Oh...NO...! Not another 1/32 diorama...!!!

[Nevadablue]

Very enjoyable Daniel.

Are the whistles coots or mud ducks or what? I can’t see them very well. I like birds and water birds are special.

[Daniel]

Very enjoyable Daniel.

Are the whistles coots or mud ducks or what? I can’t see them very well. I like birds and water birds are special.

Yes, the Whistles are Coots.
I love them too.

There are here also plenty of Seagulls and normally the Coots are afraid of them because are bigger, prety agressive and violent.
But Nature is such a wonder...! When the Coots get babies they forget every fear and fight back so ferously that seagulls fear them and when the babies are grown they fear the seagulls again... until next year.

There are also plenty of Ducks, Gueese, Swans, Fuut ('Great crested grebes'?), Herons, several types of Seagulls and, of course, plenty of Pigeons but they never touch the water. And, of course, Rats.

All of them like to be given some food except the Fuut: they never take anything that people gives them. They simply ignore people.
I like them a lot because they are really independent, even more than cats.

A couple of years ago I saw a very old lady approach the edge of the water where a dozen or more ducks were swimming peacefully.
When they saw her they all jumped out of the water and surrounded her while she, happily, fed them and then silently walked away.

Herons are beautifull but also very funny. They can wait half an hour without moving one feather near a fisherman just to steal his catch!
Have seen happening several times and beautiful to see the Heron using the fisherman as a hook!

Daniel

[Daniel]

The message you are looking for is in the home of my neighbout here below.

Magoo

[Daniel]

[quote="Daniel"]The bad news regarding my modelling is my camera seems to have reached the end of it's life: several clear dots inside the lens. I already lost my best ever camera about ten years ago. It was a little, very cheap digital Sony but faster than all others I ever had and and able to get amazing sharp focus also so fast with an amzing powerful and sharp 40 zoom.
There was no hope and soon later it simply wasn't able to took a bit acceptable images. Sony discontinued production because was found very very bad camera. My nose told me it probably was too good for it's very low price. After searching for several years couldn't find another one of the same.
Now this little Cannon has got the same dots inside. Probably because reckless exposure to drizzle. The fact is that it bothers me a lot and have no chance to buy another one. So I will keep posting until the images get me so mad that it will be the first Cannon flying through the window.
Even worse, because my eyes problems I can't see really what I am doing uyntil I get the very enlarged images on the screen...

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Now I'll do the windows glassing...

[Daniel]

Sorry for the mess with the message!

Magoo, Daniel & Mr. Wallet

[Nevadablue]

Thanks Daniel. That is what I needed. An interesting loft…

[Daniel]

The glasses are already set and the windows repainted andwith astaert of weathering but not ready so not glued yet, but this is in principle how they are going to look...

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I find the light blue frames give a bit of a more French atmosphere.

[Mountain]

The photos look lovely here so it still is working. I like your buildings. They look real.

Out of interest you may like to see some of the buildings in a village called Laugharne in Wales. They are what I call "Interesting".

[Daniel]

The photos look lovely here so it still is working. I like your buildings. They look real.

Out of interest you may like to see some of the buildings in a village called Laugharne in Wales. They are what I call "Interesting".

Thank you, Mountain.

Thank you also for the tip on Laugharne.
Delcampe has only a few images and not too good butfurthjer search in the net made me get an idea of what you mean. Yes, some very interesting buildings there.

Daniel

[Daniel]

Whistle enjoing hios breakfast...

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After learning how to make stairs now I amd learning how to make every size and pattern of windows I want using the same priunciple...

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There is only 1,2mm difference between tye two jigs but in a four pane window means the total blade height will be sligthtly less than 5mm wich in 1/32 means a visible difference...

I've found tyhe multiplex plate I couldn't find when doing the stairs but it was not 2mm as I thought, it is 2,4mm so I must remove 0,4mm from the back to fit the hollow in the mac hine...

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Samba wood is new to me and is great stuff and also very nic e, but next time I'll use Tuliptree wood.

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The jig was not even fastened with tape,let's stay screw, to the machine, but the plate fits perfectly with aboslutelly no play and tye result is excellent...

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The idea of the vertical grilles being thicker than the orizontal didn't convinced me until I looked better at the H0 arched windows I have just used for the building for the diorama...

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May be one day I do half the milling in the vertical and the other half in the horizontal... Hmmm... the I won't need a jig vor the glueing stage as I was going to do now...

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Everything solved, said Whistle...

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Well..; a mean inteerruption...

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[Daniel]

Sorry, triple post!

[Daniel]

Sorry, quadruple post!

[Nevadablue]

That window frame creation is brilliant Daniel!

I know you don’t eat geese, but the French do. Maybe goose should be on the menu. LOL, just teasing. That is a beautiful bird also. I’m glad Whistles can deal with such a huge enemy.

[Daniel]

That window frame creation is brilliant Daniel!

I know you don’t eat geese, but the French do. Maybe goose should be on the menu. LOL, just teasing. That is a beautiful bird also. I’m glad Whistles can deal with such a huge enemy.

Yes, Ken, the geese are also beautiful birds and I am a vegetarian. As you may have noticed, I never posted here or any other forum images of the French force-feeding geese and not because they care for them. It is cruel. But I've just heard the Whistles calling "_Huston: we have a problem_"

Now three geese have made a nest on one of the floating islands, near de ones where the Whistles' nests are. That means every time I call the Whistles the geese arrive too. Slowler but brutally trying to steal the Whistles' food. So now on I will go twice a day to the other side of the channel and feed the Whistles from nearby.
Indeed, I don't eat any animal stuff and that is why I never post any of the many old images showing geese being forced to eat (and not because they would need it). It is cruel. Nevertheless if they keep bothering the Whstles they may end in a package of "Pâté de foie" posted to Nevada!

(Hmm, Daniel, too much Vlodka?)

[Daniel]

I have made a first try and learnt a way to iumprove it a lot which I will. Meanwhile here the first test:

I use PVA in it's strongest version because the contact surface between the pieces is minimal but IS NOT the waterproof version...

and one don't want a16 pane window to break just three minutes after being installed

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Thge PVC angle piece is for ensuring the right distances and proper alignment until the glue has dried without risk of excess of glue attaching it to the grid...

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To clean every excess of glue I use an a bit hard haired brush BUT ONE MUST TAKE CARE OF LETTING EVERY TIME THE BTUSH IN WATER!

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Now next step should be improving it with I have learn from first try but I like it too much so I'll do that butt also make a brass version and including a piece of thick glass or mettal under the streeps so I can let the grid dry with a weight of steel or lead on it without risk of damage.