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  1. wellsprop

    Finally downloaded most my pics from Photobucket, moved them over to Flickr and changed all the links on most my RFI topics!

     

    Hopefully should get round to building another model soon....

  2. wellsprop

    Passed my Private Pilot's License at last :D!!! :pilot:

  3. wellsprop

    Urgh, forgot I need to revalidate my CAA Class 2 this year -_-

  4. wellsprop

    FINALLY got internet again. Renting my first place with the girlfriend :)

    1. Badder

      Badder

      Won't be expecting much in the way of model-making from you then.

    2. wellsprop

      wellsprop

      Uni and my work placement made it difficult enough :(

  5. wellsprop

    2nd year of aerospace engineering complete. Heck time flies! Got myself a placement as an Undergraduate Manufacturing Engineer for a year now :D

    1. mcdonnell

      mcdonnell

      Congratulations on an excellent achievement,Wellsprop! Wishing you every success and happiness.All the best,Paul.

    2. Pete in Lincs

      Pete in Lincs

      Congrats from me too.

    3. wellsprop

      wellsprop

      Thanks chaps :)

  6. wellsprop

    Got my summer tyres on my bicycle, weathers looking great for a long ride in the countryside and I've spent the past week sat inside revising Engineering Mathematics :(

    1. CedB

      CedB

      Good luck with the exams!

    2. wellsprop

      wellsprop

      Cheers CedB!

  7. wellsprop

    What an incredible day. I flew my first solo! I can't stop smiling :D

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    2. mcdonnell

      mcdonnell

      Keep your airspeed up and Happy Landings!!

    3. wellsprop

      wellsprop

      Cheers :D

    4. Rick Brown

      Rick Brown

      Nice one!

  8. wellsprop

    75% of my two 30 credit modules due in next Thursday.... and I have a cold so I'm tucked in bed unable to stare at a computer screen.

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    2. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      Except to stare at BM of course!

    3. Paul A H

      Paul A H

      Pah! I got chicken pox two weeks before my dissertation was due. Wrote it in bed and got a first for it. Conclusion: chicken pox made me cleverer ;-)

    4. wellsprop

      wellsprop

      Lemsip Max is seeing me through my coursework! Can't get an extension as it's group work, and it's manflu!

  9. wellsprop

    Driving test passed first time! That means more time and money for flying, cycling and modelling :)

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    2. Rick Brown

      Rick Brown

      And don't forget, they take up more room than your cycle!

    3. wellsprop

      wellsprop

      Cheers all! I'm in no hurry to get a car, as I only have to travel across Bristol to uni and my bicycle is faster :P

    4. PlaStix

      PlaStix

      Congratulations! Well done.

  10. wellsprop

    Urgh, second year Engineering Mathematics, what the...?

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    2. Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies

      Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies

      If it's any consolation, I hated it too (graduated BEng Mech + Management in 2003)

    3. Mitch K

      Mitch K

      I'm a chemist and maths was very hard for me. fortunately now if the maths gets too difficult, I can get someone else to do it for me!

    4. Rick Brown

      Rick Brown

      It's better than real work Ben! Good luck to ya!

  11. wellsprop

    So after a few month's break, I am back modelling. WiP soon!

  12. wellsprop

    So I decided to get up early and take a long cycle through from the city out to the Mendip hills and back. However, after leaving a main road out of Bristol, I hit some ice and my plans came to a sudden halt. Ouch.

    1. MikeW

      MikeW

      I'll have to lend you my copy of "Basic Cycling". It clearly states - avoid ice!

      Sorry your day was cut short.

    2. wellsprop

      wellsprop

      Haha yes, over optimism about weather conditions I think!

  13. wellsprop

    Just watched Deutschland 83... I know it's only a drama so it must be taken with a pinch of salt; I never knew jsut how bad things got even in the 80's, guessed I missed a big bit of modern history being born in the mid 90's. Quite thankful we aren't about to get nuked though. No politics please....

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    2. Steve Coombs

      Steve Coombs

      I was a student in West Germany in 1983-84. There was a lot of controversy concerning the stationing of Pershing missiles.

    3. Ascoteer

      Ascoteer

      What one easily forgets, however, is that Pershing and Cruise were direct reactions to the Soviets deploying the SS20.

