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Thought I'd leave this here, found over in news and rumors.

Mousemuffins wrote:

shade1313 wrote:
What's the size on that blimp?

Uhhhmmm... about 150mm (6") long, 100mm in diameter.

Wait.

Picture!



...picture also shows why I need to alter the stand. 'tis a bit saggy.

Made of mdf vik

Too much video game, not enough airship - come on Vik, sort it out...

Theophony wrote:I am we'll versed in how a date night turns into a threesome (and not in a good way), when one of the kids decide they are not going to go along with the plan. My son is wanting to have a sleep over, but he is shy about making new friends, and we are moving them all to a new school for next year. The middle school we are getting them into has ranked the one of the best each of the previous years, and all the kids will be using iPads or laptops in class, something there last school didn't have. Every classroom is state of the art with whiteboards and the like.

now that sounds like an expensive but really forward school... atm i don´t know of ANY german school not even remotly close to that amount of tech level used...? i live behind the moon i think....
and yep... that´s around exactly what happend to us... only... we don´t even try to let our kids sleep somewhere else the last coupla years... in-laws on both sides are worse than your average Uncle Scrooge... so no help there... well... it is as it is... mostly my wife is complaining anyway^^

Anvildude wrote:In my own experience, the more they try to shoehorn 'technological teaching tools' into a classroom, the less actually gets taught.

i see your point but i think moving with the times is needed... to an extent of course...

Camkierhi wrote:In the fourteen years since my eldest was born, my wife and I have not had a single night without a child at home. Never even had an evening out without them. And it's even worse letting go at all with the youngest.

On other news.... nice work on the props, love them. Now get them stuck on and mounted dude...

yes... i am feeling with you... i know it is probably better to let go... but sometimes it really feels as if i would rather loose a hand than have my kids grow up

and yep... all in good time^^

Theophony wrote:Thought I'd leave this here, found over in news and rumors.

Mousemuffins wrote:

shade1313 wrote:
What's the size on that blimp?

Uhhhmmm... about 150mm (6") long, 100mm in diameter.

Wait.

Picture!



...picture also shows why I need to alter the stand. 'tis a bit saggy.

Made of mdf vik

who did it and where did that happen???

Ruglud wrote:Too much video game, not enough airship - come on Vik, sort it out...

today we bought us a new couch... and a new desk for my son for his homeworks...but first we had to get rid of the old ones... argh... my back is definatly not the same as it used to be...10 years ago

Schools may have evolved to whiteboards, but School budgets haven't evolved to keep teachers stocked with dry erase markers!

that is of course one of the fundamental truths!...sadly...

here most of the teachers do their copies and pay them often themselves....

Yes, I've seen that too, even in Higher Education, teachers having to buy their own supplies because the school can't/won't

well... most governmental institutions have these problems... i ask you...is it right for a cop to buy is own protective gear? does a butcher have to buy his own cleaver and so on maybe a cow to saw it up even tho he is just an employee?...

Most of the schools i know of here in sweden use iPads or laptops. and the food in the school is free and it's even healthy.


you guys kinda scare me from having kids at all. it's all like, first you never get any sleep, and then your life's never gonna be the same, and then having to let them go.

well sweden still is one of a smallish populated countries in the world... this brings a bunch of benefits with it... the whole juggernaut of govern-mental () institutions costs so much and all the white collars that benefit from that too suck up so much...you have less and thus can spend more for quality... man... i really should get out of here

and you´ll get there eventually believe me^^ your still young my padawan

Try to give kids free School Lunches here, and a bunch of fat, rich, white, bald men will spend years in Washington scheming and plotting to take it away from them.

Oh, man, this is turning into an education conversation...
Just my teacher's tuppence. One of the major factors in the success of high-performing education systems is the value placed on teachers by the culture, imo.
Anyway, more toy pictures!

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
well sweden still is one of a smallish populated countries in the world...

Hey! we have a population of 9 million people here! oh yeah, that's like a small village in germany.. forgot that!

