ChrisT

I have never had any issues with Modelsport, always had good service.

They're closing for 2 days to catch up on orders,  I expect that have increased exponentially due to lockdown, people not visiting the store, and wanting something to keep themselves occupied.

Well BLOODY good luck Modelsport, get them orders sorted, emails dealt with and keep your business going

Thanks for carrying on this far and when we come out of the Covid Tunnel No 19, hope you're still with us

Only a few days off, ...they probably deserve more like a month off.

Always had good service from Modelsport UK and have spent a lot with them for that reason.

I might send them a thank you card and some biscuits 👍🏼 as they kept me going through my month off on furlough..😉( did cost me a fortune though 🤪 )

Yeah noticed that. My address is missing

It needed a re-fresh. It's a lot better now!

Yeah definitely. Was so out of date.

I've watch both the Guy Martin episodes and you're probably right, we're the aliens here, totally different culture and way of life.

Didn't know about James May until you mentioned it, found it on Prime so that's something for me to get stuck into. Thanks

I’ve no idea what I just watched and why this was done but it’s Tamiya so would of enjoyed being there  

Would love to see the Xmas party

Pretty decent show  🚗

I wish theyd take the show back to 90s style top gear. Rather than the lifestyle show it is now. I'll still watch though just incase. But the new guys are a jumble mess. Its horrid. 

We need a segment on the lola cars 63 or whatever that spawned the GT40 and tell the real story of the Ford GT40. With this Ford vs Ferrari movie it gave uk one line in the whole film. 

"The prototype is currently in England" that's it.

It was bloody good, would love to be tattooed like that, plus the guy who picked up all the bits he'd chucked for the birds and the dude polishing a cement truck lol.

It was alright, some really funny parts but it's just getting used to Freddy's and Paddy's accents

I enjoyed it, saw last half an hour and entertaining. 

have i missed it now?  

Absolutely. Rush is a fantastic film! 

Rush was epic, I had no idea exactly what Niki went through until watching it. 

Probably put it on at the weekend 

Sad news indeed.

lauda was a legend, not just behind the wheel but in development too.

his straight talking, no nonsense attitude will be sorely missed in f1 now.

R.i.p Niki Lauda.

I'm stuck indoors ( no rain) plenty of RC jobs to do but had a cortisone injection in my right heel last night and feeling quite fed-up with myself because I have to stay off my feet for 48 hours!?

Christ they don't know how lucky they are to have a limitless budget going into a camera shop and being in such an incredibly photogenic country.

The (skint) photographer in me is very jealous, having watched the first part.

On balance I find them more annoying than entertaining these days, quite ironic really as my favourite contemporary writer / journalist (in print) is a certain JC...

Hmmm, if rcbearings can’t help it will have to be a job to do on first strip down, although I like fitting bearings from the start.

gonna go with the flow on this, loads of stuff I’d like to upgrade on it but that will be over a period of time.

i can’t help thinking about some scale wheels and tyres though 

I must have missed model sport for some reason. That said I'm still annoyed at their lack of cs.

Glad I missed this or I'd have probably bought more crap I don't need  

Afraid so as they try to cope with extra volumes.

I had a stand in Hermes driver deliver a parcel at 6:10am last week...

Well it turned up, late yesterday. He even said he's struggling to cope with the increased volume 

Yep, I’ve got that very soundtrack on cd.

that still believe track with the sax is awesome!

The soundtrack was my first vinyl I ever bought

Soon replaced by CD.

I do have my original vinyl copy.

Lucky so and so lol

must be 'that' week. Weve got about 75% of the workforce missing next week due to people finnishing off their available holday days. Not me though, i think ive got the flu comming on.

lol yeah it is kind of like that, get some crimbo shopping out the way. Got quite a few projects to finish off as well.

Google and Facebook tried AI unleashed apparantly. Deleted in days. Given a week theyd probably have merged as skynet lol. 

some company made two super computers talk to each other and they made a new and quicker language by themselves

Same, but I wear contact lenses 6 days a week 

Might look into contacts,  it's only reading glasses I need. Modeling has been a right ture the last few months ?

Code expires 8pm tonIght.

I saved £12 lol

Mine is about 12quid from very empty, but I get around 160 miles from a full tank.

Bigger bikes, my Dads for example, is about 18quid to fill and he gets about 135 miles, but a lot more fun miles lol, so it's worth it  

The bike that's high on my radar right now, a Triumph Street Triple R is apparently quite bad on fuel, about 22quid to fill and about 130-140 miles per tank, but again, it'd be well worth it.

Bonus.  My insurance seems to have levelled out now - i'm a few (not many) years younger than you but it's still a huge chunk more for a 5yr old diesel estate - come to think of it the insurance was actually a fair bit cheaper on it when I bought it new.  Guess that's inflation etc.  I'm so tempted by a summer run around - maybe something based off the Lotus 7 family or an early Boxster but a mix of insurance cost and swmbo pranging her 1:1 every other year keeps putting it off.

I was happy with mine. £425 with mods and points on a 2013 Scirocco aged 31 lol

Tamiya IMO are the best kits for building. The detail to the shells are unrivaled, plus they can be bought reletivley cheap.

yeah i keep seeing you building cars, that is the reason why i asked. hope i havent offended you, i like tinkering with cars too but never built one tho.

Na no offence taken, although to some it can seem like a waste of time and money or ask the question of 'why?' lol

Iff you like tinkering then you might enjoy building, you don't have to spend much money on a kit.

It's grown on me recently hence the purchase. I like the TA platform, built a few so it should be familiar.

There will be a build thread. Fortunatley I'm booked off work all next week

Nice! I look forward to the build 

Got to plumb in the LED's on the Lancia first, hopefully by Saturday

Ouch.  No 3rd party solution?  

Only eBay and that's for a cheap copy for £15. Had one of them in 2013 when the original adaptor went and it lasted 9 months. Not something you can pick up in Maplin either like most windows laptops.