Zenrat's Flying Circus

[scooter]

Agreed, I'm for sunsets too.   In the UK, try over the Solway Firth, Ardnamurchan Point  or even the "not really quite a proper sunset" in late June in  Orkney and  Shetland.

Which is probably much like the "not really quite a proper sunset (or sunrise) in Iceland over the summer...

[zenrat]

Sunsets are good (viewed from the back of a camel on the beach in Broome in Western Australia springs to mind) but the thing with sunrises is I always feel they are more exclusive as less people will be out of bed watching them.
A good day of course would be topped and tailed with both.

[NARSES2]

Must admit I've been in the Arctic Circle a few times - Norway, Finland and Alaska and the "not quite a sunrise/sunset" throws me. I found it quite unsettling for some reason

[zenrat]

I've never been that far North or South.  I'd love to visit Antarctica.

I'm working earlies at the moment finishing at around 8 am.  For some reason (possibly lack of sleep) I arranged for a flat pack kitchen to be delivered today.  They gave me a window of 7 am to 1 pm.  They haven't been yet and it's 11:25 and I could really do with a couple of hours nap but i'm scared that if I do i won't hear the doorbell and they'll take it back to the store.  What's the odds they don't get here until 1 (or after) anyway though?

I can't even hit the shed and do some building as there's no way i'll know when they arrive then.

Maybe a shower is in order?  Stripping off and soaping up should guarantee they choose that exact moment to arrive...

[NARSES2]

You know how to make the mind  don't you ? To much information  As for the delivery guys ? I'm the same as you they always come at the back end of the quoted time, never the front 

As for Antarctica ? The one continent and sea I've not been to and to be honest it doesn't bother me much. I like some greenery at least. Spitzbergen was the nearest I've been to a complete Arctic type landscape.

[zenrat]

I had a shower and they rang just after I got dressed (12:00) to say they were running late and wouldn't be there until between 13:30 and 14:30.
They then turned up exactly on 13:30.

Babs is almost done now.  Just the missiles and pilot to finish painting and then some final assembly.
Porthus needs some touching up done on the fin chequers and the wheels & tyres painting followed by sorting out the pilot and canopy and making the windows.
I've also primed the track support parts of the D9 Dozer.  I'm working up to the cab with it's rather complex masking job.

I've been to hot deserts but not cold.  Parts of Western and South Australia for example.

[Captain Canada]

Looks like a jet with that open mouth and missile armament ! Glad to hear the Missus is feeling better.

[DogfighterZen]

Looks like a jet with that open mouth and missile armament ! Glad to hear the Missus is feeling better.

Funny that when i saw it, Yakovlev early jets came to mind...

[zenrat]

She looks jet no longer.  Babs now has the radial engine attached.

Today I have mainly been building a different type of kit.  A much more expensive one with very good parts fit, multiple options, some very nice details and misleading instructions (due to their insistence in using only pictures when a few words would make things much clearer).
It's an Ikea kitchen and it's very slow going.

I did however get down and paint most of the canopies of the Tilt fan.

[scooter]

Today I have mainly been building a different type of kit.  A much more expensive one with very good parts fit, multiple options, some very nice details and misleading instructions (due to their insistence in using only pictures when a few words would make things much clearer).
It's an Ikea kitchen and it's very slow going.

I do agree Ikea kits do have a really good fit, options and details, with crappy instructions.  I just wish they didn't use screw sizes that were so close to each other.  One must admit though, their use of pictures only eliminates the potential for translation errors.  But with how cheap toner (not printer ink) is, one would think that Ikea would update to *real* pictures now instead of cartoon line drawings.

[zenrat]

They have stopped supplying tools as well.  Once they gave you an allen key/screwdriver in every box.
The ones I am putting together were made in Slovakia so they've had quite a trip to get here.

[Captain Canada]

Been frustrated by them before...but looks good in the end, once you get it right 

[NARSES2]

It's the one way system in Ikea that does me in  The meatballs on the other hand 

[ericr]

It's the one way system in Ikea that does me in  The meatballs on the other hand 

what I do prefer at Ikea are the different types of herring   

[Librarian]

It's the one way system in Ikea that does me in  The meatballs on the other hand 

Complete agreement on both....visited Ikea on at least three occasions just for lunch on the way back from North London, A406 .