Estate(s) of the nation

[Guest Hooli]

Unbelievable.

[Heidel_Kakao]

  On 05/12/2017 at 09:05, Mrs6C said:

This is awesome! What a fantastic car that is and you have selected some great places to stay en route home with it. Top marks for the wheeze, H-K - well done!

I actually selected all five nights accommodation by filtering by cheapest first with free parking on Booking.com and it just worked out this well Where I am staying tonight in Billund is the only place I have been before as I spent a few nights there in 2015 when touring the Lego factory with Brickset.com LUG (Lego User Group)

[D Spares & Tyres]

More not less!

 

Am liking the detail!

 

Datsuns, titty bars, Lego, its all good ☺

[Tamworthbay]

  On 06/12/2017 at 09:50, Heidel_Kakao said:

I feel I may be going overboard on the detail, I can dial it back if that would be better. Just at a McDonald's getting coffee and you guessed it free WiFi!

Are you kidding? This is the best thread for ages and probably ever. It’s truly epic mate and the perfect Autoshite Christmas tale. Our collective hats are off to you so as many pics and as much info as you can fit in would be just fine.

[beko1987]

Yep, carry on as you are now and when you get home and the dogs fed after a week on their own you can write the detailed version out...

[Heidel_Kakao]

Crossed Oresund bridge Visited Lego store in Copenhagen and just had a proper sit down meal and am drinking a cup of tea while waiting for dessert to arrive. Then on to Billund for tonight's digs. Will expand with more detail when I get chance and need to let you know what happened last night as I hate leaving people hanging!

[dollywobbler]

  On 06/12/2017 at 18:03, Heidel_Kakao said:

Crossed Oresund bridge Visited Lego store in Copenhagen and just had a proper sit down meal and am drinking a cup of tea while waiting for dessert to arrive. Then on to Billund for tonight's digs. Will expand with more detail when I get chance and need to let you know what happened last night as I hate leaving people hanging!

 

Is the story that you're now accompanied by a stripper, who you've tempted with exotic tales of the Cannock auctions?

[Heidel_Kakao]

  On 06/12/2017 at 18:15, dollywobbler said:

Is the story that you're now accompanied by a stripper, who you've tempted with exotic tales of the Cannock auctions?

There is not enough space left for even a small stripper, I am worried about being to fit in the Lego I am intending to get tomorrow in Billund, I have offered to get some store exclusives for fellow Bricksetters A roof rack would genuinely be useful but instead of filling it with Scene Dubber crap I could have took the panels with me. Jani did jokingly mention he had a small 1970's trailer I could have used but I have never towed and the speeds I was hitting today would not have been trailer friendly!

 

I am going to set off for Billund now, Google maps is saying 167 miles and 2 hours 50 minutes. It will be nice to be somewhere familiar as new places are great but so is revisiting past favourites

[hairnet]

insania

 

is the brick volvo missing some of its arse

[mk2_craig]

  On 06/12/2017 at 11:04, chaseracer said:

Don't you dare - this is the best thread in the universe right now!

 

This thread makes me want to quit my job and live the H-K dream.

[egg]

This Europe place. All very bloody civilised isn't it?

[Lacquer Peel]

All the details. More please.

[Heidel_Kakao]

In Billund now and I have the exact same room I had two years ago The town is all lit up for Christmas and I went past the main Lego production plant on the way in.

 

Going to have a refreshing shower then finish off yesterdays blow by blow account and then just be a day behind until I am home!

[beko1987]

  On 06/12/2017 at 22:38, Heidel_Kakao said:

yesterdays blow by blow account

Blimey how much did that cost in the end?

[Felly Magic]

Fnarr. Beige 1970s Japanese winnerwagon & Lego, how can this thread get any more winner than that? You have broken the WIN-o-METER

[CreepingJesus]

So much win in this...but that Lego XC90 in the museum: could anything be more Swedish than a Volvo made of plastic interlocking bricks?

[Zelandeth]

Proper looking estate!

 

I love how so many Japanese cars of that era are so much like 2/3rd scale replicas of Yank Tanks in terms of both the interior and exterior styling.

 

Bet it will seem a lot quicker once it's freed of all that weight.

 

One thing that bugs me: the indicators being inboard on the tail lights...just looks wrong!  I know it's so the running lights are at the sides, but it bugs my OCD.  Says the guy with a Lada with panel gaps you can lose a small country down...

[Heidel_Kakao]

  On 06/12/2017 at 11:07, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer said:

Most excellent purchasing there H_K - dare i ask, will this be the steed of your planned Le Mans 18 tour?

Damm straight baby! Being LHD is actually a win as far as I am concerned as Cedric will be spending 50% of the time being rocked around continental Europe each year!

[Heidel_Kakao]

  On 06/12/2017 at 11:04, chaseracer said:

Don't you dare - this is the best thread in the place right now!

 

  On 06/12/2017 at 11:04, chaseracer said:

Don't you dare - this is the best thread in the place right now!

 

  

  On 06/12/2017 at 11:11, Sloth in a bowl said:

L  I  v  I  n  g      t  h  e      D  R  E  A  M

 

Do NOT stint on the detail

  

  On 06/12/2017 at 11:46, D Spares & Tyres said:

More not less!

Am liking the detail!

Datsuns, titty bars, Lego, its all good ☺

  

  On 06/12/2017 at 12:42, Tamworthbay said:

Are you kidding? This is the best thread for ages and probably ever. It’s truly epic mate and the perfect Autoshite Christmas tale. Our collective hats are off to you so as many pics and as much info as you can fit in would be just fine.

Message received and understood, detail being ramped up to levels of excruciating, this will increase post processing time and may put me further behind but a small price to pay I am sure you will agree

[Heidel_Kakao]

Tuesday part Deux - Enter the strippers

 

Ok so to recap I had just checked in to my B&B for the night and was fully intending to have a quiet night in, build some LEGO, get an early night with no booze and recharge my batteries but fate had other plans in store for me.....

My upgraded cabin rather than a bed in a hostel dorm was lovely. Keyring getting better by the day which is good as I like to have a bit of weight to my keys so it's easy to tell when you drop them etc.

 

Ok It's easier when doing this on a smartphone to post each chunk and edit it each time to add more, I will be buying a laptop in the New Year me thinks

 

[Heidel_Kakao]

  On 06/12/2017 at 20:42, mk2_craig said:

This thread makes me want to quit my job and live the H-K dream.

You still need a job to fund this shizzle unless you have a ton of savings or a recently deceased rich relative etc....

[Heidel_Kakao]

  On 06/12/2017 at 23:44, Zelandeth said:

Bet it will seem a lot quicker once it's freed of all that weight.

Yeah can't wait to try it out sans all the stuff in the boot, god knows how much it all weighs, it also can't be helping the handling and it all rattles with an annoying noise at certain speeds.

[Eddie Honda]

  On 07/12/2017 at 03:52, Heidel_Kakao said:

or a recently deceased rich relative etc....

Damn! You have rumbled the source of funds I used on my 2011 Euro chod adventure!

[Heidel_Kakao]

Jackpot I have been having issues finding decent fuel on parts of my journey, some places only sell 95 Ethanol can get in the mother fucking sea and stay there as far as I am concerned, now I am in the home country of Shell ( hence why there have been so many Shell LEGO sets over the years) I will only be running on V-Power Only the best for Cedric

[Heidel_Kakao]

#Gotspunk

[Heidel_Kakao]

[Heidel_Kakao]

Did I mention that my B&B has miniature ponies?

[brownnova]

Wow... just wow...

 

And again Wow!

[Sloth in a bowl]

[Six-cylinder]

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