Pellsons Perceivings

[NARSES2]

And while in the area, I visited a few friends and got invited for lobster fishing. The season is short and the secrets are many, but a good deck hand is always appreciated, but I seem to have been good enough to have earned my place on the boat as we're invited for the yearly lobster dinner later this autumn, Mrs P and I, once the season is over. Looking much forward to that!

Decent reward for some hard work   

[Pellson]

Ah. Weekend. Nice.

It's been a while. Not due to health issues (even if there will be such delays too, sooner or later) but rather due to the unfortunate circumstances of having to work for subsistence. As you do.

Not having gotten any further with any modelling at all, one would probably not say getting yet another kit or two would be the most logical thing. However, life would be rather uninteresting if everything was perfectly logical, so I might have bought another kit (or two).
The main reason this time however was actually not just any random and sudden desire, but actually >>Thomas's lovely J31<< build. That is a good build. A really good build, even, but I still feel I'd like to have slightly different take on that very good idea. So I went ahead and bought a Vautour kit. Yes, it's a shortcut if there ever was one, and Thomas's kitbash is admirably good, but I feel a bit too lazy for such a job so I'm going for something somewhat more quick and dirty. At least that's my idea, as of now. We'll see if it works out as planned, once I get there. If I find the mojo to kick things off.

But first, a weekend at the cottage, and then a few days with the Danish relatives, which is a real treat. One day, I just might stay, actually.

[Rick Lowe]

Good to see you, as and when you can get back here. 

[NARSES2]

Be interesting in seeing what you do with the Vautour, I've always liked the aircraft. I've 2 in the stash a SH one and a resin one by Hi-Tech. Must get around to building my RAF low level strike version one day 

Enjoy the break 

[Rick Lowe]

Thomas's kitbash is admirably good, but I feel a bit too lazy for such a job

There's also the issue of not having such an extensive parts collection...   

[Pellson]

Somewhat late realising yesterday was St Crispin's Day. That calls for some singing, methinks.

The long panning during the song is still one of my favourite film scenes ever. 

[Charlie_c67]

I can never see Brian Blessed in anything mediaeval without thinking of him as Richard the fourth 

[scooter]

Somewhat late realising yesterday was St Crispin's Day. That calls for some singing, methinks.

The long panning during the song is still one of my favourite film scenes ever. 

[NARSES2]

  

[zenrat]

I can never see Brian Blessed in anything mediaeval without thinking of him as Richard the fourth 

[Pellson]

By pure chance, I came across a set of four resin AIM-26B/Rb27 missiles as used on the Swedish and Finnish Drakens in 1/72. These are complete missiles, not the resin/PE stuff from Maestro Models, and who are reputed for being rather awful to put together. Ironically, I had already decided on Skyflash missiles for the Swedish Drakens, and attached missile rails, so these will likely end up elsewhere. Or not. Complicated, indeed.

[Old Wombat]

Nothing in Whif World is complicated ... Unless you want it to be. 

[Dizzyfugu]

By pure chance, I came across a set of four resin AIM-26B/Rb27 missiles as used on the Swedish and Finnish Drakens in 1/72. These are complete missiles, not the resin/PE stuff from Maestro Models, and who are reputed for being rather awful to put together. Ironically, I had already decided on Skyflash missiles for the Swedish Drakens, and attached missile rails, so these will likely end up elsewhere. Or not. Complicated, indeed.

You could put them under a Swiss Mirage IIIS! 

[Pellson]

Nothing in Whif World is complicated ... Unless you want it to be. 

..from which follows that EVERYTHING is complicated.. 

You could put them under a Swiss Mirage IIIS! 

..or under something American. Or something else.
At the same time, the odds for me finding another set of these missiles are rather non-existent, I would say, so maybe I should just put them to one side, eventually building a RW RSwAF Draken..

[Pellson]

Another weekend, this one following on a week of uncharacteristically cold weather, even for southern Scandinavian conditions and season. Last evening, we touched on -9 C, and given the proximity of open water (less than half-a-mile to the sea) the moist levels in the air are rather prominent. That will further emphasise the feeling of sheer and utter death when walking the dog outside. Luckily, said dog is not much of an adventurer himself, so the walks get shorter if the conditions doesn't become him very much. Today, the temperature is however returning to the side of the living, meaning some outside activities are made possible. Such as maintenance and repairs of the joy and pride of British automotive industry.

Last weekend, the Discovery (our big Land Rover) decided to surprise us with a possible air suspension fault, prompting me to resurrect one of the Defenders from its hibernation in anticipation of service for the Disco. Also, even more annoyingly, the dipped beam on the mid lass's youth car has given up, so that's also unavailable for now, putting even more strain on the current family logistics And where we live, and given that three in the family must travel for work/school, we need our cars in operation.

As the Defenders both are sitting on their terrain tyres, I also had to shift the four wheels for studded ones given the sudden icy conditions, but to do that, I had to move the car. Annoyingly, however, the starter battery of said Defender had given in, and so had the battery of its sibling as well, prompting me to drive into town in one of the Fiats to procure a replacement. Having done that, I got the car started, moved it to shift the wheels (80 lbs each!) and happily went to MOT the darn thing the following Monday. Annoyingly again, some rust prompted a failure, if still allowing for use for 30 days, but on the way home I noticed the charging warning light flickering a bit, and when measuring voltage, it's quite clear that the alternator isn't properly doing its job. Frustrating!
Having shifted the good battery to the other Defender, I could however conclude that that alternator is working properly, so next step is to steal that alternator to the reasonably good car, this being today's pensum. I'm also putting the Disco through some tests to positively verify whether I need new suspension struts or if it's a valve malfunction. Neither job is very difficult, but I don't have the proper sealing rings for the valves at hand, so either, it's a strut job or it'll have to wait for another week or so.

In the meantime, regular workload has been somewhat more than comfortable, meaning no time whatsoever for proper modelling for some time now. However, as you have seen, I'm compensating by building on the Stash^TM, effectively preparing to be able to realise some of the ideas I have gotten, many times from the interaction on this lovely site. Buying is not modelling as such, but it's at least something, given my current availability, and it's keeping the mojo alive.
The main modelling related frustration currently, however, is that a missile rail on one of the Drakens has become unattached, and reattaching that will entail some judicious drilling and reinforcing with steel needle pieces, before glueing again. Not undoable in any way, but somewhat unnecessary, methinks.

Well, maybe I'll be able to sneak myself into some painting of some Drakens later this weekend, despite all the mechanical work in queue. Let's see.