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  • #67360
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    Fourth Protocol
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      Got some more done last night. The grey is a weather-proof undercoat/primer. The mocha (don’t laugh, it was free) on the front is the final colour.

      Russian cigarette ad – was wondering how this might work as a Siberian outpost, in the interests of not surrendering to expectation. It’s lexan-fronted styrene mounted with magnets, so can be swapped out to promote an event or vendor or something.

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      The boxes on the right there are what I originally bought the plywood for – all my trucks are in there, ready for the move to Germany.

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      The side door still under construction. They (doors and windows) are hard work. All the doors open and close, but the windows don’t.

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      Still no idea what I’m going to do with the back door. Maybe something that slides/rolls to the side.

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      Going to use this as a scale garage, too. The idea is to remove part of the roof, and a wall or maybe two, making a photography studio. Would require lots more cleanup and detail on the inside.

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      #67361
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        Couldn’t face doing another window so I boarded the last one up and drew on some graffiti. He’s my favourite of all time, forever. He can end Batman, Predator, Alien… And Judge Anderson hangs out with him!

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        #67702
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          That looks amazing with a splash of colour, i really like it. What are you plans for the interior?

          #67703
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            neilus wrote:
            That looks amazing with a splash of colour, i really like it. What are you plans for the interior?

            Thinking a ramp, because I can’t put a pit in there. A workbench along one side, and an office/shop with cash register on the other. I have a scantily-clad Super Sonico that will sit in that tiny add-on room. Maybe answering the phone. Or taking dictation…

            All of it will need to be easily removable, because I’d only really use it for photographing trucks.

            #67362
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              Walls and painting is done.

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              My favourite wall so far, but I’m a bit of a 2000AD groupie. Drawing on wood with weather-proof primer and two coats of paint is not as easy as you’d think.

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              That wall is begging for a Max Headroom sign.

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              Roof is next, and I’m still working out what I want to do. A hinged system would be nice, and ideally split neatly in half so that constituent parts are no bigger than the walls, making packing into a box easier.

              #67751
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                stunning job FP and glad to hear your a fellow Dredd head.. Drokkin awsome ..

                any plans for some tin signs for it? oil logos, tyre etc

                Al..

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                  Al murray wrote:
                  stunning job FP and glad to hear your a fellow Dredd head.. Drokkin awsome ..

                  any plans for some tin signs for it? oil logos, tyre etc

                  Al..

                  Superman, 007 and Chuck Norris in a room, duel to the death. Judge Dredd wins :-)

                  Thanks and yeah, loads of ideas. Something along the lines of these –

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                  #67363
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                    Making a box to ship it to Germany in. Putting EVA foam in there to keep it from banging itself against itself.

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                    #103538
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                      Just not getting much time for trucks at the moment, but have been stealing a couple hours here and there to finish off the gas station.

                      I didn’t bring the paint over from London so had to repaint all of it, which took some time.

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                      #103539
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                        Got a garage sign made. It was hand-painted at like 2am or something, so it’s best not to look at it too closely. Looks ace from a distance though.

                        Gas Station Sign.jpg

                        Also replaced that Russian cigarette ad with a better (smaller) sized Coca Cola bill board.

                        Coca Cola sign

                        And finally a picture of the thing as it stands.

                        Gas Station

                        Nothing’s ever finished though. This needs a new roof that lets me use it as a scale garage. That means I have to deck out the inside to look like a scale garage. And some of the window frames need redoing. Oh well. Progress at least.

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                          Dread’s dead baby!

                          Lovely work as always and impressive detail.

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                          #103545
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                            Dread’s dead baby!

                            Lovely work as always and impressive detail.

                            Thank you ? Aaaaand you’re talking about threat prioritisation right?

                            Damage
                            Reproducibility
                            Exploitability
                            Affected Users
                            Discoverability

                            DREAD as originally proposed by Microsoft required scoring each of the five categories on a scale from zero to ten. This leads to very heated, but usually not very productive, discussions on the fine differences between five and six. I know this ???

                            Alas. I speak of The Judge ?

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                            ScaleAddict
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                              Very nice

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                              Retrocosm
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                                Very impressive, I always fail to envisage just how large such things need to be.  Will you be weathering it? I have a hankering to weather it.

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                                  Very impressive, I always fail to envisage just how large such things need to be. Will you be weathering it? I have a hankering to weather it.

                                  Thanks and yes, I’d love to weather it. Waiting for another (any!) project to turn into a frustrating dead end so that I have an excuse to. For now there’s just way to much other stuff to get done first, because events with dates and stuff ?

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