Mr T

Unusually for us, we have had a bit of a splurge the last week or so. So: 3D printed seats etc, and an undercarriage for the 1/72nd scale Airfix Javelin and some Canberra intake bullets and compressor faces from TeeEll of this parish. He also added a Fraser-Nash turret for the Demon. They are all exquisite and were well-packed. Some UV cured resin and UV torch for a couple of projects. Had a go with it at quite impressed with the results. A new Microwave oven to replace our old El cheapo one that died this morning. We had a £50 Argos voucher that took most of the sting out of it. A new trailcam, our original one, has been acting erratically for a while and Mrs T is a participant in a major study by Reading University into urban hedgehogs. Bought this before the microwave packed up. Finally, while doing the shopping in Sainsbury's, a new Key Publishing bookazine on the Canberra fell into our trolley. Normally I don't bother with these, but it has some good detail stuff. Also, the newest AMP B.2 is the next kit to do.

Very nice Adrian, a lot of scratch built detail gone into the model, and it really does make it outstanding. Still thinking about a Wallace II.

Given the South of the Border GB and the use by El Salvador of the BT67, that is sooo tempting.

There was an attempt in the late 1960's to stay on British Summer Time all the year road. It didn't survive the 1970 General Election, one of the promises of the incoming government being to restore time change (a lot of lobbying from farmers I seem to recall, especially in the north of Britain).

A belated Easter greetings to all. Useless fact for the day (and no, not an April Fool), in the late 1920s, the British Government of the day passed an Act that would have fixed the date of the Easter Bank Holiday. The only problem was that the various churches would have to agreed to it. As this was not forthcoming, it never went anywhere.

I am not a great drinker of alcohol (keep to the recommended units minus a bit, first staff nurse job was on ward with a liver speciality). Having said that I do enjoy Douro Valley whites when I can find them, and our home made flavoured gins. Currently we have Sloe gin and Seville Orange gin maturing in the cellar.

'Rocket' was rebuilt at least once. The yellow ones we see as reproductions are near to the original Rainhill trials loco. However, locos like Rocket had quiet short lives in that form, the pistons were lowered to a more horizontal position as that gave better riding and reduced lateral (swaying) movement of the loco, and the original Rocket in this form. By 1830 Stephenson was producing his 'Planet' loco, which looked much more like what we imagine to be steam locomotives.

Now listed at Hannants.

Now showing up on the Hannants site, not cheap

We have returned from a very pleasant break where we caught up with both sides of the family, amongst other things. Unexpectedly, when we met up with a big chunk of Mrs T's family in Windsor yesterday, we were able to go round the Castle grounds and into St George's Chapel for free. An interesting afternoon after a good lunch. Now I am back, found a bit of time this afternoon after mowing the lawn to position the cockpit interior into a fuselage half. It has been secured with a thick cyano, and is being left to set before I do anything else. The new resin front fuselage is quite flexible, and I think it is going to be 'fun' to fit together. There will still be some openings to add weights, as I really do not want to add too much before the fuselage goes together. Tonight I plan on doing a couple of other bits like building the new resin wing tip pods.

There always seem to be birds 'out of place' At our local RSPB reserve (St Aidens) had a Glossy Ibis before Christmas and Spoonbills have come back again. Yesterday two Cranes were spotted flying over the site. Egrets are now so common they are seen in the River Aire near the centre of Leeds. St Aidens is a good place to visit, it was created from an open cast mine (and still has a large drag line excavator on site). It's main function is to act as reservoir for water from the Aire to help prevent flooding, but it is home to a lot of different species including Bitterns.

Gosh, I impressed by the 'to do' list. I just make it up as I go along.

Frog/Novo Miles Master built as a MkII, Central Gunnery School, Leconfield, 1948-9 This is my build of the sixty-year-old Miles Master kit. It is finished in the relatively short-lived postwar all yellow trainer scheme. The kit has some donor parts from the spare box for the engine and wheels as well as a vacform canopy, and an interior added Build thread is here: Thanks to Jockney and Rabbit Leader (Pat & Dave) for as group hosts and their support. Also thanks to the Awesome Enzo (one step up from magnificent?) for oversight.

