Narses2's Blog - or what I'm slowly making progress on

kitbasher · June 26, 2013, 08:38:51 AM

Sorry to hear your news, Chris.

Radish · June 26, 2013, 09:49:54 AM

Sad news, that generation is rapidly disappearing.

NARSES2 · June 26, 2013, 11:49:08 PM

Thanks lads

Radish · June 27, 2013, 01:50:24 AM

One of my greatest joys was finding a story on the internet, about a guy who was a B-17 pilot. He flew 35 combat missions in the 8th AF, and while awaiting transport back to the US, volunteered to become a P-51D pilot for the newly-formed Scouting Force. After a swift 7 hour conversion course, he was in combat again, but was forced to bail out over Belgium (luckily in Allied hands) and broke his arm n the process. Invalided back home, he wanted to get married to his fiancée, but had to wait for a while....for his 21st birthday!!! I built his model....I still have it.....and he saw it when by luck he appeared at an 8th AF reunion at a Hanger Dance at Molesworth.

NARSES2 · June 27, 2013, 07:24:55 AM

Started on working on the rigging on the Gladiator. Painted the rockets and rails for the Typhoon, she's nearly there and sorted out the armament for my Meteorite.

Big news is the fancy dress outfit has arrived....just need to embellish it now

Rheged · June 27, 2013, 08:31:29 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on June 27, 2013, 07:24:55 AM
Big news is the fancy dress outfit has arrived....just need to embellish it now

Is Rad becoming contagious ??

Radish · June 27, 2013, 12:25:03 PM

OH YES!!!!

Steel Penguin · June 27, 2013, 12:59:57 PM

hopefully its Radishness that's contagious, not that Radish has become so.

NARSES2 · June 28, 2013, 08:11:58 AM

Quote from: Steel Penguin on June 27, 2013, 12:59:57 PM
hopefully its Radishness that's contagious, not that Radish has become so.

Quote from: Rheged on June 27, 2013, 08:31:29 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on June 27, 2013, 07:24:55 AM
Big news is the fancy dress outfit has arrived....just need to embellish it now

Is Rad becoming contagious ??

Radish · June 28, 2013, 09:40:51 AM

Excellent

NARSES2 · June 29, 2013, 07:26:19 AM

Some progress.

The Firebrand can now be painted, so that will start Monday.

The Meteorite and Typhoon have got to the stage where they need their canopies and then a couple of small finishing bits and I can call them finished, so middle of next week probably.

The Gladiator's construction is complete. Now I had a real problem with the engine/cowling/cowl ring assembly. Just couldn't get the thing to fit then discovered I had the engine upside down

My fault should have looked at the instructions more carefully and not just assumed I knew how it fitted

Once I corrected that it went on ok, however it will need some filler that it probably wouldn't have needed if I'd done it properly in the first place, on the join lines for 2 of the cowling parts. My playing with them has affected the fit. Might be "fun" when it comes to sanding ?

NARSES2 · July 02, 2013, 02:15:40 AM

Typhoon is finished and if I say so myself she looks rather nice

Meteorite has her canopy on and frames are done so on the last leg here.

Gladiator has had the rigging started, looks like a spider has gone ape on a couple of gallons of Old Peculiar at the moment what with all the wires through the upper wing

. Slowly start threading them through their lower holes latter in the week.

Started painting the Firebrand.

The 2 WWI guns are slowly getting there, but are stodgy going

NARSES2 · July 04, 2013, 07:39:35 AM

Bit of faffing around with projects but not much progress.

Been getting the next issue of the UK WIF SIG newsletter together, getting ready for the party of the Millenia on Saturday and doing an employment ref for an old work colleague. It's for a school position and they want to know everything. Most stringent ref I've ever done.

Also apparently at the first interview stage they have kids on the selection panel

??

Hopefully get down to some modelling next week

Radish · July 04, 2013, 11:44:35 AM

Education is a mess.....

I had to go on a course of how to interview staff........only been doing it for 25 years!!

Meanwhile, Gove is a moron. Today I heard gentle infant teachers expressing a desire to punch him in the face. Surreal.

Children have been on interview panels for some years.
It's akin to lunatics running the asylum.

Rheged · July 04, 2013, 12:39:00 PM

Quote from: Radish on July 04, 2013, 11:44:35 AM
Education is a mess.....

Children have been on interview panels for some years.
It's akin to lunatics running the asylum.

ACTIVATE RANT MODE

Even the average 9 year old is brighter than some of the councillors you get on school boards of governors!

Sorry, but I've been interviewed for some posts by political people (all parties) whose IQ is smaller than their shoe size. As a very wise old head I once worked for said "If all their brains were gunpowder, the explosion wouldn't lift their cap".

TERMINATE RANT MODE

Apologies in advance if this disquiets a moderator.