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

[NARSES2]

...Take some consolation that it shouldn't be too long before it subsides. I hope?

At which point we start complaining that its too cold and damp...

Yup  Another month or so at the most 

[TheChronicOne]

I guess I should be glad I do all my work inside, with the heat and AC and ... TV ... and.... all that stuff. Makes it awkward spraying and sanding sometimes but I ain't gotta "fight the elements."

This raises a fairly interesting question, however... I wonder how many European residents bought their first ever AC this year, with the heat wave and all. Beit window unit or throwing large money to have central installed. 

[Steel Penguin]

had a AC unit for over 15 years, bought a good one, and only use it for a few hours at a time to cool a single room to sleep in around £240 well spent, paid for itself many times over.
and despite me saying to many people, many times, they still don't listen, and sleep badly and suffer ( shrug)

if this sort of heat happens regularly ill have to look at getting solar panels and a house AC to run of them ( hey crystal shade time,  ) I know how well modern panels run, the pond pump is driven off of them.

[Tophe]

This raises a fairly interesting question, however... I wonder how many European residents bought their first ever AC this year, with the heat wave and all.

AC could be Air-Conditioner or Air-Craft! I have no cooling device (except a fridge), no scale 1 aircraft, but many scale 1/72 aircraft models...

[jcf]

... but many scale 1/72 aircraft models...

Which are beyond cool. 

[zenrat]

You don't necessarily need air-con.  If you can get some air into the house and then move it around with ceiling fans then that goes a long way towards ensuring you sleep.
We have a cheap, huge and noisey Chinese made portable AC unit (Trunky is its name) as a last resort but generally on the hotter nights we sleep with all the doors and windows open and the fan in our bedroom running.
I predict fly screens making an appearance on european houses.

[NARSES2]

I have all the windows open and sleep as nature intended on top of the sheets, so far so good. Not had any real problems sleeping.

Anyway I was intending to not start another build while I was getting on with my RAF GB builds, but that idea has fallen by the wayside.

By the very nature of the two builds there's a fair amount of downtime whilst putty, glue and paint all dry thoroughly so I can proceed to the next phase. I was doing the "fiddly" bits, but now they are all done and I was getting tempted to rush things, one of my many failings  So I've started another build for the GB. It will just be a fairly simple repaint wif, actually just a "different transfers wif" but should look ok. It's one of AZ's latest toolings and so far is fine. A little flash, but easy to clean up, the instructions are a little confusing, but that's down to them catering for 4 or 5 different versions of the thing and some of the parts actually have "this way up" arrows engraved on them 

Of course by doing an AZ kit I now have to tackle an RS one to keep the world in kilter  Kit has been selected.

[NARSES2]

Of course by doing an AZ kit I now have to tackle an RS one to keep the world in kilter  Kit has been selected.

Only has 25 parts plus a small etch sheet, which includes those weird Italian seat belts. Leather and chains 

[NARSES2]

Fed the carpet monster 

Plus dropped a small part which then broke the world long jump record for small plastic parts. I can't believe how far this one managed to get from my model desk. I only found it when I felt it under my foot while going across the room to get something.

[DogfighterZen]

Fed the carpet monster 

Plus dropped a small part which then broke the world long jump record for small plastic parts. I can't believe how far this one managed to get from my model desk. I only found it when I felt it under my foot while going across the room to get something.

Happened to me a couple of times, too. I was very intrigued about how an F-16's air data probe managed to land 2,5 meters from the desk, just by dropping straight down to the floor... Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction

[NARSES2]

Very little done as I seem to have been struck down with something. Whatever it is, it's draining me. Still feeling a bit better today so hopefully tomorrow.

[NARSES2]

Still feeling rough, hopefully sort myself out next week. No idea what it is but whatever it is it's drained me completely.

Still been catching up with my reading

[zenrat]

You'll be fine.  Just a touch of Lurgi.  Have you been near any children?  They are a prime vector of contamination & infection IME.

[NARSES2]

You'll be fine.  Just a touch of Lurgi.  Have you been near any children?  They are a prime vector of contamination & infection IME.

Not that I'm aware of ?

[NARSES2]

Made a little bit of progress yesterday. Not much, but it's some