The Master is now finished and in going in the Gallery

That's looking very nice Adrian, the home made decals really add to it. Printing the wrong side of the paper is my party trick with labels. Our windows replaced at the end of first lockdown (they were supposed to be coming the week it started), and we were amazed at how little mess they made. They put covers down everywhere they worked and cleaned up afterwards. Even the price was reasonable, there was a £12,000 variation in quotes, which is interesting as there are apparently only two or three companies in the UK that actually make the stock that are then supplied to the window manufacturers.

I suppose it should not be a surprise in a country that sufficient sugar to sliced bread that it tastes sweet(and no, it isn't to help the yeast ferment. I never add sugar to home made bread as it doesn't require it. Just needs to be left to prove properly.) Commercial bread makers in the UK etc may add a bit to speed things up a bit, but not sufficient for the Irish courts to classify the bread in Subway as cake. It has been 20 years since I was last in the USA, but it has stuck with me, along with the ridiculous portion sizes in McDonald's. A large soft drink seemed to be served in something the size of a plastic dustbin (OK, I exaggerate, one of the white waste paper bins from IKEA). Had a really nice Bacon sandwich yesterday in restaurant at Dean's Garden Centre near York. Well cooked back bacon in a nice roll.

Looking at the stash, postwar twins would be no problem as some would be stuff I want to get done anyway, but will not have time in Baby Boomers. Javelin, different Meteors, Valetta, Twin Pin, Basset, Dominie, Brigand immediately spring to mind.

oI'll commit to this GB now as it will give me a spur with a couple of projects. I know it is while away yet, but something different to look forward to. I plan on building the Dapol/Kitmaster Deltic prototype on th Bachmann Deltic chassis. A good look shows it will fit with a bit of work. My other planned build is to use the Peco/Parkside LMS Brake can kit to produce one of the bogie brake vans, that were especially built for use on freight transfers in Leeds. One later appeared to find its way to the ironstone workings on the Notts/Leicestershire border. They were partly worked by engines and crews from Nottingham shed.

I have not forgotten about the Neptune, I am trying to finish other models to clear the decks and make room for the surprisingly large Neptune. All the visible inside bits have been sprayed Interior Green, which was a possible colour for the time frame (1952). Too late now if I am wrong. The Eduard PE is being used for the somewhat sparse kit interior. It is designed for the base kit, which is a P2V-7, and has a slightly different cockpit interior, but the canopy will hide a lot. The engines have been painted and assembled. The cowling opening is small and not much of the engine is visible. The major change that both the conversion and the kit misses is the size and shape of the nosewheel bay. The wheel is on the centre line, but the bay is bigger on the starboard side. The doors are the same width each side but wider than the doors provided. This means that new doors have been made and the wheel bay widened. The nose leg has been modified to make it longer to improve the sit of the aircraft, and the actuator for the nosewheel steering has been added. This is also different in the 5 compared to the 7 in terms of both shape and placement. We are away for a few days next week as Mrs T has a significant birthday. But before we go i hope to get the fuselage together.The wings and tailplanes are already assembled.

Still no new car, and nothing model related. But, bought some wood based product to make a new shelf in a fitted cupboard where amongst other things I keep old slides etc. Looks better now that I can access stuff a lot easier and it is safer. Also a new bulb for the fridge light. First time it has been changed since new in 2005. There are two bulbs and I replaced both on the basis that if one has gone the other will probably follow it sooner rather than later. Also the cover is not easy to remove/replace. The new bulbs will probably outlast me.

Just go expand slightly on Pauls very clear answer. The same Dark Green as a part of camouflage was specified for virtually all British built aircraft operating over land. It was used postwar.

I still have two in the stash, and one built as an F.2. Nice kit, some have reported issues with the cockpit fitting the fuselage, but that doesn't seem to have been a problem for you.

Nice looking model, It is a big beastie, I saw one in the Warner-Robins base museum 30 or so years ago. The main wheels look like something of a locomotive.

Looks like a good build. I was watching 'Strategic Air Command' the other evening on the Channel 4 app, it still available for a few days. A real period piece. Didn't the brakes squeak a lot on the B36. My Neptune has a similar arrangement with the wing tabs, and the same alignment issues, although they are a bit chunkier.

More than four years I reckon. My York was built four years ago after being bought at SMW in 2019, and been waiting for the Mikro Mir for a while then.