Mr Lobster

/\ Also this. 
 
I'll probably head straight to Stowe as I reckon its about 4 hours from here to there so an early start beckons already. 
 
Very kind offer though, see you all there!
 
Anyway, its been cleaned and looks reasonably presentable. Another once over on Friday and probably a quick lick Saturday morning but we're about ready...
 
 

/\ Also this. 
 
I'll probably head straight to Stowe as I reckon its about 4 hours from here to there so an early start beckons already. 
 
Very kind offer though, see you all there!
 
Anyway, its been cleaned and looks reasonably presentable. Another once over on Friday and probably a quick lick Saturday morning but we're about ready...
 
 

/\ Also this. 
 
I'll probably head straight to Stowe as I reckon its about 4 hours from here to there so an early start beckons already. 
 
Very kind offer though, see you all there!
 
Anyway, its been cleaned and looks reasonably presentable. Another once over on Friday and probably a quick lick Saturday morning but we're about ready...
 
 

therell be others doing that anyway
 
 

/\ Also this. 
 
I'll probably head straight to Stowe as I reckon its about 4 hours from here to there so an early start beckons already. 
 
Very kind offer though, see you all there!
 
Anyway, its been cleaned and looks reasonably presentable. Another once over on Friday and probably a quick lick Saturday morning but we're about ready...
 
 

/\ Also this. 
 
I'll probably head straight to Stowe as I reckon its about 4 hours from here to there so an early start beckons already. 
 
Very kind offer though, see you all there!
 
Anyway, its been cleaned and looks reasonably presentable. Another once over on Friday and probably a quick lick Saturday morning but we're about ready...
 
 

/\ Also this. 
 
I'll probably head straight to Stowe as I reckon its about 4 hours from here to there so an early start beckons already. 
 
Very kind offer though, see you all there!
 
Anyway, its been cleaned and looks reasonably presentable. Another once over on Friday and probably a quick lick Saturday morning but we're about ready...
 
 

/\ Also this. 
 
I'll probably head straight to Stowe as I reckon its about 4 hours from here to there so an early start beckons already. 
 
Very kind offer though, see you all there!
 
Anyway, its been cleaned and looks reasonably presentable. Another once over on Friday and probably a quick lick Saturday morning but we're about ready...
 
 

/\ Also this. 
 
I'll probably head straight to Stowe as I reckon its about 4 hours from here to there so an early start beckons already. 
 
Very kind offer though, see you all there!
 
Anyway, its been cleaned and looks reasonably presentable. Another once over on Friday and probably a quick lick Saturday morning but we're about ready...
 
 

As I have alluded to elsewhere, I have made a recent purchase, and I'm not referring to that horrid Corsa!
 
I'll take you back to around 2 years ago, when the family Ruff and I were still living in the mid terrace two up two down I'd bought when I was young and too stupid to know what to do with my money. The proceeding years had produced a wife and two children and what was once a modest bachelor pad had become the family home. As the children grew, it became clear that we would soon outgrown the little house, and it would be nice to give the girls and the dog a bit more outside space.
 
What does this have to do with buying tat I'm sure you are asking?
 
Well, one of the things that let our house down was the first thing that was seen on arrival, itself the result of a group of drunken Everton fans, and a Liverpool supporter who once lived there.
 

 
It's not immediately clear, but way back, a session in the pub lead to the house being painted blue with "EFC" just above the window, now I don't know what paint they used but I repainted two or three times whilst I lived there and never managed to get it to stay stuck, you can see the blue is evident upstairs.
 
Anyhow, we wanted to sell and I enlisted the services of a local decorator who we had come to know through my parents, it took him quite a few days, but eventually we ended up with this, which still looks as good today...
 

 
What took me more than the pain tjob however was the rather lived in decorator's van. I spoke at length with the decorator who told me he'd already bought it's replacement, and as and when it's mot was up, he'd be changing over to it.
 
Well, two years down the line, the call finally came, and here is what comes to those who wait...
 

 
It is a 2.4 5 cylinder diesel, last owner for 20 years and a shade under 200k. I will need to change the cambelt again next year but he has kept record of it's maintenance, most of which he carried out himself...
 
Oh and just for @dollywobbler, a bit of hot dual wiper action!
 
https://youtu.be/4xsbxzb3KKs
 
I will of course, keep you all updated, first port of call is a new DAB radio and a de-stickering session!

Really? I hadn't noticed...

Pinterest says it be inverterated. Having seen the 'playschool' colour palette in this thing I now want one.
 

You had a Twingo sitting about all this time and didn't think to use that in the first place?!
 
*shakes head*

Like fuck would I have one of those at that mileage.
 
Petrol. Japanese.

Blimey!   Hope the recovery goes well, all the best!

Don’t realky know what you’re moaning about, tbh. My cat is going through his French revolutionary phase again.
 

I've been a bit ill again recently, resulting in some hospital time, so to try and cheer myself up, I got on with doing a code 3 to go on my shiteorama. Looks drastically improved I think, sodding Eddy Stowebridges
 
Before
 

 

 
After, bloody hell, Fred's gone & rung the bugger  
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Matchbox shite.
 

Oh, man, those Matchbox boxes trigger off a soft, cosy, warm feeling of nostalgia every time I see them. I particularly remember carefully* unboxing that 928.

1/18 Rover 3500S by Cult. It's a proper beauty but hadn't realised how dusty it had got

Shouldn't think it'll be an issue at all.
 
 
 
As far as I know it's still on. Organisers have been hamstrung by differing venue requirements this year - I think perhaps too many turned up last year? Hasn't been handled superbly perhaps, but they are an insurance company rather than an event organiser. I think possibly that this niche little event has just become a little too popular. These things happen. Fact is, it's still a free event organised by people who are genuinely enthusiastic about the cars.

"More feckin chod, Dad?  You forgotten our chat about my image rights...?"
 

'Is this available'
 
Yes.
 
'What is the problem on the car'
 
on advert.
 
'yes'
'and what is last price'
 
I don',t think you did read advert.
 
'100 I com now'
 
I'd rather set fire to it and push it fully ablaze into my kitchen as I'm cooking my tea.
 
'Ok thanks'

The wee loud-voiced woman who sits behind me at work said this afternoon "I dont trust a man who's not into football".
 
Not being interested in fucking football or any other sport at all I piped up that she should choose her next words "very carefully".
 
Its not just men who can be sexist and intolerant.
 
So with everybody else in work talking about the World Cup and me being perfectly happy with this, now I am wondering if they all think I am some sort of weirdo.

More waterslide experimentation. This time a replica of my old H van using a 1/24 Welly as a base.
As usual for me it's driving the graphics software that's been my main hassle hence there's a few errors.
I'm not that happy with the results close up but it looks ok from a distance. Much like the real van.
Apparently there's some fancy modelling solutions to apply to reduce silvering and to aid application over
uneven surfaces so I'll be trying them out on my next project.
First pic is the real van ,then the Welly, then my results.