Tom, in the danger of being redacted, I have to say I agree with your sentiments. My oldest son (Connor, 26) just moved back to Edinburgh. We are thinking of following him.

Didn’t realise how much Celtic blood you had, Tom. That said, with a name like McCleaver, I shoulda known...

@tcinla

“Hooper droves the boat, chief...”

When I was in Australia 55 years ago, it was still a "whites only" paradise (which is why Mel "Mad Max" Gibson grew up there after his white supremacist father took the family there to get away from "civil rights" in the USA), and was regressive even compared to the regressive USA of the day.

Brexit definitely proved old JSM was still right.

I have to say when I first met the British, I was amazed that what seemed to unite them all was their hatred of the English. Of course, Australia as the second English "concentration camp" (after the colony of Georgia) had pretty good reason for their attitude. I couldn't ever figure out the Kiwis, who seemed more English than the English, but I sure do remember that RNZN CPO who assured me the only thing "English" about him was his surname.

Tom, with a middle name like McKelvey, I ought to have seen the Celtic connection. My own backgound is (I think) actually quite shallow when it comes to Scots blood, with Eastern European and Irish being the roots.

There’s a saying in Scotland; “we’re a’ Jock Tamson’s bairns” - loosely translated, we all come from the same place if you look back far enough...

Always a pleasure to hear from you. Having a heatwave here in London (folk are leaving their overcoats at home) and I’m on leave after tomorrow, so a bit ‘demob’ happy.

“Farewell and adieu...”

Can we keep to the subject please? Model making is my escape and respite from the real world and politics. Politics is everywhere, sports, tv, movies, stage and now hobbies.

Micheal, I agree...the last thing I really want in this thread is for reality to creep in. Hey, as a psychologist of some senority in Westminster, and no stranger to Whitehall and the corridors of the great and good, I get more than a little sick of politicking.

When threads get over the 500 mark and you have various strong personalities on board, the surprise is that the ‘reality leaks’ don’t spring up more often. It’s one of the true distinctions between iModeler and many (all) other sites; we self moderate brilliantly, as your comment shows.

As Paul notes, I can ramble. Mainly into existential nonsense, or the like. Or the not like. I’ve tweaked the content, and you are correct...let’s keep it fun.

Here here !

This is not a place for politics, instead it's a place for people who share a love of building stuff as a hobby. Yet still we have some that continue to bring politics up, even though this "political point" has been brought up to them numerous times.

Rambling is one thing and politics is another... rambling is acceptable in my book. Promoting one's political views is not, unless this was a political forum, (which it is not). There's a time and a place for this. If this were a political forum, then by all means post your beliefs. Each person is entitled to their thoughts.

Thank you for coming back to base with this build journal.

You have made some amazing progress David. If I didn't know that the main cabin structure had been torn out and completely rebuilt, one would never know. It's all coming together and it's looking sharp.

In all honesty, I think it looks even better the second time around. You made me smile with the placement of the character figures and the associated comments with them...

I'll be looking forward to your next posting 🙂

Thanks !