TonyTiger66

Thank you for the kind messages back in August.

You’re a great bunch and BM is superb. Thank you Mike.

Absolutely the best community on the Internet.

Two months have flown by. Another short stay in hospital. Then my wife and stepdaughter did amazing work packing books for study, inspiration, to help my own writing, masses of medication.

Clearance letters for vast quantities of very valuable clotting medication arrived just 3 days prior to departure.

a380’s on the two Long hauls. 
Perhaps the civil aviation modellers and staff here can tell me why the older A380 was far more comfortable than the newer one?

Cheap seats on both, but utterly agonising on the second one. I have a fracture in my right elbow and Spinal work that cannot be effectively addressed in my remaining practical working lifespan (unless I win the lottery or crowdfunded *a lot*) in Australia, so in many ways, this was a civilian medevac.

These Osteo issues are regular NHS work here. 
I have never been so happy to hear British trains and be drenched by British rain, to breathe in the cool air, full of Carbon Monoxide or not.

Suit  and symbolic yellow tie provided for the hearings by the lovely people at Haemophilia ACT.
My first new nice pair of shoes in 13 years provided by careful saving.

Entire flight paid for myself by extremely mindfully collecting 90,000 Virgin Velocity points over an 8 year period and $85 in cash.

Quite proud of my tenacity there !
 

Currently in London recovering from the long haul.

Off to the hearings on Monday. Fleetwood house. I’ll be the portly chap in charcoal suit, tan Oxford style Hush puppies 👞 and a yellow toe, in a wheelchair sometimes, walking stick other times.

We had to concentrate on books and medication (30Kg of books). 

Thetefore, sadly, not *one* single kit, paintbrush, knife, pot of paint here with me 😢.

I tried to bring some vintage Shuco clockwork cars to refurbish, but they have apparently been posted back to Australia, in the same box as my old computers. ‘Too many batteries’ apparently. All dead as dodos; I just wanted to keep the moulded shells to try and re-cell. If anyone has any ancient PowerBook 500 series batteries, please let me know. I need to get data off of those machines. Only place my Masters degree and one old book I started in 1991 (transferred from Amiga) exist.

Oxford  next to meet a valued good friend, then the midlands to pick up the trusty Volvo 920 Estate.

The AA wouldn’t insure it as they say it’s too old and a ‘Classic’. A classic car company rep almost died Laughing when I tried to insure my life beloved brick through them

as a classic. Still don’t know where to go to get it insured. Got to get it done very fast.

Flew through its test after years of inactivity. Winscteen wipers, a battery, handbrake adjustment. Job done.

They don’t make them

like that anymore (stop sniggering you at the back, it may be ugly but I love it).

Im off North of the border to live near Dunoon for a bit after the hearings. Would love to hear from nearby Britmodellers. Any advice on good local GP’s most welcome.

I’ll be mainly reading and writing and having my body repaired bit by bit, but a Britmodeller is a Britmodeller.

Nothing. To. Build. Alone, A bit skint 😔 
 

If anyone has anything unwanted in 1/72, let me know. I will buy or send swaps. I mainly like aircraft pre 1970. Above all 1930’s to 1960’s.  I like submarines and WWII Arctic Convoy ship is too.

Vac form, resin, plastic, any old thing. Unwanted paints, brushes, scalpels etc also welcome.

I’ll be as skint as a skint thing until late November, so all unwanted/second hand stuff welcome and will be lovingly built.

Look after yourselves. Keep muddling.  Can’t wait to get to Dunoon 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⛰.

All the best

TonyT