Peter Miller

In fact all the threads I follow seem to be going to the notifications

Thanks for that I will do that.I seem to be getting the notifications here when I log on.

Nothing blocked!!!

Yes, SPAM. I am receiving NO notifications at all. Nothing from anything!

A little while ago i was not getting any notifications of new postings on threads I was following. In the end this was found to be because they were going to SCAM Emails. I never have sent anything to the Scam but folder I canceled every relevant posting being a Scam and for a day or so they came through normally. Since then I have not had any notification of further posts although checking I have found they they are being posted but I am not being notified. While I can live with that it does mean that anyone who wants information or help with one of my plans etc is not going to get it if I am not informed of their posting. Nor am I getting personal messages. I have checked every email folder on my computer and they are not anywhere there. Could someone please see why I am not getting any notifications. I don't really want to spend most of the day searching in case some one wants some advice or help.

It has been breezy and gusting in East Anglia for days and the forecast shows no let up for up to two weeks. The high pressure is sitting in the wrong place

That looks perfect. IAM STILL NOT GETTING EMAIL TO SAY A NEW POSTING HAS BEEN MADE I did message David Ashby....No reply yet

Glad the know that a few people are still interested in the Li'l Cub. will keep an eye on this thread but I am having trouble getting notifications of new postings

Looks good In spite of clicking "Follow Topic" I am not getting email notifications of new postings

Sorry. Ignore my last post Senility galloping in.I was getting mixed up with my Ohmen build....I can't help it if I am thick!!

I recommend just using soft sheet for the tail parts rather than built up. I had to add a little lead to mine at the tail anyway so use that weight usefully

Not sure that I understand. I simply glued them down and sanded them. Didn't go through anything. Maybe I don't sand enough🙄

What you do for the top surfaces is slit the wood and in effect plank the tips. You take out very thin triangular slices. Bend the slices down and glue them.Sand smooth when dry.

I think that they just hang out together

This is a genuine one that I photographed in Boots Optician Work that one out!!!!!

I was given a sheath knife at the age of 6. Never hurt myself or anyone else.

Back in 1954 I was a member of the Regents Park model flying club for a time. We use to fly on Hampstead Heath. One Winter afternoon one of the lads got his Mercury Mentor rubber powered model stuck right at the top of a tree. We were all standing round wondering just how to get it down as the tree was tall but not very climbable. A well dressed Indian gentleman walked up, stared up at the model and then, without a word, he took his shoes of and went straight up the the tree, retrieved the model, came down, handed the model to the owner, put his shoes on to a chorus of thanks and he then walked off without a word.

A less lethal but hopefully amusing story and connected to modelling. In 1954 I was with the Regents Park model club for a short time in the winter. We used to meet in the cellar of a building and the in thing was Jetex round the pole speed. The models developed until they consisted of a Jetex 50 motor with a shim brass wing,a wire tail boom an a shim brass tailplane. It was then discovered that if you put four grooves up the side of the Jetex pellet you got a lot more power for a shorter flight. In the end we used to put the tables on their sides and take shelter behind them. This soon became boring so then we started building solid models hollowed out with the motor inside. This was far more fun and you could actually see the models. I had a Supermarine Swift that flew like a dream and looked perfect. One person built a lovely DH Vampire but unfortunately the wick came out and stuck on the tailplane setting on fire on fire. The result was a nearly complete circle of fire going round the pylon.

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When I was in my early teens we were living up in the mountains in the Argentine. I was told that there had been some searching for uranium up in the mountains and I was given a piece of shiny black stone with yellow crystals in it. Some years later I asked someone about this. "Oh yes!! That was pitchblende and oh yes it was radio active." I had had it in my bedroom for years.

We were on the butts at square bashing firing the Bren gun. For some reason this lad pulled trigger and held it as he laid the butt on the ground. The bullets climbed the earth bank,the bricks at the top and the last rounds headed off into the distance. The instructors words would get this post removed before I even finished it

As I have said, I only fly Peggy Sue straight and level when it is inverted. When I was getting the plan printed off back in 1995 The lady doing the printing was going to have a baby daughter. She liked the name and thought she might name her Peggy Sue, Don't know if she ever did. Ye Gods!!! That baby must 28 years old!!!

I have just found this thread. You have all done a great job. So glad that you like her. A club member has just built the original Peggy Sue and loves her. Another club member loves his Peggy Sue 2 and it is his go to model I shall keep watching now

One day I was sitting on the wing of an Avro Anson refuelling it. Now you gauged the fuel level by peering into the filler cap. The problem was that as the fuel level rose the curvature of the wing made the top of the tank area reduce in size. I looked in and it was some distance down. I looked away and 100 octane petrol fountained out and drenched my lower regions. 100 Octane petrol stings!! Then I walked into the crewroom just as someone lit a cigarette. Needless to say I departed and waiting until the fuel had evaporated outside. Health and Safety? Whats that. I recently had a hearing test as I have a little tinnitus. The hearing specialist asked had I had been near loud noises. I told him about Rolls Royce Merlins and Griffons being run up at full power while we did started crew and jet engines running on the flight line. "Why didn't I use ear defenders?" Ear defenders in the 50s and 60s? You must be joking.