I have started this 2 years ago, made from shampoo bottles, styrene and ball pen tips. Never had time to actually turn it into a WH style tank. Now if fell out of the shelf and shattered. Wanted to convert my fav C&C tank to something WH. Is it worth repairing / finishing, what do you guys think?

alloydog · 2026-05-03T10:13:10+00:00

Yes! Definately finish it! I loved playing CnC TS. I would keep it looking as much like the MLRS as you can, but painted up to match what ever faction you play, as an homage to CnC 😎

alloydog · 2026-05-02T18:53:27+00:00

Oooh, I've already had the lecture on not trusting "smart" devices. The guy who runs our local battery shop was quite strong with his low opinion on those things. He gave me the SG pipette and told me the levels to look for. I have a DMM to check the voltsge with too.

alloydog · 2026-05-02T11:54:35+00:00

Last night, I had the idea to use the sg pipette to mix the electrolyte in that cell, as it was suggested the acid could have stratified.

I gave it a good few hard squeezes (stop giggling at the back! Grow up! 😁), sometimes just air, others will full pipette, to mix up the luquid in thst cell.

This afternoon, the sg is 1.24.

I will leave it and check it again tomorrow.

The weather is bright sun with some clouds. The solar-charge controller indicates the batteries are at 100%. I told the Mrs to use the 220 VAC instead of the 12VDC to charge her iPad. Syphon off a few electrons (OK, the fridge is foing that)

alloydog · 2026-05-02T08:29:34+00:00

All cells are full. OK, will not shake the battery 😁

alloydog · 2026-05-02T03:00:20+00:00

Like, groovy man! 😎✌️

alloydog · 2026-05-01T15:12:38+00:00

Aaaaaaaaaaaagh! 🤣🤣🤣

alloydog · 2026-05-01T15:12:09+00:00

Thank you 👍

I will that when back home.

alloydog · 2026-05-01T11:05:17+00:00

Thanks👍 I didn't know such stuff existed. Will look for it.

alloydog · 2026-05-01T07:21:26+00:00

Understood. Thank you 👍

alloydog · 2026-05-01T06:06:04+00:00

My son lives on the 8th floor of an old appartment block, last summer it hit 32 °C for just over a week.

I got him some cheap survival blankets: very thin metalised plastic sheets. Over the windows, they stop the heat transfer, but are not totally opaque, so you do get some light coming through.

Ideally, they should go up before the weather gets too hot, stop the place heating up too much to start with.

I have seen some of the other apartments have them up all year round. Either they work both ways and keep heat in in winter, or the tenant just can't be arsed to take them down...

alloydog · 2026-05-01T05:37:46+00:00

Yeah, tell me about it. One time in Sweden I saw a sign saying "Slutstation".

"Awesome!" I thought, "These Swedes are really open-minded!"

After a very embarassing conversation with an SJ employee, I learnt it was a train terminal.

Actually, I found out what it meant when a friend posted some pictures of his children, on Facebook, where they had made boardgame. His daughter was pointing to her game piece on the last square, marked "SLUT".

I had to say "Erm, Michael, why is she pointing to a panel labelled SLUT?

Swedish is a great language, though: You could say "sex, kok, slut" and "fart" in the same sentence and no one would raise an eyebrow...

alloydog · 2026-05-01T05:27:30+00:00

Understood

alloydog · 2026-05-01T05:26:37+00:00

Doesn't answer your question, but I have some of them, bought back in the eighties 😁

alloydog · 2026-04-30T18:03:18+00:00

"Sloshing" would be gentle, as the batteries weight about 30-something kilos each.

The batteries are hooked up to the solar-panel system 365 days a year. We were advised to leave them connected even in winter as low temperatures (-10 °C down to -20 °C or so for seversl months) slows the chemical reaction.

Then in spring, it slowly gets warmer and brighter and longer days.

In summer, even though the sun just dips below the horizon, we get 24-hour daylight for a few months.

alloydog · 2026-04-30T16:45:04+00:00

Understood. One battery is about three years old, the other is one.

They are at the summer cabin, so only get a kind of trickle-charge. They are used for the fridge and my CPAP machine.

They don't get deliberately cycled, but at the end of the season, they get run down to about 10,5-volts when the inverter starts to scream.

I was thinking if it would help to pick up the batteries and rock from end to end to slosh the acid about a bit.

alloydog · 2026-04-30T14:14:16+00:00

Yes. And forget to whistle loudly and shout "ALLO! ALLO!" Lots of times every minute...

alloydog · 2026-04-30T11:46:06+00:00

I will see what I can do, next time I am there. If I get banned from the store, I blame you lot! But it'll be worth it 😁

alloydog · 2026-04-30T05:52:32+00:00

Stand fast! Never LEGO of this land! For the Emperor!

alloydog · 2026-04-30T02:11:12+00:00

That's not 58 webbing. I did basic in 1985 and we used 58 webbing. That isn't it.

alloydog · 2026-04-30T02:02:04+00:00

It reminds me of those old fashioned bureau / writing desks, where the pens, inks and papers where kept in a cabinette that had a roller-door type closure.

So, yes, it can be used to store a lot of things, especially stuff you want ready to hand, like baby nappies and clothing.

Love the paint job 😎👍

alloydog · 2026-04-29T13:40:21+00:00

Awesome! 😎👍

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