PhilJ W

Goodnight all.

Fords are recalling their 1 litre and 1.6 litre Eco-drive engined cars due to reliability problems.

Autocorrect is the work of the devil. Its a right PITA at the best of times but when it alters your passwords...

More like Tony Benn was to the Labour Party than Ted Heath. Both Tony Benn and Boris Johnson are cases where ambition exceeds ability.

Turbochargers have been around for a long time. One of the first turbocharged diesels were actually made by the British AEC company in the early 30's for use in South America at high Andean altitudes. The big advantage of turbocharging was that it automatically adjusted for altitude, the lower outside pressure meant that the exhaust was going faster and the turbo with it and pushing more air into the cylinders.

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Found some bargains in Tesco's today. There's often items that are slightly damaged in the bargain bins. Today I found two 10 litre plastic boxes sans lids at 75p each (normal price £3). I was pleased to find that they stack without the lids, very useful. Muggatee awaits so its be back later.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Bright and sunny this morning if a bit chilly, typical autumn weather. Not a lot else to report so its be back later.

Goodnight all.

Evening all from Estuary-Land. One thing I forgot to mention. Yesterday on our way to the Brentwood toy fair as we were going down the A127 near Dunton we spotted three paragliders above the road. They appeared to land just north of the road.

If anyone wants to criticise models on this thread lets see your models first.

There's no cure for stupid.

Its quite probable that the business will be up for sale and such information should be available to prospective buyers. I do believe that he did all his own casting. The best method of producing grills IMHO is photo-etching.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Bright and sunny this morning but threatened with the odd shower by the seaweed wranglers. As I mentioned my friends young son acquired a complete and working Tracey Island yesterday. It was out on the carpet as soon as we got home yesterday afternoon. Also present was big sisters boyfriend who was soon on the carpet 'helping' with it. I suspect he is now on the carpet but with a different meaning. Thats it for now, be back later.

Goodnight all.

Or SKOL lager, the only liquid that could pass through the human body completely unaltered.

Our Homebase, Just down the road from me had become a Bunnings a few months ago when I last visited.

Thats because many have lost their V8 engines to other projects.

Evening all from Estuary-Land. I passed my O levels in Maths, English, Geometry and Geography with quite high ratings in all but English which I only just scraped through. For some reason everybody who took their O levels had to take English. In fact I have never even seen my GCE certificates as we moved address soon after I left school and they were sent to the old address and never in the 54 years since have I been asked to show them. Least said about my woodworking efforts the better though the woodwork master did say I made the best firewood. Had a good day at the toy fair today, spent a few modelling tokens, in fact I spent a lot of them. My friend and his young son came with me and the lad insisted his pa purchase a complete Tracey Island, I don't think his dad who is/was a Thunderbirds fan needed much persuading. My purchases were mostly of the diecast variety but I did find half a dozen O scale tinplate enamel advertising signs for a tenner. They might be pre-war as they all have holes for pinning them to wooden buildings.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Just a quick hello as I'm off to the Brentwood toy fair shortly. Happy birthday Mrs Baz and Mrs GDB.

Goodnight all.

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Tony's comments about school awards reminded me that I found my old school report book the other day. It made interesting reading, in the first term I was top of the class but after that it was downhill all the way. Not quite downhill as I was 'promoted' to the next higher stream where I bobbed along in midstream for the rest of my schooling. At the end I achieved four O levels so I didn't do to bad.

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Evening all from Estuary-Land. Thanks John for the update on Debs. Commiserations AndyR and get well soon. Remembered to obtain some modelling tokens today for the swapmeet at Brentwood tomorrow, saves having to make a detour in the morning. Thats it for now, be back later.

I agree, but will it be possible to access it as well as separate it from the other 99% drivel?

Morning all from Estuary-Land. A bit cloudy and cooler this morning, winter drawers on. According to the weather reports the eastern Med is not the place to be, a massive storm is brewing and heading up the Aegean. C & C's where neccessary, be back later.