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That wasnt the one I was on about but its still a good link, and I may well enquire. There was another rep Spitfire, a non flying one, which was a static display but had a running engine.

Ages ago I asked if anyone had the contact details for the guy who owned and ran the lifesize Spitfire replica. I cant find the post, can someone give me a contact please. Thanks.

Webpage up and running with info and pics of last years event. http://mkmuseum-1940sweekend.weebly.com/

Not the Hurricane now but a full on flying display courtesy of the Spitfire. Great way to kick start the weekend.

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Hi Bob.

Nothing to do with MV's, Im posting this on here for the benefit of my other half. She is taking part in the Moonwalk 2012 in London in May and would really appreciate if anyone could spare a few quid for her online donation sponsorship collection. Many thanks:-) Blatant begging/charity donation alert! I have stupidly signed up for the Moonwalk again this year For those of you who may not know, it is a 26 mile power walk at midnight in London on Sat 12 May to raise funds to fight breast cancer. All 15,000 participants wear a decorated BRA. (That's the men too if they're brave enough to join in ) Apologies to those of you who don't wish to support this cause, of course I will not be offended if you just delete this message. Kind regards to you all whether you're a donor or 'deletor'. ------------ Lynette Daniels Donation link below http://www.walkthewalkfundraising.org/lynette_daniels_6

Good programme though.

Hi Shaun.

The National Trust at Coleshill (near Swindon) have recently received Heritage Lottery Funding to fund a replica WWII OB. The bunker will be built close to the remaining guardhouse and, on completion, the will be used for educational visits, taking pressure off the original OB which still exists on the estate. It is intended that the funding will pay for the materials, and the workforce will be voluntary. The aim is to build the bunker using techniques of the time, and in line with the original documents held in the national archive. It's anticipated that work will be carried out over several long weekend, the first hopefully being Easter. Churchill's Underground War will be leading the work and are looking for volunteers who can dig, or with basic building skills (brick laying, laying concrete etc). More information will appear shortly on the Churchill's Underground War website (http://www.churchillsundergroundwar.org.uk/replica.html), anyone who would like to get involved to volunteer please email us atchurchills_underground_war@yahoo.co.uk See http://www.churchillsundergroundwar.org.uk/replica.html For full details

20/50 semi? Surely you would be better off with a straight 30?

Had no problems with FJ, fully comp on the jeep for £50, no mileage issues, insured for £14k. Maybe worth trying NFU. Did you mention you were a member of the MVT to get your discount?

Sorry to hear that mate, best wishes to you and your family.

Hello. I would start off by putting petrol in it, thats always a winner in my books!

Just found on the internet, new technical Lego Unimog. "THIS IS the most complicated Lego Technic model ever put into production, with a total of 2,048 pieces and five separate instruction manuals. No, really. This is the Mercedes-Benz Unimog U400 in miniature.A model it may be, but it’s not exactly small. I don’t have a tape measure, but it’s almost exactly five times the length of a HTC Desire smartphone and taller than a bottle of Robinsons squash, even before you consider the pneumatically-controlled arm on the back. It’s a bit of a beast, and not the sort of thing you can build from scratch on a Sunday afternoon. A gearbox that would puzzle a Lotus engineer is at the heart of it, while a functioning winch is at the front and that impressive claw at the back. Under the cab, which looks fit for two Technic figures, there’s a big four-cylinder engine (diesel I suppose) with moving pistons, drive shafts, cogs, differentials, suspension, pneumatics and lots of other stuff that takes you back to the age of 12. Brilliant! But at first it’s just a picture on a box, and it’s not until you open the box, count the bags of parts and lay the first batch out that you realise you might be there for some time… Appropriately, you start with the most complicated bit, the gearbox, and you really need to pay attention. Cogs meet small half-cross pushy-in bits, they go into five-hole girdery pieces and then a couple of the basic pushy-in clippy bits follow on. It’s relentlessly fiddly, and why in the name of all that’s plastic and frustrating don’t the pieces have proper names? Slowly the gearbox builds up, somehow never looking all that finished, and grows a chassis around it. Thankfully, when its turn comes around the engine is a doddle to complete compared to getting the rear drive shaft sorted, which transmits power to allow the arm to turn. It needs to be about 2mm longer, but let’s not grumble… Then the very fussy suspension arms are sorted, the wheels and upper chassis go on, the bright orange cab comes together, the grey load bay makes it look almost finished, and then it’s the turn of the pneumatic arm – the bit every 11-16 year old (at least that’s what it says on the box) Lego fan will have been waiting for. It’s every bit as finicky as the rest of the model, especially the routing of the air lines. Sometimes one of them is just too short so you have to wiggle things around to get it to fit. There are also one or two probably deliberate mistakes in the model’s instructions – legend has it they do that to test and develop your teenage ingenuity and improvisation skills. Once it all comes together and you slot the battery holder in, the really fun bit starts. As the motor whirs and chatters away with each new movement of the levers, the winch winds in and out and the arm rotates on its base. Different levers then control the position of the arm and grabber, and soon enough you’ll be picking up small objects all over your desk/kitchen table to then drop into the load bay with a cry of “YESSS!” Try explaining that one to your wife. It’s a mightily impressive thing and I love it all the more for the effort it cost. If I hadn’t already got other plans for it I’d build a shelf especially for it. How hard can it be? After all, who’s ever heard of a shelf with 2,048 pieces and five instruction manuals?"

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Wierd document , Im thinking that it was the prelude to a home defence exercise, similar to Exercise Bumper down this part of the country. Tried to read the Exercise in the top left but it just looks like SNORET??

Like the way you've done the grass, what is it?

Nearly, there is a Z van near me on evilbay.

Were there any Morris Z Vans enlisted into military service that anyone knows of?

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