What Hobbies do you do that are nerdy

[Wilf]

[Bibs]

Mmm, cheese

[slewthy]

Well, obviously, it's not meant to be taken literally - it refers to any manufacturer of... dairy products.

[Moxie]

[Kimbers]

Wow, making your own cheese! There's enough of that to go round on here! LOL

 

But in seriousness we have been thinking of doing the same. Do you do it with milk from the supermarket or do you buy it fresh from a farmer?

[slewthy]

Well, thats an issue.

You could get it from the farmer, but most don't pasteurise on site so you might take a small risk.

The problem is not that process but that almost all milk is now homogenised - thats why you dont get 'top of the bottle' cream anymore. Jersey milk can be bought but its too expensive to make it worthwhile, so, you can reverse engineer old fashioned milk.

Just buy skimmed milk, then add double cream. Still works out cheaper than buying even rubbish cheese!

A book by Rikkii Carroll called 'home cheese making' is the one to get.

You do need some kit - some molds and a press, although I made mine from some scrap wood.

You can make mozzarella with no equipment in 60 minutes or so though!

[lotusesprit1]

Seriously nice un homogenised milk at very competitive prices (no connection other than as a customer)

 

http://laceysfamilyfarm.co.uk/products/milk.php

[iainskea]

Ahhh - So my Spitfire wing is hard core porn for you Iain.

Oh yes Simon, very nice!

In the process of settling into the new house in Canberra and I got allocated a hobby room - very happy

I have plans for a 1/4 scale decathlon up next!

Iain

[basalte]

Planning to bare-metal respray my tatty Volvo P1800 coupe, the Corgi version...(with "The Saint "  logo on it). 

[lotusesprit1]

 

 

 

That is some really nice metal work, do you work freehand or make a card model template first?

 

are  originals welded?

 

 

[slewthy]

cardboard templates, then welded and finished.

Originals like this would have been raised from a single thick piece - a very difficult and highly skilled task.

[march]

My Nerdy hobby - well one of them. I am trying to design and eventually build a 5 inch gauge diesel loco. In its time it was the most powerful loco in Europe built by SNCF and full of new innovative design. Only 2 were ever made - probably too innovative

 

As I have absolutely no experience of CAD or design of anything like this it is taking me rather a long time to do the simplest things. So far I have about half a bogey. Should be finished some time next century.

 

[Bibs]

Good effort

[Kimbers]

Since the new Elite game came out "Elite Dangerous" I fly the Galaxies, exploring the far reaches of space (there are 4 billion star systems in the game but that's expanding daily to around 400 billion). Its dangerous out there and I fight off scavengers and pirates (both AI and real players), trade and map my way through the galaxies!

 

Sometime it feels like real because it takes ages to fly from 1 place to another in galaxy. So I fix food etc...until my Computer bleeps a warning of impending doom....as my inattentiveness flys me into a sup Nova

[pete]

definitely very nerdy

[Bibs]

Is your food broken?

[s4simon]

Okay. We've lost Kimbers...

... Lets move on then. ;-)

[s4simon]

I've been getting stuck into the Bandai Star Wars model kits lately.  Eyes and hands are still operational at my age - just.

Bandai have re-engineered the original model kits from the 70's and 80's. They are all now premium precision kits with ultra detail, and the retail price is quite low for kits of this standard. Just to prove how good they are, the Tie Interceptor took just 45 minutes to build and is unpainted. The photo you see (third picture down) is straight out of the box.  Whereas the Rebel fighters take a fair bit of 'grunging' to get the George Lucas 'Used' look.

Anyway took some pics this week of the finished models in my purpose built black cinema display cabinet with my trusty IPhone, and surprisingly they turned out a lot better than taking them with my Canon 70D.  Lighting is only provided by the internal display downlighting, which provides just the right amount of lighting / shadowing.

For the LEF Star Wars fans on the forum here's a few pics to gawk over.

1/72 scale Y Wing

 

1/48 scale snowspeeder

 

1/72 Tie Interceptor

 

1/72 scale X-Wing (New)

 

1/48 scale (electronic - lights and motors) X-Wing (original)

 

Really tiny Star Destroyer - About 10cm long. I glued a few leds inside to light up the engines.

 

1/72 scale dogfight. Photoshop used to add the lasers (rotoscoping) - Trying to emulate the original 1977 picture

[Sparky]

Outstanding!

[Kimbers]

Amazing stuff mate. Very nice.