What's on the workbench!

[NARSES2]

Good news, and more good news! 

Indeed 

[McColm]

Wednesday 7th July 2021

Well the check up was carried out by a nurse so I didn't get to meet a doctor. The usual blood pressure and heart rate,  plus what medication and a load of questions.
I sent my discharge papers and the sick note on their website as per instructions,  on the way back I jotted down a few lettings. I know that they are well above my pay rate but you never know what with housing benefit I just might be able to afford a three storey terrace house in Greenwich or a ground floor maisonette.
It's been a lazy day,  I had a blitz on the washing up and a bit of cleaning. Aching arm muscles,  so I played a few online games such as Asphalt 8, Golfclash Skyfox Advance.
I came across 'Man in a high tower' the tv series 4, about what if the Germans had won World War II. It's like all the sci-fi shows rolled into one with a parallel universe (s). Modern helicopters and yet 1950s technology which makes no sense to me but I felt compelled to watch it.
Rice takes the same time as pasta 15 minutes in the microwave,  yes I still have to boil up the kettle and cover whilst it's cooking but I think it tastes better. The kitchenette is a bit tight on space.

[frank2056]

I came across 'Man in a high tower' the tv series 4, about what if the Germans had won World War II. It's like all the sci-fi shows rolled into one with a parallel universe (s). Modern helicopters and yet 1950s technology which makes no sense to me but I felt compelled to watch it.

Great series until the last episode; the ending is stupid beyond belief.

[TheChronicOne]

Chiming in to say I'm very pleased you are on the mend and are posting here.

[McColm]

Friday 9th July 2021

Work continues on the 1/72 Lindberg HH-3,  more SH-61R. As there's a maritime feel for it. I have added the two torpedoe launching rails to the sponsors. One on either side carrying 4 torpedoes from the 1/72 ESCI/ERTL Boeing PV-22A Osprey kit 9084.
I have managed to fit the overhead door rail to the right side of the fuselage.
On the EV-22A Osprey it now has the sponsors from the Revell Sikorsky HH-3E kit plus the main landing gear. I'm pretending that the Ospreys' sponsors are now a pair of long range fuel tanks as the inflight refuelling probe has snapped off. I might use the one from the Revell kit

[McColm]

Sunday 11th July 2021

The 1/72 Lindberg Sikorsky HH-3 Jolly Green Giant has changed into an ASW helicopter. It now has a rotor made from the Revell Kamov Ka-58 Stealth helicopter with three blades. It's time for some PSR but I am waiting for some sanding sticks to arrive.

[McColm]

Tuesday 13th July 2021

Yes you do have to pay for temporary accommodation provided by the council and fortunately for me I have been awarded the maximum housing benefit allowance , so that covers my rent.
I received my sanding sticks which are wet and dry coated and I have been sanding down the rivets on the 1/72 Revell Sikorsky HH-3E Jolly Green Giant. This will be my kitbash of the Westland Sea King HC.4 as I have installed two goldfish bowl windows at the rear, fitted the other windows,  cockpit and tail rotor stub. I also glued the fuselage halves together and then removed the rotor stack,  this has been replaced with the Airfix stack. There's some gaps that need to be filled in.
The 1/72 EV-22A Osprey now has a 'v' shaped fuselage as I have used parts from the Revell Kamov kit.
I have been watching the television series The X-files and I now on the second season.
I stumbled across uses for the Mulberry floating harbour and found that trials were carried out up in Scotland by the Royal Navy with a Swordfish using it as a floating runway. They named it Lilly. Lilly could cope with waves of upto 30 feet. I  don't have the dimensions but Clover was built out of wood.
The Swordfish was fitted with rockets to assist take off due to the short runway. The theory being that it could be carried by a frigate,  assembled to be used by Spitfires until an airfield became available or aircraft carrier. There's some black and white footage on YouTube.
I'm thinking of a ski ramp at the end and something a lot wider,  possibly towed behind a frigate. The Fleet Air Arm flying the Jaguar M.
I think a few large matchboxes glued together with a 1/72 model with an extended nose wheel landing gear. Might work!

[McColm]

Wednesday 14th July 2021

The Revell 1/72 Sikorsky HH-3E is going to be my version of the Sikorsky 61N. I will be using parts from the Airfix Sea King AEW and HC.4 for this build. As I have already used the Airfix engines and stack from the AEW. This build was severely damaged in transit from the hostel to a friends garage when I was in hospital. Fortunately the only damage on the Osprey was the landing gear and windscreen.

[McColm]

Saturday 17th July 2021

I have run out of hayfever tablets, so I stayed in and found the parts that I thought I had lost from the Airfix Westland Sea King HC.4. They were wedged in a corner of the box, I managed to break one of the supporting arms but glued it in place and wrapped some masking tape around the join. I'm using the Revell filler which I am impressed with as it fills holes when you PSR. On this build I have left the loading ramp in the box, whilst watching the kidnapping of Paul Getty  based film on Amazon Prime,  apparently based around true events.
The good thing about staying at Staycity is the air conditioning,  it works and is simple to use. Most of my aches and pains are gone , I am now waking up at 3 am. It's amazes me that lots of people are awake at this time,  doesn't anyone sleep anymore? Which usually means watching Bargain Hunt the popular tv show or Scrapheap  Challenge,  I think the Americans called it Junk Wars.

[NARSES2]

Good to hear your aches and pains are gone. 

I'm still up early'ish, about 6:00am. Always been an early riser apart from teenage years  When working used to get in the office about 5:30/6:00 so I could get some real work done before management duties took over. It was also easier travelling in London at that time, but still busy just not manic.

[McColm]

Good to hear your aches and pains are gone. 

I'm still up early'ish, about 6:00am. Always been an early riser apart from teenage years  When working used to get in the office about 5:30/6:00 so I could get some real work done before management duties took over. It was also easier travelling in London at that time, but still busy just not manic.

I have never worked in an office,  it's either been furniture restoration , silk screen printer , trade plate driver or security.
I used to have a sideline restoring friends or family's furniture at my parents garage. I'd give them something towards the electricity bill during the winter and when it was raining. The polish would turn green due to the moisture in the air during the winter months. Of course you couldn't work when it was too hot either as the polish wouldn't harden properly. That's when I tried my hand at restoring porcelain, those transfer prints came in very handy! Well I didn't have the skills at the time to glue all the pieces back together.
When I was working as a security officer,  I would need to get up early to catch the bus or buses depending on what site I was assigned to.

[McColm]

Sunday 18th July 2021

More PSR on the Revell 1/72 Sikorsky HH-3E donor kit which has altered its appearance  once again! The folding main rotor blades have been assembled and where the front nose wheel landing gear used to be housed the radome from the Airfix Sea King AEW.2 has been cut,  so it fits the space.
The rear tail wheel gives it that Sikorsky 61L feel to it.

Spaghetti bolognese can be cooked in the microwave,  just let anything with the Pyrex logo cool down before you wash it. The measuring jug exploded in the sink, I managed to clear up all the pieces of glass.

[NARSES2]

A few of my family used to work in the Pyrex factory when it was in Sunderland. Do you want to guess how many Pyrex casserole and other types of dishes me and Jan got as wedding presents ? 

[McColm]

A few of my family used to work in the Pyrex factory when it was in Sunderland. Do you want to guess how many Pyrex casserole and other types of dishes me and Jan got as wedding presents ? 

I hope that it was the entire range 

[NARSES2]

Almost 

Still got and use some of them 48 years later