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A Bird.

A Beetle.

A Bee.

That is all.

~Stimpy.

Battlefleet Name-Not-Given.

The bug has caught me.  

Out comes the scalpel, file, glue.
These wrecks reborn whole.    

Bad Haiku?

As with these things, I get caught up in the moment and now I'm working to rebuild my shattered Imperial Navy fleet.  for those not in the know, Battlefleet Gothic was a space ship battle game by Games Workshop.   Like always with GW they just stop supporting it to the point of excommunication.   With that, eBay is generally the only source of original ships, with stand-ins popping up on Shapeways and the like to fill the need for new models.  Ofcourse the hobby takes to kitbashing like ducks to Hoi-sin sauce.  

Gothic Class & Tyrant Class Cruisers, respectively.

 Out of the rabble of parts from my junk boxes, I think I can make a respectable flotilla of cruisers.  A lot of repairs are needed to 'unconvert'  some back into stock Navy ships, but that's all part of the fun.   

Maybe 4-5 stock Navy ships salvaged, several destroyers and escorts, and a 

Rogue Trader ship in black.  

Still need to fluff the fleet.  I'm slowly throwing together an Imperial Guard army for 40k, and I'd like to tie them together in some way, perhaps making some Imperial Carriers, military transports and such.

Looks a lot but it's really not.  I maybe have 4 turrets to go round 10 lance batteries.   Improvisation is key!

Next time I hope to have either some more ships out of the repair yard, and maybe even a colour scheme!

~Stimpy

Put-put, Pop-pop! A truly underrated toy.

The Put-Put Boat

I remember my Dad taking me to the Dorset Steam Fair as a wee boy in the 90's.  I didn't particularly care for steam engines much, but was fascinated by anything mechanical.  We slept in the caravan and painted model planes on a lovely sunny day.   One thing I remember though, were those damned boats.   They were MAGIC.   Dad bought me a nice green topped put-put boat, and taught me to be safe with matches at the same time.  so much fun did I have messing around in the sink with my little boat, its thin tin flag bent and askew.

Cut almost 20 years later (fuck I feel old) and I bought myself a replacement.   It's abit more flash than the old simple green-top-baremetal-body deal, but she runs like a charm.   I really recommend grabbing one of these if you ever see one.  they're cheap as shit and are awesome.  kids need to learn to play with fire in ways other than cigarettes after all. 

DON'T ACT LIKE YOU AIN'T IMPRESSED

POP-POP!

~Stimpy.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pop-pop boat

A pop-pop boat is a toy with a very simple steam engine without moving parts, typically powered by a candle or vegetable oil burner. The name comes from the noise some versions of the boats make. Other names are putt-putt boat, crazy boat, flash-steamer, hot-air-boat, pulsating water engine boat. Around the world they may be called Can-Can-boot, Knatterboot, toc-toc, Puf-Puf boat, Poof Poof craft, Phut-Phut, or Pouet-Pouet.