Major Ballsup's Hobby Shed

It's been a very busy week work and otherwise, but I managed to squeeze a bit of hobby time in and finish a few bits off.   Painting/modelling   The bases came so I was able to complete the artillery crews for the Anglo-Indian forces for Anglo-Sikh Wars.  Lots of pics here .     I've based the crews and finished the bases for the Sikh artillery but just need to paint and attach the cannons.  Part of the reason they're not finished is due to not knowing what colours to paint them.  I need to stop peeing about and get on with them. I finished the three Sikh dragoons that I'd bought to increase the strength of the unit I'd completed last year.  More on these here .  Research & Reading I've read Simon Bolivar and Spanish American Independence 1783-1830, which I'd ordered through my library service.  This is a period of history I know nothing about.  Absolutely fascinating little book written in the '60s.  Will I ...

Like many people with hobbies I've got stuff all over the house.  My wargames collection spills across  two rooms and into the loft.  A dedicated games room is not on the agenda so I'm always looking at ways to tidy up and make the most of space. A few years ago I picked up a couple of Bisley metal filing cabinets from eBay at a very good price.  I managed to retain one and it's been very useful in consolidating a reasonable amount of my figure collection into the one place.   Most of the figures sit very well in the cabinet.  However, the plastic 28mm WW2 figures which are on MDF bases are so light they move every time I open or close the drawer and I'm continually rearranging them.  With my new found passion for magnets the solution was obvious.  To make the job easier on my old hands I even dug out my Dremel which has barely been used in the 20 years I've had it.  Armed with a 3mm drill bit it didn't take anytime at all to drill a rec...