending you a replacement 😉

Hopefully you get this one, else the KGL will be wanting to start a war if you can't keep them busy😋

They are crying out for Brokwursts  now   - greedy little tykes.😄

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Right then  I have been able to  buy a few of the additions I need for my Dio  mainly the Farm complex  and some scenery bits - trees and some simulated soil, I have a  base and  display case in the process of  preperation for being made  by this great  maker- 

 

https://acorndisplays.co.uk/

 

So  - I am waiting on a replacement light for the one that went missing in the post.........?     then I can get back on the  table  making stuff

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

hope you get the light soon.........enlightening   

[Old Collingwood]

Hi all   What a day,      the replacement  light is  (apperently) being delivered in the next 24hrs  - we will see,   so thats the only news  about the build,   had a real  trial   found out  that my brother (who I had no contact from in over a month)  has been in hospital  for over Three weeks,  he  was discovered  when his neighbour called the police  - they broke in  and found him  very frail in his bed   he was rushed into hospital   malnurished  and very  frail,      he is doing well again and hoping to go home tomorrow,   he is certainly going through it .

So to day was  lots of phone calls chasing up all his things to do with him.

 

OC.

Edited January 7, 2021 by Old Collingwood

[popeye the sailor]

take care of your brother.........this matters the most.   has he been sick?  were you aware of it?

[Old Collingwood]

28 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

take care of your brother.........this matters the most.   has he been sick?  were you aware of it?

No Denis, he had cut himself off from the world  not answered any text messages and his phone was just ringing out,     we sent him a care package before christmas but was not delivered,  cut along story  - I found out who is local psot office is  gave then a ring and the care package was with them, the nice chap there agreed to try and drop it at my bro's  but on Two visits  no reply so he left it with my bro's neighbour, she took it in and over several days tried knocking to  get my bro to to answer, in the end she was worried and rung the police, they had to go through her's and over the fence and broke into his around the back where they found him very poorly and in his bed, they called for an ambulance  who then put him in a streatcher  and rushed him to hospital.

From what I was told  if we had not sent the parcel it would not have led his neighbour to have rung the police ans he would probably have been dead now as he hadn't eaten or drank for days.

He has had a few things happen over a short time perod thats made him very depressed  leading to him not looking after himself  also  with lock downs it must have scared him about going out even for food.

 

It is a worry.   but I try to give myself somthing to focus on as constatntly worrying about him wont change anything  (hope that does not come across un caring)

 

OC.

[Canute]

OC, no, it's a realistic view. Thankfully, you cared enough to roust his neighbors. Has to be a scary proposition lately with the lockdowns and such for some folks living alone. People need a focus outside of the day to day doings. We on MSW have such interests to keep our gray matter working designing, building and coloring.  Model on.

[Old Collingwood]

14 minutes ago, Canute said:

OC, no, it's a realistic view. Thankfully, you cared enough to roust his neighbors. Has to be a scary proposition lately with the lockdowns and such for some folks living alone. People need a focus outside of the day to day doings. We on MSW have such interests to keep our gray matter working designing, building and coloring.  Model on.

Thank you Ken  for saying that,  I guess we all have like parts of our emotions  - we switch on our  caring head and get on with emergencies that crop up, then to preserv ourselves we emerse ourselves in a hobby  kind of like our own self healing.

 

Thankfully I have  you lot here  - my family💜   putting a purple heart  cuz Its my way of saying Thank You.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

So  - info about stuff I have on the way  - 

 

The Clarisa Farm complex in MDF  self assembly to be painted and weathered,

A section of pre formed rough ground scenery,

Some scenery dirt/soil,

Some trees,

 

I am still looking around for a case/base  checking out my best options.

 

Here's some pics of what I brought  - 

 

OC.

[Egilman]

3 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

Hi all   What a day,      the replacement  light is  (apperently) being delivered in the next 24hrs  - we will see,   so thats the only news  about the build,   had a real  trial   found out  that my brother (who I had no contact from in over a month)  has been in hospital  for over Three weeks,  he  was discovered  when his neighbour called the police  - they broke in  and found him  very frail in his bed   he was rushed into hospital   malnurished  and very  frail,      he is doing well again and hoping to go home tomorrow,   he is certainly going through it .

So to day was  lots of phone calls chasing up all his things to do with him.

 

OC.

I'm happy you got it sorted brother.... it's good news.... Stay well my friend, It turned out fine...

[Old Collingwood]

3 minutes ago, Egilman said:

I'm happy you got it sorted brother.... it's good news.... Stay well my friend, It turned out fine...

