This year is the year I get my basement in order. I have been buying boxes and finally go the sheds assembled. I hope to clear off the tables someone this year. The project includes building some racks to hold boxes and installing a second railing on my basement stairs for safety. Dollar Tree row houses, Godzillasauruas in the back yards.
The last several years I have been working on a project to make police for some East Coast US jurisdictions and some West Coast ones for the years 1898 to 2018. These are most of the actual cars that have been allocated for the East Coast. Many will get new markings and some will be repainted. This does not include most of the trucks, command centers, SWAT vehicles, nor fire trucks and other emergency vehicles.
Base temporary markings for a figure I am making. James Bond in Thunderball, 007.
The original figure is 1/75th scale, hard plastic made in China, and comes in a bag of 100 rather generic civilian figures with a small number of poses. Many companies sell these on ebay and Amazon. Some painted, some not painted, in several variations of size, and quality and pose number.
The figure after mounting on a base and swapping the head. In my role playing rules major figures get a hexagon shaped plastic base. Stats will go on the underside of the base. The character name my go on a plaque on the upper base or written on the bottom. Being styrene plastic these are very easy to convert and I swap legs, heads, arms, even bodies all the the time since the poses are limited. I save every unused body part and they often get used up in other projects so I don't have to sacrifice a whole figure each time.
Mr. Bond with an HO 1/87 scale Austin Martin.
It is a small car and he is a big guy, but it seems very small with the scale difference.
These figures paint up pretty well even with my marginal painting skills.
Bond, James Bond.
