Life Size SMG

   I'm pretty tired right now because I got up at 5:00 to shovel a foot of snow off my driveway so this post may be pretty short.

   I am so short on words right now. I can't think of anything to say.

   I couldn't flip this but it is the grip, mag and trigger.

   The forward handgrip was originally folding but it didn't offer any support and this looks better.

   Barrel and flash hider.

   Reflex sight.

   But this stock is my real pride.

   You just take out the pin...

   And the stock extends to whatever length.

   I took this picture to show off the scale but also to show off my super sweet, new(used)leather jacket.

Micro Mediterranean Town.

   Sorry that I haven't been writing lately. My computer konked out and I've been having other people's just to get things done. Plus my Dad has kidney cancer so new computers aren't a high priority on my list right now. I also have barely been building at all and what I have been building has been fairly mediocre. This is easily the best of what I've been up to.

   Overview from the sea. My brother says that the ship is too big. I don't know.

   The dock.

   The town is called "El Guapo Grande" or, The Grand Chicken. During the towns first years Vikings landed on the beach at night. I it hadn't been for that brave chicken raising the alarm the town would have been lost. The town honored the chicken with a giant statue in the middle of the town square. 

   The "burbs".

   It was my brother's idea to add the lighthouse.

   I'm particularly proud of these trees. Unfortunately they are pretty fragile. 

   This ship is magnificent for the scale. It was actually the first art of the build that I built which might be why it's not really to scale.

   Well, I am working on a life-size SMG right now so I've got enough left for at least one more post.

Attack Jet.

   I recently bought the Lego Quinjet (just the jet not the minifigs) and this is the result of about an hour of work.

   It originally started as a two seat ground attack fighter with retractable landing gear. But the rest of the design hasn't changed much. I knew I wanted to give it a hulking, low profile with swooping wings.

   Front view.

   Large, chunky wings.

   Back view.

   Bottom view. The wings were difficult but easily my favorite part of the build as I tried to get all the sections to work together.

I'm back...for now.

   It seems every time I make another sailing ship it gets bigger and better and this is no exception.

   There she is in all her glory. My first ship with double masts and a form of sails. I'm sorry I didn't get a better picture of them.

   Side view.

   Lot's of deck space to move around.

   Moving rudder.

   My first version of the captains cabin was grossly oversize. This is a significant improvement. Still I wish I had made the deck longer. 

   There is a hatch in the deck as well.

   And a section of the top deck is removable. I still haven't figured out what to put in here. Maybe beds since all my other ships had nothing for the crew to sleep on.

   Back view of the captains cabin. Based on what has been added on to each previous sailing ship I predict my next one will have cannons.

I'm not dead....yet.

   I realize it's been almost two months since my last blog post. There are a myriad of reasons, working on my beginner's license (that's where the title of my post comes in), Just Cause 2, job hunting, and just plain getting older and having more responsibilities. But, I have built some during that time. And this post is highlighting those things I have built.

   Halftrack started one night when I was pretty bored. It went through many small changes until it ended up like this.

   Monoplane. I didn't have enough pieces to build a biplane and still stick to the color scheme.

   The struts and twin MGs. The idea for the struts came while I was building it. My original idea would have worked but it would have been very bulky.

   My original wings were thicker and looked awful.

   A view of the profile which I think looks very realistic.

   These two guys were build to go with the knight and troll. The green guy is the knight's sidekick while the red guy started out as the king but doesn't look anything like a king now.

Revolver

   I decided to buckle down and build a revolver because it's something I've been meaning to do for a while and feel like I'm in a bit of a slump. I took half the morning to give up the idea of moving cylinder because I just didn't have the pieces. After that things went fairly smoothly but I did have to use parts from the handle of my other pistol.

   The handle is comfortable and that is my best trigger guard so far.

   Working(ish) hammer and rear iron sight.

   I skirted the not enough parts issue by making a fake cylinder with bricks.

   Barrel and front iron sight.

And here's a failed attempt at a working cylinder.

Airsoft Loadout

   I finally finished my airsoft loadout! It took a year but it's complete now. All in all I'd say it cost me around $370.00. Half of that being the gun.

   My MOLLE light tactical assault vest. I'd have to say that the only downside with this is the fast it only has three mag pouchs. Other than that it's lightweight and very easy to move in. It comes with a pistol mag pouch and since I don't have a pistol I use it to hold my speedloader. It was my brothers idea.

   My eyepro. This works much better than a mask for me because it's super breathable. I played a game with a paintball mask and I was hyperventilating. Unfortunately  it doesn't protect my forehead and in my last game I got shot in the center of my forehead first thing.

   And there you go. I've already been told I'll need something to protect my neck and my head.