timbo

And a quick search reveals the source of the original pic...

http://coastkid.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/a-saturday-cycle-to-sub-wrecks-at.html?m=1

Actually having just read the comments on the original story they have been well and truly rumbled including by the blogger whose pic they nicked so maybe there is some justice!!

Everyone knows those pictures were of the the 18:57 King's Cross to Edinburgh!

These completely made up click bait stories are really starting to p me off now!! Oh and everybody knows there's no 18.57 - it leaves at 19.00

Nice work, presume you know to use iso10 mineral oil in the brakes not brake fluid!

I found the following article very interesting in considering the 4.2 engine.

It would seem that the latest block and crank should be used and rebuilt carefully if one must run a petrol motor.

Careful consideration of bearings might help with the oil starvation that seems to cause so many thrashed blocks.

 

http://www.jagweb.com/aj6eng/xk-engine/index.php

Are they really that bad in privately owned CVRT's though..? Certainly the 5.9's are more robust, but provided you're not wringing it's neck and you watch oil levels etc is it that big a problem?

At the end they had all been further detuned to 175bhp I believe... I have sold a few of these engines recently and they've not all been trouble free. One of my customers managed to put a two inch hole in the block, but he had spent the last 2 years bouncing it off the limiter - I declined a refund!!

By all means if you have to rebuild an engine, you may as well do it to the best possible standard, but if it ain't broke don't fix it!

I was told at weekend that cvrt would not be replaced by the new Ajax (since it's too heavy!) and will be life extended to 2035 - that will make it nearly 65 years old!!!!

Always reminds me of the old Airfix Stirling kit!!!

Howard

Midland air museum looks to have but it is devoid of its four boosters and is not on the proper trailer so may be of limited use. I guess you could estimate some of the other measurements if you can get a firm fix on the core missile?

Not much help to you at this stage but they dont look like obvious chancers.....maybe just disorganised!! Still no excuse i know.... As an aside their online shop shows narrow track canvases as out of stock!

Bomb trolley?

Bugger bought this on dvd last week! Have only watched first 15 mins so far but seems quite gripping..

Thanks Robin

Yes very pleased with it, and the seller was happy too as he wants to put his money into older stuff.

Ps yes I know the bins are wrong way round - Iain is going to reverse them in due course!

Cheers

Tim

Well picked the Spartan up a few weeks ago and delivered it to Sharkey at IJM - he has tidied the paintwork for me and she'll be on her way home soon. Looking forward to just having to do bits and pieces rather than a major rebuild for once!

Got a few more now!

 

So have all of them from 1894 to 1984 (other than 1981)

 

Quite a bit of reading ahead!

 

 

Clive

According to the University of York website these only ran to 1994, so you only need 10 more (and 1981!), and you will have a complete set. I am battling through Noble Frankland et al's Official History of Bomber Command at the moment - 4 volumes and a tad dry for modern tastes, but of course they didnt make a fuss about these things back then!

Tim

I have enough on my hands trying to put the real things together, but since the relaunch of Airfix I have to say the new kits look to be seriously good quality. Have been working through a 1/48 jackal on and off for a year and it is superbly engineered and moulded.

Always fancied a model of my mk2 Ferret or alvis Samson, but I've never seen either as a 1/35 or similar model kit

Accurate Armour do both in 1/35. They are generally well regarded but are resin kits, so take a bit of effort to get good results...

Nice work! Your front bins are wrong way round by the way

Having said that ive seen them fitted both ways in service..

Looking forward to seeing the pics of the conversion process..!

Phil

Done that a few times! Have now perfected the art of doing it by myself using engine crane. If you attach it to the gun crutch it is pretty well balanced just lift a few inches then roll forwards, drop down and stand it against the front of the vehicle. With practice it can actually be done very quickly. The other option I have seen discussed but never tried is to use the gun itself - just attach, elevate and traverse. Would imagine you need 2 people for that though and then it is probably just as easy to lift off by hand.

Tim

Nice one Tim, that was a bargain!

Chris I'd had my eye on it for a while as I've been quite keen to get my hands on a diesel, so at that price it seemed rude not to! It's pretty tidy but is going in to have paintwork tidied before I take delivery....

Have you retrofitted clansman intercom to yours?

I spoke to the real buyer the other night - he's very happy with the purchase. As an aside, I've just bought the diesel Spartan featured earlier in this thread - woohoo...!

So I think we have:

ARV 1

MBT 1 but slightly sick and 1 in the US

Is that really it?

A rare dip into truth based fiction for me....Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada...story of a couple who lived in Berlin in the first half of WW2 and go round leaving anti nazi propanganda on postcards. Chilling and scary and a reminder that there were a few incredibly brave people in the German population who stood up to the nazis. I wont spoil it but it is characterised by an overwhelming sense of foreboding as to the final outcome! Recommended...

Hi Phil

I have this at home somewhere but from recollection you screw both screws fully in, then out 1.5 turns, then screw in slowly until the idle speed just starts to drop, then back a tad. Set the second screw to same position and you're done. There have been threads on this in the past if you do a search. Not sure this will solve your problem though - have you checked/ cleaned the fuel filter?

Tim

Blimey 15k! It does look very tidy indeed, although being picky the interior looks odd (no heater? centre seat missing, poss ex ffr?) it has an ffr canvas and the wrong tyres... Still nice though...!

John

You are correct, meteor 4b - it sits on top of the engine at the back and can be seen in a few photos on the net. I have a crated one which I have absolutely no use for if anybody wants it!

Tim

Cue frantic shaking of piggy bank!!!!

The diesel scorp is in the background of that photo....