Sorry I didn’t respond sooner to this Ryan: been up to Beverley Hospital to see the consultant who operated on my cancers exactly a year ago on Thursday. It was the second 6-month appointment and he said he was not expecting to see me so well. He actually admitted that he thought at the time that my age and former Op’s, might be against a good recovery. He said how pleased he was, so I gave him a “Bob Look” as my missus calls them, and said that I was probably more pleased than he was. ?? Anyway, another All Clear after last scans and blood tests. One more to go, after the last prostate scan and tests.
Back to that V8 model, thanks for the link: what a great piece of kit and what a perfect instruction tool for young kids, to explain the workings of an ICE! Bit of genius working that out and assembling it from such ordinary items. Plus, it’s a hoot! Going to show it to my youngest gdaughter, a very non-girly girl at 13, likes to help dad with his car repairs. You would never know she is a Grammar school A* student, always in the garden with mum or doing something practical with dad.
I think I once talked here about the Revell plastic kit that I built as a kid. Well, it’s still on sale, looks the same:
http://tinyurl.com/y44e5eeq
There are others on Amazon, but the one above is the one I recall building, amazed it’s still available, guess some things stand the test of time! Another model:
http://tinyurl.com/y3es6x3r
That model, and working with my brother, first on his motorbikes, then his cars, gave me a fascination for engines that lasted. It’s why I became an Airframes & Engines AAC technician, later a motor engineer. I have always loved machinery, especially precision stuff: even the works and operation of various weapons in the Army led me to a Small Arms course. I could not handle any of it now, my hands have lost grip and my left arm shakes from spinal nerve damage. But I can still advise my son with his Stationary Engine projects. Knowledge from experience is something I hope never to lose.
A great find Ryan, thank you!
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