Max Headroom Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Good luck with the chemo for Thursday. Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 Yup, inguinal hernia confirmed by my primary care doctor - tomorrow I go see the specialist for a consultation on surgical repair. Then chemo on Thursday. Wow, what a fun week! If it comes to that, hernia repair is quite common and usually a same day surgery. I think there is also an option to wear a belt of some kind to restrain the hernia - we'll see what the specialist says. Meanwhile, back to the bench! Cheers, Bill PS. Thanks for the good wishes for the chemo! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Good luck with everything this week at the Docs. Love the Aston Martin shots - I am a big fan of the company and have been lucky enough to drive a number of their cars. Love the looks and the noise! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Crikey Bill, if it's not one thing it's another... Good luck with the Hernia repair; as you say, they're pretty good at these now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitsticker Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Good luck with everything Bill, I dunno, as if chemo wasn't enough you have to go and top it with a.......whaddya call it, inguinal hernia? Probably rather not know too much detail on that Hope they sort both out PDQ and let you loose on the models again Cheers Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Best wishes for the chemo Bill. Martian von Guilty as Charged 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 Hi mates! She's not finished yet (lots of fiddly stuff yet to do) but I thought I'd give you a preview of how she'll end up now that the wings are on. I think she looks OK. The colours are so much better with the new camera. This is what she looks like in real life. Plus, I can shoot at a much higher f stop to get increased depth of field. The old camera would only go to f/8, these shots were at f/16 and I can go farther than that if I have a really big model. I'm off to chemo tomorrow, but I'm taking my laptop with me so I may check in to make sure you folks are behaving. Cheers, Bill PS. It was a right pain in the whatever getting the wings on and (somewhat) aligned with each other. The final alignment (based on the tank separation and the angle of the jury struts, both from the front and from the side) was like solving simultaneous equations with multiple variables. There turned out to be no solution that satisfied all conditions, so I settled for a Gaussian best-fit, minimizing the sum of the squares of the errors. Wait a minute - I'm retired now! No more regression analyses! 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 (edited) She looks splendid, Bill. I'm looking forward to your Spitfire XVIII build. Edited June 16, 2016 by Beard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Outsanding! I agree the new camera is taking much better pictures, you can really tell the difference. Looking forward to the RFI pics Best of luck for all the rest Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Beautiful Bill, just beautiful. Thanks for sharing this - I always learn from your WiPs and I'm still amazed by the detail you're able to reproduce. Thanks Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 I think she looks OK. Yeh, it's alright I suppose... Well Bill, if that's just OK, I'd hate to see one you make a bit of an effort on! She is not OK, she is exceedingly lovely!! keith 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 All the best Bill - your Sea Venom looks very neat - I am currently giving an old Hobbycraft Sea Fury I made in 2001 a make over which I only folded one wing on because I was too lazy - decided to do both wings folded now so your PS really sums up the fiddling I am having to do to get both wings to looking reasonable CJP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Stunning looking Sea Venom a real show stopper! Good luck with the treatment Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Beautiful! [Gaussian best-fit; only on Britmodeller!] 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascoteer Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Lovely! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abat Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Brilliant work Bill and best wishes for your latest chemo. You're becoming a real Aussie with all your recent RAN, RAAF builds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 She looks beautiful Bill! Now, about that TSR2........................ Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 She's looking stunning! Bestest for the chemo... Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Looks great Bill, another masterpiece from you Best of luck for the chemio ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I'll never tire of seeing your work Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 looks very nice indeed. Lovely finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Another beautiful build Bill. Good luck with the chemo round, rest up, and read some Britmodeller. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 excellent work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Good to see this one get over the line, a really fine job ther Bill, I did a folded wing bird about 40 years ago, and avowed never again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engineer66 Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Lovely work Bill, really nice job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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