Space Ship in 54 / 60 mm

I used to work security at an office building that was moving to a new location out of state.  On the last day the president of the office said anything left in the building you can have, we are just going to have to pay to have it hauled away.  So I got all these translucent boxes.

I had no idea what I was going to do with them.  So I stacked them up and made a space ship out of them.  It's just temporary, I change it up all the time.

A local restaurant was selling 54mm size rock 'em, sock 'em robots.  So I got some.

The dollar store was selling Buzz Lightyear so I got some, repainted them and put an MPC ring hand figure head on him.

Johnny Lightning made a Lost in Space Robot B-9.  I got a couple.

SDS made a set of robots, Tim Mee made army men and the Galaxy Laser Team in green.

Elastowit made explorers and they are very cool.

Robbie the Robot was made very briefly and I managed to pick up a few.  Galaxy Laser Team robot in the corner.

I used the opening from wet tissue dispensers as the hatches.  Elastowit Earth vs the Flying Saucers in the background.

I printed out various computer and submarine pictures and lined some of the rooms with them.

The lower left corner computer was printed out and pasted to a bit of cardboard to stiffen it.

Kinda cool, and apart from the figures I have amassed over 60 years, free.
 

Ratrod Batmobile

The TV show Batmobile as a rat rod.

The original paint was not stripped off, so that the black might show through a little and also the pin striping.

I just painted it over and over with the rust paint from Rustall.

I did take it apart so I could replace the wheels.

 A more aggressive knobby tire seemed better for this version.

This version of the Batmobile would work well in a dystopian Gotham City.

Or perhaps in a post-apocalyptic Gotham City.

Maybe in a world where Batman is so busy there is no time for cosmetic work on the car.

Where he works 16 hours a day, 7 days a week fighting crime.

I added a little sign on the bottom because in 66 Batman everything has a label.

It also got multiple coats of dirt wash.

Here with the standard version of the Batmobile, all clean and shiny.

With Batman.
 

Foil and Horses

I needed to paint some horses that are pulling a wagon. 

But I did not want to get paint on the wagon.

I am using spray paint so it will get on the wagon unless I cover it.

 So I covered the wagon up with aluminum foil to protect it from the spray paint.  Worked much better than masking tape.  Faster, cheap, easy, and comes off without a sticky residue.

We Welcome You

Some little plastic generic civilians I got recently on Amazon.

They are very small people as this 1/72nd scale Airfix figure can demonstrate.

Dollar store building.

We welcome you to Munchkin Land.

So I got these little figures both for Munchkins and as just short people or children.

This building looks like an imposing lighthouse in this photo with these figures.

Many of the dollar store buildings have been getting smaller and smaller doors the last few years as the models themselves are littler too.

This one from Dollar General is a good example.

So I am using them for Munchkin buildings.  Or maybe an amusement park.

What if instead of Dorthy Gail from Kansas, it was MP SGM David Gail, with 27 years in service from from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas?  That movie might have gone a little differently!