Here is a list of epubs that I have downloaded and intend to read in the spring of 2013:
“So many books, so little time”, Frank Zappa
I received my order of five bulky pulp figures from Hinterland Miniatures the other day. The figures stand about 30mm from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads. They are very finely detailed and will require very little clean up. I haven’t had time to take my own pictures yet, so I have included a link to the picture of the five online. The five figures will be added to my growing collection of pulp figures.
The model a U-Boat Type VIIC, in 1/32 scale, depicts a U-boat from the 9th U-flotilla Brest in the year of 1942. The model is modeled by Marcello d'Andrea. The site features a small gallery of images of this highly detailed submarine and some of its crew.
The model and diorama depicts only part of the submarine. The real submarine would have been somewhere around two hundred feet long. The Type VII was not the best in its class, but did form the backbone of Germany’s WWII, U-boat force.
Thrilling Tales of the Downright Unusual is a site that offers a pulp like story. Pulp fiction, were stories that were often situated in exotic locations and often included fantastic, and larger than life characters. Pulp fiction had its heyday during the years of from 1896 through the 1950s. These works of fiction were referred to as pulp for the type of paper they were published and not their content.
Thrilling Tales of the Downright Unusual offers a story-line and interactive elements, like “see what you are carrying”, and graphic elements that can be zoomed in on. The graphic elements and art work are pretty good. The story-line is interesting, is set in the future, and makes use of an Art-Deco theme. I haven’t had time to get too far in the story, so I will not elaborate on the plot of the story.
What do think about the site, its story-line, or its artwork? Leave your comments below.
I recently came across an old review of CMK’s 1/200 scale German WWII “Seehund” model. The “Seehund” was a two person midget submarine pushed into service toward the end of the war by Germany. The specifications for the WWII sub were as follows:
Displacement |
14.9 tons |
Dimensions |
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Top speed |
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Maximum range |
300nm at 7 knots |
Motor output |
18.4kW |
Diving depth |
98ft (30m) |
Torpedoes |
Two 21 inch |
Crew |
2 |
Number built |
285 |
The model was manufactured by Planet Models and was made in the Czech Republic. The model consists of nine resin parts and a photo-etched fret that folds up into a stand with an integrated name plate. The model caught my eye for its size, it measure about two inches long, and simplicity. According to the review all the parts were cleanly cast and detail is quite crisp for this scale and size.
Does anyone know where I can find one of these for sale?
I was rooting through my folders of old images that I had taken and found these images from my collection of HO gauge vehicles. These were assembled and cast in appropriate colors. The models will need a little weathering and they will be ready for a nineteen fifty’s era layout.
Anyone interesting in a trade? Contact me with an offer. I am looking for 25, 28, 30, or 40mm miniatures. I am open to any sort of miniature.
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Thunderbird
I have always loved to read. I suppose my love of reading came from my parents. My mother was always reading some type of novel and my father a magazine article. There were other influences in my life that fostered reading, there were my uncles and aunts that shared their love reading with me, they used to bring me bags of books that they had just finished reading and there was my sixth grade teacher and the reading contest that took place over the school year. You had to read and give a summary of at least fifty books during the school year.
I wish I still had every book that I ever read; my collection would be enormous by this time in my life. Lately I have been consuming a lot of digital media in the form of e-pubs, and audio books. There are so many sources and publications to download and read or listen to and you really cannot beat the price.
Recently I came across Pod Castle. PodCastle is a fantasy audio magazine. Each week PodCastle features new short stories that span the spectrum of fantasy fiction. Download the latest podcast upload it to you MP3 player and go out for a stroll.
If you prefer science fiction try Pod Castles, sister site “EscapePod”. It all adds up to some very fine and entertaining listening.
If you were wondering where manufactures get there impetus for their space figures the Origins of Tri-ang SPACEX Figures article will explain where manufactures of plastic figures get their ideas for their figures. A spoiler-many copied the designs from other manufactures and some from characters from popular culture.
Armies on Plastic is offering a few new sets of historically-accurate 1/32 scale figures. The new sets include:
These are some of the tags that I have used on my current collection of miniatures
Up to this point I have been painting my miniatures one or two at a time and in no certain order. That has left me with an erratic collection of this and that’s. I have decided to paint sets of miniatures for now on. This, I feel, will add more to my collection overall and give me a chance to prefect my painting skills on a specific style or type of miniatures.
What method do you prefer when painting your miniatures?
Not that I have used my miniatures in a war game, I haven’t got to that yet, but I may someday. The “A Timeline of the Historical Miniatures War Gaming Hobby" is an interesting timeline of war gaming. It seems that the first mention of war gaming, as a hobby, was in 1890, however this activity has been being playing out from the dawn of civilization, If you want to call killing, raping, and maiming combatant and non-combatants a like being civilized. The 1890 mention has to do with the gentleman’s war games, those using miniature soldiers, canons, and other toy weapons of carnage being playing out on the floor of someone’s parlor.
