SWN March 24, 2020
COVID-19 has bitten hard, with NZ going in to lock-down tomorrow. So tonight’s Sim Work Night was pretty quiet. After…
SWN March 17, 2020
On tonight’s blog; I remove a joystick, I destroy a joystick, and I re-make a joystick! The Skyhawk has been…
Bunker Lights for the ManCave
I’ve been searching for the right lights to go on the wall in the ManCave for a long while now.…
A Spark of Genius (or Madness…you choose)
Tonight while quietly sitting on the couch I had a great idea about using another PC in my ‘virtual ship’…
A quick test
Tonight I connected the MIP monitor in the Skyhawk up, via an HDMI to VGA downscaler and had a wee…
SWN March 10, 2020
Skyhawk night tonight, and it was all about the visuals. Turning the cockpit around meant that the projector and screen…
From the Arctic to the Med’; Adventures of HMNZS Canterbury
After the recent PC re-shuffle, and the major ManCave redevelopment, Canterbury has been busy sailing the Northern seas. She has…
Paint it Green
With a $6.88 roller kit from Mitre10, and an idle hour or so this afternoon I got a little more…
Clearly better!
Today the glass for my display cabinet arrived. Despite it being clear glass it really makes a difference to how…
SWN March 3, 2020
For this week’s ‘Sim Work Night’ it was time to give the Arrow a little love. She has been sitting…