Nearer the end

Today I created the discs for the circular tube of the Hotchkiss cannon. (I woke up really early and thought I would get on with it.) I also pierced holes into them using a pentagon template and put the rods into them. I also made a two piece ring that fits half way down and holds the rods on nearer the end.

Today's joke is:

I couldn't remember how to throw a boomerang, but then it came back to me.

Sort of helped

I managed to type in 3 pages of SAASA3 today. I also changed the box on my Hotchkiss cannon to a tube. My grand daughter sort of helped. I made the first one the wrong way round and got lots of creases in it when I bent it round.

Today's joke is:

I couldn't work out how to fasten my seat belt. Then it clicked!

Faster...at the end.

I have made the last three tubes of the Hotchkiss cannon and slotted them into the box. I will try to make up the whole gun tomorrow. I actually got faster at making them at the end. And after yesterday we had to hunt around for some more spaghetti to fill the tubes up. My wife found some.

Today's joke is:

It was getting harder and harder to find dirty clothes to fill up the washer. Eventually I threw in the towel!

Rigmarole

I managed to make two of the barrels for the Hotchkiss cannon. They're a bit wobbly and what a rigmarole I had trying to get them into shape. I cut out some gold card and wrapped it around a thin screwdriver. This didn't work, so I made the card strips bigger, started to form it with a bigger piece of pipe then pushed it through a pen tube. To make it look rounder I pushed some dry spaghetti up it then sealed it with Sellotape. I also started to make the box they are inserted into.

My wife had to ask where the spaghetti was for tea!!! (There was just enough left.)

Zeppelin

Because I wasn't so happy with my picture for the cover of AOT I have decided to create a model to draw, at least the figure. I used an artist's figure I picked up at either a charity shop or a car boot sale (I have two, one slightly detached.) I took the spike out of its rear area, made a cardboard seat for it and a top hat. It looks quite good so far. But now I need to make the Hotchkiss cannon, so I have looked at a picture on Google and made a drawing of it. I will still use the Zeppelin I have already drawn into the PC.

Today's joke is:

The conductor who didn't pay his orchestra had to face the music.

Manual Labour.

Managed to type in 3 pages of SAASA today. Still too dizzy to do any manual labour.

Manual labour sounds a bit like a Spanish fellow who votes for the party of opposition.

General Gallant

I have done a little more of the cover for AOT today (as you can see by the picture.) Added the roof, some more sky and the gun. I am more pleased with it than I was yesterday. I think it still needs something to the left though, maybe the Tawa/General Gallant?

I also proofread two pages of AOT on my laptop.

Today's joke is:

The wolf tried to sing, but he didn't know howl!