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I find this a bit sinister, and this shows how the internet is becoming intrusive. Having mentioned the name 'Westcott' scissors, above and had a quick look on one, only, site (not Amazon) for the current price, which I did not actually find, I had a look for a used book on Amazon, today ( I have an account, but hardly ever use) and underneath the product is a line of pictures of 'Westcott' scissors from different sellers for my inspection. Yes I know how and why it happens, but I really object to this sort of marketing.

To be quite honest, there's not much point in changing the penalty charges and modifying existing laws if there is nobody there to enforce them. The attitude of the Modern Police Force, generally, is to wait until something happens then clear up the mess. (Observing from a distance in some cases). In my area we have a situation where motorists and pedestrians including cyclists, mobility scooters, horses, dog walkers, children are having to mix it with vehicles travelling at up to 70mph in a 30 mph limit on a two way road passing old peoples homes! I have been telling the local Police about it for nearly 2 years and I have seen absolutely no enforcement at all. Yet 100 metres away on the next (wider) road the camera van 'partnership' are regularly giving out speed awareness courses for people doing 34 mph! (Not me). Seems very odd.

There was an advert on TV, in Spain, can't remember the product, might have been for a department store, with the original version of the Phil Collins song 'Another day in paradise' used as the theme, so the phrase 'Oh, think twice' was repeated constantly all the way through it.

But, what about prices, are they inflated

On the same (sort of) subject. (Cutting materials) a few years ago I bought a cheap pair of scissors, about £4, brand name 'Westcott'. On the package and blades it says 'Titanium' and 'Non stick'. Due to the price I tend to think they might be only titanium coated, but when new, they cut covering materials such as Solarfilm very cleanly. They also were very good when cutting through masking tape and other adhesives, when, for example, it has been stuck onto film and marked with a line for measuring. They have had a lot of use and the edges are getting worn and not so effective now, but they were well worth the price.     Edited By Chris P. Bacon on 16/08/2013 09:35:02

All the best Tim. Thinking of you. R...................

Personally I would never use epoxy in that situation, it does not evaporate like white glue, so the weight added in adhesive remains. What I have done is to make an accurate pencil line or use tape where the tailplane has been located to the fuselage line, trim the covering to just inside of that line slide the tailplane in nearly all the way dry, add some white wood glue to the bare wood on the short side, top and bottom so that glue gets dragged into the gap, slide it through 5mm more than necessary add more adhesive to the other side of the joint, slide it back into place, repeating as needed. Until satisfied. Measure. Then wipe the joint clean. Leaving a small smear of glue all along the joint. The glue doesn't dry that fast and the excess can be cleaned off with a damp rag. Measure everything again. If a very small amount of cyano is introduced into the joint after location and before the white glue dries out, it makes an extremely strong assembly.

There's the Multiplex Blizzard. Handle anything you throw at it ....seems to have gone out of fashion. Look up some earlier threads and reviews!!!

Looks like a Galaxy designed model. ( Scorpion?) Edited By Chris P. Bacon on 12/08/2013 08:11:58

Nothing wrong with the item, but the postage rate just made me laugh out loud...........**LINK**

Johnny, think mains electricity socket. The supply, in your case, battery will be female. The motor is then male. That is because the socket protects the supply from shorting out.

Thanks Pete, I thought that was correct.

Found this on Airliners.net. It is copyright so, if this is a problem, mods. please remove, but as it is so good I thought it was worth pointing out. **LINK**

Anyone up for this little 1:1 beauty! ................................................**LINK**

I used to like Hitec HS 81's and converted several of them to Metal Gear when the plastic gears stripped, however the newer ones and HS 82's seem to now fail in the electronics quite frequently. And I usually use bigger servos than absolutely necessary so they don't get a hard life.

Sorry, too far away now, perhaps you could do Blackbushe next year?

Make a rule, don't put it in the club handbook. Criticise a new member over the internet, publicly for breaking the 'important rule'. Goodbye.

A friend went down to the river Match Fishing. Caught a box of Swan Vestas.

I get used to spam, usually it is my ***** bank account in the xxxxxx bank I do not use, needs adjusting, inspecting or something. Today it was a request from 'PayPla' that there had been unusual activity on my account. Pity the dumbos can't spell one six letter made up word that consists of two sets of three letters repeated!

At least the dead trainer has got an honest starting price. As for the others well pehaps there is a exchange rate problem with the Yen!

If you are just setting up the model could you try moving the transmitter further away from the receiver? I notice that this does make a difference when trying to bind. (Just a thought!)

I have shown this picture before, but many years ago. This was the interior of an 0.40 size ARTF I bought new, from a well reputed brand. It broke in two at a gentle landing, so I stripped all the covering off. I found that the 'longerons' were not one length of square wood, but divided into single pieces of wood between the formers, some of the formers had open gaps where they should have been glued to the top and bottom sheet. Most of the diagonal stripwood did not meet the 'longerons' as shown ( in the photo the areas that look like gaps are gaps!) the rest of he fuselage was similar. I did get my money back after I sent the photos to the distributor. So I won't labour the point. Now if I buy an ARTF I give it a good twisting before installing any equipment.

I have had a reply. To remedy, HobbyKing say 'I would go for the easier option and glue the motor to a piece of wood'! OR they expect me to buy one of their metal motor mounts. OR buy a different motor - from them of course. (In the meantime I have had to shorten the supplied rudder pushrod and make a new 'Z' bend in it because it was much too long.) I'm not wasting any more time on trying to communicate with them.

I had given up with HobbyKing, but tonight they emailed me. They want me to send them two photos showing the plane and motor fitted. Which I have done....again. Their plane, their motor.

If I did, take it that way the 6" propeller that comes with the kit would be touching the tailboom. As I thought that HobbyKing might have the manners to answer my many attempts to communicate with them and discuss it promptly I thought that they might exchange the motor for a more suitable one straight away and I wouldn't have to mess about. I didn't know if I was going to be using a 5", 6" or 7" propeller until I tried it with a WattMeter. The point is that I bought this thing so that I could use the servos, ESC, batteries out of the small stock I have retained and just drop their 'recommended' motor in without fiddling about. If I had bought it a couple of years ago when I had the room and the equipment to do so I would have just adapted it with a block of wood or longer bolts and spacers