Mousemuffins wrote:

Some new models available from http://www.miniaturescenery.com/.

First up, The Heavy Multi-Purpose Transport 1 (HuMPT1)





and the first in our line of Street Scenery:



Laser cut 3mm MDF.

Please feel free to ask stuff!

Same people for the blimp, they are still working on it though .

For education here anyways it really depends upon your district. Most have problems getting extra funding, but our home district is well established and the people see the way the money is spent, and are willing to vote for extra taxes to cover expenses. The one my wife teaches in is high income, but the people are house poor. Basically they have such expensive homes that they don't even have furniture for every room. No joke, my wife and other teachers went door to door a few years back to help get the word out about needing funding for AC, heating and asbestos abatement, and most of the homes were stark naked on the inside. People are driving expensive cars, high end homes, but are on the free lunch program because they don't earn enough . Our old district before we moved last year was just poor families, older folk on welfare, and a school that was overcrowded. Our kids were stars there, but that's not saying much as most families couldn't help teach their kids.

I've done a lot of service calls in homes in those areas around here. I've seen it too. Not a lick of furniture!! I don't understand why people HAVE to have those McMansions in the subdivisions. The construction is cheap on them, no trees in the yards. All people seem to care about is bragging that "they live in so-and-so subdivision" who cares?

DiDDe wrote:

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
well sweden still is one of a smallish populated countries in the world...

Hey! we have a population of 9 million people here! oh yeah, that's like a small village in germany.. forgot that!

lol... exactly^^...naww not really ... berlin is around 3.5 million rude persons... give or take the odd misfit

dsteingass wrote:Try to give kids free School Lunches here, and a bunch of fat, rich, white, bald men will spend years in Washington scheming and plotting to take it away from them.

yup... that is in essence the core of the malady... there was once a movement here were they offed executives in the seventies... wrong kind of execution of an idea... but the right idea nevertheless...and white collars in government are the same as CEO´s...IMHO...

inmygravenimage wrote:Oh, man, this is turning into an education conversation...
Just my teacher's tuppence. One of the major factors in the success of high-performing education systems is the value placed on teachers by the culture, imo.
Anyway, more toy pictures!

i think that is a world wide problem... eductation is something like eating... no one wants to pay for the meal and no one wants to spend hours in front of the oven but wnats a meal nevertheless...kindergarden employees or teachers... all looked at poorly... as if they are mere servants and storage personal for looking after the kids so the parents can work while the kids are tucked away...

Theophony wrote:

Mousemuffins wrote:

Some new models available from http://www.miniaturescenery.com/.

First up, The Heavy Multi-Purpose Transport 1 (HuMPT1)





and the first in our line of Street Scenery:



Laser cut 3mm MDF.

Please feel free to ask stuff!

Same people for the blimp, they are still working on it though .

For education here anyways it really depends upon your district. Most have problems getting extra funding, but our home district is well established and the people see the way the money is spent, and are willing to vote for extra taxes to cover expenses. The one my wife teaches in is high income, but the people are house poor. Basically they have such expensive homes that they don't even have furniture for every room. No joke, my wife and other teachers went door to door a few years back to help get the word out about needing funding for AC, heating and asbestos abatement, and most of the homes were stark naked on the inside. People are driving expensive cars, high end homes, but are on the free lunch program because they don't earn enough . Our old district before we moved last year was just poor families, older folk on welfare, and a school that was overcrowded. Our kids were stars there, but that's not saying much as most families couldn't help teach their kids.

dsteingass wrote:I've done a lot of service calls in homes in those areas around here. I've seen it too. Not a lick of furniture!! I don't understand why people HAVE to have those McMansions in the subdivisions. The construction is cheap on them, no trees in the yards. All people seem to care about is bragging that "they live in so-and-so subdivision" who cares?

i am now subscribed to their thread...and well i am more in favor of dave´s nuka cola machine as i said in your thread already...

but the blimp is lovley... as is other stuff of theirs too... what do you think of their pricings? is it fair? i have no clue atm...


as for the furniture and housing thing... frightening... really frightening... this is where i love living in a rented flat...keeps lots of truble away from us... and currently we pay for a better school for our son felix from our mouth too... i think in essence we skiped on the summer hoiday for this...

