Happy birthday from me too Mick!

Happy Birthday Mick.

Long time no meet at a show.

cheers Norman

I loved Thunderbirds as a child, more recently I began to reflect on how visionary it was in so many ways - things like video conferencing, aircraft design (including canards - the little wings at the front of aircraft), space technology etc etc...

Am I the only one though, who wondered how TB2 generated it's lift and didn't just flop off the end of it's take-off ramp?

Fireball XL5 - the launches - I used to wonder who went and collected the roller skate it took off on - or was there a big pile of them building at the end of the ramp 

Quote from: Bob Tidbury on Yesterday at 10:27:48 AM...and  any more of them .

I hope that's a typo (missing m) and not a missing question mark at the end.
He's destined to get old and even grumpier here   

Many Happy Returns of the Day
 Mick and  any more of them .
Bob

Quote from: Bob G on Yesterday at 10:02:34 AMOh I really enjoyed watching these two videos... and then I got drawn into some of his others...

No work will get done today!

Does this count as modelling? Research?

Bob

Of course it does!

Happy Birthday, Mick!

Lang may your lum reek.

FAB Steven and Adam!

Oh I really enjoyed watching these two videos... and then I got drawn into some of his others...

No work will get done today!

Does this count as modelling? Research?

Bob

Sorry this is a bit late regarding the 101s.

I've still got two running, a two car and a three car.

The two car is a bit like grandad's axe. It started off as a motor bogie only drive, which was next to useless. It was rebuilt with a bo bo chassis when they became available, and now has a coreless motor and is chipped. Runs well, but still noisy. The three car came as a bo bo drive, and is chipped. Both units have had replacement wheels and gears to a varying degree due to usual split gear problems.

Both still in noisy service! But not so much now, as I also have the latest design of 101s and 108 in service.

The original motor bogie wasn't wasted,  it's the power unit for my J70 tram.

Martyn