I know, I am a bad boy these days, but I just had my final eye exam and finally got the “All Go!” from my ophthalmologist, meaning I’ve finally got 100/100 eyesight on my left eye.
Strangely though, except for reading, it doesn’t really seem like it, although the ophthalmologist guaranteed me that it is so. My right eye… well, it was compromised from birth on and there is not much to do on it.
A simple optical nerve that didn’t want to connect as the others, that’s all.
Due to this I always saw everything blurred, as if being underwater, but apparently right now, always by the saying of the eye doctor, it has somewhat improved. It was 40/100 before and now it is 60/100, and in fact I can see a little bit better with it.
The problem on that one was that it needed a cataract operation much earlier. Go figure! No other eye doctor ever suggested that before, but ever since I was also fumbled upon it, it has indeed improved.
So, where are we standing right now (except for the long promised additional journey to Belgium and France - actually, just France - pictures)?
Well, all I can say is that I am slowly finishing my inventory of the stuff I have right now, although I just received a few more items and they have to be included in it, but then I will return to finish my current “The Last Warning. Normandy, April 14, 1944” diorama.
This means that I still have to build all the vehicles and soldiers and paint them all. Further than that, I also have to add all the vegetation I omitted at first, and finally fence the entire diorama into a presentable fashion.
What do I mean by “presentable fashion”? Well, since the diorama is basically square, but has some “open gaps” on its rear side and on the right side, as well as a smaller gap on the rear left hand side, I need to decide whether to “fence” it with Balsa wood or simply with hard foam plates which I will paint completely Flat Black.
The problem with Balsa wood is its cutting it in shape to fit the diorama, while the hard foam plates are more flexible to cut and can be easily shaped into an irregular form.
What I also forgot to mention is that I will also have to kind of trim the “Cliff” sides underneath, since they now bend forward, and since cliffs do not bend but go down straight I cannot have that.
I will have to trim them very carefully as not to reveal the boxes sustaining them and hiding behind them. I will probably do this before everything else, since I believe it to be the most reasonable solution, otherwise I would have a complete mess at hand.
Meanwhile, I am also drawing the plans for my next endeavor: the 2nd D-Day landing on Fox Green at Omaha Beach, called “Those Who Dare (June 6th, 1944)”. I have already prepared the foam plates for that one, which will then be the base for the sea bed and the beach and will have to be carved accordingly.
All the rest will be built up as I did with my present diorama, including the first promontory in front of the bluffs and the bluffs themselves.
Lots to prepare and study there too, since as you know, I am also working with epoxy resin for the water expanse and this needs my utmost attention as not to have leakages all over the place.
And if this were not enough, I have also to take care of my poor apartment which by now has become a pigsty due to all my outboxing of stuff and also needs a thorough cleaning as well.
I won’t make you wait for far too long now that I have enough eyesight power and will start with the still missing pictures I have in store for you all by tomorrow.
Then you will have to be a little bit more patient, since I first have to clear my working space from all the clutter I have amassed so far and organize my models in such a way as to have them all ready in a row for my serial working technique.
Once I will start, I will then post my work day by day showing you my current progress, Have I also mentioned weathering? Oh yes, that too will be shown to you, as well as my painting progress.
Therefore, stay tuned for tomorrow, because you will get to see some really interesting historic sites, including really ancient treasures of both the Middle Ages, as well as of the Renaissance period.
I hope I will find you all here by then. So long and remember, I always peak in once in a while if something catches my eye (left one, that is… 
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