One problem I didn't foresee about the effects of the pandemic was running out of 2p's ! , we are using swipe card and chip and pin for shopping and have hardly used cash at all the last two month and to my horror I had found I had finished the last of my hoarded coins !. I use them a lot for basing individual figures, luckily I have ordered some MDF 2p's from off EBay - phew ! panic over !!
Know the feeling of realizing that stocks of some hobby materials are dwindling. By the way, I have discovered the Pre History Guys thanks to the "What I'm Listening To" on your blog. THANK YOU!
ReplyDeleteThey are cracking chaps !
DeleteYikes, essential basing shortage averted. I have nearly run out of pennies, but have stash of metal washes the same size, so OK for now; also a small stash of 2p's.
ReplyDeleteHave lots of 1p's , but they are to small foe 28mm figures .
DeleteIt's over thirty years since I left the uk for NZ, so I think the coins may have "shrunk" in the meantime....in my day, the 1p coin was the same size as the NZ 10c coin, which I have used a lot for individual basing of skirmish level figures...approx 10mm diameter. The 2p coin was at least twice the size and to me, would have been too large for a single figure? When I wanted them, I just went to the bank and handed over a $10 note in exchange for 100 coins...much cheaper than 20mm washers!
ReplyDeleteThink the banks are still open , but at the present time don't want to make a special trip into an otherwise closed town for a bag of 2p's .
DeleteHi Tony- I don't use MDF for basing figures- instead I use rectangles of Mat Board- a cardboard usually found in Framing Print Boarders...I bought $30 Worth thirty years ago and my supply is still going strong. I use Mat Board a lot for modelling structures- as well as MDF. Cheers. KEV.
ReplyDeleteI have some thick card for cutting square bases , it's the rounds that are a prob.
DeleteApart from banks, where you almost felt you needed to give an explanation for this queueing up for a random request to deface their coinage (How many children's financial literacy projects or shovehapenny world tournaments could one man possibly organise?!), I found amusement arcade change machines were a discreet source of 2ps. You did get some funny looks when you bagged or pocketed several pounds worth and left.
ReplyDeleteI usually scouring the car and my wife's purse for 2p's but no luck and yes the bank can be embarrassing .
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