Richard Hobbs

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Browsing Posts published in May, 2010

Some progress has been made on the Warspite project again today!
First of all, Airfix are kindly going to send me replacement parts for the broken part and missing part from the Warspite model free-of-charge. These parts will arrive within 2 weeks apparently which seems quite slow, but I don’t actually need these parts for a [...]

The 2010 motorcycle ride and steam rally season has officially begun, and Sarah and I have been going to as much as we can!
AMOC Intersection Meet
The first event was the AJS & Matchless Owners Club East Anglian Intersection Meet on 18 April at the White Horse, Sible Hedingham. The weather was wondeful if I remember [...]

With a motorcycle, an interest in photography and a job working with computers I don’t often have a chance or a reason to put my basic carpentry skills to work. Due to the Warspite project, however, this weekend has been spent doing exactly that!
Because I’m already relatively short of time day by day I needed [...]

Well, my Airfix 1:600 HMS Warspite model has arrived!
As you can see below, it is made of quite a few bits, but having looked through the instructions, this model isn’t diffcult to assemble. It will be time consuming because I want it to look immaculate, but I would compare it to the Lego truck with [...]