Sausages !!! ... 400,000 Hits !!!

Not bad eh?

Thank you folks ... I must offer an apology, to readers who liked the blogs.

I just do not have the time to get through them (but, you could help an old man out ;) ), and, the next few months may even be 'worse', but, you know where all the links are (and, yes, I keep adding more) :)

For now, thank you so much for dropping by ... and get ready for my new camera, creating some tutorial videos :) :) :)

The Colonel

250,000 Views !!!

Nuff Said ;)

Thank you all :)

The Colonel

More Than 200,000 !!!

 Thank You All - New And Old !!!

 ... and, what a busy week (or 3) !!! - stacking-up, for a mega-weekend-posting session.

Don't forget, we could do even more, if you could help an old boy out :) :) :)

Cheers :)

The Colonel

Oh, BTW, 153,381 Was Once ...

150,000 Reads !!!

Folks, I am sooooo busy, all I can say, for now, is thank you to you all, once again ... we must all be doing something right :)

p.s. please check out the link on the RHS, to the kickstarter ... I will get some more text there, soon, but the intent and possibilities are clear ;) ... !!!

Thank you all again, new and old :) :) :)

The Colonel
p.p.s. not forgotten The Competition !!!

What's All The Noise About?

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE COLONEL !!!

“New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march
of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things
that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man
has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of
darkness on other nights.”

Hamilton Wright Mabie

“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on
them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter
is New Year's Day.”

Edith Lovejoy Pierce

“New year, same goal.”

Joe King

So, what of 2011? ...

Real Life

All-in-all, considering what could have been and what did happen, a very good year. Healthy, not wealthy, and wise ... two out of three cannot be bad :) Win.

Hobbing

Slowly-but-surely; not a superb strategy, for someone of my age ;) ... but, one I am content with, at this time. Nice to be more organised. Win.

Blogging

What can I say? Sure, I put in the hours and some hits are from spammers and Google Image searches (so long as they get to where they want to go, that is fine by me), but, I am delighted where we have got to. I make a biggish thing about hits (103,686 :) ), yet, that 'aint my bag (I know what to do if that really was my aim), but, it is an indicator of how the blog is being accessed and/or appreciated; I appreciate it too :)

Blogger and its quirks with certain browsers? ... man, what a game <rolls eyes> ... but, as soon as I have saved up for my new PC, I am sure a lot of that will fizzle away; the old girl does get hot and bothered, at times ;) Win.

BTW, I am always happy to take advice, new blog URLs etc, or any comments (at the email, in my Blogger profile).

A competition is to be announced, this week (looking for some smaller prizes, along with mine, if any kind folk would like to donate ... particularly from you commercial bods ... pretty please :) ).

So, that is all for now, my friends ...

Peace, health and happiness, to you all, from The Colonel.

We Got There !!! 100,000 Reads :) :) :)

>>>>> 100,000 !!! <<<<<

This is how and when it happened ...

Well, all I can say, for now, is how delighted I am to have come so far with you all :)

I will have much more to say, INCLUDING A COMPETITION, in the New Year's Post ;)

So, if you will excuse me, I have a little job to do ...

2D Art: Industrial Elfolution

Whatever your philosophy may be, wherever you may find yourself, whatever you may have done ... I wish you all good health, peace and joy, particularly over the next few days :)

The Colonel.

TwoThirty (230) Troops !!! Welcome :)

Yup ;)

95000 Reads !!! ... 100,000 For Xmas Day???

Well done folks and welcome to all new readers and posters !!! :)

Busy, Busy ... catch you all soon and TYVM ;)

91,194 Reads On The 9th ... Yup, We Are One Today, Little Soldiers !!! :)

Congratulations ... To All The Paint Swallowers

and Plastic Nibblers (and all the sane folk, too) !!! 

Going to combine this, with 100,000 reads (when we hit it), for a special event :)

Watch this (well, another) space ;)

Few 85000s On The Interwebs

Airship 85000

Hehe ... I wondered which number would be the trickiest to find an image for ;)

Another milestone, friends and readers - TY so much for your interest and participation :)

I feel a nine a comin' !!!

Oh, BTW, added a 'Project Log' section, from the link, on the right bar.

Keep it going, fellow and fellowesses !!!

80,000 !!! :) :) :)

Thank you, all, for being (at least) one of 'em :)

Onwards :) ...

75,000 + 200 = Well Done Folks !!! :) :) :)

Rest Well, Mr J

Well done to the old (sit down and take a rest ;) ) and welcome to the new !!!

Troops have been bubbling, around 200, but we can claim it, for today :) Something odd is happening, in there, so please let me know if I have not followed you.

I am busy on so many things (which is good) and nothing has been forgotten (which is nearly as good) ;)

Fat ladies (and gents) approach :) - keep it coming, I like it !!!

70,000 Reads ... Now We Are Talking Telephone Numbers !!!

So, once we had got the spammers out-of-the-way (TY, if you were trying to help), the real deal just kept on a coming :)

Welcome to all new readers and browsers, and you know how I love the old guard ;) We have stabilised at, around, 190 'Troops', and that is lovely to have.

100,000 by the end of year 1? That would be nice :)

TY all :) :) :)

65000 !!! Nearly Wearing-Out Keyboards !!!

Welcome New Readers !!!
Welcome New Troops !!!
Welcome Back Diehards !!!

I like the number 7 in my bigger numbers :)

Onwards !!!

Well Past 60,000 Reads (hardly counting me) !!! :) :) :)

Well, we have had it almost all, in this 5000, from ignoble scammers ... to fully-understandable GoogleRSSreaders (BTW, can you see the pics?).

But, most of all, we have had you all coming in and sharing and building, what the blog has become and where it is going. Welcome to all new readers, posters, browsers (heck, even you scammers ;) ) and here is to the magical 70,000s :)

Great work (and fun, I hope) folks.

The Colonel.

55,000 !!! - been a busy 5000 :)

Well, what a session ... Twitter, the Modelling Illuminati (did any return? No one can ***ever*** know), stiff neck, limp wrist, numb finger and thumb ... but we have had a frenzied period of readingness.

Well done folks ... here is to the 60k :)

The Colonel

50,000 Reads !!! We Are On A Roll :)

What can I say?

Hello New Readers and Posters :)
Hello New Troops :)
Hello Tweeters :)
Thank You Old Hands :)

It has been a great ride, from 45,000 to 50,000 ... a combination of many, identifiable, things, but, all that matters, is that I enjoy it and keep posting, and you enjoy it and keep reading ... even posting (!).

A great time to be in The Hobby and a great time to share it with others.

TYVM :)

The Colonel

45000 !!!

Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself, due to my recent run of good fortune ... I missed 45,000 reads sliding by.

Up to 168 troops too (welcome all the new folk) :)

I am delighted to say, there is so much excellent product, work and fun, out there, it is all pretty easy effort for me to do this !!!

I hope you agree - TY fellow traveller.

The Colonel

40,000 !!! Thank you folks and here is to 50,000 :)

Because, sometimes, some things are meant to be 

Onwards Brothers and Sisters.

Man, at this rate, it will be 1,000,000 before I am done ;)

Weehooooh ... 35,000 hits ... TY folks, onwards :)