Nice MDF blimp

I worked for a answering service which had such a sub division as a client, guy was upset as his shag rugs and expensive wood funriture suffered water damage as the poor fit of the house components(They prefab parts and let them sit in the weather while trying to make them in time,) his over the front door had a octagonal window frame which allowed lots of rain water to leak in and his dining room was in about an inch of water,,,,25mm the warranty had been a mere 6 months on a house that is supposed to last for years??? As for people needing to pay for their own equipment that their job is supposed to provide for them Vik? That is part of the negative side of Globalization and Coporatism taking over the world today. "Privatization" = Corporatization of services, overpriced and worse than when governments did them.

ouch... that is a nasty case you described here... really... warranty for a house that has to last for years but only warrants for a coupla months???

and while globalizations makes us talk to each other... it still sucks on so many other levels...

Seriously, I built my hobby bench sturdier than those houses are!

I have worked in home improvement sales for 17+years, and the quality put into a house just astounds me. It's one of the reasons we sold a 13year old house to buy a 70+ year old home. I got to be present one day when the fire Marshall brought a guy into the store to make sure he bought he right wire. He had his inspection done on a remodel and had used lamp cord to wire everything from the junction box . He claimed one of my electrical guys (master electrician by trade) told him he should use that instead because it was cheaper and wire is wire.

Needless to say we didn't allow him to return the lamp cord that he had used in his house. Also he needed new drywall as he was extra stupid and dry walled before getting the electrical permit signed off .

I feel sorry for some people.....not all of them though.

and rightly so... you need a good working platform to creat your miracles^^

Hello, Vik.......

LOL... gone for almost a year? (felt like that...left us in the cold open world) and now he is back....! welcome back max! we missed you... i hope you don´t hide again! your input is needed!

Perhaps he's back because he heard there were airships being built get to work and he might stay around .

 Theophony wrote:
Perhaps he's back because he heard there were airships being built get to work and he might stay around .

that's as good a reason to keep going as any
Welcome back, Max!

Me love airships......

Oh my... The "Air Force V" is coming along soooo great! (I belive its a fitting name for that airship ) A true marvel my friend! Wanna see MOAR!!!

Theophony wrote:Perhaps he's back because he heard there were airships being built get to work and he might stay around .

shrike wrote:

 Theophony wrote:
Perhaps he's back because he heard there were airships being built get to work and he might stay around .

that's as good a reason to keep going as any
Welcome back, Max!

hurhur you two you ain´t seen nufin´ yet^^

mxwllmdr wrote:Me love airships......

i am doing my best to keep you entertained^^

storag wrote:Oh my... The "Air Force V" is coming along soooo great! (I belive its a fitting name for that airship ) A true marvel my friend! Wanna see MOAR!!!

thanks storag!...on the matter of the name... i have some ideas for a figurehead, which could make naming that "bird" easier...

but now... after seeing two long lost friends back on this thread... we need a new update...

and also... it is rather convenient to have you bright lads around again... i need some decision making insights to my thoughts... namly i have been experimenting with some propeller mount ideas...tell me which setup you think more fitting...:

















so in essence i need your input as to what setup i should choose... dowel look? orange spacers? or the green thingies?

speak up mates!

cheers, vik

Dowel looks more classy, but the greens one are more appropriate IMHO

Well if I had to choose I'd say go with the dowels. The green things just look like plant pots, nothing techie, the orange things aren't doing it for me either, I guess they are too round. The dowels have more overall texture.

thanks selvaggio and theo...

i think i will wait a few hours till i make a final decision on that issue...

i wont tell you now what my favorite version is for now...