{"id":3757,"date":"2015-03-22T21:56:53","date_gmt":"2015-03-22T21:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=3757"},"modified":"2015-03-22T21:56:53","modified_gmt":"2015-03-22T21:56:53","slug":"this-weekends-accomplishments-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=3757","title":{"rendered":"This Weekend&#8217;s Accomplishments"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3751\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3751\" style=\"width: 491px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1114.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-3751  \" title=\"IMG_1114\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1114-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Five of ten US Cavalrymen mounted on &quot;Death Jaws&quot;\" width=\"491\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1114-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1114-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1114.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Five of ten US Cavalrymen mounted on &quot;Death Jaws&quot;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I have been working on these for a couple of weeks. \u00a0In a much earlier post, I showed some pictures of these old Ral Partha &#8220;Death Jaws&#8221; on which I mounted some female hussars. \u00a0I bought a second set of the creatures when we got Iron Wind Metals to pull these mold out of mothballs for us. \u00a0I have been waiting to figure out what to mount on them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3753\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3753\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1115.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3753\" title=\"IMG_1115\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1115-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A closer view of the Death Jaws\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1115-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1115-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1115.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A closer view of the Death Jaws<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Many years ago, I built up a nice collection of Pass of the North figures for the Mexican Punitive Expedition and Americans vs. the Moros. \u00a0I learned recently that the Pass of the North figures are still available. \u00a0I ordered some of them and mounted them on the Death Jaws. \u00a0I like they way they turned out and look forward to seeing how they do against a bunch of crazed Moros.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3754\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3754\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1112.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3754\" title=\"IMG_1112\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1112-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The front of Granville National Bank\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1112-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1112-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1112.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The front of Granville National Bank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sometime before Christmas I finally got my hands on this Plasticville kit. \u00a0Greg, one of the HAWKs, had one in one of his &#8220;Dr. Who does something wild and crazy&#8221; games. \u00a0Since then, I have been coveting it. \u00a0My dad found it somewhere &#8212; he knows a lot of model train people &#8212; and I finally got it assembled in a painted.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3752\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3752\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1113.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3752\" title=\"IMG_1113\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1113-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The side of Granville National Bank\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1113-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1113-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1113.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The side of Granville National Bank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The bank has a sign molded to it that says &#8220;Plasticville Bank.&#8221; \u00a0I made a &#8220;Granville National Bank&#8221; sign with PowerPoint.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3755\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3755\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1117.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3755\" title=\"IMG_1117\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1117-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Recently completed dog sled\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1117-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1117-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1117.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Recently completed dog sled<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Several years ago, I found a box with this sled in a &#8220;blow out&#8221; sale from RLBPS. \u00a0The box said a piece was missing, but when I tried to assemble it, all the parts seemed to be there. \u00a0Anyway, I had this partially finished on my painting table and completed it this weekend.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3756\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3756\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1116.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3756\" title=\"IMG_1116\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1116-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Another view of the dog sled\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1116-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1116-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1116.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another view of the dog sled<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='shareinpost'><ul class=\"socialwrap row\"><li class=\"iconOnly\"><a  rel='nofollow'  target='_blank'  title='Share this post : This Weekend&#8217;s Accomplishments on Linkedin'  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