Hobbies 2021

[Morturn]

I use Titebond II for my woodworking, it is amazingly strong and does grip after a few minutes.

 

[mw0njm.]

I use Titebond II for my woodworking, it is amazingly strong and does grip after a few minutes.

Thanks i will give it a go thanks mort, there are loads of different pva glues on the market its hard to tell which is best. (THEY ALL SAY THEY ARE THE BEST)

 

[Morturn]

Thanks i will give it a go thanks mort, there are loads of different pva glues on the market its hard to tell which is best. (THEY ALL SAY THEY ARE THE BEST)

Shame you are not local to Birmingham, I could give you some to try.

 

[mw0njm.]

Shame you are not local to Birmingham, I could give you some to try.

Thank you for the offer.thats kind of you.

 

[cookie273uk]

Many years ago when I lost my Wife I lost interest in painting so I tried my hand at wooden model making kits have attached 2 examples. Have completed about 2 dozen before my interest in painting returned. Eric

 

[johnny082]

Great skill you have there cookie

 

[oldbrit]

One thing I remember doing was building with my Meccano set do they still do that?

 

[mw0njm.]

One thing I remember doing was building with my Meccano set do they still do that?

yes they still sell them

MECCANO SETS, Meccanoman - The Online Meccano Superstore​

Meccano Construction Toys and Sets | Wonderland Models​

 

[Morturn]

Super work there Eric.

 

[mw0njm.]

As for analogue controllers i make my own then i know me and my models are safe , simples

 

[Dionysius//88]

Many years ago when I lost my Wife I lost interest in painting so I tried my hand at wooden model making kits have attached 2 examples. Have completed about 2 dozen before my interest in painting returned. Eric

Cracking Models Eric well done

 

[Dionysius//88]

Just to keep you modellers up to date once the matchstick caravan is finished , plus the train set is operational . I have another two matchstick kits to assemble one being a windmill the other is the Houses of Parliament . A note to Eric I started building a boat in 2017 it's just over a foot long , I'm doing it what you might call ad lib . I think of something then I whittle it out and add it to the carcass. So plenty of matchsticks and glue and plenty to do . So if I'm not on tomorrow I'll see you hare in 2030 ha ha

 

[RobT]

One thing I remember doing was building with my Meccano set do they still do that?

Our club, South Birmingham Meccano Club, is still meeting after 48 years at Hall Green Baptist Church, Hall Green

96th SBMC meeting 23rd October 2021 Photos taken by Bob Thompson - Meccano Gallery

Gallery of Meccano models, scanned Meccano instruction manuals, and other photographs

www.nzmeccano.com

 

[cookie273uk]

Mac, the largest model I tackled was HMS Victory, nearly 4 foot long and 3 foot tall, passed away a whole winter, this was the last model I completed and is now in the home of a niece of mine. Eric

 

[Dionysius//88]

Mac, the largest model I tackled was HMS Victory, nearly 4 feet and 3 feet tall, passed away a whole winter, this was the last model I completed and is now in the home of a niece of mine. Eric

That's the difference between you and me , you're the master I'm merely the junior , with a lot to learn .

 

[cookie273uk]

I should have mentioned my sister cut and sewed the 17 sails for me. Eric

 

[Radiorails]

Well Eric, that's a nice change from making socks for sailors'.

 

[mikejee]

Maybe this will give all you modelmakers some ideas:

The CAN COLLECTOR
This man used to go to all the public functions, especially the picture theaters...and he always carried a sugar bag to collect empty bottles and cans.
His name was Albert (Tapper) Torney. Everyone thought he was a bit eccentric and kids would tease and hassle him. Then it was discovered that he sold the empty bottles but only some of the cans.

After he died in 1998 (aged 86) his large collection of model cars made from aluminum cans was discovered.
This goes to prove..."you shouldn't judge a book by its cover" - or a sculptor by his sugar bag.

Some of his AMAZING! collection ——

 

[mw0njm.]

