After clearing out lots of old shoes from the shoe cupboard, and starting to clean up my man cave, I find myself ironing all my shirts for the week as well as any other stuff that needs it.
Where did I go wrong?

Nice interview with Martin Bower: http://ghatf.blogspot.com/2008/12/martin-bowers-model-world.html

Why is it that everywhere I go in the world, rain seems to follow?
Case in point, I recently got away for a few days with the family to Lanzarote. Hot and sunny right? Wrong!
The day we arrived, the island has the worst rain for ages - it was horizontal! It was so bad that we had two new indoor swimming pools in the bedrooms! Typical.
Oh, we had good days and fair enough, it was February, but come on!
Same thing happened when we went to Florida - thunderstorms and lashing rain.
Puerto Rico? Seven days of rain!
You know, I feel like taking a holiday in a place that is begging for rain, once we arrive you can pretty much guarantee it!

Had a good push today on painting and finishing the detailing on the Gunther.

I have painted about 80% of the base coat (hopefully it's the right colour!) and done all the basic painting on the diorama base. My only worry is that there isn't enough time before the South Cheshire Militaire to get it finished to the competition level that I originally wanted.


So, it may just be a display on the SFM:uk table - it might even be in progress during the event! We'll just have to wait and see ...

Just been having an interesting conversation about the history of communications and the subject came up about old interconnected networks.

Now, I was sure there used to be a system that used the sewers of Paris - got confused with Minitel - and then stumbled across this post by Molly Wright Steenson who is writing on the origins of the pneumatic tube network.

http://www.activesocialplastic.com/2009/01/pneumatic_post_in_paris.html

A really interesting read and a very good blog too!

Wear a hat!

Seriously, it's so cold out there that my lack of hair on my head is becoming a serious danger to my health and, even though I may look like a bruiser, I really need to find my hat to keep warm!

I know I put it somewhere safe (isn't this always the case?) ...

Well, having got the blogging bug anew, I thought I would resurrect this thing and make a concerted effort to keep it up to date (yeah right).

Anyone for a semi-mid-life crisis?

Over the next few weeks, I'll be tweaking the layout, adding some gubbins and generally enjoying myself!

It's been a long time since I've posted anything. To be honest, I've not really had much to say!

Model-wise, I've completed a couple of new builds and have several on the go - the main one being a 1/35 Gunther (a walking tank from an alternate WW2). I'm attempting to get this finished in time for the South Cheshire Militaire model show at the end of the month.

You can look at the photos on Flikr and follow the build diary over at SFM:uk.

That's it for now - back soon!