MrWolf

The Marina's door handles, were seemingly unbreakable and lived on in the considerably more upmarket Range Rover, as did the switchgear, that broke constantly. Austin Rover improved things with Maestro switchgear, that caught fire instead... The Cortina mk III, had it's own foibles, the rear suspension void bushes fell apart, leading to interesting handling , woe betide anyone who didn't clean out or replace the camshaft oil spray bar every service and the first thing you knew about rust was when you went over a hump back bridge and found that you couldn't get the rear doors open. All things that were either avoidable or repairable, but £150 bought you another banger. Anyway, going back to the reason for using the Marina today, we didn't see much that made us think "That's very Sheep". In fact the memsahib was surprised to see me back so soon. So I was found a little job or two around the house....

It ought to be via a very basic logic system.

The lower trunnions could seize and shear, fortunately at low speeds, basically due to neglect of basic maintenance, that being a couple of squirts of grease twice a year. The real problem is that people who bought them as cheap bangers never looked underneath from one year to the next and particularly with the bodywork, never did any preventative maintenance. That particular Marina, although it wouldn't win a beauty contest has been as far away as Poland, Slovenia, southern Italy, needing the points adjusting once on the way back from France, which is a five minute job at the side of the road.

I do use the W&N acrylic varnish on my paintings, actually the UV type it works very well, giving a very even and thin coat and is nice to use.

None of the above, she has a Triumph Herald 1200, but it is often driven in the spirit of M3A / Kfz250 / Kegresse. Driving defensively I believe is the polite term for it. 😎

Avoid, there's way too much sugar in bitter lemon for it to do you any good. There's some rather nice gins out there though!

I was winding you up! I've worked on some very interesting control systems in the past, It's interesting to see how ideas are adapted for civilian and commercial use.

Breathtakingly simple. 😅

I've just had a call from my friend to let me know that he will pick me up in about half an hour, as he thinks that he's found a decent battery for his 1972 Morris Marina. What could possibly go wrong? I should probably talk nicely to Miss R and borrow the half-track....

I like that a lot, work worn but not looking like it's awaiting it's turn as firewood. One from the less is more school of weathering.

I'll second that, I'm off to a local ish exhibition today and hoping to see something that will grab my attention on a similar level.

Which then turns out to be about eight inches too short in my experience...

Very handy, but I couldn't find "My girlfriend has accidentally set off a small thermonuclear explosion". Which might come in useful....

It can also depend on how long you have had that enamel varnish kicking around.

Or worse, being expected to jump out of a perfectly serviceable aircraft.

Thanks for the information Kevin, I've found a UK supplier of the MiniNatur flower strips and bought plenty for the job. So I'm rapidly running out of excuses!

I've had similar issues with old decals, especially when they have been stored somewhere too warm, but as you found, a little Microsol does the job. Waterslide transfers have their issues, but I find they're still less of a PITA than other types.

That looks interesting and much more convincing than a lot of commercial items. Can you tell me what you used for the flower heads there? I have a similar challenge in recreating this on my layout. Shropshire railways.

https://www.llanbadoc.org/2018/05/03/a-future-for-the-gwr-weighbridge-building/ http://haylesabbeyhalt.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-new-heritage-project.html?m=1 This is an unusual stone one at Usk, there were a lot of remains at the site when I last visited some 15 years ago.

It's the same everywhere, but the locals plod on regardless because there's nobody else worth voting for either, they seem resigned to their fate of ever being governed by charlatans and egomaniacs.... 🙄

It's one of the first things that they teach you at proper art colleges, never to use pure white or pure black for anything.

Can't beat a LOVELY box...😜

How much???!!!! With the most easily lost parts (which add to the value of vintage diecasts).... Missing. At least it's not on a bridge....

This is a picture I took recently of a new Oxford Toad, prior to dismantling it because when it was measured up they included a window in the rear of the cabin that shouldn't be there. Coupled to it is an original Mainline Toad, there's no difference in the roof height or the ride height.

When I have hand painted number plates onto vintage motorcycles and especially when patching up originals, I mix up a flat white with a tiny amount of black and yellow, it creates what can best be described as a "stone white", which looks much less strident. I use a similar trick in my paintings.