Maybe this will give all you modelmakers some ideas:

what a talent he had

 

[oldMohawk]

Dull and cloudy today so played with Windows 11 on my laptop ..
If you're buying a new Windows computer it will probably have Windows 11 installed and after clearing the usual bloatware it can look like this ... after some tweaking ...

Any photo as screen background - a few shortcut icons on screen - a taskbar at the bottom for your most used apps

Press the Windows key and the Start Menu appears

1) Shortcuts still visible
2) Apps and other things pinned to the Start .. it can be scrolled
3) Power buttons
4) Windows Defender ... defending

5) All apps button brings up alphabetical list and any item can be pinned to Start with right click


A right-click on the taskbar Window icon brings up this tech menu


Click the Search icon and a neat search screen appears


The Settings screens are neater than on Windows 10

 

[Pedrocut]

Seems a bit familiar ! Scan of Picture taken around 1990…

 

[oldMohawk]

There is a date 2001 on my pic, It looks like they had bought a new mower and got the fountain working.

 

[richardinwales]

Brew in the mancave tonight

 

[mw0njm.]

Brew in the mancave tonight

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hi om is that a xiegu g90 your getting steamed up? i have heard of burners being used

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[richardinwales]

I use a Xiegu G90 in the shed. 1 - 20w, SDR, perfect for digital, happy running off a 7Ah gel battery so ideal for portable use and its ATU could tune a damp lettuce leaf, its excellent.

I had hoped to have a full attic conversion done before xmas but that won't happen till next year when I'll have a 'real' shack again but (don't tell the wife) I'm a born again schoolboy in me shed with a few stoves and lanterns and that little G90. I'd been off air since we moved here in 2015 and got the G90 when we went into lockdown and I needed something to occupy the old grey matter, I'd been fettling stoves and lamps in the shed so got the G90, put up a vertical to start me off and I was back on the air. Its done me good, I'd never used FT8 etc before, I'd always been a 90% CW ham but I'm enjoying digital and enjoy seeing just how far my few watts bounce. Yesterday I got reports back from Brazil and Japan and a ham on the Falklands showed as receiving me and all that on 15W

You can get a linear 100w for it but its well over priced IMO and I've got a bigger lump in a box I'll use when the attic is finally done 73 and good DX om

 

[Tinpot]

This is a photo taken this morning of local East Suffolk malthouse owned by Patrick Stead in 1842. Was he just boasting that he owned the building or does ‘Freehold Malthouse’ have some significance regarding how the business operated? He obviously went to a lot of expense to have these wall supports made as there are several of them on the building.

 

[mw0njm.]

I use a Xiegu G90 in the shed. 1 - 20w, SDR, perfect for digital, happy running off a 7Ah gel battery so ideal for portable use and its ATU could tune a damp lettuce leaf, its excellent.

I had hoped to have a full attic conversion done before xmas but that won't happen till next year when I'll have a 'real' shack again but (don't tell the wife) I'm a born again schoolboy in me shed with a few stoves and lanterns and that little G90. I'd been off air since we moved here in 2015 and got the G90 when we went into lockdown and I needed something to occupy the old grey matter, I'd been fettling stoves and lamps in the shed so got the G90, put up a vertical to start me off and I was back on the air. Its done me good, I'd never used FT8 etc before, I'd always been a 90% CW ham but I'm enjoying digital and enjoy seeing just how far my few watts bounce. Yesterday I got reports back from Brazil and Japan and a ham on the Falklands showed as receiving me and all that on 15W

You can get a linear 100w for it but its well over priced IMO and I've got a bigger lump in a box I'll use when the attic is finally done 73 and good DX om

thanks for reply i use a 570dge and a ft890.but here in the sticks vhf uhf is a no go. i have spoke to the iss when it come over.
hf is ok i loaded the the electric fence. and the barbed wire fence. lol got 5/9s. i have not used the radio for yonks i have a few baefung that we use on the range,they are brill for the price.
73

 

[mikejee]

Are we talking in Klingong here?

 

[pjmburns]

Are we talking in Klingong here?

Well Mike I was about to ask for a translation

 

[Richard Dye]

Actually I thought the Mancave looked pretty neat then I saw what looked like remote Martian dialect. And I was lost