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Happy Happy Time Well so far this year and we are only on the 12th. We have paid off my 50th birthday event, booked accommodation for a family wedding in Norfolk, and got the final sign off date for purchasing our house(just waiting for the council to get back to the solicitors, typical). So far the year is going well Still to come is bonus time! will I get enough to buy the new car hat I want? I am looking for a 4x4 specifically either a Isuzu Trooper or a Mitsibushi Pajero, been offered one of these in really good nick for £2250 so need that amount as a minimum. Pictures to come of the new car when I get it. Now time to look for some more accommodation, for a few days away with my partner in Lancaster. They all seem a bit steep though, and thats for mid week.
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Hobby time So, i have now taken up Airfix and other plastic modeling. Well I had but then our son moved back home and I lost my craft room. I have managed to fit most of it into the bedroom but most days there are towels and clothes on the table. Before I lost my space and mojo, I did manage to complete one Model and start another two. The completed one is a Heinkell 111. As i have not modeled for over 30 years it is not as good as some of the other offerings I see on the web. How they manage to get them so detailed I will never know.  I was quite impressed with this effort. Hand painted rather than spray painted. Very difficult to get the airmen correct as they are so small and my eyesight is not as good as it used to be. I want to try and get some diorama training done, I have some old model train scenery so hopefully I can use that as it is nearly the same size. I have recently started a landrover and a hurricane. I tried to mask the hurricane but it all went wrong and has le