So it's this:

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or this:

You might as well resign yourself to the fact that it is going to be a horrible weekend for weather and get the soldering iron plugged in.

Just make sure you have everything you need as there is nothing worse than being half way through and realising you have run out or don't have something you need 

cheers John.

Good advice John, thanks.

now.......do you want to inform my wife? 

Model making trumps seaside anytime!

I've never liked the seaside and I lived in or near Bournemouth for most of my life! Last place was 100 yards from the beach...

Thinking about it, I'm not too bothered about the outside. As a child when told to play outside, I'd take my plastic kits out to the patio and build them there!   

Michael

Quote from: FeelixTC on June 13, 2013, 03:34:12 PM
now.......do you want to inform my wife? 

Oh just tell her the dampness will ruin her hair       

... and make sure she watches the weather forecast 

cheers John.

I can see the way advice is going, maybe I should also set up a poll on Seasideforum too? 

In mitigation, I was planning to fetch home some sand to experiment with ballast and I will be merely yards from a (disused) railway.

If you do bring sand back it will require a thorough washing as it is full of salt which will corrode all and sundry  :'(

Quote from: scotsoft on June 13, 2013, 03:50:26 PM
If you do bring sand back it will require a thorough washing as it is full of salt which will corrode all and sundry  :'(

Not if I nick it from the building site up the road!! 

Take SWMBO out for a nice meal on Friday evening and break it to her gently, preferably after a couple of glasses of wine, that as the weather forecast is so appalling for the whole weekend, there seems little point in heading for the coast. It will just be cold and wet for the whole weekend. Don't actually tell her what you plan to do but breakfast in bed on Saturday morning will put her in a good mood for when she does actually twig what's going on.

Quote from: Chinahand on June 13, 2013, 05:08:02 PM
but breakfast in bed on Saturday morning will put her in a good mood for when she does actually twig what's going on.

Don't think she'll get breakfast in bed - there's a layout on it

 

Quote from: newportnobby on June 13, 2013, 08:40:36 PM

Quote from: Chinahand on June 13, 2013, 05:08:02 PM
but breakfast in bed on Saturday morning will put her in a good mood for when she does actually twig what's going on.

Don't think she'll get breakfast in bed - there's a layout on it

That's my dining table, I'll have you know!


........Mind, I did use the duvet to cover it. 

Quote from: FeelixTC on June 13, 2013, 10:06:40 PM

Quote from: newportnobby on June 13, 2013, 08:40:36 PM

Quote from: Chinahand on June 13, 2013, 05:08:02 PM
but breakfast in bed on Saturday morning will put her in a good mood for when she does actually twig what's going on.

Don't think she'll get breakfast in bed - there's a layout on it

That's my dining table, I'll have you know!


........Mind, I did use the duvet to cover it. 

Breakfast in bed ain't quite the same when you're freezing to death because some inconsiderate soul has nicked the duvet


Paul

Well she can't have it on the dining table can she?


Anyway it's all academic anyway; I've been overruled and I'm off to Sandsend.

Apparetnly, we're also going to 'have a chat about the duvet'. Two weeks I've been here and you're already stitching me up 

Quote from: FeelixTC on June 13, 2013, 10:17:05 PM
Apparetnly, we're also going to 'have a chat about the duvet'. Two weeks I've been here and you're already stitching me up 

What, she reads this Forum ?

, Mrs TC   

Quote from: scotsoft on June 13, 2013, 03:50:26 PM
If you do bring sand back it will require a thorough washing as it is full of salt which will corrode all and sundry  :'(

Joking aside; that's a very good point - thanks