As I've mentioned in Dogtown & Points West, non-railway projects are up in my queue.    I decided to create a second blog, in case some readers care not for anything that doesn't move on its own.

I participate in some table-top wargaming.    One game that I've always been interested in is Infinity: the Game.    Infinity is produced by a Spanish outfit by name of Corvus Belli.   The rules are...different from many of the other popular games.    For starters, you roll 20-sided dice, instead of the more common six-sided dice.   Additionally, you have the ability to react to your opponent's moves more closely to real-time.    If a model would leave cover and cross another model's line-of-sight, the second model can engage the first then and there, instead of waiting for the first model's turn to come around again.     Not actually as complicated as it sounds, and rather fun once you get rolling.     The models are absolutely beautiful.    Corvus Belli's whitemetal molding is the finest I've had the pleasure of seeing in person.    Below are the two I've managed to build from the army box I've purchased.    They go together well, too.   Nice, large, square locating tabs, and well-engineered surfaces;

I've also pulled out my half-finished Tamiya VW Beetle.   This is a very long-running project; I started at least in 2007, though it has never been a front-running project.    I'd ask the reader to forgive the atrocious paintwork; thankfully, most of this will be invisible once the body is painted and the model on the shelf.   Right now, I am working directly on some minor detail work that I know will bog me down if I wait until the body is painted.    Which won't happen until these 20 degree (I believe that would be below 0 C?) days cease.    Not my only project waiting for the end of Chicago's madhouse winters;

Finally for the evening, I had spent about a week tinkering with an old Novo Miles Magister bagged kit I had received as a raffle prize at a model show.    For a vintage, el cheapo kit, it went together relatively well.    And had separate flaps and elevators.     Luxury to me that is;

Thanks for reading.   I'll try to update this at least weekly.    Any quiet week will likely signify my greatest enemy; snow.