Well here we are - it has taken two years of persistant blooging but at last have reached the rarefied heights of 100,000 views which, for such a niche interest as mine is a worthy achievement 'though I say it myself! So a big thank you to everyone who has stuck with me and an even bigger thank you for the 591 comments along the way - all very much appreciated.

What is more all all this comes on the momentous day of my half century and just look at the great surprise my lovely wife organised with a bit of help from those nice BRM people;

That's right it, it certainly isn't small!

Anyway, all this is meant to be about modelling, so here is the recent progress;

No, I didn't miss anything out - pretty much nothing! Unfortunately a huge amount of real work has got in the way as well as a windy afternoon on Pendine Sands watching Bluebird do it's stuff 90 years on and an extremely wet Silverstone for a damp but spectacularClassic meeting, oh and the Vulcan and some lovely unrestored WW1 era trucks at Old Warden. And if that is not enough I have a 1st class trip on the WHR (all the way for the first time), lined up for this week.

On the actual modelling front there has been a one step forwards and two steps back sort of thing on the Joffre which still hurts too much to write about but on a more adventurous note there has been a certain amount of schemeing with the very kind creator of petrol electric chassis on a slightly more steam based project.

Watch this space - but not too closely!