Plates!

Whilst I know a lot about plates, especially washing them if Mrs. Woody is reading this, the plates I am talking about here are the steel plate ones that form the sides of certain bridges.

For my model bridge it will have steel plate sides so having cut the floor of the bridge from plastic card I was then able to cut the sides to size. Replicating the construction of such plates I cut 4mm strips to fit around the edges of the plate to give the reinforcing strip that runs around such plates. In addition I then started to make some joining strips to fit along the plate. Its all a bit fiddly but somehow therapeutic! The photos probably illustrate better then I can write!

Going back to washing plates I may have earned my way out of this chore for a day or so at least as one of Mrs. Woody's jobs on her list for me to do is now done. I managed to turn this....

into this....

Even Mrs. Woody is moderately impressed! As you will no doubt note the WMD HQ fleet of cats is not just made up of the live ones but also the various novelty cats accumulated over the years. 

So, where is this warmer weather?

Waking up this morning I was anticipating a day of steadily increasing temperatures bringing an end to this particular cold spell. Although technically the temperature rose it was not much and it felt colder this afternoon then for the previous week and a half. Probably down to the cold wind and rain. This sort of weather is not exactly enticing to do much other than try to keep warm and watch a few films. Todays choice was a rerun of the two Sherlock Homes films - I may have seen both many times but they still entertain! To bring about that feeling of warmth the WMD HQ fire was lit. It is not a big fire place but just enough to generate some heat and give that cosy feeling on a cold, wet Winters day!

They say animals are frightened of fire but the steady stream of the WMD HQ feline fleet to warm themselves in front of the fire perhaps shows something strange with my cats!

Despite the delights of a good film, a warming fire and a comfy sofa I did manage to get the canvas cover fully mounted over the cargo bed. It was a bit of a struggle and there was almost a contribution to the swear jar but with some super glue it all went together reasonably well.

I will need to finish the cab and then get that, the hood and the cargo bed mounted on the chassis which will see most of this kit finished as fas as building goes. Painting it will be entertaining no doubt but I need some warmer weather before I can consider that. Now where is that weather forecast....