    4. Latinbear

      Latinbear

      As TV drama I quite enjoyed it with the German language adding to the realism. I'm reminded of comments at the time that Western intelligence agencies believed West German intelligence had been comprehensively penetrated by GDR agents hence a reluctance to share information.

  14. wellsprop

    Been sat in uni for 6 and a half hours doing mesh refinement on my CFD wing and finally I'm getting some converging results!

    1. PhantomBigStu

      PhantomBigStu

      Too much Engineer speak...

    2. wellsprop

      wellsprop

      Making pretty pictures of airflow over wings!

    3. PhantomBigStu

      PhantomBigStu

      Now I get you, should send so quantum mechanics jargon your way in payback

  15. wellsprop

    I'm still here chaps! Second year Aerospace Engineering is all a bit tricky you see ;) I'll take some hq pics of K5054 when I get home for xmas, hopefully I'll get another model done then too.

    1. Caution Wake Turbulence

      Caution Wake Turbulence

      I seem to recall that I enjoyed my second year so much, I went back and did it all over again...

    2. PhantomBigStu

      PhantomBigStu

      Second year, good times, even if I can't recall the specifics of it

  16. wellsprop

    Here's to hoping I get on the Airbus undergrad placement!

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    2. Col.

      Col.

      Hope you do. A great opportunity. Best of luck.

    3. wellsprop

      wellsprop

      Cheers all :D

    4. CurrantBunbury

      CurrantBunbury

      Good luck! When will you know?

  17. wellsprop

    Moved in and set up at uni - think my room needs an Iron Maiden poster...

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    2. SleeperService

      SleeperService

      Or a Rainbow poster if you're so inclined!

    3. rotorheadtx

      rotorheadtx

      I vote for Aces High

    4. Steve Coombs

      Steve Coombs

      Definitely Aces High.

      Have a great time at university. I did - so good I did it twice!

  18. wellsprop

    Strange day... I cycled to the location of yesterday's Spitfire excavation, nothing there now, but I met the landowner had a good old chat with him and saw some Spit bits that he had in the back of his car from the dig!

  19. wellsprop

    Tour de Normandie so far. Cycled to Pegasus Bridge, Ranvillle Cemetery, Merville Battery, Le Grand Bunker and Juno Centre. Very interesting to be in such a tranquil place were so many young guys my age lost their lives...

  20. wellsprop

    I'm still here folks! Haven't had internet for over a week and now I'm sat on a Ferry to Caen ahead of a D-Day cycle tour. Don't miss me too much ;)

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    2. Rick Brown

      Rick Brown

      Who are you again?

      Have a good trip!

    3. FalkeEins

      FalkeEins

      the ferry of course doesn't go all the way to Caen ..but you might have found that out by now!

    4. wellsprop

      wellsprop

      :)
  21. wellsprop

    2 hours up flying today after a more than a year since the last flight. My god was I rather terrible! Seem to be getting back into the hang of it though :)

    1. Steve Coombs

      Steve Coombs

      30 years ago I was doing my finals at university during the week, and was on finals every now and then at RAF Woodvale at the weekends. How the time has flown...

  22. wellsprop

    Final day of living in uni accommodation, sat here waiting for a lift home. Bored!

    1. Mitch K

      Mitch K

      Do what I used to do. Schlep your gear to the bar and wait there.

  23. wellsprop

    Exams = Finished! I now have 18 weeks to fill...

    1. MikeW

      MikeW

      GF, beer, modelling, friends - now you need to think up ideas for that last 3.5 hours yourself.

    2. Brad

      Brad

      Beeebeerbeerbeerbeerbbeerbeerbeerbeer

    3. wellsprop

      wellsprop

      Mike's got it in one XD Train booked for a week at the gf's, Bf-108 on the work bench and I'm off out tonight with the uni guys :D

  24. wellsprop

    Quick update from me - Exams will be over friday next week and work will continue on rescribing Heller's BF-108 (and adding an engine)!

  25. wellsprop

    Magnum Classic 4 pack better than half price at Morrisons. Couldn't resist after 2 hours of maths lectures...

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    2. shood23

      shood23

      They have certainly made more of an appearance in the hood household since going to 4 instead of 3

    3. Doug Rogers

      Doug Rogers

      Good work Ben, we got a six pack of mini Magnums the other day as they were smaller, that made it OK.

    4. wellsprop

      wellsprop

      XD love the logic, Doug!

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