JAPANESE JEWELS: GLICO TOYS

 Japan's sweet Glico toys are in a class of their own!

Here's another online sample. Enjoy!

Operation Soap Dish: My Home Made SpaceX Moon Base HQ: Legs and Co.

 Moon Base tinkering is going apace.

Attaching the cross-pipe to one module ....

... and then all of them. No peeking!

The base legs came courtesy of the Missus's craft cupboard.

Beads and later googly eyes!

..... which stuck on a treat before being painted lunar silver.

And everyone loves Nutoka on the Base!

Some of the smaller details fettled today too:

This chip is covering an unsightly rock-hard blob of super glue on the top of the cross-pipe, which I tried to remove but ended up squeezing three off. Legs that is.

Its a sort of maintenance hatch I guess.

The pool table was a lot of fun. The Missus' crafting micro-balls came in handy, although I got carried away! The cues look like they've been dipped in pea-soup, so I may replace them, although once the lid's on you won't see the mess I don't think!

I added a pin and some staples to the sides of this console to cover abandoned drill holes. They could be an antenna and a seat. That console suddenly looks a lot like a car battery!

On the recommendation of Bill I had a crack at a sort of doorway for the garage. I couldn't cut the lid for fear of splitting it so I opted for a door-frame capable of holding a ramp for vehicles.

An experiment. Fingers crossed. 

By way of a complete distraction I spent an hour fiddling with a crane. I tried to create one to attach and detach from the side of the garage but to no avail. I ended up bodging this crane rig, that will hopefully lift the MEV2 in and out of the garage.

It ended up looking like a container ship!

Finally and a bit mushy I guess, but it felt right. I inserted a piece of our late dog Blue's bereavement card we got from the vets into the TV screen, Lincoln Continental-style. 

Basically blue sky and a cloud.

Thanks Bill for the idea.

Once fully assembled, all these bits will be joined in the modules by some HO scale seated figures I've ordered from Ebay. They're en-route to Moon Base as we speak!

Watch this Space Base.

Operation Soap Dish: My Home Made SpaceX Moon Base HQ Garage Module

 The garage is a basic affair, essentially a floor and a stopper to secure a SpaceX toy vehicle, in this case the brilliant Valigursky MEV2.

There's also room for a radio and a six-pack of Becks if any of the staffers want to tinker too!

Next juncture, Modules assemble!

Watch this Moon Space!

LARGER PLASTIC CARS: TERRANOVA47's AUSTIN CABS

Here is a Dinky Austin FX3 Taxi with a larger Empire Made, Fairylite copy.

Terranova47

USA

Operation Soap Box: My Home-Made Tri-ang SpaceX Moon Base Dorm and Recreation Room

Further development on my home-made Moon Base HQ.

A dorm/ rec room module.

Space for two astronauts to staff the base; two beds, two chairs, TV and a pool table.

A room with a view.

One more to go, the garage.

Next up, wheels.

SPACE STAR: IT COULD GIVE YOU A HEADACHE!

 

Its chunky, its bulging, its the Space Star!

As iridescent as a peacock, this bad boy is determined to be seen!

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Operation Soap Dish: My Home-Made Tri-ang SpaceX Moon Base HQ: The Cinema Room Module

 More progress on my own home-spun SpaceX Moon Base HQ. 

This time it's the Cinema Room Module.

I've stuck to using the old circuitry parts I have to hand so its not a perfect copy of the real SpaceX toy by a long chalk. More of my impression.

Not sure what they watched on the big screen on the Moon. Any ideas?

Anyways, grab a seat!

More to follow.

Watch this Base!

Operation Soap Dish: The Moon Base HQ Computer Room

Progress on my home-made Triang Spacex Moon Base HQ. 

I give you ..... The Computer Room Module.

Lid to follow and more pods.

One small step.

See what you think.