Thank you kindly brother.

 

OC.

[Canute]

Your farm diorama will look super with those structures, OC. And the ground foam scenery materials are easy to apply. Dilute some white glue, sprinkle the foam and ground covered. Use a blend of colors - look at your last photo.

[Egilman]

5 minutes ago, Canute said:

Your farm diorama will look super with those structures, OC. And the ground foam scenery materials are easy to apply. Dilute some white glue, sprinkle the foam and ground covered. Use a blend of colors - look at your last photo.

Yep a 33% mix white glue to water, (1 part glue 2 parts water) through a spray bottle.... I'll never forget that mix...... Model railroad's most used glue mix....

 

Gonna look fantastic.....

Edited January 8, 2021 by Egilman

[Old Collingwood]

8 minutes ago, Canute said:

Your farm diorama will look super with those structures, OC. And the ground foam scenery materials are easy to apply. Dilute some white glue, sprinkle the foam and ground covered. Use a blend of colors - look at your last photo.

Apperently the last pic - its comes pre made on a strip, I will  be adding some soil/dirt and trees to that  as it will be for the orchard  where the french first attacked, then the other end  where the veg garden was  (not as mutch room that side)  I will  possibly use some of the same  - make it all look beat up from all the trampling  off the all the soldiers.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

7 minutes ago, Egilman said:

Yep a 33% mix white glue to water, (1 part glue 2 parts water) through a spray bottle.... I'll never forget that mix...... Model railroad's most used glue mix....

 

Gonna look fantastic.....

You have reminded me to order some more PVA brother  - "Ta"  will put that on me list   - quiye excited about it  now I have the main bits ordered.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Oh, just thought  Ideas-suggestions?   I was going to use sandpaper  for the strip of roadway, the idea I thought of  - glue it down with PVA  then prime it and paint in Grey and weather it  - what do you think?

 

OC.

[Edwardkenway]

The scenics and farm buildings will look great! 

A suggestion for the road is fine coat ready mixed filler with a touch of sand added, that way you can add wheel ruts before it sets. My twopence worth.

Hope your brother gets well, and also gets some help when he gets home.

[Egilman]

10 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

You have reminded me to order some more PVA brother  - "Ta"  will put that on me list   - quiye excited about it  now I have the main bits ordered.

 

OC.

Hey brother, I forgot something... Dish soap.....

 

1 part white glue, 2 parts water and a tsp of dish soap, you know the squirt bottle type....

 

It acts as a surfactant breaking the surface tension of the water so it soaks in easier.... So the glue mix doesn't bead up and lay on the surface....

 

 

Works a lot better this way.....

[Old Collingwood]

5 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

The scenics and farm buildings will look great! 

A suggestion for the road is fine coat ready mixed filler with a touch of sand added, that way you can add wheel ruts before it sets. My twopence worth.

Hope your brother gets well, and also gets some help when he gets home.

Thank you kindly Edward.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

2 hours ago, Egilman said:

Hey brother, I forgot something... Dish soap.....

 

1 part white glue, 2 parts water and a tsp of dish soap, you know the squirt bottle type....

 

It acts as a surfactant breaking the surface tension of the water so it soaks in easier.... So the glue mix doesn't bead up and lay on the surface....

 

 

Works a lot better this way.....

Thank you kindly  for that.

 

OC.

[Canute]

Edward has it for the muddy, rutted road. Don't think they had many paved roads outside of the bigger towns.  And yes, "wet" water to soak into the roadway dirt and such.

[Old Collingwood]

1 hour ago, Canute said:

Edward has it for the muddy, rutted road. Don't think they had many paved roads outside of the bigger towns.  And yes, "wet" water to soak into the roadway dirt and such.

Certainly going to be uncharted territory  for me  never done anything like this before.

 

OC.

[Edwardkenway]

1 minute ago, Old Collingwood said:

Certainly going to be uncharted territory  for me  never done anything like this before.

 

OC.

You may have purchase an artillery piece or a cart in 28mm? scale to do the ruts. Just for wheel width to be right.

Good excuse to get cannon though 😄

[Old Collingwood]

1 minute ago, Edwardkenway said:

You may have purchase an artillery piece or a cart in 28mm? scale to do the ruts. Just for wheel width to be right.

Good excuse to get cannon though 😄

Another interesting aspect  - I will be taking the bases off the figures  so they will be on thier feet, would be good  if I could show them slightly bogged down as the ground had been sodden from heavy rain so thier feet would have been partially covered in the soft grounds I would have thought?

 

OC.

[Canute]

Good idea for the mud. It was a wet area for the battle.