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Andrew Robinson (no, not Garak)
@andrewr.bsky.social
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Contract Instructor in Physics, but has PhD in Physical Chemistry. British Immigrant to Canada. Won some teaching awards. Dad to son with DLG-4 Synaptopathy (SHINE Syndrome). Pronouns: he/him/his. Likes tea. Bertie the Labradoodle's human. #iteachphysics
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Post something random or you'll have an awful December
A cartoon Sherman tank, painted bright red, with Santa looking out of the turret. No, I have no idea about the significance of this either!
November 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Finished the Mole drilling vehicle. Modified with 3D parts to allow the tilted launch pose.
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The Mole is a yellow cylindrical drilling vehicle with a large drill bit at the front. It's mounted on a blue tracked chassis. In this shot, the Mole is tilted downwards in the launch position View of the Mole from the right, now in the horizontal travel position.
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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The Mole, the underground rescue vehicle from Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds. Not quite finished.
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The Mole, a yellow cylindrical drilling vehicle with a large pointy drill bit as the nose. It's tipped up at 45 degrees in the launch position on a tracked carrier, which is dark blue.
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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I have just finished a similar camo on the USS Missouri.
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1/700 Academy kit of USS Missouri (BB-63) in disruptive camouflage, used on her commissioning cruise in the Atlantic.
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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He's back!
#BertieTheLabradoodle
Bertie the Labradoodle sitting on a rug, sporting a new hair cut. You can see his eyes now!
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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A slight change in conditions this morning. Bertie is going for a haircut later.
#Ottawa 🇨🇦
Bertie the Labradoodle in his red coat. There is a thin layer of snow on the ground.
November 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one
Pope Leo XIV who looks like he is singing into his microphone.
November 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Lunch.
Beans on toast, with shredded aged cheddar on top.
November 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Bertie enjoying a morning squirrel-chase. You just see his friend Max behind the fence.
Bertie on grass, with brown leaves all around. A chain link fence is in the background, and a dog (Max) looking out at Bertie behind it.
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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A touch of hoar-frost on the leaves this morning. Chilly but sunny in Ottawa.🇨🇦
A maple leaf on the ground with a bit of frost on the edges.
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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The Mole carrier vehicle with tilted launch ramp. I'm hoping to have it posable in horizontal or at 45 degrees tilt.
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Tracked carrier vehicle, with a girder structure tilted downwards at 45 degrees. On the original model, the girder section was an upside-down Airfix girder bridge.
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Here's the progress so far:

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The Mole model now has yellow paint on the main body and the drill has been fixed temporarily on the front. It's tilted upwards very slightly at the front, which needs fixing.
November 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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I'm aiming for the "Pit of Peril" look.
Photo of the Mole from the episode "Pit of Peril".
November 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Your memory is good 👍

I'm using a similar blue on the Mole!
A remote control toy tracked vehicle with four wheels on each side. The bodywork is that of a tractor. It is finished in blue.
November 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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The Mole is moving along. I'd like to convert the kit to slope the drill downwards at 45 degrees for the launch position. A bit of 3D designing is underway.
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Mole drill model. The tracked carrier is painted dark blue. The big drill is painted but the body of the driller is still in sand-coloured primer. Eventually it will be yellow. Screenshot from a Thunderbirds episode, showing the Mole tilted at 45 degrees downwards, drilling down into the earth.
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Same on this side of The Pond. I might need The Big Coat this morning.
Weather app screenshot showing -5⁰C for Vanier, part of Ottawa. The windchill is -9⁰C.
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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USS Missouri (BB-63) in 1944 on her commissioning cruise in the Atlantic.
Academy 1/700 kit, finished with Vallejo Air paints. I have not fitted any railings, because I didn't feel up to it!
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View from port side, so you can see the disruptive light grey/dark grey/black camouflage on the sides and the blue and grey camouflage on the decks. View from astern. Two floatplanes are sitting on the stern catapults. View from the bow with a good view of two of the main turrets.
November 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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The body of the Imex Mole has wheel arches moulded in. These are not there in the actual studio model, so there's going to be some modification. First some base plates.

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Yellow body of kit with grey plates in the wheel arches.
November 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Next build: the classic Thunderbirds rescue vehicle "The Mole". This is the IMEX kit, which is much simplified, and will need a few tweaks.
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The Mole is a rescue vehicle for digging underground. It has a yellow cylindrical body with a large drill in front. It is mounted on a tracked vehicle and supported by a girder structure (which was actually an inverted Airfix Girder Bridge).
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Yes, indeed.
Bertie the Labradoodle looking very cute.
November 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Finished the Airfix Bulldog. For a 1973 tooling, it's excellent. It needs lots of weight in the nose.
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Airfix kit of the Scottish Aviation Bulldog trainer in RAF 1970s livery, red, white, light grey and black. This view is from above and to port. This view from the front, just off the port side
November 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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"You looking at me?"
A grey squirrel between two tree trunks, looking straight at the camera.
November 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Window replaced, seat replaced, canopy replaced, support replaced.
Nearly finished.
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An almost complete model of a Bulldog training aircraft, in 1970s RAF colours: red, white, light grey and black.
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Tamiya 1/700 USS Fletcher, pretty much out of the box. The display stand is 3D printed, and the sea texture is painted white glue.
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A small ship model of a WW2 destroyer steaming in calm seas.
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Repairs underway. I need to leave the glue on the window frame to dry for a while.
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The Bulldog kit is being held vertically with one wing in a clamp to keep that window in place while the glue sets.
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM