Odds and Ends part 2....

Some work in progress (wip) pics of pieces and minis I worked on over the winter are next to be covered.  I've read a lot of how-to articles that used electrical boxes (plastic ones for outlets) to make buildings, equipment, and other game pieces that use a lot of 90 degree corners.  I picked up 5 at our local hardware store (Menard's) and after sitting for a few months started work on them.  I'm a 6mm and 28mm gamer so these first ones are for my secret underground base, that covers WWII to sci-fi, to act as power plants and other much needed machinery.  Years ago I picked up a Waldron punch set, pricey but very useful, for my 1/35 modelling but never had much use for it until now.  I also grabbed a punch set from Amazon that handles bigger circles (very nice for my 1/300 WWII plane props).  Scrap plastic, some old wiring bits, and various plastic pieces helped flesh out the boxes.  Here are the wip shots:

Some model pieces jazz up the top and you can make out some of the punched plastic (hex and circle).

The bottom piece is part of an X-Wing counter sheet and the big gray piece is the back-end of a soviet brdm kit by Dragon.

More model pieces and scrap plastic to jazz up the other side.

Bits of wire, some old model pieces and punched plastic make the "control" end of the generator.  The whole thing gets a coat of primer (I use the same hardware store, Menard's, brand of primer/paint) and then i worked on it with my airbrush.  Pics to follow.

For a Christmas present I ordered from Europe.  In addition to an order from Greenstuffworld I grabbed up some goodies from Puppets War.  

The whole haul!