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Ah, did they have a pond there nearby, where the engineers had spent their lunch break then? Cheers Edit: Pete, not to be misunderstood: Just to watch the tadpoles there doing their rounds in the pond.

Err yes, Somehow like a bruised tadpole, I think. Who construct something like that? Cheers

Hello Ced. Nice work as usual on that. This seems to be a nice detailed kit. I left this out only for one reason. It's such an ugly plane. Well, I mean the fuselage looks like a bowed and shaped Bratwurst and the tail fin dosen't make it look smarter. So please a more esthetic one for the next thread and then I'm in again of course. Cheers

Oh Tony, my B-princess wasn't that sexy. I wish, that they were the ones, who brought that pain in the back of my mouth for quite more than one year! Sadly not and I had to put up with my usual dentist and the crew so far. A very sad story Cheers Benedikt

Nice work, though I.... (what should I say to that?) .... Sorry to hear that for your neighbour and friend. It's a bit difficult to get ahead with this virus at the moment. Here it is a bit relaxed now, as mostly all are disciplined at the time. But does that work for the virus? It tries to spread everywhere as it can now. So stay safe, but please try to live your normal life as possible as you can. Otherwise you could get headaches, till your body aches and Covid say: "Thank you, dear one for your frantic added and worried health." P.S. : I have no solution for that. Cheers Benedikt

Great work Tony. I wish you could do a tooth like that for me as my B-princess lost her crown and has gone forever after taking it over top for sure Wasn't funny till now,as I can say. Btw.: Great work

Wow Tony!!! "Kleinserie" to come for several customers, I guess? Some people might get interested? Of that I'm sure and that you could do some simple parts of my missing diecasts for sure, but that's another story. But not at the moment. Great work at all on that. Cheers

Nice work Looking very shiny in orange. Like that clear bits for the interiour. Cheers.

Hello John, A good 2021 to you and I'm in for that. Only built an old Esci one once with a modest result. What camo will you choose? Cheers Benedikt

Hello Giorgio Nice to see to pimp it up to a very high standard. Cheers

Hello CC. Just wanted to wish you a Happy new year. Hopefully a better and more normal one (second half). Bleib gesund. Cheers Benedikt

Hello Ced . Just came across this and I will look at that. Nice progress so far. Have a good start in 2021. This was the funniest Sylvester I have had. Almost no people outside and no fireworks at all. The pavement is now cleaner than on a usual weekend. Cheers

Hello John. Nice work on the awful, merciless and feared insect. For me always a look alike mantis. Nice work on rivets so far. Sisyhos work at all. Have a nice coming over into the next year. and also a "guten Rutsch" from me here for the next one. Hopefully better. Cheers Benedikt

Hello Bill. Nice chopper so far. To you and yours also a " Guten Rutsch" and a happy new year. Stay safe and healthy. Cheers Benedikt

Hello Giorgio. Nice work and also a happy new year to you and yours. I guess a more quiet one than the last year, but as comfortable as it was and only different. Cheers Benedikt

Hello Simon. Nice work and a hopefully relaxed and nice Sylvester to you and your Lady Rose. Have a good new year. Better than the last one schould be easy Anyway a "Guten Rutsch" from me here of course for the next year. Cheers Benedikt

Hello Tony. As above great work and a hopefully great new year for you and yours with a pleasing and a satisfying "Guten Rutsch" into the new year. I see you there for sure, I guess Cheers Benedikt

Hello Ced. Nice progress. Not my favourite heli, but who cares. Wanted to wish you and your beloved a healthy and happy new years eve ("Guten Rutsch") Covid or not. Take your time and don't let get yourself frenzy by the daily news everyday with the statistics. Its just the time of a virus here in the nothern hemisphere, which only wants to spread. No fireworks here tomorrow allowed on the usual funny places as normal. Will use my old ones (if they work) from the last year (too foggy) on my balcony to get rid off it in my cellar. So I'm happy with that this year. No explosives in the house as they say in general i. Cheers Benedikt

Seconded. Cheers

Hello Ced Looks the part and nice work on a crude but correct shaped old kit of the 60'. Cheers

Hello Tony sorry for the delay, but I was not in the mood as my old mother (82) was again in hospital for a week with an aqualung pulmonary oedema like the ones before and they now noticed a breast cancer toumor again. Nothing they can really do now again.. Anyway it's a simple one as promised: First : Cook potatoes for 45min. (Roundabout 1kg) the day before for a better way. Second: You use a big pot for enough space (3-5l vol.) Then fill it with 1or 1,5l. water to cook the meat for min. 1/2 an hour (usually for me with 400gr Mettenden and 4 pieces of fresh coarse Bratwurst 400gr. ) You can use a spoon ot broth now or (maybe one and a second) later with the beans. It depends on how salty you want the meat Then put two pots of white beans with soupgreen ( usual supermarket stuff, 800 gr a tin) into it Let it cook again for 20 min at high temp. and then reduce the heat on middle/low temp and cook it for another 3/4 hour. Leave it then for 20 min off the heating So the base is done Put it again on the heat and give the potatoes, (cooked) carrots (300gr) to it with some cut spring onions (4 pcs.) and a usual onion and let it cook again with a teaspoon or two of savory for another hour at low temp. Put a bit water in inbeetween while stirring it up again from time to time. Should be ok then for some salt and pepper in the end. I would leave there for quite a while at the lowest temp. as it's getting better and better now and of course tommorrow after a cold night outside ( Btw you can always use a bit of Maggi anywa,y but usually no need for that ) Cheers Benedikt Edit: Always stirr it up from time to time while you let it steep and be careful, when you warm it up the next day as it can get burned much easier then as it settled down and is thicker as the day before. Low temp with stirring is the best. Sorry, all a bit vague, but as I said it's Grandma cooking as I like it. And for the beans I mean something like that:

Totally agreed. I'm glad I've grown up in the 70' at a more ore or less peaceful period here now. Cheers

So I think, hopefully.

On this video at 1:18 you see a black thinghy from the distance on the left lower side. They expose there a turbine boiler of the power plant that Hopgood destroyed on his fatal run after being hit. Above there is a parking lot behind the trees and the stairway down the dam. Very impressive while you're walking donwards, but very irritating with all that damn mosquitos then in the summer. I guess the dam was cleaned half then, when they made that video, but you can't really see the breaking part anyway now. Too long ago. Cheers

Grand work and result. Cheers