{"id":1633,"date":"2013-02-18T16:33:04","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T16:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2013-02-18T16:33:04","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T16:33:04","slug":"recent-accomplishments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=1633","title":{"rendered":"Recent Accomplishments"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1629\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1629\" style=\"width: 491px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2117.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1629  \" title=\"100_2117\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2117-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Long shot of the hotel\" width=\"491\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2117-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2117-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long shot of the hotel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I mentioned to Duncan a couple of weeks ago that I was looking for the Bachman Plasticville motel in O scale. \u00a0He works near a hobby stop and found two for me. \u00a0I spent some of Sunday afternoon working on them. \u00a0I made a sign that I will print out and affix to foam board, but we are low on color toner right now. \u00a0The motel will be on the outskirts of town in my next Granville game.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1626\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1626\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2109.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1626\" title=\"100_2109\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2109-300x146.jpg\" alt=\"RAFM Roadster in front of Plasticville Hotel\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2109-300x146.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2109-1024x499.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RAFM Roadster in front of Plasticville Hotel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1627\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1627\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2111.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1627\" title=\"100_2111\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2111-300x144.jpg\" alt=\"Some guests in front of the second hotel building\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2111-300x144.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2111-1024x492.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some guests in front of the second hotel building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1628\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1628\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2112.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1628\" title=\"100_2112\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2112-300x122.jpg\" alt=\"Another view of the hotel\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2112-300x122.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2112-1024x418.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1628\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another view of the hotel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A little at a time during the week, I&#8217;ve been working on some 10mm skeletons. \u00a0I finished them Saturday morning and flocked them on Sunday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1631\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1631\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2126.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1631\" title=\"100_2126\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2126-300x109.jpg\" alt=\"10mm skeleton units\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2126-300x109.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2126-1024x374.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">10mm skeleton units<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know the manufacturer of these figures. \u00a0There were in a big lot that Chris got on Ebay. \u00a0There are more figures in the pile that I&#8217;ll work on a little at a time. \u00a0I&#8217;m about to switch gears again, I think, and work on Russian Napoleonic figures in 10mm.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1632\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1632\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2128.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1632\" title=\"100_2128\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2128-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"Dismounted knights\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2128-300x154.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2128-1024x528.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dismounted knights<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These dismounted, heavily-armored figures were part of that batch as well.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1630\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2120.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1630\" title=\"100_2120\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2120-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"Raptor-riding Cossacks in front of new crystal formations\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2120-300x184.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/100_2120-1024x628.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raptor-riding Cossacks in front of new crystal formations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A couple of weeks ago, I posted a picture of crystal formation made of plaster. \u00a0Chris found a couple of smaller crystal formations by the same folks. \u00a0You can see them in the background of this shot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='shareinpost'><ul class=\"socialwrap row\"><li class=\"iconOnly\"><a  rel='nofollow'  target='_blank'  title='Share this post : Recent Accomplishments on Linkedin'  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