The Tomb of the Unkown Soldier at the Canadian National War Memorial in Ottawa Ontario. An unknown son of Canada from World War 1, whose remains were returned and interred in 2000 as part of the memorial.
Lest We Forget. Time and mother nature have worn away the letters in the stone on the Cenotaph in Lindsay Ontario.
The Weeping Woman looks down across the plain at the Vimy Ridge Memorial in Vimy France.
The Parade of Veterans during the National Remembrance Day Ceremony in Ottawa on November 11, 2007. There are none left who lived through World War 1, and those who fought and lived through World War 2 are now elderly. We must not forget the losses of their generations, lest we repeat the mistakes that lead to so much death and destruction.
In Flanders Fields is quoted on a memorial bench outside the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #3 in Long Branch (Toronto), Ontario.Getting back to modelling, means a couple of things have become evident that need some improving in my new workbench in our new house. One I was able to solve tonight in about 10 minutes, the other, will be easily solved, but needs some research/thought.
1 – Paper Towels
I use a lot, between cleaning spills, brushes, sweating, its a consumable I use a lot of. I also hadn’t come up with a good location for a paper towel roll until recently. I realized I can make use of the space beneath the staging traverser at least for now (it may need to be relocated later to make sure wiring is clear), but a couple of bits of metal and a bit of 1″ dowel I had laying around, and I now have a paper towel roll that’s easy to grab paper from, but not in the way of tools or work space.
2 – More Light
Let there be Light!! Light and being able to see what you are doing is critical. I’ve written in the past about improving my lighting at the old apartment here. Now that winter is closing in, its become readily aparent as I was painting tonight after installing the paper towel holder, that I need more light, in a couple of ways. I’ve known for some time that I am going to need to add more lighting to light the layout when it is complete. The layout of the 3rd bedroom which is now my office/layout room is great for a modeller, 4 walls and a central skylight, no windows in the walls. Where this poses a problem, is in the winter where there is no light at all coming in the skylight. It means there is almost no light coming from behind me to light what I am working on. This is a fixable problem, I just need to get a light on an arm that I can position so its lighting from the same angle I am looking at the project from. I’ve looked at Ottlites in the past, as they are well regarded, but my legendary cheapness has held me back. Looks like its time to re-visit that thought process again and look at some swing arm lamp options! More to come on this one!
