Been quite busy of late. The very first Trumpeter Wimpey Mk.II has now been completed and is in the capable hands of Robbo which, hopefully be in print before the Nationals.

Ah! you might say, They don't actually produce a Mk.II. Quite right, they don't, however with the aid of Robbo's crew, a resin conversion has been produced. Not sure exactly how long it took to make as I never keep records, but judging how long MJB was giving me ear ache, it must have been most of the summer.

Postino has been giving us bullets yet again. A full report will be in the forthcoming addition of the acclaimed Belvoir Lever. Well worth a read this one as Commando is involved.

Also on the information front, the Godfather is a dad again. The bambino is around 5 months old now and doing well. Hopefully, given time he might grow up not being a Ferrari supporter, although on reflection that will probably never happen.

Also been interesting of the stash front. Must stop this impulse buying. The stash is getting larger, a long way to got before Torpedo's Emporium reached. Interestingly, I have wanted a 1/48 Lightning F-5(P-38) for sometime and thanks to a chance meeting with club member from Kings Lynn way, I will have one very soon. Thanks Mick, a real hero. So, this promoted me into thinking, perhaps I need a cockpit upgrade. Well there does not seem to be that many about that is a realistic price. Quite by chance I found a Legends Productions example from LuckyModel.Com in Hong Kong. Free delivery was included for the princely sum of around £7.00 AND it was received by airmail in 5 days. How's that for service? I can highly recommend LuckyModel. It's not the first time I have used them, and they have been excellent everytime.

 

All in all, Fenland show was a bit poor for us this year. Although Torpedo won best in class and best in show, no other prizes were forthcoming. Even worse was our attendance. For the first time in a very long time we did not achieve 100%, more like 60%. Still far better than most clubs however.

Ploughboy decided, as the weather had at long last improved, to play with his balls all weekend. Still makes a change from sheep!

Il Postino on the other hand decided that a better offer from Commando to get sand in each others crevices was more desirable than mixing with the rest of us old farts.

So, off we go to Southwell show. Should be back to 100% attendance otherwise heads will roll !

That's it for now.