Bristol Superfreighter - Airfix 1/72

[CedB]

Thanks James, John and Johnny.

 

Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.

[hendie]

that's a shame.

 

I preferred Ced Service

[giemme]

Keeping  Ced! 

Ciao

[MOK61]

22 hours ago, The Spadgent said:

What kind of monster finds a box of un made model kits and throws them away??? 😳.  

Barbarians!! 

[CedB]

Thanks Pete, Giorgio and MOK  

 

We've exchanged! Phew.

 

Packers here this morning, load tomorrow and delivery Monday (don't ask).

 

I'll be making do until Monday but may pop on for a BM fix.

[silverfox63]

Congratulations Ced, hope the move goes smoothly.

Cheers,

Chris.

[Terry1954]

1 hour ago, CedB said:

We've exchanged! Phew.

 

 

Well done Ced. Always a very great relief.

 

Calm will gradually descend upon any chaos that may be around.

 

Is there a date for the new house to be ready?

 

T.

[81-er]

That's great news, Ced  Good luck with the move, hopefully the new place is finished on schedule and not delayed 🤞

 

James

[The Spadgent]

Bravo!! 🚚🚚🚚

[John_W]

Should you wish for an excuse to watch old comedy films for "research purposes", the Bristol Superfreighter appeared in the Morecambe and Wise classic "That Riviera Touch"

https://www.impdb.org/index.php?title=That_Riviera_Touch

[CedB]

Thanks Chris, Terry, James, Johnny and John. 

 

We’re now in Leicestershire with the movers arriving tomorrow. 
The drive up was awful. Torrential rain, hail, thunder… it’s raining today and forecast all week. 
Anyone any plans for an ark?

 

Bill Cosby did:

 

[Whofan]

43 minutes ago, CedB said:

We’re now in Leicestershire with the movers arriving tomorrow. 
The drive up was awful. Torrential rain, hail, thunder… it’s raining today and forecast all week. 
Anyone

 

I met my brothers in Nottingham yesterday - we were going to the 50 over final between Glamorgan and Somerset this afternoon.

 

in Nottinghamshire, just above and across from Leicestershire, we had thunder, lightning, and torrential bordering on monsoon like rain..

 

no cricket though, it won't come as a surprise to anyone that rain completely stopped play.

 

so Ced, if you were driving up the M5, M42 and M1 today, we might have passed, almost literally like ships in the rain!

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

3 hours ago, CedB said:

Thanks Chris, Terry, James, Johnny and John. 

 

We’re now in Leicestershire with the movers arriving tomorrow. 
The drive up was awful. Torrential rain, hail, thunder… it’s raining today and forecast all week. 
Anyone any plans for an ark?

 

Bill Cosby did:

 

Is this candid camera ? 😉 Its one of my favorite pieces by Cosby. 

[CedB]

Thanks John and Dennis. Still wet here

 

Well, we’ve completed and we’re in at the daughter’s. Storage containers almost full! Most of the boxes at the house have been sorted and the ‘new bedroom’ has been designated a store and WORK ROOM - yay! Trouble is the carpet isn’t being laid for a couple of weeks so no modelling for me yet. I’ve put the contents of the ‘mini-bench’ into storage. 
 

Took the drone up to the development and took some pics of progress. They’re scaffolding for the top floor build so getting there. Hopefully it’ll be watertight before the cold weather. If it stops raining…

 

More news when there is some. 

[CedB]

Well, fate has smiled on us for once. Avid readers will remember that we lost the plot (arf arf) earlier in the year when we hadn’t sold our house. We chose another, same house style, which wouldn’t be completed until ‘the Spring’. 
 

Last Friday I was on the developers website and saw that the original plot had become available again so I quickly rang the agent. Sure enough the purchase had fallen through so we’re now able to buy the original house which is more or less finished! I’ve contacted the garden room builder and he has a slot in November. 
 

Things seem to be going our way for once so hopefully I’ll have the man cave up and running in a few weeks. Watch this space…

[81-er]

 

 

That's great news, Ced! Fingers crossed it all goes smoothly now

 

James

[perdu]

Much thread to your ceilings Ced, great news.

[silverfox63]

That is brilliant news Ced, well done on getting the place that you originally wanted.

Cheers,

Chris.

[Whofan]

Hi Ced, I hope all is well on the new home front.

 

One bit of news you may have missed, since you began your build of the Bristol Superfreighter, Airfix have now re released ( I think for SMW) the  ...........

 

Bristol Superfreighter as a Vintage Classic !!

 

Thus proving the modelling dictum if you want a kit released, someone should buld an old kit of the subject!

Edited November 4 by Whofan

[perdu]

On 16/09/2024 at 17:23, The Spadgent said:

What kind of monster finds a box of un made model kits and throws them away??? 😳.  

A bit retro but, back in the eighties when I first retired from modelling I filled my dustbin with finished models, part built models, tools and several on-going projects.

 

My first ever Shorts Sherpa scratch build went that way as did an almost finished  Dakota which was due to become the Raspberry Ripple Dak at Fairford that year

 

Sometimes the monster is us